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Yankees On The Western Front: New England In France During World War I, Steven Alboum
Yankees On The Western Front: New England In France During World War I, Steven Alboum
Maine History
On April 6, 1917, President Woodrow Wilson declared that the United States would enter World War 1 on the side of the Allies, a move that would mobilize the American army and propel the 26th National Guard Division onto the world stage. Originally comprised only of boys from the New England states, most of whom had barely left home and had never fired a rifle in combat, this brave unit was put to the test on the Western Front against the Kaiser’s army, an enemy who had been at war for three years. The 26th was the first American military …
Book Reviews, Matthel Costello, Sean Cox, Laura Cowan, Dale Potts
Book Reviews, Matthel Costello, Sean Cox, Laura Cowan, Dale Potts
Maine History
Reviews of the following books: Unearthed: Storied Artifacts and Remarkable Predecessors of the Saint Joseph’s College Campus by Steven L. Bridge; Creating Acadia National Park: The Biography of George Bucknam Dorr by Ronald H. Epp; The Human Shore: Seacoasts in Historyby John R. Gillis; Orion on the Dunes: A Biography of Henry Beston by Daniel G. Payne.
From The Collections Of The Maine Historical Society, Jamie Kingman Rice
From The Collections Of The Maine Historical Society, Jamie Kingman Rice
Maine History
Discussion of the Maine Historical Society's pamphlet collection.
Maine’S Marines: The Search For Remembrance Of The Great War, J. Michael Miller
Maine’S Marines: The Search For Remembrance Of The Great War, J. Michael Miller
Maine History
Of the 32,083 Maine men who served in World War I, approximately twenty-four did so as enlistees in the United States Marine Corps. While Maine marines at that time represented only a small percentage of servicemen, they participated in some of the most significant battles in the war, battles that boosted the morale of the Allied forces in Europe, bolstered military recruitment efforts in the United States, and, by many estimates, helped turn the tide of the war. In the following article, author J. Michael Miller offers a remembrance of some of these marines by naming them and providing an …
Journal Cover And Table Of Contents, Maine Historical Society
Journal Cover And Table Of Contents, Maine Historical Society
Maine History
Cover, Editors and Editorial Board and Table of Contents with author's names
Editor's Note, Eileen Hagerman
Editor's Note, Eileen Hagerman
Maine History
Overview of the contents of this issue of Maine History by its Editor.
How Maine Viewed The War, 1914–1917 (1940 Reprint), Edwin Costrell
How Maine Viewed The War, 1914–1917 (1940 Reprint), Edwin Costrell
Maine History
Originally published in 1940, as the United States once more evaluated possible involvement in global conflict, How Maine Viewed the War, 1914– 1917 looks backward to Maine on the eve of World War I. Author Edwin Stanley Costrell (1913–2010), through a study of newspaper coverage of the years 1914 to 1917, provides a thought-provoking account of a Maine people wrestling with ambivalence over US involvement in the Great War; of a citizenry seeking to reconcile ethnic diversity with national unity; and of a nation divided over pacifism, militarism, isolationism, and internationalism and increasingly moving toward war with Germany. Costrell was …
“There Are Folks Comin’ After Us That Will Need Trees”: Progressive Era Conservation, The Woods Tradition, And Maine Writer Holman Francis Day, Dale E. Potts
Maine History
Throughout his novels, Maine author Holman Francis Day maintained the importance of both the conservation of timber and the cultural conservation of Maine’s rural communities. Day wrote his novels in a Progressive Era climate permeated by a wise-use ideology. The point for Day, however, was not whether resources should be used, but by whom; his approach emphasized Maine’s resources for Maine’s people and industry. As a writer of fiction, Day balanced the needs of the people of Maine with a concern for the natural resources that made the state unique. Dale Potts is an Assistant Professor of History at South …
Wood Pulp And The Emergence Of A New Industrial Landscape In Maine, 1880 To 1930, John Clark, Deryck Holdwworth
Wood Pulp And The Emergence Of A New Industrial Landscape In Maine, 1880 To 1930, John Clark, Deryck Holdwworth
Maine History
Between the 1880s and 1930s, investors developed over seventy pulp and paper mill sites to exploit the woods and inland waters of Maine. Authors John Clark and Deryck Holdsworth tracked the changing historical geographies of papermaking in Maine during this period through an analysis of data from Lockwood’s Directory, the industry’s leading monitor of investment. They also mapped mill sites, noting their changing capacity and shifts in product types as consumer needs evolved. Their work shows how the development of a railroad network helped facilitate a shift from smaller mills at coastal sites to larger mills at inland settings, which …
Editor's Note, Eileen Hagerman
A Century Of National Park Conflict: Class, Geography, And The Changing Values Of Conservation Discourse In Maine, Adam Auerback
A Century Of National Park Conflict: Class, Geography, And The Changing Values Of Conservation Discourse In Maine, Adam Auerback
Maine History
Conservation interests have been promoting the creation of a national park in Maine’s North Woods for over one hundred years. Past park proposals featured Mt. Katahdin, the Allagash River, and the greater North Woods region, and each inspired fierce debate amongst Mainers. Most recently, Maine’s North Woods have been gripped by a fervent debate surrounding a proposal by Elliotsville Plantation, Inc. to create a small national park to the east of Baxter State Park. What can the national park controversies of northern Maine’s past teach us about the most recent debate? In northern Maine, the national park controversies played out …
A “Mossy And Moosey Place”: Thoreau’S Maine Wilderness, Megan Vhay
A “Mossy And Moosey Place”: Thoreau’S Maine Wilderness, Megan Vhay
Maine History
Megan Vhay graduated from the University of Maine, Orono, in 2016 with a BS in Wildlife Ecology. Her adventures working as a field technician include mapping invasive plant species in eastern Washington, searching for goshawks in southeastern Idaho, and trapping wild turkeys in northwest Oklahoma. Megan is interested in human dimensions of wildlife management and believes that good communication between natural resource professionals and the public is the strongest foundation for the future of wild places. Megan plans to pursue her master’s degree in a wildlife-related field in the near future, with the goal of becoming a wildlife biologist at …