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Bound By Print: The Baptist Borderlands Of Maine And The Canadian Maritimes, 1770-1840, Brittany P. Goetting

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Asynchronous communication was essential for the development of the cross-border and global identities of Baptists in Maine and the Canadian Maritimes between 1770 and 1840. Religious print, especially published association meeting notes and periodicals, extended the reach of itinerant preaching and molded a cross-border community in the Northeast Borderlands between 1790 and 1810. It allowed Baptists to discuss theology, share news about local churches, and expand their community. American Baptists formed international institutions focused on the spread of Protestantism after the War of 1812, and Maine Baptists actively engaged this more global community through financial donations to the new institutions …

Separating God's Two Kingdoms: Regular Baptists In Maine, Nova Scotia, And New Brunswick, 1780 To 1815, Ronald S. Baines

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The trans-national Regular Baptist tradition in the northeastern borderlands of Maine, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick grew rapidly from 1780 to 1815. The spiritual imperatives of this Calvinistic group with its commitment to believer’s baptism of adults and closed communion churches made them distinctive, and a central argument here is that the worldly implications of “Two Kingdom” theology, founded on the strict separation of religious and civil realms, was central to Regular Baptists’ success in the region in this period. Three leading ministers whose actions as authors, itinerants, and as organizational leaders receive especially close attention: Maine-based ministers Daniel Merrill …

Party Development And Political Conflict In Maine 1820-1860 From Statehood To The Civil War, Lee D. Webb

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation is a history of politics in Maine during the state’s formative period, the years from statehood until 1860. The history focuses on party conflict and on the development of organized political parties, particularly the Democratic and Republican parties. It concentrates on the structures and processes that politicians built, including party newspapers, county conventions, state conventions, legislative caucuses, and ultimately state committees and the office of state committee chair – all to compete effectively for power. During this 40-year period, parties also develop powerful new messages, campaign strategies, and developed leaders with the skills to accomplish these tasks.

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Reverend Jonathan Fisher: One Thread In The Web Of Early American Education, 1780-1830, Brittany P. Cathey

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Jonathan Fisher was a remarkably gifted man with a passionate interest in the education of the future generations of Maine citizens. No historian, however, has yet to examine Jonathan Fisher’s connection to American educational trends. Primary and secondary schools had existed in colonial America since the 1630s. Fisher witnessed and participated in the transformation of American schooling through his involvement in the local schools, libraries and education within his home, his establishment and maintenance of the Blue Hill Academy and the Bangor Theological Seminary and the publication of his juvenile works The Youth’s Primer and Scripture Animals.

The first …

Downeast Fisheries Trail / Sentier Downeast Fisheries Trail, Downeast Fisheries Trail, Roosevelt-Campobello International Park

Maine Sea Grant Publications

From Penobscot Bay to Passamaquoddy Bay, the Downeast Fisheries Trail connects sites, such as museums and community resource centers, that illustrate the region’s maritime heritage past and present. Also included are places where the stories of people and the sea are intertwined, such as fishing harbors, clam flats, herring weirs, fish hatcheries, aquaculture facilities, and seafood processing plants.

Nations Connected By Fisheries Past And Present / Des Peuples Unis Par Leur Patrimoine Halieutique, Downeast Fisheries Trail, Roosevelt-Campobello International Park

Maine Sea Grant Publications

Brief history of Campobello’s fishermen and women as they harvest lobster, scallops, sea urchins and clams, catching herring, and raising Atlantic salmon in circular pens.

Making It Work Before The Movement: African-American Community And Resistance In 1940s And 1950s Portland, Maine, Justus Hillebrand

Maine History

African Americans in Portland, Maine, in the 1940s and 1950s made up less than 0.5% of the population. As a consequence, discourse on race was more subtle than it was in other parts of the country. The Portland black community, as in other small northern New England cities, lacked the numbers for broad public or political action. Instead, African Americans developed individual and informal strategies of resistance aimed at broadening opportunities in education, employment, and housing. African Americans “made it work” by congregating in their own church, persevering in their own educational goals, operating their own businesses, and owning their …

The Last Lightkeeper / Le Dernier Gardien De Phare, Downeast Fisheries Trail, Roosevelt-Campobello International Park

Maine Sea Grant Publications

Brief biography of Angus Newman, a native of Campobello Island and last lighthouse keeper for the Mulholland Point Lighthouse.

Mapping The History Of The State: The Historical Atlas Of Maine, Stephen J. Hornsby

Maine Policy Review

This article describes the creation of the Historical Atlas of Maine, one of the most significant scholarly achievements in the humanities to come out of the University of Maine. Conceived in the late 1990s, the atlas was published by the University of Maine Press in 2015. It represents an enormously ambitious attempt to map the historical geography of the state from the end of the last ice age to the end of the millennium in 2000.

Um Marine And Freshwater Sciences Before Wentworth Point, Part 2: (1939), Um Marine Biological Lab At Lamoine, Randy Lackovic

Darling Marine Center Historical Documents

This is picture album of the University of Maine Marine Biological Laboratory at Lamoine, Maine during the summer session in 1939.

Um Marine And Freshwater Sciences Come To Wentworth Point (1960s), Randy Lackovic

Darling Marine Center Historical Documents

This history recounts the formation of the Darling Marine Center from 1963 - 1966.

Um Marine And Freshwater Sciences Before Wentworth Point, Part 1: (1865-1965), Randy Lackovic

Darling Marine Center Historical Documents

This is a history of the marine and freshwater sciences activity at the University of Maine from 1865 - 1965.

Elijah Lovejoy’S Oration On The Fiftieth Anniversary Of American Independence: An Essay Discovered, William G. Chrystal

Maine History

On July 4, 1826, the American republic celebrated its fiftieth anniversary with great fanfare. In this research note, the author provides a transcript of an oration delivered in China, Maine on that day. The speaker was local schoolmaster Elijah P. Lovejoy, better known for his tragic death eleven years later. By then an abolitionist newspaper editor in Alton, Illinois, Lovejoy was killed in 1837 by a pro-slavery mob. Lovejoy’s 1826 oration, then, serves as both a compelling look at the celebration of America’s Jubilee in rural Maine and an early example of the ideological convictions which led Lovejoy to abolitionism. …

“Maine And Her Soil, Or Blood!”: Political Rhetoric And Spatial Identity During The Aroostook War In Maine, Michael T. Perry

Maine History

The Aroostook War was a two-month standoff during the winter of 1839 between Maine and New Brunswick. Overlapping boundary claims had created a disputed territory rich in timber but lacking organization. Troops were mobilized, but war was averted when national leaders in Washington and London recoiled at the prospect of a third war between the two nations. The “war” has been dismissed by contemporary observers and historians alike because of the lack of shots fired. What has largely been overlooked, however, is the large body of political rhetoric churned out by Maine’s Democrats and Whigs during the dispute. In examining …

Oral History, Working Class Culture, And Local, Pauleena M. Macdougall

Publications

Stories of factory closings from many industries throughout the latter part of the twentieth century are common and numerous studies have documented the economic impact of these unfortunate events. In this case study of Brewer, Maine, oral histories with former workers at the primary source of local employment, Eastern Corporation, illuminate the nature of management-worker interactions at the mill. Eastern’s former employee narratives reveal a surprisingly unified perspective regarding the closing of the mill that does not reflect the public narrative put forward by management and business leaders.

A History Of Canadian Studies At The University Of Maine, Robert H. Babcock

Books

The purpose of this book is to explain the development of the Canadian Studies program at the University of Maine from its origins in the early 20th century to its position today as the most comprehensive program of its kind in the United States. Readers will learn how Maine's close proximity to Canada has spawned an ever-widening range of cross-border academic contacts rooted in mutual interests that are reinforced by collaborative academic study, which is benefiting residents on both sides of the international boundary.

Henry Mowat: Miscreant Of The Maine Coast, Louis Arthur Norton

Maine History

This article follows the career of Captain Henry Mowat as he took charge of operations for the British Navy off the Maine Coast during the Revolutionary War. Mowat was involved in three decisive actions during this time: the dismantling of Fort Pownall at the mouth of the Penobscot River; the burning of Falmouth, or present-day Portland; and the defeat of the Massachusetts naval expedition to the British-occupied Bagaduce Peninsula on the eastern side of Penobscot Bay. The author asks the question: did this British officer deserve his reputation among Mainers as an “execrable monster?” Louis Arthur Norton is a professor …

"The Lion Of The Day": Diplomacy, States' Rights, And Party Politics In The Aroostook War, John A. Soares Jr.

Maine History

Historians typically dismiss the so-called Aroostook War as an insignificant event that unfolded in the uncivilized northeast frontier. Yet this seemingly minor conflict allows us to examine how both partisan politics and the growing debate over national and state authority dominated political and diplomatic affairs in the antebellum period. This political contest highlights the roles played by Winfield Scott, a Whig, and John Fairfield, a Democrat, in achieving an acceptable compromise between Maine and New Brunswick. Like many regional affairs of this time, the Aroostook War can only be fully understood within this national context. John A. Soares, Jr. is …

“They Lynched Jim Cullen”: Story And Myth On The Northern Maine Frontier, Dena Lynn Winslow York

Maine History

James Cullen was born in 1846 in Peel, New Brunswick. In 1864 he applied for a grant of land and began a small farm near his father’s homestead. From there, events unfolded, as Cullen crossed the border, married Rosellah Twist, and became one of the most celebrated villains in Aroostook County history.

History Of The Great Northern Paper Company In The 1970s And 1980s, Paul K. Mccann

Great Northern Paper Company Records

A draft of a book on the history of the Great Northern Paper Company during the 1970s and 1980s written by long-time Public Affairs Manager, Paul K. McCann.

This draft is nearly identical to a version later published as Timber! : The Fall of Maine's Paper Giant, printed by the Ellsworth American, c1994.

Chapter Table of Contents:

i. In the Beginning: Biggest Mill in World; Lonely Farm On Penobscot the “Perfect Site”

ii. While GNN Grew and Prospered, Not so GNP; It Was All Down Hill After Years of Stagnation

iii. After 70 Years, Modernization Means a Long, Long, …

Producing Local History: An Essay And Review, Joyce Butler

Maine History

Review Essay regarding the following books: Hodgdon, Maine, 1832-1982: Sesquicentennial Album by Geraldine Tidd Scott; History of St. Albans, Maine compiled by Gladys M. Bigelow and Ruth M. Knowles;

The Great Northern Paper Company, Chapter 01: Great Northern, John E. Mcleod

Great Northern Paper Company Records

A history of the Great Northern Paper Company completed in 1978 by long-time employee John E. McLeod of Calais, Maine. This section includes the author's introduction, notes on contents, and Chapter 1, Great Northern: the Great Northern Paper Company in 1976.

The Great Northern Paper Company, Chapter 03: About The Land, John E. Mcleod

Great Northern Paper Company Records

A history of the Great Northern Paper Company completed in 1978 by long-time employee John E. McLeod of Calais, Maine. This section includes Chapter 3: About the Land.

The Great Northern Paper Company, Chapter 02: Better And Cheaper, John E. Mcleod

Great Northern Paper Company Records

A history of the Great Northern Paper Company completed in 1978 by long-time employee John E. McLeod of Calais, Maine. This section includes Chapter 2: Better and Cheaper.

The Great Northern Paper Company, Chapter 05: As It Was In The Beginning, John E. Mcleod

Great Northern Paper Company Records

A history of the Great Northern Paper Company completed in 1978 by long-time employee John E. McLeod of Calais, Maine. This section includes Chapter 5: As It Was in the Beginning.

The Great Northern Paper Company, Chapter 06: The Manufacturing Investment Company, John E. Mcleod

Great Northern Paper Company Records

A history of the Great Northern Paper Company completed in 1978 by long-time employee John E. McLeod of Calais, Maine. This section includes Chapter 6: The Manufacturing Investment Company.

The Great Northern Paper Company, Chapter 08: The Biggest Mill In The World, John E. Mcleod

Great Northern Paper Company Records

A history of the Great Northern Paper Company completed in 1978 by long-time employee John E. McLeod of Calais, Maine. This section includes Chapter 8: The Biggest Mill in the World.

The Great Northern Paper Company, Chapter 04: The Long Log Days, John E. Mcleod

Great Northern Paper Company Records

A history of the Great Northern Paper Company completed in 1978 by long-time employee John E. McLeod of Calais, Maine. This section includes Chapter 4: The Long Log Days.

The Great Northern Paper Company, Chapter 14: Boston, John E. Mcleod

Great Northern Paper Company Records

A history of the Great Northern Paper Company completed in 1978 by long-time employee John E. McLeod of Calais, Maine. This section includes Chapter 14: Boston.

The Great Northern Paper Company, Chapter 12: Yesterday Iii, John E. Mcleod

Great Northern Paper Company Records

A history of the Great Northern Paper Company completed in 1978 by long-time employee John E. McLeod of Calais, Maine. This section includes Chapter 12: Yesterday, part III.