Keywords: decision-making
Item 116
Children preparing to play baseball, Portland, 1927
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1927 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative
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Paper has shaped Maine's economy, molded individual and community identities, and impacted the environment throughout Maine. When Hugh Chisholm opened the Otis Falls Pulp Company in Jay in 1888, the mill was one of the most modern paper-making facilities in the country, and was connected to national and global markets. For the next century, Maine was an international leader in the manufacture of pulp and paper.
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Maine's Road to Statehood - Maine in the 17th Century
"… distance than any conscious or malicious decision-making, second-class status remained a truism for Maine residents throughout the colonial period…"
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"… did not participate in companies’ day-to-day decision-making or shareholders’ meetings. Instead, they appeared in the record primarily when land…"