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Lg Ms 018 Maine Won’T Discriminate Archives Finding Aid, Karin A. France
Lg Ms 018 Maine Won’T Discriminate Archives Finding Aid, Karin A. France
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Maine Won't Discriminate (MWD) was an organization created to work toward passing LGBT civil rights legislation in Maine and to advocate against/for citizens referenda that would have overturned/sustained such legislation. The Archives contains organizational records as well as print and audiovisual material created and used by the organization. The majority of the materials relate to MWD’s ultimately successful efforts to oppose referendum Question 1 in 2005, which read: “Do you want to reject the new law that would protect people from discrimination in employment, housing, education, public accommodations and credit based on their sexual orientation?” The materials include polling …
Lg Ms 011 Northern Lambda Nord Archives Finding Aid, Michelle E. Smith, Kristin Morris
Lg Ms 011 Northern Lambda Nord Archives Finding Aid, Michelle E. Smith, Kristin Morris
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One of the earliest gay and lesbian groups in the state, NLN began in 1979 as a support network for the rural LGBT community, located in Aroostook County, with members in Maine and New Brunswick. By the mid-1980s, NLN had added an outreach component, working to educate the local community on LGBT identity and acceptance and health and HIV/AIDS issues. They also started a Gay-Lesbian Phoneline which grew into the Maine HIV/AIDS Hotline. The group disbanded in 2000, but re-formed in 2006. The Archives contains an extensive collection of organizational records, promotional materials, photo albums and artifacts.
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Lg Ms 017 Susan Farnsworth Papers Finding Aid, Karin A. France
Lg Ms 017 Susan Farnsworth Papers Finding Aid, Karin A. France
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Susan Farnsworth earned her undergraduate degree from Bates College in 1969 and her Juris Doctor degree from the University of Maine School of Law in 1976. She has worked in several city and state government positions, including Maine State Representative from 1988-1994. Farnsworth has also been active in the LGBT community, serving as a member of the Executive Committee and an organizer of “Yes on 6” PAC in the Statewide Referendum Campaign in 2000. The Papers consist of working papers, publications, and other materials.
Date Range:
1970s-1990s
Size of Collection:
2.25 ft.
Jud Ms 03 Macabee Club Archives Finding Aid, Marieke Van Der Steenhoven
Jud Ms 03 Macabee Club Archives Finding Aid, Marieke Van Der Steenhoven
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Macabee Club was a club of Jewish high school students in Portland from 1955 to the 1970s. The Archives contains organizational records of the group, including meeting minutes, newsletters, and event programs.
Date Range:
1955-1972
Size of Collection:
1 ft.
Jud Ms 02 Portland Jewish Community Center Uso Guest Book Finding Aid, Karin A. France
Jud Ms 02 Portland Jewish Community Center Uso Guest Book Finding Aid, Karin A. France
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The Jewish Community Center on Cumberland Avenue in Portland, Maine was the site of United Service Organization (USO) social events, held regularly from at least October 1943 to September 1946. Most of the servicemen (and some women who were nurses) who attended events at the Community Center were in the Navy, stationed on shops docked or anchored in Casco Bay. These social events were sometimes held out on the islands. Although hosted by the Jewish Community Center, anyone was welcome, regardless of religion. Eleanor Edison Taft saved this ledger listing the names of attendees at the USO events when …
Jud Ms 01 Annetta Kornetsky Girl Scout Collection Finding Aid, Karin A. France
Jud Ms 01 Annetta Kornetsky Girl Scout Collection Finding Aid, Karin A. France
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Annetta Kornetsky was the Scout leader of Girl Scout Troops 109 and 177, sponsored by the Portland Jewish Community Center, between 1956 and 1958. The Collection contains records of Troops 109 and 177, including meeting agendas, finances, handbook pages, and minutes from November 1956 to March 1958.
Date Range:
1956-1958
Size of Collection:
0.08 ft.
Lg Ms 014 Jessen Lgbt/Women’S Newsletter & Media Collection Finding Aid, Renee Desroberts, Karin A. France
Lg Ms 014 Jessen Lgbt/Women’S Newsletter & Media Collection Finding Aid, Renee Desroberts, Karin A. France
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Barbara Jessen formed the Maine Tradeswomen's Network, a loose organization of women in the trades and supporting personnel, in 1990, to promote networking, mentoring, and employment. The Collection consists of six newsletter titles, plus newspaper clippings, fact sheets, and articles - all covering LGBT and women’s issues in Maine and nationally.
Date Range:
1970s-2000
Size of Collection:
0.5 ft.
Lg Ms 016 Transsupport Archives Finding Aid, Karin A. France
Lg Ms 016 Transsupport Archives Finding Aid, Karin A. France
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Transsupport is a non-profit, educational, non-sexual peer support group for Cross-dressers, Transsexuals, their families, friends and significant others. The Archives contains organizational papers and newsletters from between 1994 and 1998, plus one issue of vol. 1 of the newsletter, dated 1989.
Date Range:
1989, 1994-1998
Size of Collection:
0.5 ft.
Lg Ms 015 May Sarton Scrapbook Finding Aid, Kristin Morris, Karin A. France
Lg Ms 015 May Sarton Scrapbook Finding Aid, Kristin Morris, Karin A. France
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William Barry is a well-known, published local historian. He had a slight connection with May Sarton through his friend Dorothy Healy, co-founder of the Maine Women Writers Collection. The Scrapbook contains documents relating to his correspondence with Sarton regarding her essay for a memorial book for Healy; documents and newspaper clippings relating to celebrations of Sarton’s life and work; documents regarding Barry’s effort to get Sarton’s essay in Healy’s memorial included in a Sarton bibliography.
Date Range:
1983-2008
Size of Collection:
0.25 ft.
Aa Ms 05 Cummings Guest House Register Finding Aid, Karin A. France
Aa Ms 05 Cummings Guest House Register Finding Aid, Karin A. France
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The Cummings family of Old Orchard Beach, Maine, ran a guest house from 1923 until 1993. Register in which guests signed themselves in or were signed in by staff at the Cummings Guest House, 110 Portland Ave., Old Orchard Beach, Maine. Includes signatures of family members who attended reunions after the Guest House ceased operation.
Date Range:
1923-1998
Size of Collection:
1 ft.