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Full-Text Articles in History
Journal Cover And Toc Vol. 25, No. 2, Maine Historical Society
Journal Cover And Toc Vol. 25, No. 2, Maine Historical Society
Maine History
Cover, Editors, Editorial Board and Table of Contents with authors' names
Living In Two Worlds: Rural Maine In 1930, Richard H. Condon
Living In Two Worlds: Rural Maine In 1930, Richard H. Condon
Maine History
This article discusses the situation in the State of Maine in the early 1930. Highlighted are the quickening pace and modernization that came into the agrarian society and the challenge to residents of fast transportation and forced specialized farm production.
Book Reviews, Edward Schriver, William H. Pease
Book Reviews, Edward Schriver, William H. Pease
Maine History
Reviews of the following books: Changes in the Land: Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New Englandby William Cronon; The Transformation of Political Culture: Massachusetts Parties, 1790s-1840s by Ronald P. Formisano
Vanceboro, Maine, 1870-1900: A Hinterland Community, Faye E. Luppi, Marcella L. Sorge
Vanceboro, Maine, 1870-1900: A Hinterland Community, Faye E. Luppi, Marcella L. Sorge
Maine History
The article discusses the history of Vanceboro, Maine in the period from 1871 to 1900. It explores the impact of the relationship between this “hinterland community” and the metropolitan economies to which it was connected.
Writings In Maine History, Maine Historical Society
Writings In Maine History, Maine Historical Society
Maine History
Listing of selected books regarding Maine History
The Northeast Archives Of Folklore And Oral History, Rita M. Breton
The Northeast Archives Of Folklore And Oral History, Rita M. Breton
Maine History
This Research Note discusses the references available at the Anthropology Department Archives at the University of Maine.
Maine Abolitionists View The South: Images In Maine Antislavery Newspapers, 1838-1855, Rod Farmer
Maine Abolitionists View The South: Images In Maine Antislavery Newspapers, 1838-1855, Rod Farmer
Maine History
This article discusses the cultural and political attitudes that Northern Abolitionists held of Southern society and slaveholders in the years prior to the Civil War.
The Machiasport Petroglyphs, Roger B. Ray
The Machiasport Petroglyphs, Roger B. Ray
Maine History
The article discusses the history of the study of the Machiasport Petroglyphs and theories of the origin of these petroglyphs.
Book Reviews, David C. Smith, Michael R. Herbert, Roger B. Ray, Bill Parenteau
Book Reviews, David C. Smith, Michael R. Herbert, Roger B. Ray, Bill Parenteau
Maine History
Reviews of the following books: Big House, Little House, Back House, Barn: The Connected Farm Buildings of New England by Thomas C. Hubka; American Farm Families and the Houses: Vernacular Design and Social Change in the Rural North by Sally McMurry; History of Islesboro, Maine, 1893-1983 by the Islesboro Historical Society; Thomas Lefebvre et le fief Kouesanouskek by Honorius Provost, ptre. Translated by Shirley P. Barrett; Rebuilding the Pulp and Paper Workers’ Union, 1933-1961 by Robert H. Zieger
Journal Cover And Toc Vol. 24, No. 4, Maine Historical Society
Journal Cover And Toc Vol. 24, No. 4, Maine Historical Society
Maine History
Cover, Editors, Editorial Board and Table of Contents with authors' names
Conceptual Problems In Twentieth-Century Maine Maritime History, Lawrence C. Allin
Conceptual Problems In Twentieth-Century Maine Maritime History, Lawrence C. Allin
Maine History
The article discusses the areas of research in twentieth-century Maine maritime history and available source material for that research.
Opportunities In Maine History: A Panel, Maine Historical Society
Opportunities In Maine History: A Panel, Maine Historical Society
Maine History
The article discusses the Maine Historical Society’s ongoing efforts to acquaint MHS members with current directions in Maine scholarships. The Journal issues contains a number of papers that were delivered at the spring meeting of the New England Historical Association, held at Bowdoin College.
A Survey Of Primary Sources For The Social And Economic History Of Seafaring Communities In Maine, John F. Battick
A Survey Of Primary Sources For The Social And Economic History Of Seafaring Communities In Maine, John F. Battick
Maine History
The article discusses primary source materials that may be available to a researched interested in the history of Maine seafaring communities including how the societies were structure, the adjustments needed to accommodate the decline the industry and the roles played by women in these communities.
Perspectives On Children In Maine’S Canning Industry, 1907-1911, Jane E. Radcliffe
Perspectives On Children In Maine’S Canning Industry, 1907-1911, Jane E. Radcliffe
Maine History
This article discusses the role of young children in the canning and preserving of local fruits, vegetables, and shellfish in Maine during the latter part of the nineteenth century.
Researching Early Maine Craftsmen: John H. Hall And The Gunsmith's Trade, Ron Kley
Researching Early Maine Craftsmen: John H. Hall And The Gunsmith's Trade, Ron Kley
Maine History
This article discusses source material on the early life and work in Maine of gunsmith John H. Hall.
Research Opportunities In Maine Environmental History, Richard Judd
Research Opportunities In Maine Environmental History, Richard Judd
Maine History
The article discussed the source material available to researchers in Maine's forest history.
Writings In Maine History, Maine Historical Society
Writings In Maine History, Maine Historical Society
Maine History
Listing of selected books regarding Maine History
Book Reviews, Joyce C. Butler, Pamela Dean, John D. Bardwell
Book Reviews, Joyce C. Butler, Pamela Dean, John D. Bardwell
Maine History
Reviews of the following books: Dawn Over the Kennebec by Mary R. Calvert; An Honest Woodsman: The Life and Opinions of Dave Priest-Maine Trapper, Guide, and Game Warden by William S. Warner; An Old New England Farm by William Thomson and Kenneth Maclver.
Early Maine Silver, Martha Gandy Fales
Early Maine Silver, Martha Gandy Fales
Maine History
The article discusses the development of silver work in pre-1820 Maine. It reviews some of the relatively few examples of Maine’s pre-1820 hand-wrought silver which are of more than usual interest.
Writings In Maine History, Maine Historical Society
Writings In Maine History, Maine Historical Society
Maine History
Listing of selected books regarding Maine history
Book Reviews, Neil Rolde, David L. Ghere, R.C. Richardson
Book Reviews, Neil Rolde, David L. Ghere, R.C. Richardson
Maine History
Reviews of the following books: The Boothbay Region, 1906-1960 by Harold B. Clifford; Manitou and Providence: Indians, Europeans, and the Making of New England,1500-1643 by Neal Salisbury; The Practice of Piety: Puritan Devotional Disciplines in Seventeenth-Century New England by Charles E. Hambrick-Stowe.
Crafts In Transition: A Case Study Of Two Portland Silversmiths In The Early Nineteen Century, Edwin A. Churchill
Crafts In Transition: A Case Study Of Two Portland Silversmiths In The Early Nineteen Century, Edwin A. Churchill
Maine History
The article discusses the growth of skilled artisans in Portland in the early nineteenth century. It also traces the changes in the metal-working industries and how the introduction of new industrialized manufacturing methods caused the decline of these artisans.