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Keywords: Gatherings

Historical Items

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Item 36312

Elias Thomas family, Portland, ca. 1909

Contributed by: An individual through Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1909 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 16438

Durrell family reunion, Kingfield, 1901

Contributed by: Stanley Museum Date: 1901-08-15 Location: Kingfield Media: Photographic print

Item 98099

Post Office Square, Belfast, ca. 1875

Contributed by: Belfast Historical Society Date: circa 1875 Location: Belfast Media: Stereograph

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 151513

The Portland Club heating plans, Portland, 1923

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1923 Location: Portland Client: The Portland Club Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Item 151716

First Baptist Church, Portland, 1907

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1907 Location: Portland Client: First Baptist Church Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Online Exhibits

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Music in Maine - MAKE

"… Nations became part of broader Indigenous social gatherings, creating a network powwows across what is now North America."

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Northern Threads: Bustle era fashions

A themed vignette within "Northern Threads Part I," featuring 1870s and 80s era bustle silhouettes.

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Indians, Furs, and Economics

When Europeans arrived in North America and disrupted traditional Native American patterns of life, they also offered other opportunities: trade goods for furs. The fur trade had mixed results for the Wabanaki.

Site Pages

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Holiday Events

"Old and young would gather near the Veterans Memorial. There would be a parade, speeches and music. After a brief ceremony at the town memorial park…"

Site Page

Historic Clothing Collection - 1830-1850 - Page 2 of 3

"One is a white flower sprig design with gathered horizontal strips across the wide neck, puff, off-shoulder sleeves and a pelerine; and the other…"

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Easton Historical Society

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

My Maine Stories

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Story

Welimahskil: Sweet grass
by Suzanne Greenlaw

Weaving Indigenous Knowledge (IK) and western science around Sweetgrass

Story

Powwow Music
by Chris Sockalexis

Playing powwow music with my group, the RezDogs

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63 year Presque Isle High School Class Reunion
by Kathryn E Joy

What happens when there are no more reunions planned.

Lesson Plans

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Bicentennial Lesson Plan

Building Community/Community Buildings

Grade Level: 6-8 Content Area: Social Studies
Where do people gather? What defines a community? What buildings allow people to congregate to celebrate, learn, debate, vote, and take part in all manner of community activities? Students will evaluate images and primary documents from throughout Maine’s history, and look at some of Maine’s earliest gathering spaces and organizations, and how many communities established themselves around certain types of buildings. Students will make connections between the community buildings of the past and the ways we express identity and create communities today.

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Longfellow's Ripple Effect: Journaling With the Poet - "The Song of Hiawatha"

Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12 Content Area: English Language Arts, Social Studies
This lesson is part of a series of six lesson plans that will give students the opportunity to become familiar with the works of Longfellow while reflecting upon how his works speak to their own experiences.

Lesson Plan

Bicentennial Lesson Plan

Maine Statehood and the Missouri Compromise

Grade Level: 9-12 Content Area: Social Studies
Using primary sources, students will explore the arguments for and against Maine statehood and the Missouri Compromise, and the far-reaching implications of Maine statehood and the Missouri Compromise such as the preservation and spread of slavery in the United States. Students will gather evidence and arguments to debate the statement: The Missouri Compromise was deeply flawed and ultimately did more harm to the Union than good.