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Item 99392

Kiah Sewall account of escape from Mobile, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1864 Location: Mobile Media: Ink on paper

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Item 98902

Kiah B. Sewall brief autobiography, Alabama, ca. 1854

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

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Item 148475

Elise Fellows White in Portland, 1914

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1914 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

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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Fallen Heroes: Those Who Gave Their Lives: World War II

At least twenty-three Jewish men from Maine died in the military during World War II. Photographs and other memorabilia are available for fewer than half of them. Read more about them.

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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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Blue Hill, Maine - Project Sources

"At Home Around the World. Capt. R.G.F. Candage: Autobiography . A Sailing Master’s Journal. 1911 (reprinted 2003). Candage, R.G.F."

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Music in Maine - Music Makers

"… Mary Elise Fellows White (1873-1953) noted in her autobiography that her family was musical, saying that her father, “played the violin, and though…"