Stephen Longfellow, Portland, ca. 1845
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Maine Historical Society
The Longfellows' Cultural Legacy
The Longfellows’ successes in the arts — from fine arts and architecture to photography, writing and publishing — coincided with the development of these professional fields and related institutions in the United States.
The affiliation between the Longfellows and Maine Historical Society provides one important example. In 1822 Stephen Longfellow helped establish the Maine Historical Society, the country’s third oldest state historical organization after Massachusetts and New York.
He was the Society’s president in 1834, the same year that Henry Longfellow served as librarian.
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