Search Results

Keywords: Stowe, Harriet Beecher

Historical Items

View All Showing 2 of 17 Showing 3 of 17

Item 16520

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1875 Location: Brunswick Media: Print

Item 16511

Harriet Beecher Stowe House, Brunswick, ca. 1960

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1960 Location: Brunswick Media: Photograph, print

Item 16509

Harriet Beecher Stowe House, Brunswick

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1915 Location: Brunswick Media: Postcard

Online Exhibits

View All Showing 2 of 5 Showing 3 of 5

Exhibit

Writing Women

Published women authors with ties to Maine are too numerous to count. They have made their marks in all types of literature.

Exhibit

South Portland's Wartime Shipbuilding

Two shipyards in South Portland, built quickly in 1941 to construct cargo ships for the British and Americans, produced nearly 270 ships in two and a half years. Many of those vessels bore the names of notable Mainers.

Exhibit

The Advent of Green Acre, A Baha'i Center of Learning

The Green Acre Baha'i School began as Green Acre Conferences, established by Sarah Jane Farmer in Eliot. She later became part of the Baha'i Faith and hosted speakers and programs that promoted peace. In 1912, the leader of the Baha'i Faith, 'Abdu'l-Baha, visited Green Acre, where hundreds saw him speak.

Lesson Plans

View All Showing 1 of 1 Showing 1 of 1

Lesson Plan

Longfellow Studies: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow & Harriet Beecher Stowe

Grade Level: 9-12 Content Area: Social Studies
As a graduate of Bowdoin College and a longtime resident of Brunswick, I have a distinct interest in Longfellow. Yet the history of Brunswick includes other famous writers as well, including Harriet Beecher Stowe. Although they did not reside in Brunswick contemporaneously, and Longfellow was already world-renowned before Stowe began her literary career, did these two notables have any interaction? More particularly, did Longfellow have any opinion of Stowe's work? If so, what was it?