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Keywords: Twenty Third Maine

Historical Items

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Item 10425

Benjamin Harrison, ca. 1880

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1880 Location: Augusta; Augusta; Washington Media: Photographic print

Item 9705

Letter from Thomas Lindsey to Abial Bishop, 1863

Contributed by: Leeds Historical Society Date: 1863-06-19 Location: Leeds; Great Falls Media: Ink on paper, letter

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Item 22011

William Wirt Virgin, Norway, 1866

Contributed by: Maine State Archives Date: circa 1866 Location: Augusta; Norway Media: Carte de visite

Online Exhibits

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Making Paper, Making Maine

Paper has shaped Maine's economy, molded individual and community identities, and impacted the environment throughout Maine. When Hugh Chisholm opened the Otis Falls Pulp Company in Jay in 1888, the mill was one of the most modern paper-making facilities in the country, and was connected to national and global markets. For the next century, Maine was an international leader in the manufacture of pulp and paper.

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State of Mind: Becoming Maine

The history of the region now known as Maine did not begin at statehood in 1820. What was Maine before it was a state? How did Maine separate from Massachusetts? How has the Maine we experience today been shaped by thousands of years of history?

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Fallen Heroes: Those Who Gave Their Lives: World War II

At least twenty-three Jewish men from Maine died in the military during World War II. Photographs and other memorabilia are available for fewer than half of them. Read more about them.

Site Pages

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Maine's Road to Statehood - The Missouri Compromise: A Moral Dilemma

"William King, an outspoken leader and Senator who tirelessly advocated for separation, became Maine's first governor."

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Lincoln, Maine - Aaron Woodbury

"Third, he could bathe in the rivers since it was moving water and the lakes provided fresh water. Another reason Aaron might have moved here was…"

My Maine Stories

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A Maine Family's story of being Prisoners of War in Manila
by Nicki Griffin

As a child, born after the war, I would hear these stories - glad they were finally written down

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Pandemic ruminations and the death of Rose Cleveland
by Tilly Laskey

Correlations between the 1918 and 2020 Pandemics