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Historical Items

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Item 100357

Lewis Island Passamaquoddy village, Schoodic Lake, ca. 1866

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1866 Media: Pencil and ink on paper

Item 100356

St. Sauveur mission, Mount Desert, ca. 1866

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1866 Media: Pencil on paper

Item 51423

Missionary Conference, Ocean Park, 1912

Contributed by: Dyer Library/Saco Museum Date: 1912 Location: Ocean Park Media: Photographic print

Tax Records

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Item 87371

Missionary Society M.E. Church property, Maine Conference Women's Home, East End, Long Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Missionary Society M.E. Church Use: Italian Fresh Air Camp

Item 86033

265-269 Woodford Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: M. E. Church of Portland Missionary Society Use: Dwelling

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 111675

Margaret Payson Waterman monument, Gorham, 1928

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1928 Location: Gorham Client: John A. Waterman Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Item 111580

Galen C. Moses house, Bath, 1901

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1901 Location: Bath Client: Galen C. Moses Architect: John Calvin Stevens

Online Exhibits

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Father John Bapst: Catholicism's Defender and Promoter

Father John Bapst, a Jesuit, knew little of America or Maine when he arrived in Old Town in 1853 from Switzerland. He built churches and defended Roman Catholics against Know-Nothing activists, who tarred and feathered the priest in Ellsworth in 1854.

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La St-Jean in Lewiston-Auburn

St-Jean-Baptiste Day -- June 24th -- in Lewiston-Auburn was a very public display of ethnic pride for nearly a century. Since about 1830, French Canadians had used St. John the Baptist's birthdate as a demonstration of French-Canadian nationalism.

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John Bapst High School

John Bapst High School was dedicated in September 1928 to meet the expanding needs of Roman Catholic education in the Bangor area. The co-educational school operated until 1980, when the diocese closed it due to decreasing enrollment. Since then, it has been a private school known as John Bapst Memorial High School.

Site Pages

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Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Maine State documents and Proclamations

"Maine State documents and Proclamations After the production of Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold in 2009 and up to 2012, three apologies by…"

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Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Listen to the entire "Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold" documentary

"Listen to the entire "Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold" documentary Listen to the entire documentary or by chapter. Download the MP3 file."

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Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Resources, Links, and Bibliography for Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold

"Resources, Links, and Bibliography for Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold The Maine State Museum provides an excellent on-line resource for…"

My Maine Stories

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Rev James Wells Appointment as Chaplain for Maine in Civil War
by David Woodward

Certificate for Rev. Wells commissioned by Gov. Israel Washburn Jr. to serve in Maine 11th Regiment

Story

Mali Agat (Molly Ockett) the famous Wabanaki "Doctress"
by Maine Historical Society

Pigwacket Molly Ockett, healing, and cultural ecological knowledge

Story

Pandemic ruminations and the death of Rose Cleveland
by Tilly Laskey

Correlations between the 1918 and 2020 Pandemics