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Historical Items

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Item 16912

Trust Company building, Sanford, ca. 1918

Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: circa 1918 Location: Sanford Media: Print from Glass Negative

Item 16824

Sanford Trust Company, Sanford, ca. 1918

Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: 1918 Location: Sanford Media: Print from Glass Negative

Item 21339

Sanford Trust Company, 1917

Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: 1917 Location: Sanford Media: Print from Glass Negative

Tax Records

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Item 63326

189-191 Middle Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Casco Mercantile Trust Company Use: Store & Office

Item 63329

Assessor's Record, 193-197 Middle Street (rear), Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Casco Mercantile Trust Company Use: Bank Vault

Item 76736

80-106 St. John Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Forest City Trust Company Use: Auto Repair Shop

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 150969

United States Trust Company building, ca. 1924

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1924 Client: United States Trust Company Architect: Frederick A. Tompson

Item 151361

Augusta Trust Company building, Bingham, 1927

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1927 Location: Bingham Client: Augusta Trust Company Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Item 151722

York County Trust Co., York, 1921-1923

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1921–1923 Location: York; Kittery Client: York County Trust Co. Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Eastern Fine Paper

The paper mill on the Penobscot River in South Brewer, which became known as Eastern Fine Paper Co., began as a sawmill in 1884 and grew over the years as an important part of the economy of the region and a large presence in the landscape. Its closing in 2005 affected more than the men and women who lost their jobs.

Exhibit

Music in Maine - Music in Maine

"Sewell Foundation, The Morton-Kelly Charitable Trust, Sam L. Cohen Foundation, Wescustogo Foundation, BHA Foundation Fund, Margaret E."

Exhibit

Land Claims, Economic Opportunities?

The landmark 1980 Maine Indian Land Claims Settlement Act provided $81.6 million to Maine Indians for economic development, land purchase and other purposes. The money and increased land holdings, however, have not solved economic and employment issues for Maine Indians.

Site Pages

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Site Page

Norcross Heritage Trust

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

Site Page

Presque Isle: The Star City - Electric generator delivery, Presque Isle, 1959

"The Aroostook Trust Company building in the background is at the corner of Main Street and Chapman Road, Presque Isle."

Site Page

Lincoln, Maine - Welcome

"We trust that you will enjoy browsing through the exhibits, most of which were created by Mattanawcook Junior High School students."

My Maine Stories

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Story

Wabanaki Sovereignty
by Mali Obomsawin and Lokotah Sanborn

Bomazeen Land Trust, renewing and resuming Wabanaki caretaking and stewardship roles

Story

Hooch Mum and my Vietnam service
by Jim Barrows

A poem about being a medic, saving Vietnamese people and babies. Sometimes we trusted too much.

Story

Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis

The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.

Lesson Plans

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Bicentennial Lesson Plan

Maine's Acadian Community: "Evangeline," Le Grand Dérangement, and Cultural Survival

Grade Level: 9-12 Content Area: English Language Arts, Social Studies
This lesson plan will introduce students to the history of the forced expulsion of thousands of people from Acadia, the Romantic look back at the tragedy in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's famous epic poem Evangeline and the heroine's adoption as an Acadian cultural figure, and Maine's Acadian community today, along with their relations with Acadian New Brunswick and Nova Scotia residents and others in the Acadian Diaspora. Students will read and discuss primary documents, compare and contrast Le Grand Dérangement to other forced expulsions in Maine history and discuss the significance of cultural survival amidst hardships brought on by treaties, wars, and legislation.

Lesson Plan

Bicentennial Lesson Plan

Sporting Maine

Grade Level: 3-5 Content Area: Health Education & Physical Education, Social Studies
This lesson plan will introduce students to myriad communities in Maine, past and present, through the universal lens of sports and group activities. Students will explore and understand the history of many of Maine’s recreational pastimes, what makes Maine the ideal location for some outdoor sports, and how communities have come together through team activities throughout Maine’s history.

Lesson Plan

Bicentennial Lesson Plan

What Remains: Learning about Maine Populations through Burial Customs

Grade Level: 6-8 Content Area: English Language Arts, Social Studies, Visual & Performing Arts
This lesson plan will give students an overview of how burial sites and gravestone material culture can assist historians and archaeologists in discovering information about people and migration over time. Students will learn how new scholarship can help to dispel harmful archaeological myths, look into the roles of religion and ethnicity in early Maine and New England immigrant and colonial settlements, and discover how to track changes in population and social values from the 1600s to early 1900s based on gravestone iconography and epitaphs.