Maine Memory Network

Log cabin windmill blade quilt, ca. 1860

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1860 Location: Vienna Media: Cotton

May Fellows, Vienna, 1892

Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: circa 1892 Location: Skowhegan Media: Cabinet photograph

Elise Fellows White: World Traveling Violin Prodigy

Elise Fellows White was a violinist from Skowhegan who traveled all over the world to share her music.

Music in Maine - Music Makers

"… funded her trip to study with Jacob Grün in Vienna. Without a formal musical debut—a professional career requirement in Europe—at age 19, she…"

Skowhegan Community History - About the Project

"… 1880s, played in Boston at the age of ten and in Vienna when she was 12. Another found the military kit, family records, and correspondence of…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Of The Arts Era

"At the age of 13, he made his first U.S. appearance at Steinway Hall in New York City, after having studied at the Vienna Conservatory and in Paris…"