Keywords: Mainer
Item 102718
"Portrait of Hawa" Mainer project, Portland, 2016
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2015 Location: Portland Media: Ink and charcoal on paper, wood frame
Item 70921
Former Mainer seeking position in New Orleans, 1862
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862-05-21 Location: New Orleans Media: Ink on paper
Exhibit
Pigeon's Mainer Project: who decides who belongs?
Street artist Pigeon's artwork tackles the multifaceted topic of immigration. He portrays Maine residents, some who are asylum seekers, refugees, and immigrants—people who are often marginalized through state and federal policies—to ask questions about the dynamics of power in society, and who gets to call themselves a “Mainer.”
Exhibit
Immigration is one of the most debated topics in Maine. Controversy aside, immigration is also America's oldest tradition, and along with religious tolerance, what our nation was built upon. Since the first people--the Wabanaki--permitted Europeans to settle in the land now known as Maine, we have been a state of immigrants.
Site Page
Biddeford History & Heritage Project - Civil War
… the men of Maine dutifully served; about 70,000 Mainers served the U.S. as soldiers and sailors. The City Annual Report for 1865-66 states that…
Site Page
John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 7, pages 114-134
… soldiers wore and carried and how little prepared Mainers were to be soldiers in 1861. He also discussed their training and duties.
Story
Being an NP during social unrest
by Jacqueline P. Fournier
A snapshot of Mainers in a medical crisis of the time/Human experience in Maine.
Story
Beef Cutlet always reminds me of home in Iran
by Parivash Rohani
Making beef cutlet in Maine connects me to my home in Iran and my Baha'i faith.
