Keywords: Maying
Item 8969
Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: 1894-05-01 Location: Skowhegan Media: Photographic print
Item 11946
Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: circa 1885 Location: Skowhegan Media: Photographic print
Item 49968
Assessor's Record, 34 Ellsworth Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: May Porter Use: Garage
Item 49966
34-38 Ellsworth Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: May Porter Use: Dwelling - Single family
Item 109785
House for S.E. May, Lewiston, 1877-1878
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1877–1878 Location: Lewiston Client: Seth May Architect: Stevens and Coombs Architects
Item 109784
May Estate Block & Alterations in House, Lewiston, 1891-1899
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1891–1899 Location: Lewiston; Auburn Client: S. E. May Architect: George M. Coombs; Coombs, Gibbs, and Wilkinson Architects
Exhibit
Published women authors with ties to Maine are too numerous to count. They have made their marks in all types of literature.
Exhibit
Student Exhibit: Rebecca Sophie Clarke
Sophie May, whose real name was Rebecca Clarke, was the author of over 40 books between 1861 and 1903. She wrote the "Little Prudy Series" based on the little town of Norridgewock.
Site Page
Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Julia Harris May poetry collection, 1903
"Julia Harris May poetry collection, 1903 Contributed by Farmington Public Library Description Collection of poems composed by Julia Harris…"
Site Page
Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Early Schools
"The May sisters, Julia and Sara, operated a private school for girls in Farmington, known as Wendall Institute, for 13 years until 1881."
Story
Reflecting on 38 years at Mercy Hospital
by Terry Clifford
Terry Clifford began her career at Mercy Hospital on May 11, 1981
Story
The New Normal
by Darlene Reardon
COVID-19 Poem
Lesson Plan
Longfellow Studies: The Elms - Stephen Longfellow's Gorham Farm
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
Content Area: English Language Arts, Social Studies
On April 3, 1761 Stephen Longfellow II signed the deed for the first 100 acre purchase of land that he would own in Gorham, Maine. His son Stephen III (Judge Longfellow) would build a home on that property which still stands to this day. Judge Longfellow would become one of the most prominent citizens in Gorhams history and one of the earliest influences on his grandson Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's work as a poet.
This exhibit examines why the Longfellows arrived in Gorham, Judge Longfellow's role in the history of the town, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's vacations in the country which may have influenced his greatest work, and the remains of the Longfellow estate still standing in Gorham today.
Lesson Plan
Primary Sources: Daily Life in 1820
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
Content Area: Social Studies
This lesson plan will give students the opportunity to explore and analyze primary source documents from the years before, during, and immediately after Maine became the 23rd state in the Union. Through close looking at documents, objects, and art from Maine during and around 1820, students will ask questions and draw informed conclusions about life at the time of statehood.