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Historical Items

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Item 148622

Henry Harris Violin, Mercer, 1878

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1878 Location: Mercer Media: Stereograph

Item 148470

Guarnerius style Violin, 1911

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1911 Location: Bangor Media: Wood

Item 34080

Adelaide Pearson with violin, 1894

Contributed by: An individual through Jonathan Fisher Memorial, Inc. Date: 1894 Location: Brookline; Blue Hill Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Elise Fellows White: World Traveling Violin Prodigy

Elise Fellows White was a violinist from Skowhegan who traveled all over the world to share her music.

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Elise Fellows White: Music, Writing, and Family

From a violin prodigy in her early years to an older woman -- mother of two -- struggling financially, Skowhegan native Mary Elise Fellows White remained committed to music, writing, poetry, her extended family -- and living a life that would matter and be remembered.

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Remembering Mellie Dunham: Snowshoe Maker and Fiddler

Alanson Mellen "Mellie" Dunham and his wife Emma "Gram" Dunham were well-known musicians throughout Maine and the nation in the early decades of the 20th century. Mellie Dunham also received fame as a snowshoe maker.

Site Pages

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Blue Hill, Maine - Adelaide Pearson

"… for Blue Hill's growth as a cultural center after the Second World War. Adelaide Pearson with violin, 1894Jonathan Fisher Memorial, Inc."

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 1 of 4

"Winslow Homer made a sketch of the violin and gave it to Mrs. Vaill who was offered a substantial sum for it."

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Stanley Museum

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

My Maine Stories

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Story

Saturday Evening Dances at the Westport Town Hall
by Deborah G. Greenleaf

Fond Memories of Westport Island

Story

First night on the pulp pile at zero degrees, to mill foreman
by Arthur Benedetto

I worked my way up in International Paper, moving from the pick ax pile to a foreman on computers