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Model Cities, Housing, And Renewal Policy In Portland, Maine: 1965-1974, John F. Bauman Dec 2010

Model Cities, Housing, And Renewal Policy In Portland, Maine: 1965-1974, John F. Bauman

Maine History

Shepherded through Congress by Maine Senator Edmund Muskie, the 1967 Model (or Demonstration) Cities Program was originally intended for the nation’s large, ghetto-ridden metropolises where it would target a host of social and economic programs including housing. Thanks to Senator Muskie, both Portland and Lewiston benefited. Before the Nixon Administration scuttled the program in 1973, Portland had created a host of innovative housing, social welfare, law enforcement, and educational programs, shifting the city’s urban renewal program away from its strict emphasis on brick-and-mortar planning. Portland was unique in making Model Cities a part of its downtown renewal. Energizing the city’s …


“Taking Up The Slack”: Penobscot Bay Women And The Netting Industry, Nancy Payne Alexander Dec 2010

“Taking Up The Slack”: Penobscot Bay Women And The Netting Industry, Nancy Payne Alexander

Maine History

Between 1860 and 1900 the economy of Penobscot Bay communities changed dramatically, from the steady growth and prosperity of their natural resource-based economy to the decline in population and a painful transition to manufacturing and service industries. Both men and women had enjoyed independence in their labor in the old economy. The new cash economy made it necessary for them to seek out new ways of supporting their families, with home manufacture, or putting out work, one way of earning an income. They remained independent from an employer’s direct supervision and earned cash payment, a change from the face-to-face economy …


The Hillbillies Of Maine: Rural Communities, Radio, And Country Music Performers, Erica Risberg Dec 2010

The Hillbillies Of Maine: Rural Communities, Radio, And Country Music Performers, Erica Risberg

Maine History

During the first third of the twentieth century, the United Sates underwent profound social, technological, and economic changes that fundamentally altered rural society. This shift created a divide between rural and urban dwellers, and by the 1930s, country people were developing their own cultural expressions, often reflecting the unique folkways of various regions — the South, Appalachia, the Ozark Plateau, the rural West. One such manifestation of country culture was old-time, or country-western music — also known as hillbilly music. At the time, radio broadcasting was at an experimental stage in reaching an American audience. Station WBLZ in Bangor covered …


Journal Cover And Toc, Maine Historical Society Dec 2010

Journal Cover And Toc, Maine Historical Society

Maine History

Cover, editors, and editorial board, and table of contents with authors' names.


Dawnbreaker Vol 58 No 2 (Winter 2010-2011), Dawnbreaker Staff Dec 2010

Dawnbreaker Vol 58 No 2 (Winter 2010-2011), Dawnbreaker Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

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Apartheid On Trial: South West Africa And The International Court Of Justice, 1960-1966, Ryan Irwin Dec 2010

Apartheid On Trial: South West Africa And The International Court Of Justice, 1960-1966, Ryan Irwin

History Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Tempo Magazine, Fall 2010, Office Of Student Life Dec 2010

Tempo Magazine, Fall 2010, Office Of Student Life

Tempo Magazine

Tempo Magazine is Coastal Carolina University's student-produced feature magazine. TEMPO #24. Distribution problems caused some of the material in this issue to be put in edited form in the Spring 2011 issue. Editor: Amanda Kraft. Faculty advisor: Dan Ennis and Scott Mann.


Front Matter, Huntsville-Madison County Historical Society Dec 2010

Front Matter, Huntsville-Madison County Historical Society

Huntsville Historical Review

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Back Matter, Huntsville-Madison County Historical Society Dec 2010

Back Matter, Huntsville-Madison County Historical Society

Huntsville Historical Review

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The Mccrary Homestead, Chris Lang Dec 2010

The Mccrary Homestead, Chris Lang

Huntsville Historical Review

No abstract provided.


The Huntsville Historical Review, Vol. 36, No. 1, Winter 2010-Spring 2011, Huntsville-Madison County Historical Society Dec 2010

The Huntsville Historical Review, Vol. 36, No. 1, Winter 2010-Spring 2011, Huntsville-Madison County Historical Society

Huntsville Historical Review

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Brita Olsdotter From Östanå, Brita Butler-Wall Dec 2010

Brita Olsdotter From Östanå, Brita Butler-Wall

Swedish American Genealogist

No abstract provided.


News From The Swenson Center, Jill Seaholm, Christina Johansson Dec 2010

News From The Swenson Center, Jill Seaholm, Christina Johansson

Swedish American Genealogist

No abstract provided.


Handwriting Example 26 Dec 2010

Handwriting Example 26

Swedish American Genealogist

No abstract provided.


The Exit Permit, Nils William Olsson Dec 2010

The Exit Permit, Nils William Olsson

Swedish American Genealogist

No abstract provided.


Bits & Pieces Dec 2010

Bits & Pieces

Swedish American Genealogist

No abstract provided.


Full Issue Vol. 30 No. 3-4 Dec 2010

Full Issue Vol. 30 No. 3-4

Swedish American Genealogist

No abstract provided.


Mile High Swedes, Roland Floberg Dec 2010

Mile High Swedes, Roland Floberg

Swedish American Genealogist

No abstract provided.


The Story Of A Teapot, Elisabeth Thorsell Dec 2010

The Story Of A Teapot, Elisabeth Thorsell

Swedish American Genealogist

No abstract provided.


Minnesota Historical Society, Elisabeth Thorsell Dec 2010

Minnesota Historical Society, Elisabeth Thorsell

Swedish American Genealogist

No abstract provided.


Swedes In 1990, Elisabeth Thorsell Dec 2010

Swedes In 1990, Elisabeth Thorsell

Swedish American Genealogist

No abstract provided.


A Divorce In Linköping In 1816, Elisabeth Thorsell Dec 2010

A Divorce In Linköping In 1816, Elisabeth Thorsell

Swedish American Genealogist

No abstract provided.


Meet Lou T. Fisk!, Elisabeth Thorsell Dec 2010

Meet Lou T. Fisk!, Elisabeth Thorsell

Swedish American Genealogist

No abstract provided.


Some Members Of The Olive Lodge 583, Jill Seaholm, Elisabeth Thorsell Dec 2010

Some Members Of The Olive Lodge 583, Jill Seaholm, Elisabeth Thorsell

Swedish American Genealogist

No abstract provided.


A Mystery In Vasa, Mn, Elisabeth Thorsell Dec 2010

A Mystery In Vasa, Mn, Elisabeth Thorsell

Swedish American Genealogist

No abstract provided.


Handwriting Solution 26 Dec 2010

Handwriting Solution 26

Swedish American Genealogist

No abstract provided.


The Last Page Dec 2010

The Last Page

Swedish American Genealogist

No abstract provided.


Book Reviews Dec 2010

Book Reviews

Swedish American Genealogist

No abstract provided.


Interesting Web Sites Dec 2010

Interesting Web Sites

Swedish American Genealogist

No abstract provided.


Genealogical Queries Dec 2010

Genealogical Queries

Swedish American Genealogist

No abstract provided.