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Meredith StrangBurgess MAINE HISTORICAL SOCIETY Larissa ViguePicard MAINE HISTORICALSOCIETY MAINE MEMORYNETWORK Kathleen Amoroso Holly Hurd-Forsyth Stephen Bromage Richard E.Barnes William D.Barry Patrick T.Jackson Eleanor G.Ames Peter McPheeters Peter McPheeters Jennifer Blodgett Cynthia Murphy Nicholas Noyes Candace Kanes Steven Atripaldi Elizabeth Nash Joseph E.Gray,2ndVicePresident Nan Cumming Preston R.Miller,1stVicePresident Melissa Spoerl Thomas Cattell Allan Levinsky Nancy Noble Sofia Yalouris Carl L.Chatto Robert Kemp John Doughty INCORPORATED 1822 Laura Webb Horace W. Horton, Treasurer Horace W.Horton,Treasurer David Lakari John Mayer Bob Greene Peter Merrill Tiffany Link John Babin Dani Fazio ADMINISTRATION Jamie Rice Eric Baxter Jean Gulliver,Secretary Lendall L.Smith,Chair EDUCATION MUSEUM TRUSTEES OFFICERS LIBRARY STAFF Retail Associate Retail Associate Museum StoreManager Registrar/Collections Manager Curator oftheMuseum Visitor ServicesManager Director ofEducation&Interpretation Image ServicesCoordinator Maine MemoryNetworkCurator Director ofDigitalEngagement Reference Librarian Archivist/Cataloger Reference Historian Curator ofLibraryCollections Director ofLibraryServices Facilities Manager Creative Manager Membership Coordinator Marketing &EventsManager Director ofInstitutionalAdvancement Finance/Human ResourceAssistant Assistant totheDirector Executive Director Jean T.Wilkinson Charles D.WhittierII Lee D.Webb Jothan A.Trafton Frederick L.Thompson Alan B.Stearns Charles V.Stanhope Kathryn SchneiderSmith Neil R.Rolde Betsy Pelikan Theodore L.Oldham Carolyn B.Murray stakeholders playinsupporting21 and supporttherolethatlocalmuseums,historicalsocieties,libraries,schools,other help individualsengagehistory,connecttotheircommunities,anddevelopskills,promote participation—the actofusingonlineandmobiletoolstoconnect,contribute,share—can undertaken inpartnershipwiththeMaineStateLibraryandisdesignedtoexplorehowdigital Leadership Grantsince2002.Theprojectthegrantwillsupport—MYMaineHistory—willbe In September,theInstituteofMuseum&LibraryServicesawardedMHSitsfourthNational I alsowanttosharesomesignificantnews:MHShasrecentlyreceivedaremarkablehonor. to you. us. Weareeagerforyourfeedback,andtoknowwhatMainehistoryMHS’sworkmeans that youthinkisdoingsomethingremarkablywellorspecial,pleaseshareyourexperiencewith I encourageyoutobepartofthisdiscussion.Ifvisitamuseum,library,orotherinstitution institutions, andtothecommunity. role forthecomingyears.Animportantpartofthisislookingoutwardtofield,other At MHS,wewillbeworkingonanewstrategicplanin2014thatdefineourvisionand people whodon’tthinkthattheylikehistory! to eachother,andoursenseofidentityasMainers.Weareevenfindingwaysengage organizations. Wearediscoveringnewrolesthathistorycanplayinconnectingpeopletoplace, audience, andtherolethatMHScanplayinsupportingMainepeople,communities, across Maine)overthepasttwelveyearshastransformed—andbroadened—oursenseof provides electronicaccesstothousandsofhistoricalitemsfromhundredsorganizations For example,ourexperiencestewardingMaineMemoryNetwork(aprojectofMHSthat work closely,tolookbroadlyatthefield,andensurethatweareavitalpartofMainelife. In thecaseofMHSandmanyotherMainenon-profits,thisisanopportunitytoconsiderour evolution andvitalityofMMNasaplatformforengagingpeopleinMainehistory. This isarareandprestigioushonor,willplayanessentialroleinnurturingthecontinued Turner, 1stLt.BenjaminF.Whitney,and2ndMarcusDeLano.Suchmemorials werecommonafterthewar. It wasmusteredintoservicefortheCivilWaronOctober4,1861.Theofficers ofCo.BwereCapt.AlfredL. formation abouttheregiment.Thecompany,knownasPortlandMechanic Blues,wasfirstorganizedin1807. the 10thMaineInfantryRegimentandprovidesdetailsoftheirserviceduring theCivilWar,aswellgeneralin- Change, Continued 7 6 5 4 3 TABLE OFCONTENTS ABOUT THECOVER:

Current andUpcoming MHSExhibits The SturgisHaskinsCollection Mystery UnionColonelIdentified Recently ProcessedLibraryCollections The BraceletofClaraSoule New Longfellow HousePrograms Upcoming ProgramsatMHS EXHIBITS PROCESSING COLLECTIONS: LIBRARY COLLECTIONS PROGRAMS NEW ACQUISITIONS is changing.Theexpectationsofthepublicare communities, friends,andsupporters.Theeconomyischanging.Technology and toensurethatourprogramsservicesaremeaningful libraries, archives,andhistoricalorganizationstoreimaginetheirwork, Change ishappeningeverywhere,encouraging—andforcing—museums, Historical Society. It isanexcitingtimetoworkintheculturalfieldandbepartofMaine Co. B,10thMaineMemorial,ca.1880.Thismemorialliststhesoldiersof Co.Bof st century communities. 10-11 12-19 9 8

MHS ThanksOurDonors Family Letters Dear Daughter:TheArtof at theCasino Seashore TolleyMuseum:ADay MAINE MEMORYNETWORK GIVING CONTRIBUTING PARTNER ANNUAL REPORT RECENTLY ACQUIRED 3 John Mayer

Clara Soule and with students in an Americanization ! Clara Soule and with students in an Americanization class, 1924 High School Clara Soule served as Director of the Portland retired in the Americanization program from 1922 until she immigrants early 1950s. The program was designed to help to succeed. learn English and develop other skills needed Glass Plate This image is from the Portland Press Herald Negative Collection in the MHS library. h Toy Len Goon gave this sterling silver bracelet to Clara Soule as an expression of her thanks for the successful nomination as “American Mother of the Year” in 1952. This past summer, Toy Len Goon’s children bought the bracelet from an eBay dealer, and donated it to Maine Historical Society. k Toy Len Goon at work in the laundry, 1952 She and her Toy Len Goon came to Maine around 1921. Avenue husband Dogan Goon opened a laundry on Forest continued to in Portland. After Dogan’s death in 1941, she run the business. The entire story of Toy Len Goon can be found on Maine Memory Network. This draws upon the efforts of former trustee Gary Libby, who led an initiative to develop library collections documenting the experiences of Chinese American families in Maine. Curator Museum

h Picture from Doris Wong, from left to right – Gary Libby, Goon family members Janet Louie, Doris Wong, and Josephine Moy, and museum curator John Mayer celebrate the donation of the Soule bracelet.

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he he T community. training enabled a Chinese immigrant family to assimilate into the Portland demonstrated the success of the Americanization program and how the children while she and her family operated a laundry. The award also recognized the incredible story of Mrs. Goon who, as a widow, raised eight Mother of the Year” by the Golden Rule Foundation. Receiving this award recognition as “American nominated Mrs. Goon for In 1952, Miss Soule successfully affected many lives. a remarkable woman who Teachers Association. She was chapter of the National Retired her role as chairman of the local she continued to help others in early 1950s. After retirement, position until she retired in the Portland schools, and held this Director of Americanization for 1902. In 1922, she became the system. She began teaching in career in the Portland school area and she worked her entire her entire life in the Portland Clara Soule (1882 – 1978) lived Miss Soule was her sponsor. Mother of the Year” award. Goon received the “American Goon.” This is the year Toy Len “Miss Soule, 1952 - From Mrs. The bracelet is inscribed, from an estate sale in Maine. acquired it in a lot of material Britain who thinks he had from an eBay seller in Great tion. They bought the bracelet bracelet to the museum collec- Goon donated a sterling silver surviving children of Toy Len This past summer, the five This past summer, the The donation of the Clara Soule bracelet is a great example of this. Clara Soule bracelet is a great example of The donation of the intake process builds knowledge and deepens our relationship with donors and others. knowledge and deepens our relationship intake process builds about the connection to Maine history. Taking the time to learn about objects during the to Maine history. Taking the time to learn about the connection to make stronger connections to the past. This requires more depth and understanding to the past. This requires more depth to make stronger connections made, used, or kept the artifacts. Understanding the human side of the objects allows us artifacts. Understanding the human side made, used, or kept the us to learn about materials and techniques. But collecting is also about the people who and techniques. But collecting is also us to learn about materials always about the “stuff,” the things that are tangible documents of the past that allow the things that are tangible documents always about the “stuff,” Any museum must build collections in order to grow and remain vital. Collecting is collections in order to grow and remain Any museum must build Curator of Library Collections Nicholas Noyes library todiscovermore.Youcanalsosearchourcollectionsonlineathttp://minerva.maine.edu. These threeexamplesonlyofferaglimpseintothenumerousnewfindsthathavebeengiventoMHS.Weencourage youtovisit ourresearch felt aboutthesuggestion. a bettersignature.Atthetime,Theodorewas40,soIwonderhowhe Gould (mymother’sfather),inwhichheadmonisheshissontodevelop have giventoMHS:itisaletterfromJohnMeadGouldTheodore I recentlyfoundanamusingletteramongmymother’spaperswhich the mapandhehashisframe,soeveryonewins. but thoughtthemapwastoogoodtodiscardandcalledMHS.Wehave F-1075). Thecallerboughttheframedmapatafleamarketforitsframe, hand-colored mapofMainefromaFrenchatlasdated1825(Map An unusualcallfromapatronoutsideofMaineresultedinhandsome 4 4 LIBRARY COLLECTIONS of genealogical records for several families who worked there. of genealogicalrecordsforseveralfamilieswhoworkedthere. Annual reportsdocumentaMainebusinesswiththeaddedfeature flourished formanyyearsandwasacquiredbyH.P.Hoodin1928. for researchers.TheTurnerbusinesswasestablishedin1882and given tousbyitscreator,DannyD.Smith,andisnowavailable The TurnerCentreCreameryCollection(coll.2710)wasrecently our readers. Noyes, CuratorofLibraryCollections,chosethreeaccessionstosharewith feet! Thatnumberdoesnotincludeournewmuseummaterials.Nicholas 2013, MHSaccessionednewlibrarymaterialamountingto124linear the stateandcountry.FrombeginningofJanuarytoNovember1, MHS isblessedwiththeinterestandsupportofmanydonorsfromacross Library Collections Recently Processed Courtesy oftheMaine StateArchives. as identifiedbystaff attheMaineStateArchives. CDV ofCol.CharlesRoberts2nd MaineInfantry office duringtheWar. of MaineofficersfortheAdjutantGeneraltoenhanceofficial recordscreatedbyhis the CivilWarMaineAdjutantGeneralJohnHodsdoncollected severalhundredimages Mundy’s historyofthe2ndMaine major campaignsandthreebattles.RobertswasfromBangor anddiedin1898. James of the2ndMaineInfantrywasawarDemocratwholed Mainethroughthree Union Colonelfromthelasteditionofnewsletter. Charles WentworthRoberts MHS thanksAnthonyDouinfromtheMaineStateArchivesfor identifyingourmystery Mystery UnionColonelIdentified Second To None None To Second a Frenchatlas,1825.MHSCollections. Map F-1075,hand-coloredmapofMainefrom provides moreinformation.During PROCESSING COLLECTIONS 5 Writer Norman Mailer giving a fundraising lecture for Sturgis Haskins who was running for a local legislative seat, August 1972. Johnny Meggs, photographer. Firefly off Hjorth’s dock, August 1957. ALL IMAGES FROM COLLECTIONS OF MAINE HISTORICAL SOCIETY Toot Andrews onboard of the Treasure Islander, May 30, 1956, one Toot Andrews onboard of the Treasure Islander, According to the of the many photographs taken by Sturgis Haskins. was seldom used. written label the boat “farted loudly” and so

By collecting together the local flavor together the local By collecting Maine, and hot-button of Down East as gay rights, the Sturgis issues such some- truly offers Haskins collection thing for every researcher. Haskins lived Born in 1940, Sturgis the small Maine out most of his life in for short town of Sorrento, except Boston, and stints in New York City, the early 1990s, Portland. Starting in his papers Haskins began donating Over the and photographs to MHS. Raminta Moore, MLIS Library Volunteer Library

Sturgis Haskins, 1982. Haskins took most Sturgis Haskins, 1982. collection himself. of the photographs in the The Sturgis Haskins Collection Haskins Sturgis The

depicts an important snapshot into Maine’s history. Maine’s gay history, for the unforeseeable future. The Sturgis Haskins collection cannot be understated and will be an extremely valuable asset to researchers of were vehemently against them. The importance of this section of the collection collected materials relating to pro-Gay Rights platforms, but also those who most fascinating aspect of this portion of the collection is that Haskins not only Discriminate, working to defeat the Maine Discrimination Law Initiative. The Symposium in 1974. In 1995, Sturgis campaigned on behalf of Maine Won’t student organizations in the country, and also the Chair of the first Maine Gay founders of the Wilde Stein Alliance for Sexual Diversity, one of the first such the country. While at the University of Maine in Orono, Haskins was one of the The collection has five boxes of materials relating to gay rights issues around gay rights. bays and preserves. And as an openly gay man, he was a staunch supporter of Haskins belonged to many environmental groups tasked with protecting local also preserved opponents’ information, as well as many Election Day materials. run for various state and local offices, and saved his own campaign materials, he history, it would be remiss not discuss Haskins’ passion for politics. While he did history, it would be remiss not discuss Haskins’ With all that is in the collection relating to Sorrento, its architecture, and sailing With all that is in the collection relating to homes by such architects as Peter Cohen and Ralph S. Buckminster. homes by such architects as Peter Cohen name of the architect. He collected several architectural drawings of Sorrento name of the architect. He collected several Haskins was there to photograph the construction progress and discover the Haskins was there to photograph the construction or two bedroom homes of good friends. If new buildings went up in the area or two bedroom homes of good friends. If Haskins photographed everything from great summer manses to small one Haskins photographed everything from great On equal footing with his love of sailing was his love of Maine architecture. On equal footing with his love of sailing was depicted in practically every album donated to MHS. depicted in practically every album donated last (#345) Wee-scots ever made. His fascination with these little sailboats is last (#345) Wee-scots ever made. His fascination his lifetime, Haskins owned at least 19 of these boats including the first (#1) and his lifetime, Haskins owned at least 19 of sailboats. His favorite class of sailboat was the “unsinkable” Wee-scot. During sailboats. His favorite class of sailboat was with the celebrity summer residents. Many of these he took sailing on his various with the celebrity summer residents. Many local residents. He was equally adept at intermingling with local fishermen as local residents. He was equally adept at intermingling Hundreds of photographs depict various summer and year-round homes of Hundreds of photographs depict various His primary interests included the local architecture and sailing culture. His primary interests included the local architecture Haskins, a lover of history, became a documentarian of the town of Sorrento. Haskins, a lover of history, became a documentarian processing of his collection began immediately thereafter. processing of his collection began immediately life and varied interests. Sturgis Haskins passed away in October, 2012, and the Sturgis Haskins passed away in October, life and varied interests. years, the collection grew to approximately 24 linear feet encompassing Haskins’ to approximately 24 linear feet encompassing years, the collection grew Exhibits Fancy & Functional: Nineteenth Century Hair Ornaments MHS offers a mini-exhibit in the Longfellow House featuring hair combs, hairpins, and images of women wearing them, drawn from the Maine Historical Society collections. Decorative comb making was a lucrative business in New England in the first half of the nineteenth century. Several factories operated in the Greater Portland area, and combs were widely advertised in local newspapers. This special mini-exhibit is included in the Longfellow House tour November 29 – December 31, 2013.

! Tortoiseshell Hair Combs, ca. 1810. MHS Collections.

Dear Old Maine I’m Coming Back: Home & Hearth EXHIBITS Reflected in the MHS Sheet Music Collection

NOVEMBER – JANUARY 2014 This collection of eye-catching sheet music cover art contains a recurrent theme of Maine and New England as a place to come home to, a place of nostalgia - no matter how far one roams. Whether keeping warm inside by the hearth, or outside enjoying winter scenery, Maine, for many, embodies the idea of winter being a time to return to family roots, and the familiar scenes and traditions of youth.

Casserole of fresh lobster à la Maine?

k Milton Charles Bennett of Ox tongue sandwich? Oakland copyrighted his song MENU EXHIBIT AT MHS FEBRUARY – MARCH 2014 “Dear Old Maine I’m Coming Back” in 1923. MHS Collections. This spring, our lecture hall exhibit will feature menus from our collection. From Chinese restaurants to small town diners, and everything in between, these menus will tantalize and entertain, with everything from appetizers to dessert, from elegant city dining to simple roadside fare. You may see hotel menus, ship menus, manuscript menus, and even a joke menu. The exhibit will coincide with Maine Restaurant Week, so be sure to stop by on your way out to eat at one of Portland’s many restaurants and food carts.

! Menu from the Pekin Restaurant in Bangor, incorporated in 1924. MHS Collections.

This Rebellion: Maine in the Civil War JUNE 28, 2013 – MAY 26, 2014 This Rebellion showcases a rich array of MHS’s Civil War collections related to Maine soldiers’ experiences during and after the war. Items in the MHS museum and library collections that help tell the human story of the Civil War inspire this exhibit. A Memorial Wall presents the names of members of Maine regiments who died during the war. It lists their names, ranks, regiments, and hometowns. The wall also lists those who were missing in action.

The Meaning of Home: the Longfellow House and the Making of Portland UPCOMING FEATURE EXHIBIT: JUNE 2014 This original exhibit builds upon research focused on the 1785 Wadsworth- Longfellow house, the surrounding site, the families who have lived here, and the many changes and events that connect these stories to the history of Portland.

! This is the doorway into the Wadsworth-Longfellow House on Congress Street in Portland. The structure was built by Peleg Wadsworth in 1785-1786. MHS Collections.

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Lined Up for 2014 PROGRAMS

Although our 2014 public program series is still in development, we do have some scheduled events for the winter and spring to share with you. You will want to mark these on your calendars!

January Starting January 21: “Making Sense of the American Civil War,” 2014 MHS Book Discussion Group, in partnership with Maine Humanities Council (January 21, February 18, March 18, April 15, May 20) The Essex Base Ball Organization will February return to play vintage baseball in June. 7 – “A John Ford Evening” with Ford scholars Glenn Frankel (author of The Searchers: The Making of an American Legend), and Kevin Stoehr, Assistant Professor of Humanities and Rhetoric, Boston University May 8 – “African Americans and the U.S. 11 – Bangor Daily News Columnist Wayne Government: During and After the Reilly, author of Hidden History of Bangor Civil War,” Chandra Manning, TBA – “History and Memory in the Art of Professor of History, Georgetown Daniel Minter”– artist, illustrator, and University founding director of the Portland Freedom Trail 10 – Maine in the Civil War Sympo- sium, April Morgan Hill Event Center, Hermon 5 – Civil War Family Photo Workshop with Ellen’s Broom, written by Kelly Starling Lyons historical photo expert Maureen Taylor, at June and illustrated by Daniel Maine Genealogical Society’s spring conference 21 – Third Annual Vintage Baseball Minter Game, Southern Maine Community 10 – Penelope Niven, author of Thornton College Wilder: A Life j March by Geraldine Brooks will be one of the works included 24 – Olmsted Lecture: “Sanitary Concerns: in the MHS Book Discussion Group. Portlander Harriet Eaton, State Relief j John Ford Work, and the Fight over Federal Benevolence during the Civil War,” Jane Schultz, ! Chandra Manning, Professor of History Georgetown University Professor of English/Women’s Studies, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis For more information, visit www.mainehistory.org/programs.

Longfellow’s Haunted House, a limited-edition tour based on Longfellow’s poem “Haunted Houses,” was inaugurated October 2013 for the Halloween season. It was a great success with all 5 shows, sold out! Guests were thrilled and chilled by James Horrigan’s performance of the poem and learned about those who died in the house.

Stay tuned for more special programs at the Longfellow House for 2014, including a return of Longfellow’s Haunted House.

7 SPOTLIGHT ON MAINE MEMORY NETWORK CONTRIBUTING PARTNER SEASHORE TROLLEY MUSEUM:

ARising above Day the landscape in Southat Freeport the is a 100-foot Casino stone tower, once part of a castle that had stone-colored shingles, crenellations, parapets, and a moat. It housed the Casco Castle Park casino.

Mainers at the turn of the 20th century knew casinos well and visited them frequently.

“Casino,” derived from an Italian word that referred to a country house. For many years—and many generations of Maine residents—it referred to a locale for

CONTRIBUTING PARTNERS social meetings and amusements. In contemporary parlance, those amusements have come to mean gambling.

With the advent of electric railways—or trolleys—public transportation got a boost and people could more easily commute to work, visit relatives and friends in other communities, and travel to the many pleasure resorts trolley companies built to increase ridership.

The Portland & Brunswick Street Railway opened Casco Castle Park in 1903. The Park’s casino was unlike any other in the state of Maine. Passengers disembarked from trolley cars in an enclosed waiting room and then made their way across a 300-foot- long suspension bridge that spanned the deep ravine of Spar Creek.

Dozens of casinos that featured dancing, dining, music, and other entertainments, dotted the Maine landscape within trolley parks that offered outdoor as well as indoor amusements.

For 20 cents, Portland day-trippers could hop on a Portland Railroad Company TOP: Casco Castle, South Freeport, built in 1903. trolley car and spend the day at Riverton, Maine’s premiere trolley resort. They could dine and dance, play croquet, or perhaps see a hot-air balloon ascension and parachute MIDDLE: The Red Room at the Riverton Casino in adventure by Monsieur Roberto, Meteor of the Sky. Portland, built in 1896.

BOTTOM: The casino at Cape Porpoise, built by the The casinos and parks were short-lived. Most opened in the 1890s and were Atlantic Shore Railway, featured four dining rooms. gone by 1920, destroyed by fire, or left behind with the increasing popularity of automobiles. IMAGES CONTRIBUTED BY SEASHORE TROLLEY MUSEUM

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FOUNDED: Three men who were rail fans COLLECTIONS: The Seashore Trolley Museum VISITING: The Museum is open from 10 a.m. to founded the museum in 1939, inspired by the end has the world’s largest electric railway collection and 5 p.m. every day from Memorial Day to of the Biddeford & Saco Railway trolley system. They in addition a large and growing archival collection Columbus Day, and is open Saturdays and raised funds to save Car #31, which led to acquiring of records, documents, and photographs. Sundays in May and October. land in Kennebunkport to provide a home for the car. The museum was incorporated in 1941 as the New The National Collection of Streetcars captures a Currently the library is closed to the public; however England Electric Railway Historical Society. vehicle from almost every major U.S. city that had the library has started on an ambitious project for a streetcar service. Supplementing the National new building to house its large collection. MISSION: The mission of the museum is to pres- Collection is the International Collection with ent a living history of public transportation relevant streetcars from every corner of the globe. The CONTACT: The Seashore Trolley Museum is run to North American life through community-related Library collection contains many photographs, post- almost entirely by volunteers. The business office and educational programs. It collects, restores, preserves, cards, articles, magazines, books, as well store phone is 207-967-2712. Mailing address: exhibits, and demonstrates the operation of signifi- other artifacts of the streetcar era. PO Box A, Kennebunkport, ME 04046. cant transit vehicles, with an emphasis on traditional streetcars and interurban service.

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We are pleased to be able to acknowledge our 2012-2013 We are pleased to be We couldn’t do it without you. donors on pages 12-19. As an individual, there are many ways you can support our As an individual, there giving opportunities that may work—including planned this year. Call Nan Cumming help your tax situation more. at 207-774-1822 to learn Maine Historical Society is fortunate to be able to support some of our to be able to support Society is fortunate Maine Historical House and the Wadsworth-Longfellow admission fees to activities with from half of our funding comes Library, but almost the Brown and foundations. from individuals, businesses, donations U YO MAINE MEMORY NETWORK Dear Daughter

In May 1851, Actor P. Patterson The art of letter writing became a topic for popular books and of Kennebunkport wrote to his for classroom instruction in the 19th century. Manuals directed daughter Mary, who was about writers to be sure to date letters and note the location from which 19 and studying at Bradford they were written, advised on how to properly fold a letter that Academy in Massachusetts, would be its own envelope, warned against using blue ink, and relating family news, spring suggested a conversational style that was carefully crafted to show Lydia Patterson of Kennebunkport cleaning updates, and advising proper grammar, language, and spelling. owned these glasses and wooden her on how to stay healthy. case, probably wore them after her He also commented on her Many letters of the era demonstrate a common understanding of marriage to Daniel Lord in 1853. letter-writing aptitude. the proper form for familiar letters—standard beginning and closing phrases, and, often, similar types of news covered, while remaining Patterson wrote, “Write as often as you can find time for your letters personal. Most surprising, perhaps, to 21st century readers is that are very well worded and correctly spelt and pretty well wrote but I parents, children, and siblings, when writing to one another, generally saw that your last letter was not headed I presume you forgot it and signed their first and last names at a letter’s end. it made no grate difference as it was to your own family but it would not look well if it had gone among strangers.” Patterson wrote, “Dear Daughter Mary,” and signed the letter, “from your affectionate Father, A.P. Patterson.” Sister Lydia enclosed a Patterson, a master mariner, and his wife, Lydia, had two daughters, short letter of her own to “My dear Sister” and signed it, “Yours Lydia, who studied at a private academy in Portland; and Mary. The affectionately, Lydia Patterson.” Peter Sanborn, writing from Augusta family frequently communicated through writing. They were clearly to his brother, Capt. Joseph A. Sanborn in East Readfield, signed the conscious of the rules of writing familiar letters. missive, “Truly Yours, Peter F. Sanborn.” Signing a first name only was the exception. As scholar Konstantin Dierks wrote in 2000, and Patterson told his daughter, familiar letter writing “reflected an unprecedented unleash- After the salutation, writers frequently noted when they had received ing of aspiration for upward mobility” and “reflected the attendant the last letter from the addressee or complained that they had not need for measures of social respectability.” Other scholars have noted received one. That comment often was followed by some version of that by the 18th century, letter writing changed from being solely Patterson’s next line, “We are all well and hope this will find you a tool of intellectual men to a more casual form practiced among contented as well.” Lydia Taylor of Fairfield wrote to her husband, family and friends. It was then that women and children joined in the Samuel, who was on business for the Society of Friends in December writing of letters. 1840, “My Dear Husband, I take my pen in hand to acknowledge the receipt of thy letter of the 12th inst and also one dated 11 mo 16th That the Pattersons were concerned about proper letter-writing which was like a cordial to my anxious feelings, they found us about etiquette is demonstrated in many letters. Daughter Lydia, who was as well as when thou left except a heavey cold which I took about about 20 and going to school in Portland in 1843, closed a letter that time…” to her mother with, “your (obedient to a fault in writing) daughter, Lydia Patterson.” In 1850, Lydia wrote to younger sister Mary, “Do Another common beginning phrase alluded to “improving” ones use not laugh at my simple letter, dear sister, but answer it as soon as of time. Peter F. Sanborn of East Readfield in a letter to his daughter you can.” And, she added a postscript to a letter to Mary in 1851, Sarah, who was about 12 and studying at Auburn, wrote, “My Dear “I have not time to look this over to see how many mistakes I have Sarah, I have just received your letter. As I have a moments leisure made, but you will excuse them all.” Also in 1851, she wrote to I improve it in writing to you.” Lydia Patterson wrote to Mary in Mary, “You must not speak so contemptuously of your letter, for it is 1850, “My dear sister, While waiting for the carpet to blow a few the most satisfactory one we have received.”

10 % First page of Actor P. Patterson letter to his younger daughter, Mary, May 16, 1851 h Last page of Actor P. Patterson letter to his younger daughter, Mary, May 16, 1851

k First page of John Davison letter to wife, Eliza, from Franklin, LA, March 13, 1845

! Last page of John Davison letter to wife, Eliza, from Savanna, GA, June 15, 1847 minutes longer, I will improve the opportunity to commence another a few days hence, “We were disappointed in not recieving your letter last letter…” eve—father thinks they must go to Portland & then return here …”

Letters, even if addressed to one person, rarely were private. Some- Sarah Sanborn wrote to her father in 1862, “My Dear Father: times, other family members wrote their own notes on the letter, or I received your letter last evening, and was very glad that you they might write and enclose independent letters. Often, one family thought enough of me to write once in a while.” The two often MAINE MEMORY NETWORK member appeared to be in charge of writing letters, and speaking for wrote frank and humorous letters to one another. the others. Sarah Sanborn signed a letter to her father in 1850, “I remain, Your Aff. Daughter, Sarah Frances Sanborn,” and added a John Davison, a sea captain, wrote to his wife from Louisiana note, “This is not all private.” in 1845, “I received your letter, and paper also on the day that we arrived here—I soon devoured their contents and felt at Letters had long been an important means of communication. Those ease—you can hardly immagin how glad I was to hear from away from home wrote on a particular schedule and frequently com- home—The eger immamation can make a fiew short sentences, mented on the importance of receiving regular, newsy letters. from home and friends, speak volumes.” The letter’s form was important to many families, but often trumped by the receipt of Lydia Patterson began one letter to her sister in 1851, “Though I did any communication. not promise you a letter until I had recieved one from you, yet I must anticipate a little, as it is the aniversary of your birthday…” Continu- Candace Kanes ing the same letter a few days later, she wrote, “ My dear Sister, we Maine Memory Network Curator have just recieved your very welcome letter.” She closed the letter, yet ALL IMAGES FROM COLLECTIONS OF MAINE HISTORICAL SOCIETY

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ANNUAL REPORT OF DONORS 2012-2013

We are pleased to have this opportunity each year to acknowledge you, our contributors, for your generous support of our work and our mission. Together we raised $258,780 from 504 donors for the 2012-2013 Annual Fund. Your investment in Maine Historical Society assures the continued excellence of our educational programs for schools, exhibitions, lectures, publications, research services, and internet resources— all the things that make MHS a unique and valuable institution. Thank you. Together we do great things.

The following gifts represent cumulative unrestricted gifts received for the Annual Fund from 10/1/2012 through 9/30/2013.

From left to right: Lendall Smith, Betsy Pelikan, 1822 FOUNDERS COUNCIL L.L. Bean Harry W. Konkel Philip and Sheila Jordan Sam and Nancy Ladd Horace and Barbara Horton, Samuel Smith, Kathy The 1822 Founders Council recognizes Catherine M. Marden Mr. David Lakari Schneider Smith, Lesley MacVane, Roger Berle, donors who provide leadership support Deborah S. Reed Jeff and Penny Leman Meredith Strang Burgess, and Douglas Stewart. at the level of $1,000 and up. These Mr. Charles V. Stanhope The Libra Foundation generous friends understand the Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Whittier II Peter and Eve McPheeters Lendall L. Smith and Nancy Herter profound effect their gifts have on our Nicholas Witte Peter and Leslie Merrill Tim and Howsie Stewart museum and library collections and Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln J. Merrill Jr. Frederic and Quinby Thompson Maine Heritage Fund of the Maine the educational programming those col- BAXTER PARTNERS Zareen Taj Mirza, in honor of her lections inspire. We deeply appreciate all parents Josephine H. Detmer and Community Foundation (Gifts of $1,000 or more) Humayun Mirza Mr. and Mrs. Jotham A. Trafton that these donors do on our behalf. Baker, Newman and Noyes Jane S. Moody Mr. Lee D. Webb Mr. Richard E. Barnes 211 Fund of the Maine Community Mr. and Mrs. William A. Wheeler III Mr. and Mrs. Robert BaRoss LEADERSHIP CIRCLE Foundation Mr. and Mrs. David Willcox Roger Berle (Gifts of $10,000 or more) Marta Morse Brooks Family Foundation Ann James Buxton Kenneth and Mary Pennell Nelson Robert and Elizabeth Carroll ADVISORS P.D. Merrill Charitable Trust Ann and Ted Noyes Mr. Thomas M. Cattell (Gifts of $500 or more) The Anne Randolph Henry Charitable Mr. and Mrs. Theodore L. Oldham Carl and Eleanor Chatto Elizabeth Astor Foundation Harriet and Steven Passerman Mr. and Mrs. David Cimino Sherwood E. Bain The Elmina B. Sewall Foundation Mr. James M. Pierce, in memory of Madeleine G. Corson Eric S. Baxter and Lawrence N. Leeman Alice Mary Pierce Richard and Bonnie D’Abate Mr. and Mrs. John W. Bradford Proprietors of Union Wharf LONGFELLOW BENEFACTORS Kevin and Stephanie Desmond Steve and Jackie Bromage Patricia B. Rice (Gifts of $5,000 or more) Mr. and Mrs. John Doughty Martin E. Bunker A component fund of the Mr. and Mrs. Charlton Ames Roger and Betty Gilmore Ms. Cynthia D. Choate Maine Community Foundation Diversified Communications Jean and John Gulliver Marie Harris Clarke Neil Rolde Preston R. Miller Jr. and Sumner G. Hunnewell Josephine H. Detmer Anne H. Russell Carol Smith Miller Mr. and Mrs. Patrick T. Jackson Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. H. Dodge Evelyn S. Sawyer Katherine Stoddard Pope and William Sloane Jelin Foundation Dale and Priscilla Doucette Imelda A. Schaefer Christopher M. Harte John and Mary Jo Keffer Alan B. and Janet B. Douglass Kathy and Sam Smith Cornelia Robinson Mr. Thomas Klingenstein Harland H. Eastman John M. Robinson Fund of the George and Eileen Gillespie Maine Community Foundation Marie and Joseph E. Gray, Jr. Holmes and Didi Stockly William E. Hall Jr. Stockly Fund of the Maine Philip M. Harmon Community Foundation Merton G. Henry Paul* and Peggy Wescott George and Cheryl Higgins Mr. and Mrs. Horace W. Horton WADSWORTH PATRONS Anne S. Howells Charitable Trust (Gifts of $2,500 or more) Michelle and Michael Keegan Cornelia Greaves Bates Mr. and Mrs. John Klingenstein Edward S. and Cornelia Greaves Fund Elizabeth A. McLellan of the Maine Community Foundation Mason and Margaret Morfit Katie Murphy and Peter Lindsay The Annual Fund allows us to care for all of Carolyn B. Murray our urban campus, including the beautiful and Noyes, Hall and Allen Insurance secluded Longfellow Garden, where locals come Dr. and Mrs. Harold Osher to eat lunch and to find some quiet and A component fund of the tranquility in the heart of downtown Portland. Maine Community Foundation 12 Betsy Pelikan and Craig Denekas SUPPORTERS Fran Pollitt and Frank Briber (Gifts of $100 or more) Victoria S. Poole Anonymous (3) Hannah L. Russell Glenna B. Adams Jeffrey and Donna Ryan Sarah Adams, in memory of Jim Sargent Clayton Adams Meredith S. S. Smith Diana and Tom Allen Pam Deering Strayer Malcolm H. Allen Jr. The A.R. and Marylouise Tandy Neal W. Allen Foundation Roger and Paula Allen Cora J. Tarbox Sara Archbald and Bill Crochetiere Henry and Ingrid Thomas Mr. Thomas W. W. Atwood Mr. and Mrs. Bradford S. Wellman Robert H. Babcock Ellen M. Bailey, in memory of INVESTORS Roger C. Bailey (Gifts of $250 or more) Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Bancroft Anonymous (2) Karen Bartholomew Paul and Mimi Aldrich Mr. Joel H. Bassett Mr.* and Mrs. John A. Amory Mrs. Katharine M. Bassett Mrs. George H. Anderson Ronald and Constance Bennett Joyce Butler Judy F. Benoit Mrs. Kathryn A. Clark Peter and Connie Bingham Dr. and Mrs. Jerome A. Collins Ms. Victoria G. Bornheimer Constance J. Cushman Michael and Melissa Bourque Approximately 4,000 people attended programs at MHS during the past fiscal year, such as Jack and Noreen Evans Dr. Everett J. Bowie the annual Olmsted Lecture, presented this past April by landscape historian Judith Tankard. Mr. and Mrs. Frank G. Foley David and Elizabeth Bradley Without our supporters we would not be able to provide these programs to the public. Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. Gilbane Mr. and Mrs. Edward S. Bromage Mr. and Mrs. Matthew S. Goldfarb James and Alison Brown Roberta A. FitzGerald Jim Millinger Gorham Savings Bank Hyde and Mead Brownell Clifton M. and Dorothea B. Foss Ms. Susan P. Millinger Collier Hands Mary Z. Bryant Mr. Richard F. Foss James and Marjorie Moody Joan S. Hayden Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Buck Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John B. Fox Jr. Richard and Risa Moon Elizabeth A. Hoglund and Meredith Strang Burgess Elizabeth Pierce Fuchs Capt. Tom Morse Anthony W. Buxton Pauline Callahan and Lloyd Ferguson, James P. Garland and Carol J. Andreae Mr. and Mrs. H. Gilman Nichols Mr. D. Brock Hornby in memory of Mr. and Mrs. George Martha Unobskey Goldner Tina and Lester Noyes Norman C. Nicholson Jodrie, and Mr. Philip Callahan Leon and Lisa Gorman Jane and Richard Nylander Mrs. Shelton C. Noyes Mr. and Mrs. Wallace E. Camp Sr. Rosanne and Steve Graef John and Karen O’Brien Mr. Chris Pachios Carol Campbell Miss Ruth Gray Larney Otis Lucy Riley Sallick Daniel J. Canzoniero Bob Greene Claudia and Harold Pachios Ms. Nancy K. Simpkins Mr. Robert G. Cassens Anne and Gordon Grimes Francoise Paradis Seth and Laura Fecych Sprague Donna Cassidy Judith A. Hakola Janice Parkinson-Tucker Gene and Ruth Story Jean M. B. Chapman Linda M. Hanscom Judie Percival Alan S. Taylor Caroline Cobb* Meredith Harding Jenny Hale Pulsipher Mr. and Mrs. John van Parker Joseph A. Conforti Charlotte Hatfield Mr. Roger A. Putnam Dorothy and Fred Walker Joan and George Connick Jean C. Hayes Sally W. Rand Denham Ward and Debra Lipscomb Linda Cronkhite and Ashton Johnson* Mr. and Mrs. Caleb P. Hemphill Peter and Alice Rand Mr. and Mrs. D. Bradford Wetherell Jr. Nan Cumming and Drew Masterman Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. Hennessey Colleen Reed Mr. and Mrs. Daniel A. Zilkha Margaret and Dick Curran Ms. Barbara L. Crowell Hennig Ted and Lynn Reese Shirley Dalbeck Mr. and Mrs. Willard J. Hertz Sally Richardson and David Waite* Elizabeth Dean Barbara D. Hill Marcia Robinson and Edward Mooney September 5, 2013, marked the 200th Carol M. deBerry William S. Holt, MD Timothy and Maren Robinson anniversary of the battle between the HMS James and Julia Dougherty Barbara and Chris Hoppin Joan M. Ross Boxer and USS Enterprise. To honor the event Mildred Drees Stanley R. Howe Mary R. Saltonstall and John K. Hanson and tragic death of both captains, MHS, Anne T. Dunne Dr. H. Draper Hunt Cornelia and Robert Santomenna in conjunction with the Maine Military Pam Stone Eagleson Dorothea Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Alden H. Sawyer Jr. Historical Society, Greater Portland Joel Eastman R. Christian Johnston Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Scamman Mr. Peter M. Enggass Landmarks, Spirits Alive, and the City James D. Julia Ms. Patricia Shapazian Estabrook’s Mr. and Mrs. Peter L. Sheldon of Portland, organized a series of events Dr. and Mrs. Brian M. Jumper Gay Fawcett Wendy and Larry Kane John M. and Deborah Weare Slavin including a graveside ceremony at the Eastern Jacqueline Field and James Roberts Mr. John M. Kauffmann Carolyn Walch Slayman Cemetery. Mark and Norma Filler Grace W. King Francis M. Small Jr. Diana Krauss and Jere LaPointe Mrs. Mary-Leigh Smart Phillip N. Kupelian Winthrop and Margaret Smith Andrew Langlois Dr. Richard Blaine Sparacino Russell Grant Leach Kenneth Spirer and Joan Leitzer Jonathan S. Lee Mr. and Mrs. Phineas Sprague Richard and Audrey Lewis Anne R. Stanley Gary W. Libby Mr. Alan Stearns Cynthia G. Lora Robert and Roberta Steele Howard P. Lowell Mrs. Mary A. Strahan Deborah A. Lucas Karen Stram Dr. and Mrs. Robert Wood Lynn Ms. Martha S. Strohl Anthony Mancini Inc. Judy and Peter Sullivan Mr. Wiliam Martineau Arthur and Edith Sweeney Kimball and Mollie Mason Ms. Kristin G. Sweeney Nancy N. Masterton Mrs. Carol F. Sweet John and Debora Mayer John Tewhey Mr. Leland McDonough Judith Toohey Barbara V. McInnes William and Pamela Torrey Judge and Mrs. Vincent McKusick Betty Umbel George and Mary McNeil Unitil Sarah S. Meacham Bonnie Vance and Dana Belisle

13 Mr. and Mrs. Osborne Ellis Kimberly A. MacIsaac Mr. Thomas S. Emerson Nancy MacKnight Sheri E. Emley-Poftak Jerilyn Marshall Suzanne B. Ewing Clarabel H. Marstaller Richard C. Fipphen Mr. and Mrs. Allan L. Martin Adele and Ruth Floyd Mr. Douglas J. Mayo Hubert “Rudy” Fougere Ms. Margaretmary McCann Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Frank Carol Prescott McCoy Nancy L. Gallagher Ms. Tonia N. Medd Ms. Nancy L. George Jacqueline C. Merrill Mike and Caryl Giggey Richard and Barbara Merrill Phyllis and Bernard Givertz Daphne Meyer David and Maria Glaser Warren and Joanne Mitchell Mr. and Mrs. Peter Golden Mrs. Philip G. Moon Muriel M. Goodspeed Jessica Moore Elinor R. Goodwin Judy and John Moore Mr. Jim Gordon Manny Morgan and Chris Corbett Elizabeth Grant Eleanor and Richard Morrell Eben W. Graves Mr. David Moulton Bud and Marion Guthrie Sandra G. Munsey Robert A. Haack Elizabeth O. Nash Mary Ann Habib Ms. Roberta Niehaus Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hall Nicholas Noyes and Margaret Hourigan Jean F. Hankins Anne Oliviero Mrs. Maria Benoit Hanley Leonard Passano and Elizabeth Howe May Hiebert Ruth Ann Phimister Ellen M. Higgins Larissa Vigue Picard and Curtis Picard George J. Hillman Jane N. Pickett Georgia Howe Ms. Frances B. Pinney Marcia Howell Harriet H. Price Mr. Samuel P. Hull Jo Radner Ms. B. June Hutchinson Victoria Reed Dr. and Mrs. Peter F. Jeffries Mr. James M. Richardson Ms. Nancy Jensen Janet E. Roberts Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Judd Mr. Lloyd A. Rowe John Keeling Charles A. Scontras Mr. and Mrs. Frederic Kellogg Sheila Burke See Carol F. Kessler Mrs. Charlotte M. Sinnett Donald J. King Mr. and Mrs. William Slavick CDR and Wendell G. Small Jr. Mrs. Harry W. Kinsley Jr., USN (Ret.) Wilbur P. Spencer Jr. Jonas Klein Mr. and Mrs. Evan R. Spoerl ABOVE: Steve Bromage stands with awardee Stan Howe at the 2013 Annual Meeting Mr. John J. Knapp Jr. Nancy F. Spooner BELOW: Members had the chance to tour the 1 million square foot former mill complex, Caroline C. Knott Carole L. Spruce now being redeveloped for mixed use, at the 2013 Annual Meeting at Biddeford’s John and Carol Knowlton Rebecca Stanley Pepperell Mill Campus. Shirley N. Koshliek Scott and Nancy Stevens Mr. and Mrs. Richard Krasker Bruce and Suzanne Stillings Charles Verrill Mr. Richard N. Bedard Dr. Robert E. Krug and Roslyn Strong Verrill Dana Nancy M. Beebe Ms. Aurelia C. Scott Lynda Sudlow Oliver and Ellen Wadsworth Mrs. James Behanna J. William Laliberte Stan Sylvester Mrs. Ann Staples Waldron Mr. and Mrs. Andre Benoit Ed and Nancy Langbein Ms. Gina Tangney Ms. Emily Walsek Robert and Marta Bent Rev. Vincent A. Lapomarda, S.J. Nancy A. Taylor Dr. Carol Ward and Nancy M. Berges Dr. and Mrs. F. Stephen Larned Philip Thompson Dr. Charles de Sieyes James and Sarah Birkett Robert and Jane Laughlin Philip W. Tiemann Jr. Barbara B. Washburn Elaine Boatin Mr. and Mrs. Ralph M. Leach Dr. and Mrs. R. P. Timothy Jane Costello Wellehan Betty K. Bois James S. Leamon David W. Tordoff Peter and Judy Weston Frederick R. Boyle Newt and Arleyn Levee Virginia W. Truesdale Carolyn C. Wheatley Harold G. Brack Ms. Dorothy A. Libbey Mr. and Mrs. Robert Whelan Jr. Warren Brayley Kermit Lipez and Nancy Ziegler Marylee Dodge, Didi Stockly, Jane Nelson, Lea and Nancy Wilds Carol and Jim Briggs Dr. and Mrs. Charles W. Little Ruth and George Ayers, Jim Leamon, and Ms. Jean T. Wilkinson Leonard L. Brooks Martha Littlefield other long-time MHS members. Annie Williams Mr. Franklin Brooks Jr. Fred and Trudy Winne Gail L. Burnett Tom and Karla Wolters Flora and Barry Bush Ann M. Worster Mary G. Callanan Dr. A. C. Wright Lorrayne Carroll Madeline Young Paula M. Carrow Mr. and Mrs. Victor Zelman Austin and Charlene Carter Mary Zwolinski Suzanne Clark Judith Connolly FRIENDS Mike Connolly Marie K. Connolly (Up to $99) Anthony Corrado Anonymous (5) Philip E. Coyle III Christenia Alden-Kinne Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Crane Mr. and Mrs. Bruce A. Allen Mr. and Mrs. Richard Dennison Jane Amero Mr. and Mrs. John R. DeSotto, in honor Mr. Richard Anderson of Donald J. King Cindy Holmes Andrews Ms. Diana Dionne-Morang Newell A. Augur, MD Blake and Alethe Donaldson Mike Bailey Josiah H. Drummond Jr. and Richard E. and Jane A. Baker Joanna P. Drummond Debra and William Barry David H. Ela 14 Ms. Jane G. Briggs Ray and Diane Hender Mr. and Mrs. Edward S. Bromage Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. Hennessey Ms. Lisa Brooks Mr. Paul Herther Mrs. Charlotte F. Brown Ms. Anne Eliot Hiatt* Mr. and Mrs. Norman G. Brown May Hiebert Ms. Carla Bryson Woody and Susan Higgins Building Conservation Associates, Inc. Mr. John R. Hilton Mr. and Mrs. William H. Bunting Dr. Christine Holden Charles E. Burden MD William S. Holt MD Meredith Strang Burgess Barbara and Chris Hoppin Mrs. Polly B. Burke Mr. D. Brock Hornby Mr. H. Allen Burnham Mr. William R. Horner Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Burroughs Dr. Jamie Houghton Carol Campbell Mrs. Bett Houston Ralph and Vana Carmona Georgia Howe Janet and Tom Carper Mr. William H. Howison Donna Cassidy Dr. H. Draper Hunt Mr. Thomas M. Cattell Ms. Amy Cole Ives Ms. Deborah G. Chandler Mrs. Lynne F. Jackson Sarah Kinsley-Choi and John Choi The Jewish Funeral Home Dr. James A. Christian Mr. Douglas R. Johnson Mrs. Kathryn A. Clark Mr. George R. Johnson Members explore the MHS exhibit This Rebellion: Maine in the Civil War. The exhibit will Suzanne Clark Katharine and Jerry Johnston be on display until May 26, 2014. Ms. Billie Clarke Erik C. Jorgensen and Tamara Risser Ms. Barbara S. Clifford Patrick and Janet Joyce Ms. Nancy Cline Wendy and Larry Kane Helen Tupper-Southard Kenneth McVicar Ms. Judith P. Cole Dr. and Mrs. Saul Katz Rick and Nola Urban Mrs. Shelton C. Noyes Richard and Colleen Condon Mr. Deeb F. Keamy Nancy L. Vachon Tina and Lester Noyes Mr. R. Preston Conklin Mrs. Alice Keddy Mr. and Mrs. W. Davis Van Winkle Mr. Chris Pachios Zeno and Joan Corbin The Honorable Angus King and Lyle and Patricia Voss The Presumpscot Foundation Kerry and Kim Corthell Mrs. Mary Herman Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Walkling Mr. David P. Robinson Judith and Charles Danielson Mr. Paul Knight Ms. Susan Wegner and Mr. John Fischer Timothy and Maren Robinson Mr. and Mrs. John E. D’Anieri Sandra T. Knowles and Robert and Carolyn Welch Mr. Robert P. Rodrigue Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Davis Jr. William D. Willett Karen Wetherell Ms. Catherine Share Frank Day John and Carol Knowlton Ms. Marie E. Whited Mrs. Ellen L. Simmons Carol M. deBerry Dr. Robert E. Krug and James and Mary Whittemore Mary Minor Smith Dwight B. Demeritt Jr. Ms. Aurelia C. Scott Ms. Karla L. Wight Robert B. and Joanne P. Stewart Aynne M. Doil Paul R. Lafavore MD Marcia Willock Gene and Ruth Story Mrs. Marsha Lee Douty Mr. Norton Lamb Jr. Conrad E. Wright Henry and Ingrid Thomas Dr. and Mrs. John P. Driscoll Mr. and Mrs. Peter B. LaMontagne Mr. and Mrs. Kaja Veilleux Mr. and Mrs. Paul Dube Dr. David Langdon MEMBERSHIP Oliver and Ellen Wadsworth Anne T. Dunne Andrew Langlois Ms. Emily Walsek Mr. and Mrs. Matthew H. Edney Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Lemieux Our members are the foundation of MHS Denham Ward and Debra Lipscomb and all that we accomplish. We are grateful Peter and Sally Enggass Mrs. Sandra Leonard Mr. and Mrs. D. Bradford Wetherell Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Ron Epstein Ms. Mary J. Lewis to all of our members, but unfortunately (or Lea and Nancy Wilds fortunately!) our membership base is too large Jacqueline Field and James Roberts Richard and Audrey Lewis Ms. Rosemary R. Williston Roberta A. FitzGerald Mr. and Mrs. Craig R. Libby to list each individual in this publication. Fred and Trudy Winne David and Kaye Flanagan Mr. James H. Long The following members support our dynamic Mr. and Mrs. Frank G. Foley Cynthia G. Lora programming and operations through dues of FRIENDS Ms. Eleanor Johnston Ford Bonnie Lounsbury $100 or more. (Dues of $100 or more) Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel C. Foss Jr. David and Elaina Lowell Anonymous Mr. Michael R. Fournier Howard P. Lowell ADVISORS Mr. Burt Adelman Dr. and Mrs. Richard R. Fox Mr. and Mrs. Hugh MacMahon (Dues of $500 or more) Mr. Jonathan Albrecht Augustin F. and Margaret B. Frey, Jr. Rosalind and Chris Magnuson George and Cheryl Higgins Jonathan and Nancy Aldrich Mrs. Martha C. Frink Mr. Edward J. Manley John M. and Deborah Weare Slavin Paul and Mimi Aldrich Mr. and Mrs. James Fuchs Morton and Barbara Mather Dain and Vera Trafton Diana and Tom Allen Mr. Ross Y. Furman Robert and Elva Mathiesen Ms. Louisa G. Anderson Cory Gardiner and Terrence M. Kungel Rev. Donald L. McAllister Christine K. George Stephen and Christine McDuffie SUPPORTERS Ms. Margaret B. Anderson Ms. Dawn Andrews Ted and Candy Gibbons Paul and Sara McFarland (Dues of $250 or more) Mr. William Andrews Mary and Larry Glatz Mary L. McGregor and Michael J. Ryan Anonymous (2) Rachel and Thomas M. Armstrong Mr. Ron Goglia Mr. and Mrs. David B. McKane Daniel and Gayle Brazeau Ellen Asherman, in honor of David Gold Nina and Charles McKee Jean M. B. Chapman Adrian Asherman Mr. and Mrs. Matthew S. Goldfarb Sarah F. McMahon Capt. John R. Crumpton Jr. Carol and Peter Aten Mr. and Mrs. William R. Gooch Ms. Tonia N. Medd Constance J. Cushman Mr. and Mrs. R. John Atkin Mr. William L. Gousse Ms. Cathleen Miller Ms. Jan Eakins and Mr. John Ferry Robert H. Babcock Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Gowdy Mr. Arthur N. Milliken Charles W. Emerson Robert Bahm and Jan Baker Rosanne and Steve Graef Ms. Elizabeth H. Mills Mr. Jon Fox Mrs. Peter C. Barnard Andrew Graham and Anne Stephen Mohr and Tatyanna Seredin Mr. Wyatt Garfield Karen Bartholomew Riesenberg James and Marjorie Moody Mr. and Mrs. Roger B. Gorham Scott L. Benson and M. Elizabeth Gallie Mr. and Mrs. Schuyler V. Grant Mr. Blaine D. Moores Johann and Linda Gouws Marc N. Berlin and Edith A. Richardson Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Granville Mr. Linwood A. Morrell Anne and Gordon Grimes Mr. Robert W. Bermudes Jr. Robert E. Grindle and James C. Clark Ms. Susan E. Morrison Collier Hands Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Blackwood Jr. Mr. Philip N. Gross Ms. Henry H. Moulton Mr. and Mrs. Peter L. Haynes Russel and Ruth Boisvert Dr. James Grumman Melissa L. Moyer and David H. Moyer Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Hicks Mr. and Mrs. Weston L. Bonney Dr. Kristen Gwinn-Becker Mr. L. Taylor Mudge Mr. and Mrs. Scott F. Hutchinson Mr. Stephen G. Booth Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hall Mr. and Mrs. Stephen T. Murphy Mr. A. Michael Jacobs Sr. Mr. Bruce J. Bourque Steve and Judy Halpert Bruce D. Nelson James D. Julia Mrs. Ruth Bowman Joseph R. Hanslip Leonard and Merle Nelson Candice Lee Mr. D. Scott Bradish Mr. Charles P. Harriman Mr. and Mrs. Norman Nelson Drs. Richard and Wendy Libby Dr. Charles A. Brand Johanna Hart and Murrough O’Brien Mr. and Mrs. H. Gilman Nichols Mr. and Mrs. F. William Marshall Mr. and Mrs. Maximilliaan J. Dwight Havey and Jane Havey Mrs. Roberta Niehaus Ms. Marian L. McCue Brenninkmeyer Evan Haynes and Judith Ziegler Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Nielsen Jr. 15 Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J. Nowak Mr. and Mrs. John van Parker Mr. and Mrs. Peter L. Noyes Richard Veit III and Yolanda Theunissen Martha O’Brien Charles Verrill Peter Oddleifson and Kay Wallace Mr. Adrian Wadsworth Mr. and Mrs. Richard B. Parker Ms. Gaye Wagner and Janice Parkinson-Tucker Mr. Roger Higgins Burton and Barbara Pease Mrs. Ann Staples Waldron Michael Percy and Susan Snider Dorothy and Fred Walker Mr. Robert W. Perkins Monte and Anne Wallace Dr. Stephen Perry Bryan Weare and Naomi Rosen Mr. Edwin H. Pert John R. Webster and Kimball M. Page John and Rose Phinney Ted and Mary-Eliza Wengren Mr. David Pillsbury Mr. Russ Wiggin Mrs. Marcia S. Pottle Ms. Carol A. Wilson Harry and Anne Pringle Mr. and Mrs. Peter R. Woodbury Harald E. Prins and Bunny McBride Roger F. Woodman Jr. and Mr. Roger A. Putnam Carol J. DeTine Mr. Harvey J. Putterbaugh Mr. and Mrs. Daniel A. Zilkha Peter and Alice Rand Ms. Anne B. Zill Sally W. Rand Ms. Martha Zimicki Edward and Karen Rea Ms. Patricia Davidson Reef Mr. William S. Reid FRIENDS OF THE Resurgence Engineering and COLLECTIONS Preservation Support for the museum and library collections Judith E. Richardson Zareen Taj Mirza Dr. Carla Rigby Seth and Laura Fecych Sprague Dr. and Mrs. Hugh P. Robinson Mr. James S. Robinson DESIGNATED GIFTS Mr. and Mrs. Alan W. Rogers Col. Joseph J. Rogers Received for special projects Anonymous (2) Ms. Susan A. Rogers Mr. and Mrs. Charlton Ames Robert F. Rothschild Bangor Theological Seminary Andrew and Nina Roth-Wells Mr. Carl Castonguay Mr. Lawrence A. Roux Mrs. Kathryn A. Clark Mr. A. E. Runge Jr. Marie Harris Clarke Barbara Saabye On June 22nd the Essex Base Ball Organization played vintage baseball at Bob Greene Lucy Riley Sallick Southern Maine Community College. Mary Ann Habib Jim and Cindy Sanborn Ms. Barbara L. Crowell Hennig Eleanor Conant Saunders Students display their work at the 2013 Local History/Local Schools event. Ms. Lucia P. Kittredge Susan and John Saunders Jeff and Penny Leman Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Schenkel Levey Foundation Ms. Elena Schmidt Mr. and Mrs. E. Christopher Livesay John and Sheila Schwartzman Maine Charity Foundation Fund of the Mr. and Mrs. Wilmont M. Maine Community Foundation Schwind Jr. Mr. Tom Marshall John and Elizabeth Serrage Mr. Randall L. McNames and Ms. Kathleen Shields Mr. Victor Kazakevich Mrs. Charlotte M. Sinnett Preston R. Miller Jr. and John and Eileen Skinner Carol Smith Miller Carolyn Walch Slayman Order of First Families of Maine Francis M. Small Jr. The Estate of Alice Mary Pierce Dr. Mike Smith Katherine Stoddard Pope and Ms. Sarah L. O. Smith Christopher M. Harte Winthrop and Margaret Smith Rines/Thompson Fund of the Maine John and Sylvia Sowles Community Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Phineas Sprague Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Curtis M. Scribner James and Carol Springer The Alfred M. Senter Fund John H. and Barbara Staples Mr. Charles V. Stanhope Robert and Roberta Steele Dr. and Mrs. R. P. Timothy Mr. and Mrs. Robert Steenberge Ms. Lauren Walthour Mr. and Mrs. Paul S. Stevens Mr. Lee D. Webb Mr. and Mrs. William J. Stoloski Ms. Martha S. Strohl Judy and Peter Sullivan MEMBERS HOLIDAY PARTY Arthur and Edith Sweeney 2012 Mrs. Carol F. Sweet Special thanks to our Corporate Sponsor: Ms. Gina Tangney HeadInvest Mr. and Mrs. Henry D. Taylor Anthony Mancini, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. Terhune Mr. and Mrs. F. Mark Terison EXHIBITION SUPPORT John and Gloria Tewhey BHA Foundation Fund Ms. Louise K. Thomas Elsie A. Brown Fund Dorothea Mosley Thompson The Davis Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. John M. Thompson The Iberdrola USA Foundation, Inc Nat P. Thompson on behalf of Central Maine Power Ms. Susan M. Thompson Company Mr. Thomas W. Thomsen Patriot Insurance Company Dr. and Mrs. R. P. Timothy The Phineas W. Sprague Memorial Judith Toohey Foundation William and Pamela Torrey Betty Umbel

16 Ann and Ted Noyes Maine College of Art Peter and Lynn Noyes Maine Foodie Tours Ted and Sally Oldham Maine Maritime Museum Katherine Pope and Chris Harte Maine Sailing Adventures Deborah S. Reed Maine State Music Theater Sally Richardson and David Waite* Mr. and Mrs. David Margolis-Pineo Cornelia Robinson Marika Alisha Skin Care Jane and Harrison Sawyer Elizabeth A. McLellan Imelda A. Schaefer Migis Lodge John and Elizabeth Serrage Rene Minnis Photography Lendall Smith and Nancy Herter Margaret Morfit Meredith S. S. Smith New York Historical Society Charles V. Stanhope Nick Noyes Paul* and Peggy Wescott O’Donal’s Nursuries Nick and Lisa Witte Ogunquit Playhouse Pilgrim’s Inn Katherine Stoddard Pope and ADDITIONAL SUPPORT Christopher M. Harte Mr. Richard Anderson Portland Dine Around Club Karen and Bill Burke Portland Harbor Hotel Ms. Elizabeth Davis, Portland Museum of Art in honor of Mert Henry Portland Sea Dogs Mr. and Mrs. Matthew S. Goldfarb, Portland Stage Company in honor of Mert Henry Portland Symphony Orchestra John and Mary Jo Keffer Portland Schooner Company Ms. Deborah Kendall Queen of Hats Mr. David Lakari Victoria Reed Harriet and Steven Passerman Deborah S. Reed Mr. and Mrs. Phineas Sprague Jamie Kingman Rice Seth and Laura Fecych Sprague Rosemont Market and Bakery Ms. Emily Walsek Joan Benoit Samuelson Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Whittier II Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. Paul Stevens IN-KIND GIFTS Laura Fecych Sprague Mr. and Mrs. Charlton Ames Springer’s Jewelers Aurora Provisions Tate House Museum Richard E. Barnes and Judy Taylor Suzi Van Wye Theater at Monmouth Jane Berger Photography Wayside Inn Laura M. Webb TOP: Guests gather the 2013 Mad Hatter Affair. Bernie’s Foreside Black Point Inn BELOW: Gala guests gather to watch the Kentucky Derby at the Mad Hatter Affair. Blue Elephant Catering MATCHING GIFT and Events SUPPORTERS PUBLIC PROGRAM Portland Regional Chamber Casco Bay Lines AT&T Foundation Dale Rand Printing Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens Bank of America SUPPORT Couleurs Collection Margaret E. Burnham Charitable Trust Shipyard Brewing Company Chubb & Son CustomBuilt Maine Humanities Council Xpress Copy Drummond & Drummond Aynne M. Doil The Arthur J. Gallagher Foundation Dwellings LOCAL HISTORY/LOCAL THE MAD HATTER AFFAIR GE Foundation El Camino IBM International Foundation SCHOOLS 2013 Charlie Eshbach Corporate Support The Charles Stewart Mott Museum Education Foreside Tavern and Side Bar Foundation Sam L. Cohen Foundation Harmon’s and Barton’s Galeyrie Historic Maps and Jensen Baird Gardner and Henry R. M. Davis Fisher Charitable Foundation Custom Framing Unum The Eunice Frye Home Foundation Keller Williams Realty Harmon’s and Barton’s Florist The Morton-Kelly Charitable Trust The Hatcher Group Hugo’s Prouts Neck Association Maine Home + Design Dahlov Ipcar LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Minott’s Flowers Joshua’s COLLECTIONS Moëy Hennessy USA Katahdin Thank you to the following donors for their 19TH CENTURY BASEBALL Noyes, Hall and Allen Insurance Brian Lazarus donations of items. SPONSORS Sawyer & Company th Longfellow Garden Club Ms. Ardena J. Ackerman 19 Century Baseball Event at SMCC Verrill Dana Lyric Music Theater Herbert C. Adams Investment Management & Maine Audubon Society Mr. Roger Akeley Consulting Group PATRONS Charlton and Noni Ames Steve Bromage presents the 2013 Maine History Maker Award to Mert Henry at the Mad Hatter Affair. VINTAGE MAINE IMAGES Elizabeth Astor WEBSITE RELAUNCH Robert P. BaRoss East Brown Cow Management Stephen and Jacqueline Bromage Hannaford Bros. Carl and Eleanor Chatto Montgomery Design Richard and Bonnie D’Abate Margaret Morfit Design Josephine H. Detmer Shaw’s Supermarkets Aynne M. Doil TD Bank Roger and Betty Gilmore Sandi Goolden IN-KIND GIFTS Philip and Sheila Jordan Dandelion Catering Harry W. Konkel Down East Magazine Elizabeth A. McLellan Full Court Press Peter and Eve McPheeters Mary Holt Jeff and Carol Miller Honeymaker/ Maine Mead Works Zareen Taj Mirza Audrey Hotchkiss Carolyn B. Murray Mary and Kenny Nelson

1717 Nancy Noble shows MHS Brown Library materials to researchers during the August Historians Forum. About 75 academics, graduate students, and independent scholars came from around Maine and beyond to get a special behind-the-scenes and deep-into-the-collections tour of the library, hear from a series of speakers about their research, and enjoy a collegial reception in the Longfellow Garden.

In September about 65 people attended “Maine Apples: A History and Tasting” with Maine pomologist John Bunker. They looked at Maine and New England history through the lens of heirloom apple varieties.

Alfred Village Museum Mr. Joseph Dorsey Allen County Public Library Mr. Gerald Dudek Ms. Jan Anderson Ms. Vicky Dylewski Mr. Richard Anderson Ms. Jan Eakins and Mr. John Ferry Ms. Alison Andreason Harland H. Eastman John and Marietta Andrews Edgecomb Historical Society Rachel and Thomas M. Armstrong Mr. George W. Emery Mr. Tom Atkinson Ms. Emily Eschner Sherwood E. Bain Estate of Frances Louise Hilen Mr. Brian J. Baird Ms. Caroline L. French Bancroft Library Mr. John French Debra and William Barry Friends of Historic Kingston Bates College Robert P. Fuller Mr. John L. Baxter Jr. Mr. Alton C. Gardiner Robert and Judith Bishop Mary and Larry Glatz Lise T. Boivin Martha Unobskey Goldner Mr. and Mrs. Erno Bonebakker Dr. and Mrs. Andrew P. Grannell Ms. Annaliese Bonner Greater Portland Council of James and Courtney Boone Governments Boothbay Region Historical Society Bob Greene John and Donna Branson Mr. Peter E. Gribbin Ms. Sally Breen Mary Ann Habib Joyce Barrows Bridgham Mr. Fred Hammond Mr. and Mrs. Richard Brobst Mr. John P. Harding Buffalo History Museum Mr. Charles W. Hardy Ms. Susan Burmeister-Brown Ms. Marsha Hardy Mr. and Mrs. John P. Burnham Ms. Ruby Harris Mr. Crompton B. Burton Ms. Jennifer Hartwell Mr. Ralph I. Lancaster Jr. Jane S. Moody Joyce Butler Harvard Graduate School of Mr. C. Gardner Lane Jr. Mr. Gerard R. Morin Ms. Deborah Cairns Education Mr. George M. Lane Mount Desert Historical Society Mr. Frederick A. Carrigan Edward Hawes and Becky Koulouris* Ms. Kate Clifford Larson Mr. David Murph Ms. Gail Rae Carter Ms. Barbara L. Crowell Hennig Robert and Jane Laughlin Mr. and Mrs. Peter L. Murray Mr. Leo Carter Mr. Raymond Hill Ms. Anne Leahy Ms. Kathryn Myhaver Ms. Corine Cartwright Historic Newton Ms. Mary Jane LeCours Ms. Diane Newell Mr. Malcolm W. Cass Jr. Mr. Mark E. Honey Robert and Karen Levine Norman, Hanson & DeTroy Central Maine Power Company Ms. Sandra Hough John Libby Family Association Ann and Ted Noyes Mrs. Marianne J. Chapman Ms. Joanne Ericson Howard Gary W. Libby Nicholas Noyes and Margaret Hourigan Chesterville Historical Society Mr. Sumner G. Hunnewell Mr. David Little Old Fort Western Mrs. Kathryn A. Clark Holly Hurd-Forsyth and Eric Eaton Ms. Anne Lunt Orange County Regional History Center Ms. Kim Clifford Mr. and Mrs. Scott F. Hutchinson Ms. Elizabeth K. Maier Oxford Union Association Ms. Shirley and Mr. James Cobb Mr. Richard B. Innes Maine Association of Ms. Katherine Hall Page C. Richard and Isabel T. Coburn Mr. Clark T. Irwin Parliamentarians Janice Parkinson-Tucker Mr. Edward S. Coffin Island Falls Historical Society Maine College of Art Library Parsonsfield-Porter Historical Society Mr. and Mrs. George L. Collord III Mr. and Mrs. Patrick T. Jackson Maine State Archives Mr. James W. Patt Connecticut Historical Society Mr. Jacques N. Jacobsen Jr. Maine State Museum Patten Free Library Susan Hawkes Cook Mr. Richard Johnson Ms. Marilyn Maroney Ms. Janet Pearson Ms. Marian Coughlin Mr. Robert G. Johnson PhD Ms. Audrey Marra Ms. Valerie Pederson Ms. Eunice Cox Mr. Rogers B. Johnson Dr. William R. Marsh Mr. Terry C. Peet Ms. Susan Cummings-Lawrence Patricia and Richard Kahn Mr. Tom Marshall Pejepscot Historical Society Richard and Bonnie D’Abate Ms. Elizabeth Kellogg Mr. Jeffery E. McCulloh Mr. Brian Peterson Mr. Kendrick Daggett Mr. Howard G. Knuttgen Paul and Sara McFarland Ms. Elaine Peterson Mr. and Mrs. John E. D’Anieri Ms. Lorraine Kost Ms. Eileen McGrath Phippsburg Congregational Church Ms. Gladys Davis Mr. John Krause Richard and Linda McLoon Mr. Henry F. Picking* Steven and Patricia Deitemeyer Ms. Heidi M. Krieger Ms. Abbie McMillen Alice Mary Pierce* Ms. Karen DeNitto Sam and Nancy Ladd Mr. Kendall A. Merriam Pierce Atwood LLP DeWolfe & Wood Rev. Kevin LaMarre Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln J. Merrill Jr. Dr. Duane R. Pierson Ms. Kathleen Doherty Professor Stephen A. Lamb Ms. Elizabeth J. Miller Fran Pollitt and Frank Briber Mr. Leigh Donaldson Mr. Darryl B. Lamson Ms. Susan Miller Portland Female Charitable Society

18 Portland Fire Department Portland Fire Museum Portland High School Portland Museum of Art Dr. James Pratt Ms. Gail G. Preble Harriet H. Price Prince Memorial Library Mr. Richard Provencher Sally W. Rand Wilma P. Redman Mr. and Mrs. Ford Reiche Mrs. Jamie Kingman Rice Rice County Historical Society Rice Public Library Mr. Davis Robinson Mr. Barry Rodrigue Mr. Robert Rothberg Hannah L. Russell Ms. Rose Ruze Ingrid Hilen Savage Seashore Trolley Museum Sheila Burke See Mr. Stephen Sesto Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. Mr. Robert Singerman Ms. Jean Siulinski Mr. Glenn B. Skillin John M. and Deborah Weare Slavin Mrs. George B. Small Mr. Danny D. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Mason Philip Smith Ms. Natalie J. Smith Mr. Samuel Y. Smith Jr. Jeffrey V. Wells & Allison Childs Wells gave a book talk on Maine’s Favorite Birds Mr. Thomas E. Sofranko in the Longfellow Garden as part of the 2013 Summer Program Series. Ms. Michelle Souliere Seth and Laura Fecych Sprague Lucille Deborah Sprague Wilson St. Augustine Historical Society TRIBUTE GIFTS Mr. and Mrs. Norman E. Koehler Ms. Julia A. Stackpole Ann and Ed Legg Ms. Lois Stailing In honor of Neal W. Allen III, Mr. Harold W. Lord Jr. Mr. Charles V. Stanhope Mr. and Mrs. G. Roland Love Stanley Museum Marian Allen, and Richard Allen Mr. Ned Allen Mr. and Mrs. Hugh MacMahon Ms. Patricia Stark Linda and James Melton Mr. Charles I. Stevenson Norman C. Nicholson Jim and Julie Stevenson In honor of Marjorie Blood Ms. Erika Leach Ms. Anne E. Poliner Mr. and Mrs. Melvin L. Stone Katherine Stoddard Pope and Mr. Gordon W. Stuart Christopher M. Harte Ms. Cathy Sullivan In memory of Grace Goldstein Brown John M. and Deborah Weare Slavin Propeller Club of Portland Mr. and Mrs. Sawyer F. Sylvester Jr. Mr. Roger A. Putnam Tampa Bay History Center John and Gloria Tewhey Ms. Andrea Terry In memory of Caroline Cobb Robert, Joanne, and Leslie Stewart Frederic and Quinby Thompson Ms. Portia Thompson Mr. and Mrs. Harold E. Woodsum Ms. Gayle Tolchin Paul Wescott Mr. and Mrs. Dana Twiss In honor of Matthew Goldfarb Nancy L. Vachon John M. and Deborah Weare Slavin REALIZED BEQUESTS In memory of Paul Wescott Ms. Mary Van Wart, in memory of Sara Archbald and Bill Crochetiere AND PLANNED GIFTS William Tyler Van Wart In honor of Alvin H. Morrison Mr. and Mrs. Robert BaRoss Mr. Thomas F. Vining Ann and Roger Spinney Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Beard Stanley T. Bennett Ms. Lillie Vitelli Mr. and Mrs. Bradley S. Belanger Elizabeth E. Perkins Ms. Anna D. Wadsworth In memory of Franklin Talbot Steve and Jackie Bromage Ms. Roxalene E. Wadsworth Robert B. and Joanne P. Stewart CFA Institute Ms. Susan Browning Wadsworth Thomas C. Chadwick and *deceased Ms. Janet Wagner Barbara-Jean Lynch Mrs. Mary Anne Wallace Carl and Eleanor Chatto ______Mr. John Wangh Lorrayne and John Chu Waterborough Historical Society Josephine H. Detmer These lists are meant to be Ms. Annette Weatherhead Ms. Judith K. Elser Mr. Walter W. Webber comprehensive and accurate. John and Joan Everett Westbrook Historical Society Mr. and Mrs. Matthew S. Goldfarb If you are aware of an Dr. and Mrs. Houghton M. White Sandi Goolden omission or other error, Whitefield Historical Society Caro C. Gregg Mr. Ken Whiteside please accept our apologies Robert E. Grindle and James C. Clark Dr. and Mrs. Maurice M. Whitten Karen Prince and Jeff Hacker and contact the MHS Wichita Adult Literacy Council Mr. Charles P. Harriman Annie Williams Development Office Stephen and Mary Hasson Ms. Deborah Williams at (207) 774-1822. Merton G. Henry Jan and Sally Williams Howell Laboratories, Inc. Thank you. Mr. Harold F. Worthley S. Wroblewski Ms. Winifred York

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