Keywords: figures
Item 102140
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1815 Location: Scarborough Media: Print on paper
Item 102141
Rufus King on a Biddeford farm for sale, Newburyport, 1782
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1782-10-23 Location: Biddeford; Newburyport; Dunstable; Boston Media: Ink on paper
Item 111346
Portland High School athletic field, Portland, 1930
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1930 Location: Portland Client: P.H.S. Athletic Association Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects
Exhibit
Creation and other cultural tales are important to framing a culture's beliefs and values -- and passing those on. The Wabanaki -- Maliseet, Micmac, Passamaquoddy and Penobscot -- Indians of Maine and Nova Scotia tell stories of a cultural hero/creator, a giant who lived among them and who promised to return.
Exhibit
Port of Portland's Custom House and Collectors of Customs
The collector of Portland was the key to federal patronage in Maine, though other ports and towns had collectors. Through the 19th century, the revenue was the major source of Federal Government income. As in Colonial times, the person appointed to head the custom House in Casco Bay was almost always a leading community figure, or a well-connected political personage.
Site Page
Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding During and after the Civil War - 1861 to 1900
"… established in 1866 after the retirement of key figures in the former company. Dunn and Elliot was the eventual surviving corporation."
Site Page
Skowhegan Community History - Farming in the Skowhegan Area
"They figured out that they needed to grow crops that one would call “niche” markets like blueberries, sweet corn and low cost hay."
Story
Dr Michael Guignard: Passion for research & Franco-American root
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
A personal journey of life in a Franco-American community with unique insights on adoption
Story
For Sale
by ALD
2022 Pen on paper 9 x 12 in
Lesson Plan
Maine Statehood and the Missouri Compromise
Grade Level: 9-12
Content Area: Social Studies
Using primary sources, students will explore the arguments for and against Maine statehood and the Missouri Compromise, and the far-reaching implications of Maine statehood and the Missouri Compromise such as the preservation and spread of slavery in the United States. Students will gather evidence and arguments to debate the statement: The Missouri Compromise was deeply flawed and ultimately did more harm to the Union than good.
Lesson Plan
Grade Level: 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Content Area: Science & Engineering, Social Studies
This lesson plan will give middle and high school students a broad overview of the ash tree population in North America, the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) threatening it, and the importance of the ash tree to the Wabanaki people in Maine. Students will look at Wabanaki oral histories as well as the geological/glacial beginnings of the region we now know as Maine for a general understanding of how the ash tree came to be a significant part of Wabanaki cultural history and environmental history in Maine. Students will compare national measures to combat the EAB to the Wabanaki-led Ash Task Force’s approaches in Maine, will discuss the benefits and challenges of biological control of invasive species, the concept of climigration, the concepts of Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) and Indigenous Knowledge (IK) and how research scientists arrive at best practices for aiding the environment.
