Keywords: Biddeford, Maine
Item 31236
Mark Gould report card, Biddeford, 1854-55
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1855 Location: Biddeford Media: Ink on paper
Item 104659
Rene W. Boisvert, founder of Biddeford Textile, Biddeford, ca. 1997
Contributed by: Biddeford Mills Museum Date: 1997 Location: Biddeford Media: Digital photograph
Item 111664
Biddeford City Building, Biddeford, 1898
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1898 Location: Biddeford Client: City of Biddeford Architect: John Calvin Stevens
Item 110241
Biddeford High School proposed addition, Biddeford, 1972
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1972 Location: Biddeford Client: City of Biddeford Architect: Wadsworth, Boston, Dimick, Mercer & Weatherill
Exhibit
Biddeford, Saco and the Textile Industry
The largest textile factory in the country reached seven stories up on the banks of the Saco River in 1825, ushering in more than a century of making cloth in Biddeford and Saco. Along with the industry came larger populations and commercial, retail, social, and cultural growth.
Exhibit
Workers in Maine have labored in factories, on farms, in the woods, on the water, among other locales. Many of Maine's occupations have been determined by the state's climate and geographical features.
Site Page
Biddeford History & Heritage Project - EXPLORE the history of Biddeford, Maine...
BHP 2009-2010 team members from Biddeford High School Project Aspire, Biddeford Historical Society, and McArthur Public Library.
Site Page
Biddeford History & Heritage Project - EXHIBITS
… of New England SHIPBUILDING IN BIDDEFORD BIDDEFORD'S MOVERS & SHAKERS THE CIVIL WAR & BIDDEFORD THE THURSDAY CLUB ARTISTS AND INVENTORS OF…
Story
Bob "Coach" Cote: Highlights from life of a Biddeford legend
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
Bob talks about growing up in Biddeford, sports, the fire of 1947, and closing of St. Louis High.
Story
Tammy Ackerman: Falling in love with Biddeford
by Biddeford Cultural and Heritage Center
Someone "from away" who fell in love with Biddeford and contributed to its transformation
Lesson Plan
Longfellow Studies: "The Slave's Dream"
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
Content Area: English Language Arts, Social Studies
In December of 1842 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's Poems on Slavery was published. "The Slave's Dream" is one of eight anti-slavery poems in the collection. A beautifully crafted and emotionally moving poem, it mesmerizes the reader with the last thoughts of an African King bound to slavery, as he lies dying in a field of rice. The 'landscape of his dreams' include the lordly Niger flowing, his green-eyed Queen, the Caffre huts and all of the sights and sounds of his homeland until at last 'Death illuminates his Land of Sleep.'
