Preserving History • Engaging Minds • Connecting Maine maine historical society SUMMER 2013 maine historical society 2 Deborah TillmanStone MAINE HISTORICALSOCIETY Peter G.McPheeters Larissa ViguePicard Jacqueline Fenlason Bridget McCormick MAINE MEMORYNETWORK Kathleen Amoroso Holly Hurd-Forsyth Stephen Bromage Richard E.Barnes Patrick T.Jackson Eleanor G.Ames William D.Barry Robert P.BaRoss Jennifer Blodgett Cynthia Murphy Nicholas Noyes Preston R.Miller,2ndVicePresident Candace Kanes Katherine StoddardPope,President Steven Atripaldi Incorporated 1822 Elizabeth Nash Joseph E.Gray Lendall L.Smith,1stVicePresident Melissa Spoerl Jamie Cantoni Allan Levinsky Carl L.Chatto Nancy Noble Jean Gulliver Robert Kemp Horace W. Horton, Treasurer Horace W.Horton,Treasurer Carolyn B.Murray,Secretary David Lakari Laura Webb Bob Greene Peter Merrill John Mayer ADMINISTRATION Dani Fazio Eric Baxter Jamie Rice Brent Daly EDUCATION TRUSTEES MUSEUM OFFICERS LIBRARY STAFF Jean T.Wilkinson Charles D.WhittierII Paul A.Wescott Lee D.Webb Jotham A.Trafton Frederic L.Thompson Alan B.Stearns Charles V.Stanhope Neil R.Rolde Theodore L.Oldham Eldon L.Morrison Visitor ServicesCoordinator Visitor ServicesCoordinator Museum StoreManager Registrar Curator oftheMuseum Cataloguer &Production Assistant Image ServicesCoordinator Curator Director ofDigitalServices Archivist/Cataloger Research Historian Reference &AdministrativeLibrarian Head ofLibraryServices Community PartnershipCoordinator Education Assistant Education Coordinator Facilities Manager Membership Coordinator Marketing &PublicRelationsManager Director ofDevelopment Finance/Human ResourceAssistant Director ofFinance&Administration Assistant totheDirector Executive Director donor, DavidC.Garcelon. during theCivilWar.ImagecourtesyofEdmundS.MuskieArchivesand SpecialCollectionsLibraryandtheir Garcelon (1909-1966).wasanativeofLewistonandveteran the16thMaineInfantryRegiment

her grandfather’seye.” the familyhistorywasveryimportanttohisgreat-grandfather,andGladys“appleof Muskie Archives,alongwithapproximately800otheritems.AccordingtoDavid,preserving David Garcelon,CharlesGarcelon’sgreat-grandson,gaveourcoverphotographtothe courage allwillbewellyet.Givemylovetoall.” war hasgonefarenough…bothsidesaretiredofit…Iwillwriteyoufrequentlyhavegood to force…itwillbelongremembered,the4thofJuly1863…itseemsasthoughthiswicked but ourmenmadeastandonthehillbackoftownwhichpositionenemyarenotable a bulletwoundintheneckitisnotthoughttobeserious…therebelsdroveusoutoftown and myselfaresafe.Undoubtedlyyouhavebeenveryanxioustolearnourfate.Unclereceived Writing fromGettysburgonJuly4,1863,CharlesGarcelonreportedtohisauntthat:“Uncle connections tohistory. keepsakes thatfamiliessaveandentrusttoinstitutionslikeMHS—thatwefindmeaningful experience. Itisinthesepersonalstories—reflectedtheobjects,letters,records,and based onpride,sometragedy,andmanysimplythechangewroughtbywarits The CivilWarisatouchstone,andmanyfamiliescarrymemoriesstories.Someare that inthisnewsletter. Maine peopleandcommunities.You’llreadaboutsomeofthewaysthatwearegoing the moremodest,personalstories—thewaysthatCivilWaraffectedlivesofindividual One oftheaspectsWarthatMHSisparticularlyinterestedinexploringthisyearare tion intheWar.Thoseareallcentralpiecesofstory. the TwentiethMaineatGettsyburg,prideMainerstakeinstate’spercapitaparticipa- Maine statehoodplayedintheMissouriCompromise,heroicsofJoshuaChamberlainand Maine’s experienceintheCivilWarisoftenrememberedby“big”moments:rolethat explore theWar’smanystoriesandlegacies. ing theCivilWarSesquicentennialthisyear.Thepublicwillhavefar-rangingopportunitiesto Maine HistoricalSocietyandmanyculturalinstitutionsacrossthestatewillbecommemorat- Network bytheMuskieArchivesatBates,heispicturedwithhisgranddaughter,Glenda. Regiment. Inthisimage,ownedandcontributedtoMaineMemory Charles Garcelon,anativeofLewiston,servedinthe16thMaine telling. I findtheimageoncoverofthisnewslettercaptivating,beautiful, Civil WarinMaine. A veteranandhisgranddaughter,photographedin1913.Thatisthe Dear MembersandFriends in Photographs BangorPubli c Libray,Aife 8 Dance? Memory 6-7 Maine • 5 StudyingtheLongfello w Garden 4 CivilWar 3 ThisRebellion:Maineinthe Table ofCntets ABOUT THECOVER: Executive Director Contribut ing Partner: LearningwithWied! • Wired!ExhibitComments Expeditions intoMHSCollections Portrait ofCharlesA.Garcelon(1842-1935)withhisgranddaughter,Glenda Gay Network:

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PinterestedinMHS Re-LaunchofVMI TheBoxerandtheEnterprise Vintage Baseball MHS EXHIBIT 3 log for Watch our blog for further reflections on the project by Andrew, Ellie, Matthew, and Amanda. h Letter from Eben Calderwood to wife, from Baton Rouge, 1863. Collections of Maine Historical Society h Eben Calderwood engraved his name on this ring to ensure he could be identified. Collections of Maine Historical Society include will not The Memorial Wall every detail recorded, but we hope to make the spreadsheet available to researchers—and to be able to add to it in the future. The list of names will not include those Mainers who fought for like black regiments in other states, or, soldiers, for federal regiments; nor the names of sailors who died. k Amanda Fawn Leach compiled 3,069 names from 1864-65. She called the project “a wonderful experience” and said it “so- lidified her love of historical research, even at its most basic level.” k Ellie Brown and Andrew Robinson worked on the project during the fall 2012 semester. Working on different years, they compiled some 2,450 names. They both agreed that “the project humanizes the enormity of the Civil War.” k Matthew Rodney worked on Adjutant General’s reports from 1862 and 1864-65, entering 3,164 names into the database. He felt “very privileged to be working on collecting these names so that they can be displayed to the public and truly reflected upon.”

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June 27 bit Opening: Thursday, Members Exhi une 28, 2013 - May 26, 2014 June 28, 2013 location of death, if given. company, regiment, and hometown, as well as the date, cause, and company, action. They used a spreadsheet to record the soldier’s name, rank, action. They used a spreadsheet to record the soldier’s a soldier was killed, died of disease or accident, or was missing in each year of the war, page by page, looking for “remarks” that indicate each year of the war, The students went through the Maine Adjutant General’s Report for The students went through the Maine Adjutant General’s fall semester and two in the spring to work on the project. Professor of History Libby Bischoff who recruited two students in the the in Professor of History Libby Bischoff who recruited two students Rebellion, enlisted the help of University of Southern Maine Associate Candace Kanes, curator of both Maine Memory Network and This the hard work of student researchers. bring to life the people and events of the Civil War era. bring to life the people and events of the Civil War has existed and developing it has been possible in large part because of post-war commemorative activities are the core of the exhibit, and help post-war commemorative activities are the No comprehensive record like this died or were killed during the war. uniforms, documents, letters, paintings, photographs, and evidence of uniforms, documents, letters, paintings, photographs, will list the names of about 8,000 members of Maine regiments who Battlefield relics, exhibit This Rebellion: Maine and the Civil War. One important element of This Rebellion will be a memorial wall that Calderwood’s story is one of many that will be told in the new museum Calderwood’s The Memorial Wall here. rich material to MHS—the reason his story survives and can be told rich material to MHS—the reason his story sent home along with other documents. Ultimately, they donated this sent home along with other documents. Ultimately, National Cemetery in Louisiana. The family also saved the letters he National Cemetery in Louisiana. The family war, especially since Calderwood was buried in the Baton Rouge especially since Calderwood war, water. The family saved the ring—an unusual artifact to survive the The family saved the water. war. Family legend is that his death was caused from drinking poisoned Family legend is that war. became one of more than nine thousand Mainers who died during the became one of more than nine thousand Mainers On May 17, 1863, during the Siege of Port Hudson, Calderwood On May 17, 1863, during the Siege of Port happened to them. Calderwood’s ring—to make sure they could be identified if anything Calderwood’s or wrote their names in their clothing or found other ways—like or wrote their names in their clothing or found October 11, 1862. In the era before dog tags, soldiers often pinned October 11, 1862. In the era before dog tags, had a wife and five children when he enlisted in the regiment on had a wife and five children when he enlisted Calderwood of Vinalhaven, a fisherman, was thirty-nine years old and a fisherman, was Calderwood of Vinalhaven, engraved with his name, hometown, company, and regiment. and hometown, company, engraved with his name, in Co. H of the 21st Maine Infantry Regiment, he purchased a ring Maine Infantry Regiment, he purchased a in Co. H of the 21st At some point during Eben Calderwood’s seven months as a private seven months as a private Eben Calderwood’s At some point during Memorializing Civil War Soldiers Memorializing

ebellion: his R T Thankyouforyour comments! Middle Schoollearningexpeditionsandlookforwardtoengagingstudentsinthiswaythefuture. innovative useofMHScollectionsineducationalprogramming.We aregladtobeapartoftheKing Project-based curriculainschools,liketheexamplesdescribedabove,allowsforflexibleand All MHSeducationprogramsenablestudentstocomeface-to-facewithprimarysourcematerials. MHS inMay. will culminateinstudentpodcastsabouthistoricweathereventsMaine,scheduledtodebutat major weathereventsastheylearnedaboutthenaturalsciencebehindsuchstorms.Theirresearch PastPerfect Online,andtheMaineMemoryNetwork,tosupplementtheirongoinginvestigationof of 1938tothe1998icestorm.StudentsusedMHSdigitalresearchservices,includingMinerva, photographic recordsthathighlightedmajorweatherevents,fromtheNewEnglandHurricane and ParsonThomasSmith’s transcribed journalentries.Studentsexaminednewspaperarticlesand Lemuel Moody’s early-nineteenth-centurythermometricrecordsfromthePortlandObservatory a numberofprimarysourcematerialsfromthespecialcollectionsforstudentstoview, including available toscholarsandresearchersatMHS.ResearchLibrarianJamieRiceassistedbypulling the BrownResearchLibraryforanintroductiontoresearchlibrariesandtypesofresources For aspringexpeditiontitled“Weathering theStorm,”KingMiddle6thgradestudentsvisited Education Coordinator learning with wired! 4 and thierunitofstudywasprofiledonPBSNewsHourinFebruary. pitched theirresearchanddesignstoapanelofcommunitymembersatculminatingevent, to developandbuilddevicesthatwouldsolvemodern-dayenergyneedsinuniqueways.They evolution ofelectricalgenerationanddistributioninthestate.Studentsusedthisinformation exhibit Wired! HowElectricityCametoMaineexamineMaine’s energyusageandthe For alearningexpeditiontitled“reVOLT,” KingMiddle8thgradestudentsvisitedtheMHS culminating projects,publicpresentations,and/orstudentportfolios. connections tothetopicbeingstudied.Eachlearningexpeditionisassessedthrough community resourcesandtakingstudentsoutoftheclassroomtoemphasizereal-world areas. Working collaborativelyingroupsisakeypartofthisprocess,asdrawingon project-based learningexpeditions,in-depthunitsofstudythatincorporatemultiplecontent ing School,aprogressivemodelfoundthroughouttheUnitedStates.Theseschoolsfocuson and economicallydiverseneighborhoodsinthestateofMaine,isanExpeditionaryLearn- at Portland’s KingMiddleSchool.King,apublicschoolservingthemostracially, ethnically, The EducationDepartmentplayedanintegralroleintwolearningexpeditionsforstudents Expeditions intoMHSCollections workers atMaine Power. Your Thanks toallthe linemenand You’ve comealong waybaby! labels. Congratulations! detail, andwithwell-written visually interesting,richwith This isabeautifulexhibit— hearing fromyou! electricity onourwall.We enjoy time toposttheirthoughtsabout Wired! exhibit,whotookthe Thanks toourvisitorsthe innovation. Tidal Generators! This isouropportunity tolead unlike therestof theworld. Maine isunique.We havetides Go nuclear. The wayweuseitisgonnakill us. home. Iaminspiredbyher. arranging forsolarpanelsonher My 85-yearoldmother-in-law is Great Exhibit!! dedication keepsuscomfortable. Bridget McCormick supplement theirresearch. the BrownResearchLibraryconferenceroomto Bottom: Thestudentsusethenewtechnologyin materials intheBrownResearchLibrary. Middle: Studentsexamineprimarysource the PortlandObservatory. at LemuelMoody’sthermometricrecordsfrom Top: KingMiddleSchool6thgradestudentslook Studying the Longfellow Garden

A new effort is underway to better understand the family constructed a commercial building to the west Wadsworth-Longfellow House site and surrounding and only a few feet from the walls of the Wadsworth- neighborhood. The study focuses on the Longfellow Longfellow house. (The building still stands and is garden, but also relates to the history of the quickly now the MHS museum.) Other property owners changing town of Portland. developed their land by adding tenements along Brown Street and commercial operations along Cumberland MHS Museum Curator John Mayer, with assistance from and Preble Streets. volunteer researcher Sherrie Hoyt Chapman, is looking at a wide range of sources such as photographs, maps, While the surrounding area evolved and the modern deeds, manuscripts, and archaeological material. It’s an city developed all around it—the garden remained. It is exciting project that will lead to new garden signage, more a green space that has been used and organized in dif- interpretive information for docents and guides, and even ferent ways by family, the Society, and the Longfellow a future museum exhibit. Garden Club. Understanding these changing uses pro- vides an important history of the site and many insights h Members of the In 1785, Peleg Wadsworth bought three acres of land from into the lives of the people who lived here. Longfellow Garden John Ingersoll on the north side of what was then called Club have cared for the garden since 1926. Back Street. This small lot of land had never been built This summer stop by and look for new signs on site and Now a commemora- upon. At the time there were few buildings nearby and the in the garden, and take a tour to hear some new stories tive garden designed to town of Portland was just beginning to recover from the about the landscape that surrounds the Wadsworth- honor the Longfellow damage caused by the British during the Revolutionary Longfellow House. and Wadsworth family War. history—the garden provides green space

within urban Portland. LONGFELLO W HOUSE Wadsworth built a barn and a warehouse on the site. The The Birdbath in the next year he began to build his brick house. It took two Longfellow Garden, ca. years to complete, and over the next 115 years this was 1929. MHS Coll. 1936 home for several generations of Wadsworth and Longfel- low family members. The house remained in the family until Anne Longfellow Pierce gave the house and property to MHS in 1901. f This memory drawing made by Anne Longfellow There has always been a yard in back of the house. Pierce, ca. 1820, shows the Originally it included a garden, a small field, and a cow places she recalled from pasture. Unfortunately it is not yet clear how the family her early years in the Wad- sworth Longfellow house. used the garden—we don’t know what they planted or The drawing wonderfully how many animals they kept in the barn. captures the places that were important to her as a All too quickly, Portland’s urban development dramati- young girl. MHS Coll. 185 cally affected the nearby landscape. In 1825 the Morton

WadswortH-Longfellow House Open for the 2013 Season May marks the official opening of the Wadsworth-Longfellow House for the 2013 season. The house is open through the end of October. Members: Free | Adults: $12 | Seniors, AAA, & Students: $10 | Children: $3, under 6 free. Price includes admission to museum

MHS also appreciates the surveys today. I was impressed with the we have received in response to place and with your ability to our winter and spring programs. draw in people at lunchtime on a Your comments help us plan weekday… The whole event was our programs to better serve professional and fun. your needs. Great speaker – especially getting I love your lecture series! out form the podium to the center Wish there were more! of the room and living the tales he told. Great talk. I enjoyed the format – very laid Terrific addition to Portland’s back and intimate. literary scene!! Thank you! Ernest Freeburg entertained his audience with witty observations from his book Age of Edison: Electric Thanks so much Very enjoyable way to spend Light and the Invention of Modern America. for a fine event lunchtime.

5 maine MEMORY NETWORK 6 into “high” or“higher” society. a goodreputation aswellentry propriety continued aswaystoassure for knowledgeof etiquetteand Despite changesinsociety, theneed knowledge ofappropriateetiquette. vulgar orsinfulandthereforerequired another—and oftenwerecriticized as woman’s waist,thetwofacingone as partners,theman’s handonthe intimate dances—couplesdancing The waltzandpolkaweremore did socialdancing. As thesocietygrewandchanged,so population, andgeographicgrowth. experiencing spectaculareconomic, to oneseasonedbywarand nation beginningtodefineitself, century thatsawashiftfromnew reflect thechangesinsocietyover life ofmanyAmericancommunities, waltz aswellitsplaceinthesocial The speed,rhythm,andformofthe 1812 to1912the“Waltz Century.” One historiancalledtheperiodfrom passed theolderdancesinpopularity. faster-paced, moreintimatewaltzsur nineteenth-century, however, the dancing. Bytheearlyyearsof the stapleofformalandcommunity group dancesthathadlongbeen book, preferredthecontradances— H.G.O. Washburn, whopublishedthe another, seemnottonoticeit.” if youafterwardsseeherdancingwith declination withbecominggrace,and an invitationtodance:“bearthe And forgentlemen,ifaladyrebuffs the slightestindicationofill-temper.” affectation, frowning,quizzing,or her.” Itcautionswomento“avoid introduction wouldbeagreeableto to alady, ascertainwhethersuch “Before introducingagentleman For example,thebookadvises, rules ofetiquette. nineteenth-century socialdancing: Dance offerswhatwasderigueurin Remarks onQuadrillesandSpanish Dances andSocialCotillons,with 1863 Ball-RoomManualofContra After describing58dancesteps,the - f Cover of Ball-Room Morality, etiquette, and status went hand-in-hand. Manual of Contra Dances and Social Cotillons Martin’s descriptions of the club’s members—each with an accompanying photograph—reveal much about Bangor, the politics of dancing groups, and Martin’s values.

For instance, he writes that City Clerk George W. Snow was son of a ship captain whose house exterior was “ornamented with a large portion of wooden carvings, such as berries, nuts, round balls &c and the fan glass window over the front door indicated that his parents had seen days of stylish things.” Snow, “was naturaly a magnificent penman,” and he and his wife “both were always dressed in taste and appropriate to whatever occasion they were attending.” In addition, he wrote, Snow “exibits one of the finest dispositions a person could wish.” h Francis A. Reynolds The page for Miss Susie Stockwell, like those of most of the women in the book, features a poem. Hers begins: I can be as fine a Lady as any one will name, I understand politeness, and bear a common dancers name I can dance the double tours, and Waltz so nice & pretty I am a favorite partner, for all the boys, in this my native City. Her virtue of politeness came before her dancing talent.

John Martin, a Bangor accountant and dance Francis A. Reynolds, whose family were tailors, shoemakers, master, well understood the role of dance in and tanners, “was born under an unlucky star.” He had a speech society. As secretary of the Model Assembly, impediment and a “very strongly feminine” voice. Therefore, formed in November 1855, Martin created a book Martin notes, he was shunned and mocked. However, “he always with information about each member (all men) dressed neat, in fashion and in fine taste.” Oliver A. Lunt befriended and the invited women, some of the dance steps, him, taught him to dance, and they became long-term friends. He is and other details. The book is entitled Dancing listed in an 1855 Bangor directory as a “musician.” Fraternity, City of Bangor, 1868. Martin’s description of Lunt perhaps best sums up the role — The Dancing Fraternity learned the new dances and limits — of dance as a way to secure one’s position in the that Washburn apparently disliked— waltzes, pol- community. Martin wrote, “His form was of splendid proportions kas, lancers, quadrilles, schottische, and Spanish and his features shew a person of determination but his business dances. Washburn’s “old-fashioned” dances had propensities were of the most dilatory nature and instead of estab- more colloquial names: “Maid in the Pumproom,” lishing any regular business he took up Dancing.” Martin added, “Cincinnati Hornpipe,” “Hard Times,” “Humors “Mr. Lunt was a very fine teacher and the aristrocracy gave him of the Priesthouse,” and “The Girl I Left Behind their juveniles which was his main support.” His classes, however, h Oliver A. Lunt Me.” There was some overlap of dances in the two did not attract adults, so he moved to San Francisco “and has had groups, and considerable similarity in etiquette and wonderful success and has made money.” standards. However, Martin’s group clearly was in sync with the trends of the mid nineteenth-century. Dancing, then, could prove one’s acceptance in social circles—if not one’s membership in them—but also had to be combined with traits Martin’s concerns also reflect the growth of new wealth in the era. One like diligence and worldly success. two-page spread lists the 44 original members, the “computed worth” of each, and the names of the two women members were permitted to All images from the collections of Maine Historical Society invite to the dances. Martin wrote that the worth of the group’s members “shows a united capital of nearly half a million owned or controlled by 44 men … our list one year included Samuel R. Clark & Coln. Eddy which would make the sum over a half a million.”

Status was important and the group positioned itself in a particular way. The Model Assembly Constitution notes that, “Each member shall use their influence to make the association agreeable and social without any regard to outside associations with a view to kill the cheap aristocracy which makes personal disgusts year after year.” In addition the constitu- tion states, “Every subscriber and their partners shall be of good moral character and the best dancers that can be induced to become members.”

g First page of Model Assembly members, showing their monetary worth and dancing partners 7 Local History/SpecialCollectionsibrarian Elizabeth Stevens Local History/SpecialCollectionsibrarian of thebuildingin1997. designed alargeadditionandrenovation in 1994.RobertA.M.Stearnrchitects December, 1913.Anadditionwasadded laid in1912andthebuildingopened and acourthouse.Thecornerstonewas high school,publicparks,apostoffice, educational centerthatincludedanew after the1911fireaspartofan by PeabodyandStearns,aBostonfirm, 207- 947-8336|www.bpl.lib.me.us 145 HarlowStreet,Bangor,ME04401 VISIT: Contact: Facilities: Contributing partners 8 members andcommunity. excellent libraryservicetoits and inspirationbyproviding for work,recreation,education, information, andideasneeded connecting themtobooks, and enrichitsmembersby Library strivestoinspire,enlighten, Collections: Mission: generations. preserve Bangor’shistoryforfuture and archivalcollectionsthat include rarebooks,photographs, Collections’ uniquematerials historical references.Special genealogical resources,and New England.Ourmaterialsinclude Maine, andtheentireregionof the PenobscotValley,stateof provide informationonBangor, Bangor PublicLibrary Thebuildingwasdesigned Bill Cook TheBangorPublic Historyitems contest held inCarmel. Someofherfriends County,” atitleshewonaspartofdance The trophyproclaims her“MissPenobscot surrounded bysix otheryoungwomen. is shownholdingalargetrophy and In onephotograph,takenin1936, Surette at thehospital. image ofherselfwithafriendand herfather other patients.Thealbumalsohousesan She tookpictureswhilethereofnursesand unsuccessfully—for scoliosisatagesixteen. in Portland,whereshewastreated— document hertimeattheChildren’s Hospital The collectionofphotographsalso buidings destroyedinthe1911fire. plaque atNorumbegaParkwaythatreplaced locations inthecity, including infrontofa ers, herselfatwork,andvarious Her picturesdetailothershoefactorywork- worked ascementersinashoefactory. sisters, wholeftschoolaftertheeighthgrade, in Bangorandtofindworkthere.The left Mexicoin1935tolivewitharelative Surette andatleastoneofhersiblings the mid-twentiethcentury. young workingwomenintheBangorarea her life,butalsoilluminatesexperiencesof labeled, thatnotonlyfollowsthedetailsof a photoalbumafterherdeath,carefully immigrants inMexico,Maine,leftbehind children borntoFrench-Canadian Louise Surette(1918-1997),oneoften A Life inPhotographs Bangor PublicLibay Spotlight onMAINEMEMORYNETWORKCONTRIBUTINGPARTNER: Penobscot Countyduringaneventat Louise Surette,center,isnamedMiss a dancehallinCarmel1936.She held thetitleuntilatleast1985. Bangor PublicLibraryin2004. donated hermother’s photoalbum tothe life alive.Herdaughter, CindyBoudreau, Bangor scenes,haskeptthestoryofher activities, includingwork,friends,and careful photographicrecordingofher Surette’s interestinphotographyandthe in interveningyears. Penobscot County”contestshadbeenheld Surette stillheldthetitle—nofurther“Miss 49 yearslater, in1985,proclaimedthat the contestwasheld.Anewspaperarticle who joinedheratthedancehallwhere from theotherphotosarelikelywomen Hospital inPortland in1934-35. Louise Suretteduring herstayattheChildren’s f JoLaffeywasoneofthenurseswho treated had beenmovedoutsideintothesunshine. identified as“Delina”and“Alzena.” Theirbeds hospital. Thetwogirlsinthepicture areonly scoliosis. Surettetookphotosofother patientsatthe Children’s HospitalinPortlandfor thetreatmentof h In1934and1935LouiseSurettespenttimeat Bangor PublicLirary All photos fromthecollections of Battle of the Boxer and the Enterprise: L oo k ing A head 200th Anniversary

September 5, 2013, marks the 200th anniversary of the battle between the HMS Boxer and the USS Enterprise, off the coast of Monhegan Island during the War of 1812. Both Capt. William Burrows of the Enterprise and Capt. Samuel Blythe of the Boxer were struck down and neither of them survived this iconic naval battle. After a grueling exchange, the Enterprise persevered and towed her prize, HMS Boxer, into the port of Portland. The city of Portland paid its respects not only to the fallen Capt. Burrows, but to the well- respected Capt. Blythe, with a joint funeral procession through the town culminating with a side-by-side burial in Portland’s Eastern Cemetery.

To commemorate the 200th anniversary of this historic battle, Maine Historical Society and the Maine Military Historical Society are planning a series of events during the first full week of September, including a grave side ceremony at the Eastern Cemetery, as well as an MHS Lecture Hall exhibit. Please stay tuned to the MHS Programs & Events page for more information, or sign up for the MHS e-Connec- tion to receive regular email notices of our activities. k James Osborne’s watercolor illustration of the battle between the HMS Boxer and the USS Enterprise, 1831. Collections of Maine Historical Society g Artist Charles Frederick Kimball depicts the graves of Lieutenant Wil- liam Burrows, captain of the USS Enterprise, and Captain Samuel Blyth, commander of the HMS Boxer. Collections of Maine Historical Society

$ Baseball challenge, 1894. MHS Museum Collections. Prints available on www.vintagemaineimages.com

Play (Vintage) Ball! MHS Heads to SMCC’s Fort Road Field for Vintage Baseball

MHS will once again hold its popular Vintage Maine Baseball event. This year it will take place on Saturday, June 22, 2013, at Southern Maine Community College’s baseball field on Fort Road in South Portland. Last year, more than 150 people attended the games and coverage of the event even made the front page of the Portland Press Herald. It promises going to be a great event again and we hope you’ll bring some friends, a picnic lunch, and join us for some unique fun by the ocean.

The Essex Base Ball Organization (EBBO), a league based in Newbury, Massachusetts plays nine- inning games by baseball rules and customs of the nineteenth-century. They wear period uniforms and play on an open field. EBBO has a well-established outreach program that focuses on education and engagement as well as playing the games. The teams will play two nine-inning games (60-90 minutes each). Between the games, they will talk about baseball in that era, and provide an oppor- tunity for kids to run the bases, interact with the players, and ask questions. The event will run from approximately 12am to 4pm. The event will be free and open to the public. For up to date event details, especially in case of bad weather, please visit our website: www.mainehistory.org

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conversation, ararityin romance. most collections.During to hermotherregardingthe MHS InternandVolunteer Raminta Moore processing, Ispenttime ship, andMazie’s letters reading thelettersbetween read abouttheircourt- Mazie Weston (Addie’s remarkable experienceto in 1916.Itwassucha resulted inmarriage Allan Crowell,which daughter) andhersuitor, - MHS LauncheS Redesigned Vintage Maine Images WebSite MHS ONLINE We are pleased to announce the redesign and launch of our website at www. VintageMaineImages.com. The updated design offers easier navigation, more shopping options, and upgraded services for customers.

Vintage Maine Images, or VMI, is an online shopping website offering reproductions of more than 20,000 historical Maine images. Reproduction prints are made on archival photographic paper, come in three sizes, and start at just $15. VMI also sells high-resolution digital files that can be downloaded instantly from the website, as well as licenses for commercial and non-profit use.

“I am excited to share our new site,” says Dani Fazio, Image Services Coordinator. “VMI has a fresh new look, the ease of intuitive online shopping, and displays these fantastic images in a bold way. We redesigned the site with our customers in mind—we focused on feedback and looked at trends in e-commerce technology.” VMI was created in 2004 as a way to sell images from Maine Memory Network. VMI generates important revenue for MHS, and Maine Memory Network’s contributing partners receive 50% of sales from those items they have contributed.

In addition to the new website, we are creating a space for exclusive VMI merchandise: Vintage Maine Images at the Museum Store. We officially launched the new site during the First Friday Art Walk festivities. An exhibit, Vintage Maine Images, is on display in the lecture hall from through June 3. 2013. Look for the new Vintage Maine Images on our Facebook page, too!

We hope you’ll check out the site and share it with your friends. MHS members receive a 10% discount on all orders.

We have added Pinterest to the MHS social-media scene! For those unfamiliar with this website, Pinterest provides an online tool for collecting and organizing things you love. Of course, for MHS, the things we love covers all-things-Maine-history. Our websites (www.mainehistory.org, www.mainememorynetwork.net, www.vintagemaineimages.com, and hwlongfellow.org) provide ample resources for populating our thirty-three pin boards and expanding the means for our audience to interact with us online. Users can comment on, like, or re-pin our images to their own boards. One user even found an image of her great-great-grand- mother’s wedding dress through our Pinterest page. We now have more than 325 Pinterest followers, and quirky pin boards such as We invite our friends to follow us on Pinterest by visiting Daguerreotypical Mainers; Pinspired by Others; Blinged Ringed & Garbed; www.pinterest.com/mainehistory. and Scowls, Simpers and Smirks. Digital Campus recently showcased the MHS You can also stay connected through Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest page in their article on the use of social media for non-profit organizations. the MHS Blog, e-Connections, and all our websites.

The Portland Phoenix recently awarded VMI with an Editor’s Pick for 2013’s “Best Source for Father’s Day Gifts.” Visit us online and buy Dad or Grandpa a great gift—we have thousands of images to choose from with topics like baseball, fishing, architecture, Civil War, and much more.

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MHS Brown Library Maine in the Civil War: Family Legends Tues-Sat 10-4 MHS wants to hear your family’s stories about your ancestors involved in the Civil War, including those who Longfellow House and Garden fought, served in other capacities, or were on the home-front. To that end we are requesting submissions to our May 1 – Oct 31: Open to public first-ever Newsletter Essay Contest. Submissions should be 300 – 500 words. Please include a title, your name as Mon-Sat 10-5:00 you would like it to appear in print, and your city/state. If there is an image you would like to include please send Sun – 12-5:00 it our way. A committee of MHS staff will judge the essay submissions and the winner will be published in our fall (Last tour at 4:00) 2013 newsletter. Essays will be judged on their relevance to Maine, clarity of writing, and the overall nature of the Museum Exhibit story. The winning essay, as well as the first and second runner-up essays, will also be published on the MHS Blog. Closed June 1- 24 To submit an essay to the contest, please email a word document to Laura Webb at [email protected] by This Revolution: Maine in the Civil War July 5th. Winners will be chosen by July 19th and announced in the fall newsletter, scheduled for publication at opens June 25 the beginning of September.

Museum STORE Questions about the contest should be directed to Laura Webb at (207) 774-1822 x201 or by email. May 1 – Oct 31: Open to public Mon-Sat 10-5:00 Sun – 12-5:00

MHS Administrative Offices Experience the Mon-Fri 9-5:00 Tel: (207) 774-1822 Great Outdoors Fax: (207) 775-4301 E-mail: [email protected] Winter is over and it is time to get outside and see what new things are happening in nature. We have a great series of books to guide kids and adults on discovery Mailing Address: nature walks. Whether your walk takes you on a woods trail, along the seashore, or in your own Maine Historical Society garden, these books will help you make exciting new discoveries together. Titles in the Take-Along 489 Congress St. Series include Wildflowers, Blooms & Blossoms, Birds, Nests & Eggs, Berries, Nuts & Seeds, and Portland, ME 04101 Seashells, Crabs & Sea Stars. Available in paperback in our museum store and online. $7.95 each. Websites: “When the warm sun that brings seed time and harvest has returned again, www.mainehistory.org ‘tis sweet to visit the still wood where springs the first flower.” www.mainememory.net www.vintagemaineimages.com From “An April Day,” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1825. www.hwlongfellow.org

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