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Historical Items

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Item 103794

Eleanor Roosevelt posed under a tree, Mount Vernon, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: circa 1930 Location: Mount Vernon Media: Glass Negative

Item 104613

Eleanor Roosevelt posed under a tree, Mount Vernon, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: circa 1930 Location: Mount Vernon Media: Glass Negative

Item 104614

Eleanor Roosevelt, Mount Vernon, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: circa 1930 Location: Mount Vernon Media: Glass Negative

Online Exhibits

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Margaret Chase Smith: A Historic Candidacy

When she announced her candidacy for President in January 1964, three-term Republican Senator Margaret Chase Smith became the first woman to seek the nomination of one of the two major political parties.

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The Sanitary Commission: Meeting Needs of Soldiers, Families

The Sanitary Commission, formed soon after the Civil War began in the spring of 1861, dealt with the health, relief needs, and morale of soldiers and their families. The Maine Agency helped families and soldiers with everything from furloughs to getting new socks.

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Debates Over Suffrage

While numerous Mainers worked for and against woman suffrage in the state in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, some also worked on the national level, seeking a federal amendment to allow women the right to vote

Site Pages

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Music in Maine - Music stores

"… teacher Mary Curran Leighton (1885-1972) and her spouse, Clifford Leighton, ran a music store in Portland where they sold instruments and provided…"

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

My Maine Stories

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An enjoyable conference, Portland 2021
by John C. Decker, Danville, Pennsylvania

Some snippets from a 4-day conference by transportation historians in Portland, September 7-11, 2021

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History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby

This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars