Keywords: longtime resident
Item 34548
Martha Libby, Brunswick, ca. 1870
Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1870 Location: Brunswick Media: Photographic print
Item 15551
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1925 Location: York Media: Ink on paper
Item 111772
C. L. Baxter house alterations, Portland, 1901-1945
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1901–1945 Location: Portland Client: C. L. Baxter Architect: John Calvin Stevens
Exhibit
Informal family photos often include family pets -- but formal, studio portraits and paintings also often feature one person and one pet, in formal attire and pose.
Exhibit
A Brief History of Colby College
Colby originated in 1813 as Maine Literary and Theological Institution and is now a small private liberal arts college of about 1,800 students. A timeline of the history and development of Colby College from 1813 until the present.
Site Page
Architecture & Landscape database - Gridley Barrows
"His longtime friend Philip M. Isaacson paid tribute to him in the following words: As an architect, Gridley Barrows had taste and high sophistication."
Site Page
Colby College Special Collections
View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.
Story
In an Old, Abandoned Island House, I Found my Mentor and my Muse
by Robin Clifford Wood
An aspiring writer finds inspiration and a mentor from the past in an old island home.
Story
History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby
This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars
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?
