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Digital History: Stories from Maine Memory Network
Waiting for the Bus, Swan's Island, ca. 1955
Some images are timeless. This photograph was recently uploaded to Maine Memory Network by the Swan's Island Educational Society which is participating in MHS's Maine Community Heritage Project this year. Their website dedicated to the Island's history will launch on Maine Memory in May. Stay tuned! Click here to see the ninety items they have put on Maine Memory so far.
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Just Seen!
MHS featured in NBC's Who Do You Think You Are?
The MHS Research Library played a starring role in the episode of NBC's hit genealogy program Who Do You Think You Are? that aired last Friday. Actress Helen Hunt visited Portland to research the history of her great great grandmother Augusta Hunt, who was president of the Women's Christian Temperance Union. Click here to read a recap of the episode; click here to view the episode. The show also featured an interview with local historian and MHS friend Herb Adams, and a visit to the Neal Dow House.
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Helen Hunt in the MHS Library's Reading Room
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This Week
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Tony Horwitz
Photo credit: Randi Baird
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The 2012 Maine Festival of the Book, held this week in Portland, has much to offer folks interested in history. On Friday night, Tony Horwitz, author of Confederates in the Attic, will deliver the keynote address. His riveting new book, Midnight Rising, explores the story of abolitionist John Brown and the raid on Harper's Ferry. On Saturday at 11am, Horwitz, Portland-based Colin Woodard, and Michael Willrich will participate in a panel discussion, "New Takes on Past Connections," that focuses on how these writers use history to help us understand contemporary American culture, politics, and identity. The panel will be moderated by MHS Assistant Director Steve Bromage. For more information on the festival, please visit Maine Reads' website. 
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Next Week!
Tuesday, April 3, 12pmSpeakers: Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr., Maine State Historian; and William Bunting, historian, author, and master storyteller Thursday, April 5, 7pmSpeaker: Rosamond Purcell, photographer and author
Both of these programs are part of the Richard D'Abate Lectures: Conversations About History, Art, and Literature. Series details.To see a full list of upcoming programs, please click here. Public programs at MHS are sponsored, in part, by the Margaret E. Burnham Charitable Trust. 
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Coming Soon!
Tuesday, April 10, 12pmThe Titanic: A Survivor's StorySpeaker: Dr. Karen Lemke, Professor of Education, St. Joseph's College
Join us, one hundred years ago to the day (April 10) that the Titanic set sail from New York on its fateful voyage. Lemke's talk will tell the story through the eyes and experience of eight-year old Titanic survivor, Marshall Drew.
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