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Articles 1 - 9 of 9
Full-Text Articles in Arts and Humanities
Brown Thurston’S Year: Portland, Maine, 1855, Allyn Storer
Brown Thurston’S Year: Portland, Maine, 1855, Allyn Storer
Maine History
This article discusses the diaries of Portland resident, Brown Thurston, as a source for understanding the day-to-day life of an 'ordinary' person of the 19th century.
The Union Soldier Meets The Freedman, John R. Sellers
The Union Soldier Meets The Freedman, John R. Sellers
Maine History
This article documents the treatment of Freedman by the Union Army.
Margaret Jane Mussey Sweat And The Expanding Female Sphere, Connie Burns
Margaret Jane Mussey Sweat And The Expanding Female Sphere, Connie Burns
Maine History
This article outlines the life and accomplishment of Margaret Jane Mussey Sweat with a focus on the role of American women in the 19th century.
Gender And Identity In Rural Maine Women And The Maine Farmer, 1870-1875, Elspeth Brown
Gender And Identity In Rural Maine Women And The Maine Farmer, 1870-1875, Elspeth Brown
Maine History
The article reviews the history and impact of, and response to, the Women's Department section of The Maine Farmer periodical.
Men And Women In Northern New England During The Era Of The Civil War, Jacqueline Jones
Men And Women In Northern New England During The Era Of The Civil War, Jacqueline Jones
Maine History
The article is a review of the lives of three people in the years after the Civil War. One a army veteran, one a woman who chose to go south to teach the children of the freed slaves, and finally, a members of a family which had immigrated to Maine from Quebec after the war.
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.
Franco-Americans And The International Paper Company Strike Of 1910, Anders Larson
Franco-Americans And The International Paper Company Strike Of 1910, Anders Larson
Maine History
In 1910 International Paper Company workers in Livermore Falls successfully engineered a thirteen-week strike. Meanwhile, the same effort in Rumford Falls failed dramatically. Historically, Franco-Americans have been characterized as conservative and reluctant to join labor unions. This holds true for Rumford, but those in Livermore Falls stood behind the strike effort. Anders Larson explores this stereotype as he analyzes the strike experience in the two communities.
Conservation And Legal Politics: The Struggle For Public Water Power In Maine 1900-1923, Christopher S. Beach
Conservation And Legal Politics: The Struggle For Public Water Power In Maine 1900-1923, Christopher S. Beach
Maine History
The idea of public ownership and development of water resources gained considerable momentum in early twentieth-century Maine, first under Progressive Republican Governor Bert M. Fernald, and then again under Percival P. Baxter. In this article Christopher S. Beach explores critical turning points in Maine’s conservation history and suggests reasons why state leaders failed to grasp the opportunity to develop Maine’s water powers publicly. While popular pressures may have influenced resource policies, they could not alter a deeper commitment to decentralized government and private power in the state. Baxter, having generated impressive popular support, was frustrated by powerful constitutional constraints and …