Keywords: Funding
Item 74503
Recommendation to fund school for indigent black children, New Orleans, 1862
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862-11-08 Location: New Orleans Media: Ink on paper
Item 11978
Margaret Chase Smith supports the Jimmy Fund, 1953
Contributed by: Margaret Chase Smith Library Date: 1953-09-03 Location: Skowhegan Media: Photographic print
Item 75739
143-149 State Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Diocesan Funds in Diocese of Maine Use: Bishop's House
Item 83286
Assessor's Record, 662-680 Washington Avenue, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Diocesan Funds in Diocese of Maine Use: Unknown
Item 111331
Rumford Falls Library, Rumford, 1903
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1903 Location: Rumford Client: unknown Architect: John Calvin Stevens
Item 111977
Rumford Falls Library alterations, Rumford, 1903
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1903–1933 Location: Rumford Client: unknown Architect: John Calvin Stevens
Exhibit
Educating Oneself: Carnegie Libraries
Industrialist Andrew Carnegie gave grants for 20 libraries in Maine between 1897 and 1912, specifying that the town own the land, set aside funds for maintenance, have room to expand -- and offer library services at no charge.
Exhibit
World War I and the Maine Experience
With a long history of patriotism and service, Maine experienced the war in a truly distinct way. Its individual experiences tell the story of not only what it means to be an American, but what it means to be from Maine during the war to end all wars.
Site Page
Mercy Hospital - From Queen's to Mercy
"From Queen's to Mercy A 1941 capital funds campaign pamphlet for the construction of the new Mercy Hospital."
Site Page
Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Memorial Library, 1924
"The $7,000 fund to begin building the library came through donation from Mary B. Ingersoll. The front room of the library (pictured) shows off the…"
Story
Sister Therese Bouthot:Life of service as a Good Shepherd sister
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
From humble beginnings to playing a leadership role in the service of others
Story
Jenifer Van Deusen - SEED's Head Gardener
by MLTI Stories of Impact Project
Jenifer on SEED and how it helped prepare Maine for the MLTI.
Lesson Plan
Longfellow Studies: "The Jewish Cemetery at Newport"
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
Content Area: English Language Arts, Social Studies
Longfellow's poem "The Jewish Cemetery at Newport" opens up the issue of the earliest history of the Jews in America, and the significant roles they played as businessmen and later benefactors to the greater community. The history of the building itself is notable in terms of early American architecture, its having been designed, apparently gratis, by the most noted architect of the day. Furthermore, the poem traces the history of Newport as kind of a microcosm of New England commercial cities before the industrialization boom. For almost any age student the poem could be used to open up interest in local cemeteries, which are almost always a wealth of curiousities and history. Longfellow and his friends enjoyed exploring cemeteries, and today our little local cemeteries can be used to teach little local histories and parts of the big picture as well.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow visited the Jewish cemetery in Newport, RI on July 9, 1852. His popular poem about the site, published two years later, was certainly a sympathetic portrayal of the place and its people. In addition to Victorian romantic musings about the "Hebrews in their graves," Longfellow includes in this poem references to the historic persecution of the Jews, as well as very specific references to their religious practices.
Since the cemetery and the nearby synagogue were restored and protected with an infusion of funding just a couple years after Longfellow's visit, and later a congregation again assembled, his gloomy predictions about the place proved false (never mind the conclusion of the poem, "And the dead nations never rise again!"). Nevertheless, it is a fascinating poem, and an interesting window into the history of the nation's oldest extant synagogue.
Lesson Plan
Longfellow Studies: Longfellow Meets German Radical Poet Ferdinand Freiligrath
Grade Level: 9-12
Content Area: English Language Arts, Social Studies
During Longfellow's 1842 travels in Germany he made the acquaintance of the politically radical Ferdinand Freiligrath, one of the influential voices calling for social revolution in his country. It is suggested that this association with Freiligrath along with his return visit with Charles Dickens influenced Longfellow's slavery poems. This essay traces Longfellow's interest in the German poet, Freiligrath's development as a radical poetic voice, and Longfellow's subsequent visit with Charles Dickens. Samples of verse and prose are provided to illustrate each writer's social conscience.
