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This Week's Program Highlights
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This week we are offering two public programs by fantastic speakers.  | |
Kathleen Brown
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On Tuesday, James Witherall presents on his new biography, Ed Muskie: Made in Maine, 1914-1960, and traces the story of the son of an immigrant tailor through two terms as Maine's governor. On Thursday, Kathleen Brown, Professor of History at University of Pennsylvania, travels to Maine to present her lecture What's Laundry Got to do With it?: Caring for the Body in the 19th Century United States. She is the author of Foul Bodies: Cleanliness in Early America and will help us imagine what body care and hygiene may have been like in the Wadsworth-Longfellow House. |
Maine History Maker Award
Each year MHS recognizes an individual in Maine who has made significant contributions to the community through the Maine History Maker Award. This award honors contemporary citizens who are shaping Maine today. The 2014 honoree is Vincent Veroneau, President and CEO of J.B. Brown & Sons.
As one of Maine's oldest and most respected family-owned businesses, J.B. Brown & Sons continues to invest in Portland and to give back to the community. Vin's leadership and generosity have led the business for many years.
Join us for this special event on Tuesday, September 30, from 5:30-7:30pm. Tickets are $50. RSVP by September 24 to Elizabeth Nash, 207-774-1822 ext. 206.
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Thank you to everyone who participated in our fundraiser by bidding in our Best of Maine Online Auction, which ended at noon today. The $3,206 you helped raise will support our education programs including our Local History/Local Schools program for area children. Check out our new page for educators and students, designed in accordance with the Maine Learning Results and Common Core State Standards.
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An Abundance of Scrapbooks
Notes from the Archives with Nancy Noble
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Scrapbooks can be charming and quirky--the whimsical selections reflect the tastes of the compiler. They can be informative--documenting a movement or organization. And they can be indicative of how people created, collected, and presented information many years ago, in the days before the digital tools we have at our fingertips existed.
This summer, MHS archivist/cataloger Nancy Noble took on the project of pulling 109 scrapbooks out of backlog, where some have languished for at least 50 years, waiting to see the light of day. In this blog post written by Nancy, she shares some of her favorites, observations, and a slideshow of images depicting the clippings that Mainers found worthy of preserving.
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Your gifts to our annual fund support everything MHS does--from library services to lectures, museum exhibitions, and the Maine Memory Network. Our new exhibition, Home: The Longfellow House and the Emergence of Portland, gives students an opportunity to interact with history in a whole new way, by connecting their own stories to how people lived in the past. Your support is essential! Click here to make your donation quickly and securely before our fiscal year ends on September 30th. Or call our Office of Institutional Advancement at 207-774-1822 to pay by credit card or make a gift of stock.
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Tuesday, September 16, 12:00pm
Book Talk
Ed Muskie: Made in Maine, 1914-1960
Speaker: James Witherell
Location: MHS Lecture Hall
Cost: Free for MHS members; $5 for non-members
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Thursday, September 18, 7:00pm
Lecture
What's Laundry Got to do With it?: Caring for the Body in the 19th Century United States
Speaker: Kathleen M. Brown, Professor of History, University of Pennsylvania
Location: MHS Lecture Hall
Presented in partnership with American and New England Studies Program, USM
Cost: Free for MHS members; $5 for non-members
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Thursday, September 18, 6:00pm
MHS is pleased to co-sponsor the lecture
A Sense of Oneness: The Life and Art of Bernard Langlais
Speaker: Hannah W. Blunt, Langlais Curator for Special Projects, Colby College Museum of Art
Location: Portland Public Library Rines Auditorium
Free
Details online.
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Tuesday, September 23, 12:00pm
Lecture
The Portland Water District in Pictures, 1908-2008
Speakers: Paul Thomas Hunt and Barbara Brewer
Location: MHS Lecture Hall
Cost: Free for MHS members; $5 for non-members
Details online.
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Friday, September 26, 8:00am - 4:00pmMHS is pleased to co-sponsor
The Envision Maine Summit
An inspiring one-day gathering for sharing and exploring ideas and actions to build Maine's next economy.
Location: Hilton Garden Inn, Freeport
Cost: $75 includes lunch
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Tuesday, September 30, 5:30 - 7:30pmMHS Annual Celebration:
Maine History Maker Award
Honoring Vincent Veroneau of J.B. Brown & Sons
Location: MHS Campus
Cost: $50 RSVP: by September 24 to Elizabeth Nash, 207-774-1822 ext. 206. |
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Thursday, October 2, 7:00pm
Book Talk
An Empire on the Edge: How Britain Came to Fight America
Speaker: Nicholas Bunker
Location: MHS Lecture Hall
Cost: Free for MHS members; $5 for non-members
Details online.
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Friday, October 3, 12:30 - 5:00pm
Historian's Forum on Architectural Collections
Presentations:
Researching the Historic and Architectural Significance of the Portland Company Complex at Maine Historical Society by Scott Hanson, Architectural Historian at Sutherland Conservation & Consulting
A Prolific Pencil: The Architectural Drawings of John Calvin Stevens by Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr., Director of the Maine Historic Preservation Commission
Location: Brown Library at MHS
Space is limited to 50 guests. Tickets are required. $20 members/ $25 non-members. RSVP by September 26 to enash@mainehistory.org.
Details online.
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Friday, October 3, 5:00 - 8:00pmFirst Friday Art Walk and Opening Reception:
Wholesome Habitation: Architectural Drawings from the Collections of the Maine Historical Society
Location: Lecture Hall
Cost: Free and open to the public
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ONGOING PROGRAMS & EXHIBITIONS
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Wadsworth-Longfellow House Tours
House tours given by friendly guides and docents offer a glimpse into the life of America's beloved poet and his family, as well as into the cultural and social history of 19th-century Portland. Click for information and tour times.
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Historical Walking Tours of Portland
Walking Tour Times: Daily at 1:30pm. Call for details and group bookings 207-774-1822 ext. 212.
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