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Making It In Maine: Stories Of Jewish Life In Small-Town America, David M. Freidenreich
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 …
A City Divided: Lewiston’S Acceptance And Resistance To The Somali Refugees In Lewiston, Maine From 2000 To 2011, Anna Chase Hogeland
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 …
Benevolent Chaos: Nurse Harriet Eaton’S Relief War For Maine, Jane E. Schultz
Benevolent Chaos: Nurse Harriet Eaton’S Relief War For Maine, Jane E. Schultz
Maine History
Harriet Eaton, Portland citizen and Civil War nurse, kept a daily journal of two tours of duty with Maine regiments in the Army of the Potomac. The journal reveals the mistrust that local aid organization workers had regarding the sweeping benevolent objectives of the U.S. Sanitary Commission. The Maine Camp Hospital Association, a local aid society established in Portland in 1862, resisted absorption by the Maine State Relief Agency early in the war, but, in time, the two groups came to cooperate effectively with one another, despite Eaton’s continuing critique of the efficacy of federal benevolence. Jane E. Schultz is …
“We Respect The Flag But….”: Opposition To The Civil War In Down East Maine, Timothy F. Garrity
“We Respect The Flag But….”: Opposition To The Civil War In Down East Maine, Timothy F. Garrity
Maine History
Although Maine is commonly remembered as one of the states most supportive of the Union during the Civil War, many of its citizens were implacably opposed to the conflict, and they voiced their opposition loudly and persistently from the war’s beginning until its end. Others weighed in on the topic more quietly but just as forcefully when they refused to enlist and evaded conscription by any effective means. While many studies have explored the history of Copperheadism and associated the political movement with populations that were urban, immigrant, and Catholic, there has been almost no prior investigation of Down East …
A Company Of Shadows: Slaves And Poor Free Menial Laborers In Cumberland County, Maine, 1760 – 1775, Charles P.M. Outwin
A Company Of Shadows: Slaves And Poor Free Menial Laborers In Cumberland County, Maine, 1760 – 1775, Charles P.M. Outwin
Maine History
Although slaves and poor, free menial laborers were by no means a majority of the population in late colonial-era Maine, they represented a culturally and socioeconomically significant part of commercial society there, especially at Falmouth in Casco Bay (now Portland) and in coastal Cumberland County. This essay uncovers the lives of the Falmouth’s small slave population and its larger poor menial laborer population from 1760 up to the port city’s destruction by the British in 1775. The author was granted a Ph.D. in history from the University of Maine in 2009. He is a member of the Maine Historical Society, …
John Mitchell: Journeyman-Poet, Edward D. Ives
John Mitchell: Journeyman-Poet, Edward D. Ives
Maine History
In this article folklorist Edward D. Ives traces the life and work of journeyman-poet John Mitchell, who moved from job to job in northern Maine at the beginning of the twentieth century. Ives uses oral history and a few extant poems to give us a glimpse at the life of the common laborer on the raw northern Maine frontier. Mitchell was a wanderer, but he knew the world of the ordinary working man from the inside out, and his poems express the hopes, fears, humor and irony of daily life as he saw it. “Sandy” Ives is professor emeritus from …
Under His Own Flag: John Baker’S Gravestone Memorial In Retrospect, George L. Findlen
Under His Own Flag: John Baker’S Gravestone Memorial In Retrospect, George L. Findlen
Maine History
John Baker is an enigmatic figure, half hero and half scoundrel His actions in raising the American flag on the north shore of the St. John River in July 1827, in defiance of British authorities, contributed to the tensions that resulted in the “Bloodless” Aroostook War in 1839, and this in turn provided the impetus for settling the U.S.-Canadian boundary along the St. John River according to the Webster-Ashburton Treaty of 1842. Jn 1868 the State of Maine erected a monument of sorts to the memory of John Baker in a cemetery near Fort Fairfield. Pondering why the monument was …
To ‘Make This Port Union All Over’: Longshore Militancy In Portland, 1911-1913, Michael C. Connelly
To ‘Make This Port Union All Over’: Longshore Militancy In Portland, 1911-1913, Michael C. Connelly
Maine History
n 1853 the Grand Trunk Railroad connected Portland to Montreal and to the grain trade of the Canadian interior. Some three decades later, the city's predominantly Irish longshoremen formed a Benevolent Society and, in an ongoing search for job security in this volatile trade they voted, just before World War I, to affiliate with the International Longshoremen’s Association, hoping “to make this port Union all over." Michael Connolly's article explores the decisions and actions that led up to this important event in Maine's labor history. Dr. Connolly is the grandson of a charter member of the Society. He is Associate …
“They Lynched Jim Cullen”: Story And Myth On The Northern Maine Frontier, Dena Lynn Winslow York
“They Lynched Jim Cullen”: Story And Myth On The Northern Maine Frontier, Dena Lynn Winslow York
Maine History
James Cullen was born in 1846 in Peel, New Brunswick. In 1864 he applied for a grant of land and began a small farm near his father’s homestead. From there, events unfolded, as Cullen crossed the border, married Rosellah Twist, and became one of the most celebrated villains in Aroostook County history.
Technology Across The Border, New England And The Southern New Brunswick Cotton Industry, 1880-1884, Judith Rygiel
Technology Across The Border, New England And The Southern New Brunswick Cotton Industry, 1880-1884, Judith Rygiel
Maine History
New England textile entrepreneurs, mill architects, and consultants had a direct influence on cotton textile production in southern New Brunswick in the early 1880s. In an advisory capacity, they offered advice on capitalization, equipment, labor models, product, and management strategies, vastly affecting the community landscape in Maritime textile towns. This paper examines the distinct influences of New England's textile entrepreneurs on three southern New Brunswick cotton mills built in the early 1880s. Judith Rygiel is a doctoral student in history at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. She grew up in Moncton, New Brunswick, near a cotton mill. Her 1998 M.A. …
Education And The Rural Middle Class: Limington Academy, 1848-1860, Lynne Benoit-Vashon
Education And The Rural Middle Class: Limington Academy, 1848-1860, Lynne Benoit-Vashon
Maine History
The founding of academies in Maine during the early nineteenth-century expanded educational options for rural families, but academies also played an important role in the development of a rural middle class. In her study of Limington Academy, Lynne Benoit-Vachon finds that the school's by-laws, curriculum, course materials, and extra-curricular activities all worked to inculcate middle-class values of hard work, sobriety, self-improvement, and self-reliance in the Academy's young charges - training which would lead many of them into middle-class occupations beyond Limington’s borders. Benoit-Vachon, a graduate of the University of Maine, works as Education Programs Coordinator at the Currier Gallery of …
The Milk Connection: Portland’S Infant Milk Station And Public Health Education, Annette Vance Dorey
The Milk Connection: Portland’S Infant Milk Station And Public Health Education, Annette Vance Dorey
Maine History
Progressive Era reformers worked to improve the health standards and living conditions of poor and immigrant populations in United States cities. In this article, Annette K. Vance Dorey highlights the often overlooked work of the nurses who managed “milk stations” - early public health clinics established for distributing clean milk in urban neighborhoods. Dorey argues that these nurses, who also conducted parent education classes and provided access to a range of health services, played an important role in the reduction of urban infant mortality rales and the development of the public health profession. Dorey is an educator specializing in teacher …
Book Reviews, Joel Webb Eastman, Celeste Deroche, Robert M. York, Randall H. Bennett
Book Reviews, Joel Webb Eastman, Celeste Deroche, Robert M. York, Randall H. Bennett
Maine History
Reviews of the following books: A History of Maine Built Automobiles, 1834-1934 edited by Richard and Nancy Fraser; Crossing Lines: Histories of Jews and Gentiles in Three Communities by Judith Goldstein; Revolution Downeast: The War for American Independence by James R. Leamon; Night Boat to New England by Edwin L. Dunbaugh;
Rudy Vallee: Franco-American And Man From Maine, C. Stewart Doty
Rudy Vallee: Franco-American And Man From Maine, C. Stewart Doty
Maine History
The Vallee family, like others that migrated from Quebec to New England, was gradually Americanized. Hubert “Rudy ” Vallee, shaped by this process of Americanization, nevertheless maintained a lifelong pride in his Franco-American roots. Throughout his long and successful career, Vallee also retained a strong affection for his native state, his fellow Mainers, and the University of Maine, which he put on the map with his hit recording of the “Stein Song. ” Rudy’s loyalty to his roots and native soil is reflected in his final resting place: the Franco-American St. Hyacinthe s Cemetery at Westbrook, in the State of …
Into The Heart Of Maine: A Look At Dexter’S Franco-American Community, Dorothy A. Blanchard
Into The Heart Of Maine: A Look At Dexter’S Franco-American Community, Dorothy A. Blanchard
Maine History
The study of French-Canadian immigration is generally centered around New England ’5larger cities; small towns receiving migrants are usually overlooked. This article examines the French-Canadian population in one such rural town. Dexter, Maine, serves as a microcosm of the larger “petits canadas ” throughout New England, but it also projects a different type of ethnic experience. Dorothy A. Blanchard discusses the rewards and the hardships of the Franco experience in rural Maine.
The Roman Catholic Diocesan Boundary And American Madawaska, 1842-1870, Michael D. Stevenson, Graeme S. Mount
The Roman Catholic Diocesan Boundary And American Madawaska, 1842-1870, Michael D. Stevenson, Graeme S. Mount
Maine History
The Webster-Ashburton Treaty of 1842, which established the Maine-New Brunswick boundary along the St. John River, divided the Acadian settlements in the valley. Among the questions this posed for residents and for church officials was the location of the diocesan boundary: would it follow national, or ethnic lines? The ultimate resolution - the parishes south of the river were transferred to the Diocese of Portland - depended not only on established Roman Catholic practice in matters of changing national boundaries, but also upon the personalities involved, including the bishops of Portland and Saint John and the parishioners on both sides …
"A Class Of Men”: United States Army Recruits In Maine, 1822-1860, Dale R. Steinhaurer
"A Class Of Men”: United States Army Recruits In Maine, 1822-1860, Dale R. Steinhaurer
Maine History
This article outlines the recruitment, demographic makeup, requirements and conditions for the United States Army in Maine between 1822 and 1860.
Bibliography, Maine Historical Society
Bibliography, Maine Historical Society
Maine History
A selective bibliography of recent writings in Maine history
The “Plumed Knight” At Home: An Intimate Sketch Of James G. Blaine, H. Draper Hunt
The “Plumed Knight” At Home: An Intimate Sketch Of James G. Blaine, H. Draper Hunt
Maine History
This article is a detailed overview of the personal and political lives of Maine's James G. Blaine.
The Disciples Of Samuel Ely: Settler Resistance Against Henry Knox On The Waldo Patent, 1785-1801, Alan Taylor
The Disciples Of Samuel Ely: Settler Resistance Against Henry Knox On The Waldo Patent, 1785-1801, Alan Taylor
Maine History
The article recounts the controversy and violence that surrounded the claims in the Waldoborough area. This claims were made by General Henry Know and the heir to the Waldo family, British Loyalists, who sought to reclaim the land after the end of the Revolutionary War.
Timber Down The St. John: A Study In Maine-New Brunswick Relations, Richard W. Judd
Timber Down The St. John: A Study In Maine-New Brunswick Relations, Richard W. Judd
Maine History
This article is an expanded version of a paper read at a meeting of the International Union of Forestry Research Organizations - Forest History Group in Portland, Oregon, October 18-19, 1983. The meeting was sponsored by the Forest History Society, Santa Cruz, California, which published the proceedings of the meeting under the editorship of Harold K. Steen.
The Society, William H. Toner Jr.
The Society, William H. Toner Jr.
Maine History
Report of the 160th Annual Meeting of the Maine Historical Society
The Case Of Sacred Heart Parish, Michael Guignard
The Case Of Sacred Heart Parish, Michael Guignard
Maine History
This article discusses a controversy regarding the Catholic Diocese of Maine’s decision to create a second church, Sacred Heart, in Waterville. The existing church, St. Francis de Sales was considered a French church, which Sacred Heart was staffed by Irish clergy. The author uses this event to discuss the poor relationship between Irish and French Roman Catholics.
Bayonets At The North Bridge: The Lewiston-Auburn Shoe Strike, 1937, Richard H. Condon
Bayonets At The North Bridge: The Lewiston-Auburn Shoe Strike, 1937, Richard H. Condon
Maine History
The article discusses the strike of shoe manufacturing employees in Lewiston-Auburn in 1937 and why it failed. It includes an analysis of the situation that confronted the strike leaders with a discussion of their strategies and those of their opponents.
“A Guard Of Faithful Sentinels" The Know-Nothing Appeal In Maine, 1854-1855, Allan R. Whitmore
“A Guard Of Faithful Sentinels" The Know-Nothing Appeal In Maine, 1854-1855, Allan R. Whitmore
Maine History
This article presents a history of the creation and activities of the Know-Nothing Party in the United States and the State of Maine.
Book Reviews, Charles E. Clark, Jacques M. Downs St. Francis College, Kenneth M. Morrison, Gwilym R. Roberts
Book Reviews, Charles E. Clark, Jacques M. Downs St. Francis College, Kenneth M. Morrison, Gwilym R. Roberts
Maine History
Reviews of the following books: The Fathers of the Towns: Leadership and Community Structure in Eighteenth-century New England by Edward M. Cook, Jr.; Voyages by Alfred T. Hill; The Indians of Maine and the Atlantic Provinces: A Bibliographical Guide by Roger B. Ray; Sunday River Sketches: A New England Chronicle by Martha Fifield Wilkins
Colonel John Black Of Ellsworth (1781-1856), Rebecca Robbins
Colonel John Black Of Ellsworth (1781-1856), Rebecca Robbins
Maine History
The article is a recounting of the private aspects of the life of Colonel John Black, agent for the estate of William Bingham and one of early Maine’s most ambitious and hard-working businessmen.
Book Reviews, James Leamon, Charles E. Clark, Herman Ganzevoort, William David Barry, Edwin Churchill
Book Reviews, James Leamon, Charles E. Clark, Herman Ganzevoort, William David Barry, Edwin Churchill
Maine History
Review of the following books: Archaeological Excavations at Pemaquid, Maine 1965-1974 by Helen B. Camp; Colonial New England: A Historical Geography by Douglas R. McManis; Madawaska: A Chapter in Maine-New Brunswick Relations by Charlotte L. Melvin; The Flight of the Grand Eagle: Charles G. Bryant, Maine Architect and Adventurer by James. H. Mundy and Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr.; The Emergence of Provincial New Hampshire, 1623-1741 by David E. Van Deventer
Book Reviews, Madeleine D. Giguere, Gerald E. Morris, Richard I. Hunt
Book Reviews, Madeleine D. Giguere, Gerald E. Morris, Richard I. Hunt
Maine History
Reviews of the following books: Lewiston: A Textile City in Transition by James S. Leamon; Massachusetts: A Bibliography of its History edited by John D. Haskell; Bibliography of Maine, 1960-1975 compiled by Eric S. Flower; Maine in the Revolution: A Reader's Guide compiled by Edwin A. Churchill and James Leamon; Maine Communities and War for Independence: A Guide for Study of Local Maine History as Related to the American Revolution compiled by Edwin A Churchill;
Portrait Of A Maine “Know-Nothing” William H. Chaney (1821-1903): His Early Years And His Role In The Ellsworth Nativist Controversy, 1853-1854, Allan R. Whitmore
Portrait Of A Maine “Know-Nothing” William H. Chaney (1821-1903): His Early Years And His Role In The Ellsworth Nativist Controversy, 1853-1854, Allan R. Whitmore
Maine History
This article examines the life and career of William Chaney his role in the nativist episode and the attack on Father John Bapst in 1853 and 1854.