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Item 75470

Employee benefits at Eastern mill, Brewer, ca. 2006

Contributed by: Maine Folklife Center, Univ. of Maine Date: 1949–2004 Location: Brewer Media: Compact disc

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Online Exhibits

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State of Mind: Becoming Maine

The history of the region now known as Maine did not begin at statehood in 1820. What was Maine before it was a state? How did Maine separate from Massachusetts? How has the Maine we experience today been shaped by thousands of years of history?

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One Hundred Years of Caring -- EMMC

In 1892 five physicians -- William H. Simmons, William C. Mason, Walter H. Hunt, Everett T. Nealey, and William E. Baxter -- realized the need for a hospital in the city of Bangor had become urgent and they set about providing one.

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Eastern Fine Paper

The paper mill on the Penobscot River in South Brewer, which became known as Eastern Fine Paper Co., began as a sawmill in 1884 and grew over the years as an important part of the economy of the region and a large presence in the landscape. Its closing in 2005 affected more than the men and women who lost their jobs.

Site Pages

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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Hampden Academy

"In July of that same year, the trustees contracted with James H. Stewart and Samuel Wallace to erect a brick building for the sum of $1125."

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 3 of 4

"… Society Agricultural Societies Farming families benefitted from the establishment of the Maine State Board of Agriculture in 1856 and the…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 2 of 2

"It was a devastating loss. His father, in reviewing his late son’s papers, Garden & Forest articles, and Champlain Society logbooks, read anew the…"

My Maine Stories

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Story

Pandemic ruminations and the death of Rose Cleveland
by Tilly Laskey

Correlations between the 1918 and 2020 Pandemics