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A City Divided: Lewiston’S Acceptance And Resistance To The Somali Refugees In Lewiston, Maine From 2000 To 2011, Anna Chase Hogeland

Maine History

This article depicts the nature of the resettlement, acculturation, and reception of the Somali refugees in the city of Lewiston, Maine from their arrival in 2000 until 2011. As refugees from their war-torn country, Somalis faced a mixed welcome in their new home. Racial and religious tensions rose as the black, Muslim Somalis moved into the predominately white and Christian Lewiston community. In opposition to the cold reception, as this article argues, the vast majority of the Lewiston community greeted the Somalis with tolerance, adaptability, and embracement. This article chronicles the historical contexts of Lewiston and Somalis before and during …

Early Maine Images Collection, 1852-1899, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

Finding Aids

A collection of illustrations of Maine scenes found on pages removed from magazines and newspapers of the mid to late nineteenth century. Includes scenes of logging, lumbering, hunting and fishing, as well as illustrations of significant buildings around the state.

Whitefield News, Whitefield Newsletter Team, Cheryle Joslyn, Kit Pfeiffer, Jim Torbert, Dennis Merrill, Bill Bunting, Ed Karass, Chris Colpitt, Tony Marple, Charlie Tobin, David Chase, Niki Mathews, Howard Tuttle, Debbie Rogers, Jane Chase, Dan Joslyn, Michelle Duncan Shaw, Sally Allen, Herb Hartman, Jennifer Grady

Maine Town Documents

File includes

January 2015 Volume 2, Issue 7
February 2015 Volume 2, Issue 8
March 2015 Volume 2, Issue 9
April 2015 Volume 2, Issue 10
May 2015 Volume 2, Issue 11
June 2015 Volume 2, Issue 12
July 2015 Volume 3, Issue 1
August 2015 Volume 3, Issue 2
September 2015, Volume 3, Issue 3
October 2015, Volume 3, Issue 4
November 2015, Volume 3, Issue 5
December 2015, Volume 3, Issue 6

Making It In Maine: Stories Of Jewish Life In Small-Town America, David M. Freidenreich

Maine History

A fundamental part of the experience of immigrants to the United States has been the tension between incorporating into a new country while maintaining one’s cultural roots. In this article, the author describes the experience of Jewish Americans in Maine, where climate, culture, and remoteness from larger Jewish populations contributed to a unique process of Americanization compared with Jewish populations in more urban areas of the country. After successfully “making it” over the course of two centuries, Jewish Mainers face a new set of challenges and opportunities. The author is the director of the Jewish studies program at Colby College …