Keywords: Maine fiction
Item 13868
Fact and Fiction Club tea, Houlton, 1906
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1906 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print
Item 101558
The Constitution of the State of Maine and that of the United States, Portland, 1825
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1825 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper
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.
Exhibit
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?
Site Page
Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington
View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.
Site Page
Lincoln, Maine - MacGregor's Spool Mill
"… from back then." Excerpts from the journal of fictional character Betsy Mire Year of 1875 A wonderful man swept into the town tonight."
Story
The $ame Band
by Mike Laskey
Maine's punk rock band, 1977
Story
Maine Eye & Ear Infirmary Birth
by Anonymous
My birth at the Portland Eye & Ear Infirmary/ Children's Hospital in 1951
Lesson Plan
Teddy Roosevelt, Millie, and the Elegant Ride Companion Curriculum
Grade Level: 3-5, 6-8
Content Area: Social Studies
These lesson plans were developed by Maine Historical Society for the Seashore Trolley Museum as a companion curriculum for the historical fiction YA novel "Teddy Roosevelt, Millie, and the Elegant Ride" by Jean. M. Flahive (2019). The novel tells the story of Millie Thayer, a young girl who dreams of leaving the family farm, working in the city, and fighting for women's suffrage. Millie's life begins to change when a "flying carpet" shows up in the form of an electric trolley that cuts across her farm and when a fortune-teller predicts that Millie's path will cross that of someone famous. Suddenly, Millie finds herself caught up in events that shake the nation, Maine, and her family. The lesson plans in this companion curriculum explore a variety of topics including the history of the trolley use in early 20th century Maine, farm and rural life at the turn of the century, the story of Theodore Roosevelt and his relationship with Maine, WWI, and the flu pandemic of 1918-1920.
