Keywords: Cumberland Historical Society
Item 9319
Greely Institute, Cumberland, 1921
Contributed by: Cumberland Historical Society Date: 1921-07-18 Location: Cumberland Media: Photographic print
Item 31520
Locating the old houses of Cumberland map, by Hope Dilloway, 1989
Contributed by: Prince Memorial Library Date: circa 1871 Location: Cumberland Media: Ink and watercolor on paper
Item 38578
Assessor's Record, 485 Congress Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Maine Historical Society Use: Office
Item 38579
Assessor's Record, 485 Congress Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Maine Historical Society Use: Dwelling - Single family
Item 111467
Maine Historical Society presentation drawing, Portland, ca. 2015
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 2015 Location: Portland Client: Maine Historical Society Architect: Carol A. Wilson; Carol A. Wilson, Architect
Item 111357
Chebeague Island Historical Society presentation drawing, Chebeague Island, 2001
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2001 Location: Chebeague Island Client: Chebeague Island Historical Society Architect: Carol A. Wilson; UJMN and Carol A. Wilson Architects
Exhibit
MHS in Pictures: exploring our first 200 years
Two years after separating from Massachusetts, Maine leaders—many who were part of the push for statehood—also separated from Massachusetts Historical Society, creating the Maine Historical Society in 1822. The legislation signed on February 5, 1822 positioned MHS as the third-oldest state dedicated historical organization in the nation. The exhibition features MHS's five locations over the institution's two centuries, alongside images of leaders who have steered the organization through pivotal times.
Exhibit
Rum, Riot, and Reform - Society Copes
"Even Portland's prestigious Cumberland Club was raided and caught with booze. "Vanilla fooled me for a few days."
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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Exhibits
"… The Lending Libraries of North Yarmouth and Cumberland Maine's Pauper Laws and the Cumberland Overseers of the Poor Population Decline…"
Lesson Plan
Building Community/Community Buildings
Grade Level: 6-8
Content Area: Social Studies
Where do people gather? What defines a community? What buildings allow people to congregate to celebrate, learn, debate, vote, and take part in all manner of community activities? Students will evaluate images and primary documents from throughout Maine’s history, and look at some of Maine’s earliest gathering spaces and organizations, and how many communities established themselves around certain types of buildings. Students will make connections between the community buildings of the past and the ways we express identity and create communities today.
Lesson Plan
Grade Level: 9-12
Content Area: Social Studies
Maine's quest for statehood began in the years immediately following the American Revolution. Though the state of Massachusetts consented to the separation in 1819 and Maine would ultimately achieve statehood in 1820, Maine’s split from Massachusetts was not without controversy and was not universally supported by people living in Maine. Using primary sources, students will explore the arguments for and against Maine statehood. Students will gather evidence and arguments to debate the statement: It is in the best interests of the people of Maine for Maine to become its own state.
