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Articles 1 - 14 of 14
Full-Text Articles in History
Winslow Homer’S Seascapes: Transcendental Subjects, Popular Resorts, Critical Reactions, Priscilla Paton
Winslow Homer’S Seascapes: Transcendental Subjects, Popular Resorts, Critical Reactions, Priscilla Paton
Maine History
Winslow Homer, acknowledged as a quintessential Yankee and one of America 's foremost nineteenth century artists, seems as formidable, stern, and ambiguous as the rocky shores that fascinated him. Homer's reception by critics highlights the impossibility of separating artistic achievement from the tastes and fashions of the society in which the artist worked. The “mystifyingly blank" faces that critics abhorred in Homer's early farm figures became the distinctively attractive features of his later seascapes.
An Eden Out Of A Country Farm: Purity And Progress In The Landscapes Of The Poland Spring Resort, David Richards
An Eden Out Of A Country Farm: Purity And Progress In The Landscapes Of The Poland Spring Resort, David Richards
Maine History
For the Ricker Family, proprietors of the Poland Spring Hotel, Maine’s landscape was significant because its richness translated into riches. Scenery conveyed powerful images and metaphors that appealed to urban elites. The various overlays of meaning - geological, aboriginal, agricultural, Arcadian, and industrial landscapes - suggest the evocative appeal of Maine’s countryside for urban travelers escaping the perils and frustrations of urban, industrial life.
The Cultural Construction Of The Maine Sporting Camps, March O. Mccubrey
The Cultural Construction Of The Maine Sporting Camps, March O. Mccubrey
Maine History
Maine’s lakes and forests attracted a growing number of urban hunters and anglers after 1880. Attracted in part by the informality and remoteness of the Maine woods, these urban recreationists nevertheless imposed their own sense of order and propriety upon the culture of the sporting camp. Urban “sports “ went “back to nature, ” yet maintained their status - and their social distance - as ladies and gentlemen. ”
Elizabeth Oakes Smith: Crusading Author, William David Barry
Elizabeth Oakes Smith: Crusading Author, William David Barry
Maine History
No abstract provided.
A Cage For John Sawyer The Poor Of Otisfield, Maine, Jean F. Hankins
A Cage For John Sawyer The Poor Of Otisfield, Maine, Jean F. Hankins
Maine History
Each year from 1790 to the end of the Civil War the town’s people of Otisfield wrestled with the dilemma of town relief. Examining this issue from two perspectives - the town taxpayers and the town poor - Jean Hankins sheds light on the politics, the finances, the hardships, the family life, and the burdens of responsibility in Maine's nineteenth-century small towns.
Eastern Abenaki Autonomy And French Frustrations, 1745-1760, David L. Ghere
Eastern Abenaki Autonomy And French Frustrations, 1745-1760, David L. Ghere
Maine History
Most Abenaki Indians became French allies between 1745 and 1760, but in effect it was English policy that ultimately drove them into this alliance. While the Western Abenakis were generally reliable allies, French officials were repeatedly frustrated by their limited influence over the Eastern Abenakis and by the restrained reaction of these Indians to English provocations. Eastern Abenakis became reluctant French allies.
Diversity And Franco-American Identity Politics, Eric E. Peterson
Diversity And Franco-American Identity Politics, Eric E. Peterson
Maine History
As Barry Rodrigue suggests, there are many definitions of Franco-American identity. In this article Eric Peterson explores these multiple meanings which, as he points out, are rooted in the ways different groups interact. If cultural differences are to serve our society as a source of flexibility and creativity, we must learn to appreciate diversity in our daily interactions.
Cultural Trigonometry Of Franco-American Stereotypes, Barry H. Rodrigue
Cultural Trigonometry Of Franco-American Stereotypes, Barry H. Rodrigue
Maine History
The life of Franco-American Tom Plant represents a group of "lost Francos" who came to the United States prior to the great migrations of 1870-1920. His experience differed from that of the archetypical French-Canadians who found work in a textile mill and settled into one of New England's many petits Canadas. Plant's life adds another facet to a story much richer and more complex than most scholars of Franco-American have documented.
The Banner Of The Calais Frontier Guard, William David Barry
The Banner Of The Calais Frontier Guard, William David Barry
Maine History
No abstract provided.
Grandmother, Daughter, Princess, Squaw: Native American Female Stereotypes In Historical Perspective, Pauleena M. Macdougall
Grandmother, Daughter, Princess, Squaw: Native American Female Stereotypes In Historical Perspective, Pauleena M. Macdougall
Maine History
One consequence of the English-Algonquin interaction was the development of certain female stereotypes. The Algonquin language term for female evolved into the English word “squaw” and assumed new meaning as it was applied to all Native American women. Similarly, the daughter of a tribal leader; married to a British man, acquired the attributes of European royalty, becoming a “princess. ”
Evidence Of Jessakkidds At Machiasport, Roger B. Ray
Evidence Of Jessakkidds At Machiasport, Roger B. Ray
Maine History
Jessakkidds are powerful and prestigious members of an Ojibiua religious society. Evidence of their appearance in eastern Maine - signaling anxiety among the Native peoples of the area - can be found in petroglyphs, etched in rock on the shores of Holmes Bay. In this article Roger B. Ray con nects the symbols in the Sprague-site petro glyphs with the turmoil at the end of the Laurentian Tradition way of life.
Beaver, Blankets, Liquor, And Politics Pemaquid’S Fur Trade, 1614-1760, Neill Depaoli
Beaver, Blankets, Liquor, And Politics Pemaquid’S Fur Trade, 1614-1760, Neill Depaoli
Maine History
The trading posts at Pemaquid typified the transactions, administrative phases, and cross-cultural contacts that made up the New England fur trade in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Using archaeological and documentary evidence, Neill DePaoli explores this important yet volatile industry through several stages, including early informal transactions, a merchant entrepreneurial phase, provincial supervision, and illegal exchanges during the closing years of the fort's significance.
John Greenleaf Whittier In Maine, William David Barry
John Greenleaf Whittier In Maine, William David Barry
Maine History
No abstract provided.
The Rise And Demise Of The Cattle Pound Harpswell And Maine, William N. Locke
The Rise And Demise Of The Cattle Pound Harpswell And Maine, William N. Locke
Maine History
This article discusses why and how cattle pounds used to control stray animals, which date from early English and continental European practice, reappeared in Maine at the end of the eighteenth century.