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Added November 12, 2021
Item Contributed by
Mantor Library at UMF
Added November 12, 2021
Item Contributed by
Mantor Library at UMF
Added November 12, 2021
Item Contributed by
Mantor Library at UMF
Added November 12, 2021
Item Contributed by
Mantor Library at UMF
Added November 12, 2021
Item Contributed by
Mantor Library at UMF
Added November 12, 2021
Item Contributed by
Mantor Library at UMF
Added November 12, 2021
Item Contributed by
Mantor Library at UMF
Added November 12, 2021
Item Contributed by
Mantor Library at UMF
Added November 12, 2021
Item Contributed by
Mantor Library at UMF
Added November 12, 2021
Item Contributed by
Mantor Library at UMF
Added November 12, 2021
Item Contributed by
Mantor Library at UMF
New My Maine Stories
Added November 15, 2021
Thoughts of Freedom
by Raymond Bellevance
Painting my thoughts and loves while incarcerated at Maine State Prison
Added November 2, 2021
An enjoyable conference, Portland 2021
by John C. Decker, Danville, Pennsylvania
Some snippets from a 4-day conference by transportation historians in Portland, September 7-11, 2021
Added October 6, 2021
Surprise Preacher in Corinna
by Sarah Mount Elewononi
What the wife of Rev. Wright did when she found out she was expected to preach on short notice.
Added October 5, 2021
Dana Mitchell - MLTI in Passamaquoddy Homelands
by MLTI Stories of Impact Project
Dana Mitchell talked about one-to-one's arrival at one Passamaquoddy Reservation school.
New Exhibits
In 1944, the US Government established Camp Houlton, a prisoner of war (POW) internment camp for captured German soldiers during World War II. Many of the prisoners worked on local farms planting and harvesting potatoes. Some created artwork and handicrafts they sold or gave to camp guards. Camp Houlton processed and held about 3500 prisoners and operated until May 1946.
The Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company of Belfast, Maine. employed photographers who traveled by company vehicle through New England each summer, taking pictures of towns and cities, vacation spots and tourist attractions, working waterfronts and local industries, and other subjects postcard recipients might enjoy. The cards were printed by the millions in Belfast into the 1940s.
BEGIN AGAIN explores Maine's historic role, going back 528 years, in crisis that brought about the pandemic, social and economic inequities, and the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020.
The Penobscot Marine Museum’s photography collections include nearly 50,000 glass plate negatives of images for "real photo" postcards produced by the Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company of Belfast. This exhibit features postcards from Lincoln County.
