Keywords: Maine Historical Society location
Item 14444
Bar Harbor Historical Society, ca. 1997
Contributed by: Bar Harbor Historical Society Date: circa 1997 Location: Bar Harbor Media: Wood
Item 101881
Champlain Society Meteorological Records, Northeast Harbor, 1879
Contributed by: Mount Desert Island Historical Society Date: 1879 Location: Mount Desert; Bar Harbor Media: Ink on paper, bound
Item 151909
Various buildings for State School For Boys, South Portland, 1908
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1896–1908
Location: South Portland
Client: State of Maine
Architect: Coombs & Gibbs
This record contains 6 images.
Item 151580
Winthrop Library, Winthrop, 1916
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1916 Location: Winthrop Client: unknown Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects
Exhibit
MHS in Pictures: exploring our first 200 years
Two years after separating from Massachusetts, Maine leaders—many who were part of the push for statehood—also separated from Massachusetts Historical Society, creating the Maine Historical Society in 1822. The legislation signed on February 5, 1822 positioned MHS as the third-oldest state dedicated historical organization in the nation. The exhibition features MHS's five locations over the institution's two centuries, alongside images of leaders who have steered the organization through pivotal times.
Exhibit
These stories -- that stretch from 1999 back to 1759 -- take you from an amusement park to the halls of Congress. There are inventors, artists, showmen, a railway agent, a man whose civic endeavors helped shape Portland, a man devoted to the pursuit of peace and one known for his military exploits, Maine's first novelist, a woman who recorded everyday life in detail, and an Indian who survived a British attack.
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Story
Where are the French?
by Rhea Côté Robbins
Franco-Americans in Maine
Story
John Coyne from Waterville Enlists as a Railroad Man in WWI
by Mary D. Coyne
Description of conditions railroad men endured and family background on John Coyne.
Lesson Plan
Grade Level: 3-5
Content Area: Health Education & Physical Education, Social Studies
This lesson plan will introduce students to myriad communities in Maine, past and present, through the universal lens of sports and group activities. Students will explore and understand the history of many of Maine’s recreational pastimes, what makes Maine the ideal location for some outdoor sports, and how communities have come together through team activities throughout Maine’s history.
