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Call For Papers: Maine In The Statehood Era (Ca. 1780s-1820s) And Its Commemoration And Legacy, University Of Maine

Maine Statehood and Bicentennial Conference

Details for submitting to the upcoming volume Maine in the Statehood Era (ca. 1780s-1820s) and its Commemoration and Legacy.

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Downloadable Conference Program, Maine Bicentennial Conference

Maine Statehood and Bicentennial Conference

A printable Maine Bicentennial Conference schedule with general event information.

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Bangor Band Concert, Curvin Farnham, Conductor

Maine Statehood and Bicentennial Conference

The printed program that accompanied a performance by the Bangor Band fo rthe Maine Statehood & Bicentennial Conference.

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Panel #7: Public Ownership Vs. Private Rights: The Case Of Maine's Disputed Public Lots, Lee Schepps, Richard Barringer, Martin Wilk, Thomas Urquhart

Maine Statehood and Bicentennial Conference

When Maine separated from Massachusetts, the Articles of Separation (part of the new state's Constitution) required that as it sold off its public domain (about 8 million acres) Maine continue to reserve four lots of 320 acres per town. Panelists trace the legal analysis and history of the implications of Public Lot policy through the 1980s, finally asking the question, "How did this remarkable change in the history of Maine and to the very map of Maine come about?"

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Panel #6: Pine Tree Songscape: Historic Music Of The Folk Of Maine, Laura Artesani, Kristopher Paprocki, Stephen N. Sanfilippo, James Moreira

Maine Statehood and Bicentennial Conference

Three panelists combine their musicianship and historical research to perform and present historic songs from Maine's past.

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Panel #5: The Maine Centennial In 1920: Commemoration And Remembrance Through Photography, Kevin Johnson, Micah Pawling, Earle G. Shetteworth Jr., Anne Collins Goodyear

Maine Statehood and Bicentennial Conference

A session that included the following presentations:

A Genuine Look at Maine and Its Centennial: The Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company, Kevin Johnson

The Wabanaki Encampment at the Maine Centennial in 1920: Homeland, Memory, and Ethnohistory, Micah Pawling

Documents of Truth and Beauty: Maine at One Hundred Years Through the Real Photo Post Cards of Charles A. Townsend, Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr.

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Maine History Festival And Reception, Various Student And Community Groups

Maine Statehood and Bicentennial Conference

Nearly 50 student and community groups shared their work at the Maine History Festival. These informal poster-session exchanges were held in UMaine's Collins Center for the Arts in the afternoon before the keynote. The Festival was co-hosted by the Osher Map Library at the University of Southern Maine and the Maine Folklife Center at UMaine.

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Panel #4: The Madawaska Territory And The Aftermath Of Statehood, Beatrice Craig, Elizabeth Mancke, Lise Pelletier, Lisa Lavoie

Maine Statehood and Bicentennial Conference

Presentations in this session include:

Free Trade Before Free Trade: John Emmerson, Petit Sault Merchant, His Suppliers and Customers in the Mid-Nineteenth Century, Béatrice Craig

Madawaska and the Convergence of Empire, Nation, and State, Elizabeth Mancke

The Effect of 9/11 on a Borderlands Community: Fort Kent, Maine and Clair, New Brunswick, Lisa Lavoie

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Panel #3: Circulating Images: The Production, Distribution & Reception Of Visual Culture During The Statehood Era, Bernard Fishman, Martha Mcnamara, Kevin Murphy, Justin Wolff, Frank Goodyear

Maine Statehood and Bicentennial Conference

A panel featuring four presentations:

Visualizing Historic Maine: 19th Century Maine Life in Stereophotography (presented in actual 3D), Bernard Fishman

Tovookan's Narrative: Depicting Freedom in Maine During the Statehood Era, Martha J. McNamara

Popular Print and Visual Culture in Statehood Period Maine, Kevin D. Murphy

Rufus Porter in Maine: Art, Spatial Thinking, and the Curious Mind, Justin Wolff

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Panel #2: The Maine-Missouri Crisis And The Politics Of Slavery, Mary T. Freeman, Matthew Mason, Diane Mutti Burke, Patrick Rael

Maine Statehood and Bicentennial Conference

A panel that included three presentations:

African Americans and the Political Consequences of Maine Statehood, Mary T. Freeman

Doughface Pioneer: John Holmes of Maine, 1773-1843, Matthew Mason

Fire Bell in the Night: The Establishment of a Slave Society in Jefferson's Purchase, Diane Mutti Burke

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Maine History Festival Flyer, Maine Bicentennial And Statehood Conference

Maine Statehood and Bicentennial Conference

A flyer that provides details for the Maine History Festival, a part of the Bicentennial Conference featuring concurrent poster-style presentations by students, scholars, and community groups. The festival will be held in the lobby and gallery space of the Collins Center for the Arts at the University of Maine prior to the Keynote Event.

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Crosscurrents: The Daponte String Quartet Explores The Mixed Musics Of Early Maine, Daponte String Quartet

Maine Statehood and Bicentennial Conference

A performance by musical artists Ferdinand "Dino" Liva (violin), Lydia Forbes (violin), Kirsten Monke (viola), and Myles Jordan (cello).

Program notes by Kirsten Monke provide the following background: When we learned about the notated songs of Membertou (c. early 1500s- 1611), a major shaman-chief of the Mi’kmaq nation, the idea for this program began to percolate. What diversity of music might there have been as so many different peoples explored, fished, and colonized Maine’s rocky coast and European influences began to permeate the land? Fragments of elegant china, unearthed at archaeological sites such as Fort Pemaquid, illustrate how some European …

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Maine Statehood And Bicentennial Conference Poster, Maine Bicentennial Conference

Maine Statehood and Bicentennial Conference

An 11 x 17 poster for the Maine Statehood and Bicentennial Conference held in Orono Thursday, May 30 - Saturday, June 1, 2019.

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Lincoln County Fair Race Program, Wednesday, August 27, 1941, Lincoln County Fair Race Committee

Kendall Photo Albums

The six-page program for the Wednesday, August 27, 1941, Lincoln County Fair Races held in Damariscotta, Maine, including the names of race officials including Lawrence Haddock, starter; R. M. McKinley, presiding judge; and R. R. Hall, race secretary. The program includes race start times, and Guy Kendall's handwritten notes about changes in the race field and race finishes.

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Skowhegan Fair Race Program, Saturday, Aug. 16, 1941, Skowhegan Fair Racing Committee

Kendall Photo Albums

The official race day program for the Skowhegan Fair Race Program, Saturday, Aug. 16, 1941 harness races at Skowhegan Fair. The cover of the program includes the contemporary track record time for Pacing set at 2.02 1/2 by Ray Henley in 1937 and matched by Little Pat in 1939. The track record time for Trotting set at 2.04 1/4 by Emma Signal in 1939.

Race day officials listed on the program include: Harry McKinney, Wakefield, Massachusetts; Starter Judges Dr. J. A. Stevens, Dover, New Hampshire, Frank G. Trott, Winchester, Massachusetts, Dr. A. P. Mills, New Vineyard, Maine. Timers C. Scott …

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Skowhegan Fair Race Program, Friday, Aug. 15, 1941, Skowhegan Fair Racing Committee

Kendall Photo Albums

The official race day program for the Friday, Aug. 15, 1941 harness races at Skowhegan Fair. The cover of the program includes the contemporary track record time for Pacing set at 2.02 1/2 by Ray Henley in 1937 and matched by Little Pat in 1939. The track record time for Trotting set at 2.04 1/4 by Emma Signal in 1939.