Category: People, Famous Maine People, Muskie, Edmund
Item 10821
Muskie at home, Kennebunk, ca. 1985
Contributed by: Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library Date: circa 1985 Location: Kennebunk Media: Photographic print
Item 25724
Letter to Muskie on environmental work, 1971
Contributed by: Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library Date: 1971 Media: Ink on paper
Exhibit
Clean Water: Muskie and the Environment
Maine Senator Edmund S. Muskie earned the nickname "Mr. Clean" for his environment efforts during his tenure in Congress from 1959 to 1980. He helped created a political coalition that passed important clean air and clean water legislation, drawing on his roots in Maine.