Keywords: books
Item 29301
Book of Psalms and New Testament, Kennebunk, ca. 1854
Contributed by: Brick Store Museum Date: circa 1854 Location: Kennebunk Media: book, Ink on paper
Item 102226
Directions for the funeral of Jabez Fox, Falmouth Neck, ca. 1755
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1755 Location: Portland; Falmouth Media: Ink on paper
Item 75761
Assessor's Record, 181-183 State Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: John J. Cunningham Use: Store - Book Mart
Item 86084
5 Warwick Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Emil E. Mayer Use: Dwelling - Single family
Item 111959
House for Lyman H. Nelson, Portland, 1897-1926
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1897–1926 Location: Portland; Portland Client: Lyman H. Nelson Architect: John Calvin Stevens
Item 111981
Waterford Library, Waterford, 1937
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1930–1937 Location: Waterford Client: unknown Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects
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.
Exhibit
John Y. Merrill: Leeds Farmer, Entrepreneur, & More
John Y. Merrill of Leeds (1823-1898) made terse entries in diaries he kept for 11 years. His few words still provide a glimpse into the life of a mid 18th century farmer, who also made shoes, quarried stone, moved barns, made healing salves -- and was active in civic affairs.
Site Page
Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Dirigo Writing Book, Farmington, 1887
"… Description The school composition book called the "Dirigo Writing Book for Common Schools" was published in Portland by Loring, Short…"
Site Page
John Martin: Expert Observer - Scrap & Sketch Book 2: 1864-1866
"… Historical Society and Maine State Museum In the book he labeled "Scrap & Sketch Book," John Martin veered from the format he used in his Journal…"
Story
My Africa Book and living in Portland
by Titi de Baccarat
My art is about being an immigrant in the US, my pain, fear, uncertainty, and hope for my future
Story
Dr. Norman Beaupré: Preserving his Franco-American culture
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
Journey growing up as a Franco-American in Biddeford to his career as a professor and author.
Lesson Plan
Wabanaki Studies: Stewarding Natural Resources
Grade Level: 3-5
Content Area: Science & Engineering, Social Studies
This lesson plan will introduce elementary-grade students to the concepts and importance of Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) and Indigenous Knowledge (IK), taught and understood through oral history to generations of Wabanaki people. Students will engage in discussions about how humans can be stewards of the local ecosystem, and how non-Native Maine citizens can listen to, learn from, and amplify the voices of Wabanaki neighbors to assist in the future of a sustainable environment. Students will learn about Wabanaki artists, teachers, and leaders from the past and present to help contextualize the concepts and ideas in this lesson, and learn about how Wabanaki youth are carrying tradition forward into the future.
Lesson Plan
Portland History: "My Lost Youth" - Longfellow's Portland, Then and Now
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
Content Area: English Language Arts, Social Studies
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow loved his boyhood home of Portland, Maine. Born on Fore Street, the family moved to his maternal grandparents' home on Congress Street when Henry was eight months old. While he would go on to Bowdoin College and travel extensively abroad, ultimately living most of his adult years in Cambridge, Massachusetts, he never forgot his beloved Portland.
Years after his childhood, in 1855, he wrote "My Lost Youth" about his undiminished love for and memories of growing up in Portland. This exhibit, using the poem as its focus, will present the Portland of Longfellow's boyhood. In many cases the old photos will be followed by contemporary images of what that site looked like 2004.
Following the exhibit of 68 slides are five suggested lessons that can be adapted for any grade level, 3–12.
