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Historical Items

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Item 17822

Francis Findlay, Eastern Music Camp, 1931

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1931 Location: Sidney Media: Photographic print

Item 11946

May Fellows, Age 12, ca. 1885

Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: circa 1885 Location: Skowhegan Media: Photographic print

Item 98437

Franz Kneisel letter to Mary Elise Fellows, Boston, 1889

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1889 Location: Skowhegan; Boston Media: Ink on paper

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Online Exhibits

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Elise Fellows White: Music, Writing, and Family

From a violin prodigy in her early years to an older woman -- mother of two -- struggling financially, Skowhegan native Mary Elise Fellows White remained committed to music, writing, poetry, her extended family -- and living a life that would matter and be remembered.

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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.

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Lillian Nordica: Farmington Diva

Lillian Norton, known as Nordica, was one of the best known sopranos in America and the world at the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth centuries. She was a native of Farmington.

Site Pages

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Music in Maine - Music Makers

"At seventeen, patrons funded her trip to study with Jacob Grün in Vienna. Without a formal musical debut—a professional career requirement in…"

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Music in Maine - Longfellow Family Music

"Sheet music Eliza Wadsworth sheet music, 1798Maine Historical Society Before printers made songbooks and sheet music widely available, people…"