Keywords: russians
Item 6666
Russian Naval and Maine Militia Officers, ca. 1870
Contributed by: Maine State Archives Date: circa 1870 Media: Albumen print
Item 25207
Contributed by: Maine State Museum Date: 1983 Media: Cotton
Exhibit
"Twenty Nationalities, But All Americans"
Concern about immigrants and their loyalty in the post World War I era led to programs to "Americanize" them -- an effort to help them learn English and otherwise adjust to life in the United States. Clara Soule ran one such program for the Portland Public Schools, hoping it would help the immigrants be accepted.
Exhibit
The Life and Legacy of the George Tate Family
Captain George Tate, mast agent for the King of England from 1751 to the Revolutionary War, and his descendants helped shape the development of Portland (first known as Falmouth) through activities such as commerce, shipping, and real estate.
Site Page
Surry by the Bay - Surry Opera Company
"… to pursue Nowick’s goal of performing the Russian opera Boris Godunov by Mussorgsky in its original Russian one day in the Soviet Union to help…"
Site Page
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Story
Jennie Aranovitch - honoring family legacy and Jewish identity
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
Her great-grandparents journey from Belarus through current day Jewish experience in Biddeford.
Story
2020 Sheltering in Place Random Notes During COVID-19
by Phyllis Merriam, LCSW
Sheltering-in-Place personal experiences in mid-coast Maine (Rockland) during March and April 2020
