Keywords: business documents
Item 31897
Incorporation of the Pepperell Manufacturing Company, Biddeford, 1844
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1844-02-16 Location: Biddeford Media: Ink on paper
Item 28456
Deed: William King to Ledyard and Palmer, Bath, 1806
Contributed by: Patten Free Library Date: 1806-11-25 Location: Bath Media: Ink on paper
Item 110170
Sears Roebuck and Company retail store, Portland, 1947-1951
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1947–1951 Location: Portland Client: Sears Roebuck and Company Architect: John Howard Stevens John Calvin Stevens II Architects
Item 110084
Alterations at 208 Middle St. for Messrs. Beyer & Small, Portland, 1920-1924
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1920–1924 Location: Portland Client: Beyer & Small Architect: John P. Thomas; Poor & Thomas
Exhibit
A Snapshot of Portland, 1924: The Taxman Cometh
In 1924, with Portland was on the verge of profound changes, the Tax Assessors Office undertook a project to document every building in the city -- with photographs and detailed information that provide a unique view into Portland's architecture, neighborhoods, industries, and businesses.
Exhibit
The National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs (NFBPWC) held their seventh annual convention in Portland during July 12 to July 18, 1925. Over 2,000 working women from around the country visited the city.
Site Page
Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries
"… settlers subsisted by farming and fishing, little documented information is known about the early businesses and trades till after the island's…"
Site Page
Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Papers, 1627‐1866
"… records, accounts, land agents, and other documents generated by the business of the company."
Story
My Paper Industry career and setting up a museum
by Sherry Judd
I worked in and around the Paper Industry all my life. Now I run Maine's Paper and Heritage Museum.
Story
Saga of a Sub Chaser S.C. 268 along Maine Coast
by DANIEL R CHRISTOPHER
A look back at a Sub Chaser Crew on duty along the Maine coastline near the end of World War I
Lesson Plan
Becoming Maine: The District of Maine's Coastal Economy
Grade Level: 3-5
Content Area: Social Studies
This lesson plan will introduce students to the maritime economy of Maine prior to statehood and to the Coasting Law that impacted the separation debate. Students will examine primary documents, take part in an activity that will put the Coasting Law in the context of late 18th century – early 19th century New England, and learn about how the Embargo Act of 1807 affected Maine in the decades leading to statehood.
Lesson Plan
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12, Postsecondary
Content Area: Science & Engineering, Social Studies
This lesson presents an overview of the history of the fur trade in Maine with a focus on the 17th and 18th centuries, on how fashion influenced that trade, and how that trade impacted Indigenous peoples and the environment.
