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Historical Items

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Item 72838

Letter to Corinne Sawyer from Norma Millay, 1960

Contributed by: Camden Public Library Date: 1960-04-22 Location: Camden; Austerlitz Media: Paper

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Item 54202

Evening dress croquis, Paris, 1931

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1931 Media: Ink, pencil on paper, fabric

Item 35714

Lucy Collins to Persis Blanchard on marriage, 1854

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1854 Location: Cumberland Media: Ink on paper

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Online Exhibits

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Umbazooksus & Beyond

Visitors to the Maine woods in the early twentieth century often recorded their adventures in private diaries or journals and in photographs. Their remembrances of canoeing, camping, hunting and fishing helped equate Maine with wilderness.

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A City Awakes: Arts and Artisans of Early 19th Century Portland

Portland's growth from 1786 to 1860 spawned a unique social and cultural environment and fostered artistic opportunity and creative expression in a broad range of the arts, which flowered with the increasing wealth and opportunity in the city.

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Evergreens and a Jolly Old Elf

Santa Claus and evergreens have been common December additions to homes, schools, businesses, and other public places to America since the mid nineteenth century. They are two symbols of the Christian holiday of Christmas whose origins are unrelated to the religious meaning of the day.

Site Pages

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Lincoln, Maine - Newspapers

"She tries to find a dog that I might be able to get that is small. I've wanted a puppy for a while and I have not been able to find the right puppy."

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Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 2 of 4

"Give my love to the children and Grandfather and Grandmother. I shall answer all letters as fast as possible while we remain here."

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Seaside Hall

"He loved that. And the kids all—and he told them, he says, “If you break anything, you bring it back new.” Somebody broke a little window, I can’t…"

My Maine Stories

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First night on the pulp pile at zero degrees, to mill foreman
by Arthur Benedetto

I worked my way up in International Paper, moving from the pick ax pile to a foreman on computers

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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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My life as a revolutionary knitter
by Katharine Cobey

Moving to Maine and confronting knitting stereotypes