Maine Memory Network

Children waiting for Sunday School, Cutler, 1956

Contributed by: Maine Seacoast Mission Date: 1956 Location: Cutler Media: Photographic print

"Sunbeam II," as seen from the deck of the USLHS Portland, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Maine Seacoast Mission Date: circa 1930 Media: Photographic print

Assessor's Record, 95-97 Monument Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Trustees of Zion Mission Use: Church

46 Sheridan Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Trustees of Zion Mission Use: Parsonage

Garland Farm, ca. 1955-1990

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1955–1990 Client: Lewis Garland, Architect: Landscape Design Associates

Father Rasles, the Indians and the English

Father Sebastien Rasle, a French Jesuit, ran a mission for Indians at Norridgewock and, many English settlers believed, encouraged Indian resistance to English settlement. He was killed in a raid on the mission in 1724 that resulted in the remaining Indians fleeing for Canada.

The Devil and the Wilderness

Anglo-Americans in northern New England sometimes interpreted their own anxieties about the Wilderness, their faith, and their conflicts with Native Americans as signs that the Devil and his handmaidens, witches, were active in their midst.

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Caring For Our Families and Friends

"… supplies, and partnered with the Maine Seacoast Mission. Using its boat Sunbeam, the Mission “aids the (Maine coastal or island) town or plantation…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - The Crew

"It is the mission of SIES to provide library and historical collections services for the community of Swan's Island."

The Mercy mission called to me deeply
by Melissa Skahan

Melissa Skahan recounted her admiration for the Sisters, as well as her years of work at Mercy

Memories of a mission in Vietnam, January 11, 1970
by SGT. Ronald Santerre, 1st Calvary Division

Extracting villagers from the Viet Cong in Vietnam

Longfellow Studies: The Writer's Hour - "Footprints on the Sands of Time"

Grade Level: 3-5 Content Area: English Language Arts, Social Studies
These lessons will introduce the world-famous American writer and a selection of his work with a compelling historical fiction theme. Students take up the quest: Who was HWL and did his poetry leave footprints on the sands of time? They will "tour" his Cambridge home through young eyes, listen, and discuss poems from a writer’s viewpoint, and create their own poems inspired by Longfellow's works. The interdisciplinary approach utilizes critical thinking skills, living history, technology integration, maps, photos, books, and peer collaboration. The mission is to get students keenly interested in what makes a great writer by using Longfellow as a historic role model. The lessons are designed for students at varying reading levels. Slow learners engage in living history with Alice’s fascinating search through the historic Craigie house, while gifted and talented students may dramatize the virtual tour as a monologue. Constant discovery and exciting presentations keep the magic in lessons. Remember that, "the youthful mind must be interested in order to be instructed." Students will build strong writing skills encouraging them to leave their own "footprints on the sands of time."