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Maine Women's Fund - Annual Report 2011-2012, Maine Women's Fund Staff

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The Olive Tree, Vol. 20 Number 1, 2012

The Olive Tree

The Spring 2012 issue of the Olive Tree features articles about library projects, collections, technological innovations, and events at Fogler Library, University of Maine.

Capt. Charles A. J. Farrar: Wilderness Writer And Adventure Provider, William B. Krohn

Maine History Documents

This article focuses on the life of Capt. Charles A. J. Farrar, emphasizing Farrar’s contributions to the birth and growth of tourism in western Maine. The article is based on a lecture that Dr. Krohn presented for the annual Hall Memorial Lecture at the Bethel Historical Society on October 13, 2012.

Long May They Run, Catherine V. Schmitt

Maine Sea Grant Publications

Long May They Run, an article in Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors Magazine about the history and culture of the Maine sardine industry. In 2010, the "Year of the Sardine" and the closure of the Stinson sardine plant, the last in the United States, prompted an exploration of why writers, painters, and other artists are so drawn to this humble fish that once supported so many of Maine's coastal communities.

In 2010, the Stinson Sardine Cannery in Prospect Harbor, Maine, the last sardine cannery in the United States, closed. As historians and photographers rushed in to document the loss, …