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On View Through December – Drawing Together The MHS exhibit, Drawing Together: The Arts of the Longfellows, has been extended and will be on view through December, 2007. Organized to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, this original exhibit features a diverse and colorful selection of artwork made by three gen- erations of the Wadsworth and Longfellow families.

The Smoker (Alexander Wadsworth Longfellow 1814 – 1901). Oil on canvas portrait painted by Ernest Longfellow in 1880. Collections of Exhibit Notes MHS. Alexander was an experienced adventurer in the woods and on the sea. He was an accomplished surveyor and cartographer, and had From the Curator a playful sense of humor. His sister Anne referred to him as “the cigar smoking, booted presence” when he visited the Wadsworth-Longfellow house.

orking with Laura Fecych Sprague, at sea, and then studied civil engi- guest curator on this project, provided neering in Cambridge. Eventually a unique opportunity to collaborate, he worked as a surveyor and explore, and discover information about the cartographer for the Boston and WWadsworth and Longfellow families through the collections at Maine Railroad, on the Northeast MHS and in Cambridge at Longfellow National Historic Site and Boundary Survey of Maine in 1840, Harvard. and later for the Atlantic Coast Survey. During the Civil War, I was struck by the volume of materials that had been preserved Alexander charted the shores around and the number of Wadsworth and Longfellow family members Washington, DC and Richmond, who are represented in these holdings. It seemed like this family Virginia – throughout his career he kept everything – children’s drawings, journals, letters, photo- was witness to important and dra- graphs and more! Looking at their artwork and other documents matic events in Maine and American helped me develop a personal insight about family members and history. In addition, Alexander had a colorful personality, with a place them in a historical and chronological perspective. More than clever sense of humor. He maintained a home in Portland throughout any other aspect of the show, the Drawing Together project revealed his life. He passed away on February 14, 1901 – just a few weeks the personalities of different members of this remarkable family. after his sister, Anne Longfellow Pierce who died January 24 of that One intriguing family member included in the exhibit is Henry’s year. younger brother, Alexander Wadsworth Longfellow. Born in the There is a rich collection of Alexander’s archival materials in Wadsworth-Longfellow House on May 20, 1814, Alexander was the the collections of the Longfellow National Historic Site. The finding third son of Zilpah and Stephen Longfellow. He attended Bowdoin aid is available on line at www.nps.gov/long/historyculture/upload/ College between 1829 and 1833, spent a few years AWLSrfamilyaidNMSCfinal.pdf

John Mayer, In 1850, Alexander surveyed and charted the harbor of Richmond’s Island, - Museum Curator near Cape Elizabeth. This playful drawing by Alexander makes light of the work-habits of his surveying partners.

Militia Soldiers near Prout’s Neck. A colored ink drawing attributed to Alexander Wadsworth Longfellow, ca. 1850. Collections of MHS. This small sketch shows a group of militia soldiers on the beach.

3 Proposed view of the western elevation of the renovated and expanded MHS Library (Brown Street side), presented from garden level, but with the garden retaining wall cut away for purposes of illustration.

100 Years Later: the MHS Research Library

he Standing Committee’s report of 1906 was clear: “The library building is very near its completion. Nothing but its furniture is now wanting. The rooms are finished, the book stacks are in place, a steam plant has been installed…. There appears to be no reason now why the library may not be wholly ready Tfor our use in the centennial year of the poet’s birth, February 27,1907.” And that is what happened. The poet, of course, was Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. His family’s gift of land had made the building N e w a D D i t i o n r a r y of the library possible. Today, 100 years later, on the 200th anniversary b of the poet’s birth, the Society is about to embark on a project that will l o n gf e l l o w g a r d e n prepare that same library for a new century of service. Beginning in the summer of 2007, MHS will undertake the centennial renovation and expansion of its research facility, which now houses one of the largest, m h s l i most valuable, and most comprehensive historical collections in Maine— collections recognized for their state, regional, and national significance. Though still in the quiet phase of a fundraising cam- While retaining the historical character of the building, the $8 million paign, the initial indications are encouraging and the time dollar project will transform the library into a state-of-the-art facility. It is right to take action now. The project is set to begin this will address significant collections care and storage issues, correct struc- summer, once the collections have been moved to a nearby tural and climate problems, upgrade technology, improve patron services temporary annex and services are restored. Under the guid- and amenities, and make Maine history more accessible than ever. ance of Schwartz/Silver Architects of Boston, and Consigli Construction of Portland and Massachusetts, the library will The original library building was designed by Alexander W. receive a 10,000 sq.ft. addition; modern climate and humid- Longfellow, working in close consultation with such prominent ity controls; compact storage units; new office, lounge, and citizen-historians as James Phinney Baxter and John Marshall Brown. work spaces; an elevator; new interior stairs, and an under- Longfellow, a nephew of the poet, was a Boston architect especially ground access tunnel. The crumbling wall in the Longfellow known for his Colonial Revival buildings. From its opening in 1907, the Garden will also be rebuilt, along with the Children’s Gate, library was considered one of Portland’s architectural gems. It served the one of the most charming of the garden’s long-missing early Society in every capacity: library, archive, lecture hall, exhibit gallery, 20th-century features. curiosity cabinet, and administrative headquarters. (It was even used as a funeral parlor—for Nathan Goold in 1914, the Society’s librarian—but Project completion is expected in the fall of 2008, with a thankfully that practice did not continue.) An addition was added in reopening to the public by late 2008 or early 2009. It will be the early 1950s to accommodated growing collections, but by the late a moment as fully significant as its first dedication in 1907, 1980s it had become clear that cramped spaces and poor climate condi- a moment when, to borrow the words of an early report, tions were already compromising the safety of collections. Serious study the Society entered “upon a new career of public useful- of options began in the late 1990s, culminating in a campus master plan ness.” (For more information, please see Frequently Asked adopted by the Board of Trustees in 2005. Questions to the right.)

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frequently asked Will there be full library services at the questions temporary location? Yes, other than during the two temporary closings, full research and reference services will be available. Public access to the stacks Will the MHS Research Library be closed will be limited, however, and a paging system will be in place to during the renovation? ensure prompt retrieval of library materials. The Maine Historical Society is committed to providing full library services and access to our collections throughout the Will image services and other research renovation with as limited disruption as possible. While the services be affected? MHS Research Library building will be closed during the Other than during the two temporary closings, image services and renovation, the entire collection will be moved to and made other research services will not be affected by the renovation. accessible at a nearby temporary library annex. Will the Longfellow Garden be closed When will temporary closings occur? during the renovation? There will be no library services or access from May 12. The Longfellow Garden is currently closed and will remain closed 2007-June 8, 2007 while we move and set up the collections throughout the renovation. The Longfellow Garden will reopen in the temporary library annex. In late 2008, when the reno- in Spring 2009 and be rededicated with the renovated MHS vations are complete, we will temporarily close again to move Research Library. back into the renovated MHS Research Library. Will the design and layout of the What are the hours of the temporary Longfellow Garden change as a result library annex? of the renovation process? Library hours in the annex will be the same as current MHS MHS has worked closely with key groups—the Longfellow Research Library hours: Tuesday-Saturday10:00am–4:00pm Garden Club, the MHS House and Garden Committee, landscape Closed holidays & some holiday weekends. (cont’d pg. 10)

5 Connecting to maine history online Sorting out Henry’s Portraits

he image of a bearded, white-haired Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is familiar to many of us who have read MMN# 16836 -- Anne Longfellow Pierce, sister and studied his works. During the mid 1800s, the vol- of poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, sits in ume and availability of popular materials increased – and as much as the parlor of the Wadsworth-Longfellow House Tanyone, Longfellow and his works were accessible to an expanding on Congress Street in Portland in about 1890, audience. surrounded by family pictures, including several of her famous brother. The painting at her left As a result Maine Historical Society and Maine Memory Network is by the poet’s son Ernest, done in 1876; the have dozens of images of the noted poet. MMN features some 50 photograph on the table at right was taken dur- Longfellow portraits, showing him at various ages. The collection ing Longfellow’s grand tour of England in 1868. represents a range of media – a silhouette cut when Longfellow was Another portrait of Longfellow is on the small 18, glass plates, cartes de visite, paintings, etchings, lithographs, imag- table at the right. (Contributed by Longfellow es in books, among others. National Historic site).

6 MMN #22498 – Longfellow – #22498 MMN understandingof the poet, his writing, and his life. Thecuratorial research and the family comments help enrich our theimage used as the frontispiece. Longfellow:A Biographical Sketch, she wrote “poor, very poor” near Inthe front of a book she owned, the 1882 Henry Wadsworth goodlikenesses. Pierce was not happy with all portrayals of Henry. ofher famous brother, chosen because she and others thought them inPortland, shown, on facing page, is surrounded by images, several LongfellowPierce, the poet’s sister and matriarch of the family home Whatthe family thought of the various images is instructive. Anne Lamson’s.” differentshop in Portland, where they were “much cheaper than at brotherAlexander to get reprints of the Lamson photo made at a thatI cannot keep any.” In January 1879, Longfellow asked his onedozen of your photographs of me. They are so much liked here, Lamsonin Portland: “Please send me by mail, as soon as convenient, Ina letter dated Oct. 9, 1878, Longfellow wrote to Joseph Harrison sionin several letters. thephotograph. In addition, Longfellow mentioned the portrait ses appearsin conjunction with a glass plate image and several prints of tographerJoseph Lamson in 1878. The name of Lamson’s studio Forexample, two images shown here are portraits by Portland pho tersor notes by Longfellow or other family members. Another,more personal clue about the portraits can be found in let volumesof Longfellow poetry that invariably contain portraits. throughInternet searches, or by looking in various books, including thenresearching clues to artists – from information on the portraits, Todo so, they began by comparing and sorting available images, basedon earlier images. whocreated them, and identify which portraits were derivatives, or LectureHall, they sought to date the various portraits, determine nizedthe Picturing Henry exhibit on MMN and in the Shettleworth werechallenged to make sense of the numerous images. As they orga MuseumCurator John Mayer and MMN Curator Candace Kanes (cabinet card) of a Joseph a of card) (cabinet signed this carte de visite de carte this signed and gave it to a friend. a to it gave and (Contributed by MHS) by (Contributed Lamson photograph Lamson - - - - 1878, four years before the poet’s the before years four 1878, in Longfellow of image this took (1840-1901) Lamson Joseph rapher photog Portland -- MMN#22500 by MHS) by (Contributed made. copies numerous had he as portrait the liked others and he indicates letter Longfellow’s death. portrait. (contributed by MHS) by(contributed portrait. Lamson the on based is likely most It birth.Longfellow’s of Centennialthe for perhaps(1807-1882),Longfellow Wadsworth Henry of portrait this painted (1882-1957) Kahill Joseph artist –Maine #4118 MMN -

7 maine memory net w o r k spotlight on maine memory network MMN #13559 Camp Houlton provided labor- contributing partners: ers -- German prisoners of war housed there -- to local farms to harvest peas, pick potatoes Aroostook County Historical and do other work. These two German POWS and Art Museum are picking potatoes. They were paid a dollar a day in scrip that they could spend at the post exchange. (Contributed by Aroostook County World War II Prisoners Historical and Art Museum) Fill Labor Gap

he enlistment or conscription of many young men into the military forces during World War II left a severe labor shortage in agricultural industries across the county that could not be made up by children and women. Aroostook County, which depended on farming for much of its economy, felt the shortage. One solution to the problem was using German prisoners of Twar, housed at various rural facilities. The Houlton Prisoner of War camp was the headquarters for all the POW camps in Maine as well as for the camp in Stark, NH. The Houlton camp held about 3,000 POWs ranging in age from about 15 to their mid 30s. In general, former POWs reported that they were treated better in the U.S. camps than they had been by the German Army. Gerhardt Kleint, when captured on D-day, thought that he was going to be shot. Instead, he was sent to Houlton where he worked for local

a r t n e r s farmers and was provided with the best work clothes he had ever had. As a farm and p woods worker he earned enough money to buy toiletries, cigarettes and beer at the PX.

POWs earned about 80 cents a day, comparable to pay given to privates in the German army. g Doing farm work was voluntary, but there were clear benefits. POWs harvested pota- toes, beans and peas; worked in the woods cutting pulpwood; picked apples; and worked for the Snyder food packing plant. At Houlton, POWs picked 2,503,660 barrels of pota- u t i n

b toes and cut 158,629 cords of wood. The government made about $2 million by putting the Germans to work. MMN #13568 German prisoners of war in a Local residents tell many stories of POWs who farm field in Aroostook County, posing with the could have escaped but declined to because of the farmer’s wife. Photographing the prisoners was good treatment they received. The goodwill engen- not allowed, but some photographs have sur- dered by the humane treatment of POWs meant that vived, nonetheless. (Contributed by Aroostook

c o n t r i local farmers could produce the food and wood pulp needed for the war effort with a minimum of security County Historical and Art Museum) and associated costs. The POWs’ good will toward their captors also m m n enhanced the image and credibility of the United States during the post war occupation. Maine Memory Network (www.mainememory.net) is the online museum of the Maine Historical Society. Over 160 organiza- MMN#9620 Ester Faulkner did this pen and ink drawing of the White Memorial Building, the tions in Maine have arranged to put their historical collections home of the Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum, which was built in 1903. The origi- on this network, thereby sharing over 5,000 catalogued nal home at this site burned in 1902 and the current building was constructed on the old foun- images with researchers on the Internet. In each newsletter we hope to highlight one of the organizations that is partnering dation. The last owner, Stella White, deeded the house to the Town in the early 1940s to be with us. If you know of any group in Maine who would like used as a museum. The building was placed on the National Register of Historic Sites in 1975. to put their historic images online, please call Kathy Amoroso, (Contributed by Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum) Director of Digital Projects, 774-1822, ext. 227.

CONTRIBUTING Partner profile: aroostook county historical and art museum

Founded: 1937 Collections: by Ransford W. Shaw, The military room, which features a scale model of Hancock former Attorney Barracks and artifacts from all the wars Houlton residents Contacts: General of Maine. participated in from the Aroostook War through World War II; Catherine (Kay) Bell

The pioneer kitchen that displays artifacts of the domestic life 109 Main St. Mission: To preserve and of early settlers; Houlton, ME 04730 display artifacts, docu- (207) 532-2519 or 532-6236 The Ricker College room with yearbooks, artifacts, documents ments and photographs and photographs of Ricker Classical Institute and Ricker College; related to the history of President: John Folsom, An antique gun collection; Houlton and the [email protected]. surrounding area. A display of Native American artifacts. 8 searching your roots r o o t s

Vital Records: y o u r Part I G s e a r c h i n

The importance of vital records in genealogical research is unquestionable. Vital records – birth, marriage, and death records – can lead you to wonderful infor- mation about your ancestors’ lives. When you discover when and where your ancestors lived, you discover more about their lives in that time, in that place. To begin researching your family history, start with your most recent The MHS library has a vast collection ancestors. It may seem pointless to find records for events that you of vital records for Maine. There are the Maine “know” the dates and places for, but the records may give you tidbits of Vital Records on microfilm that were filed with the state information that will either corroborate your work or lead you in new from 1892-1955. These are organized in groups of years, directions. You may discover that what you thought was true was actu- and then alphabetically on the film. For example, the marriage ally incorrect. Working backwards in time (death record, then marriage, of Delia Hancock in 1901would be found on the film “1892- then birth) will make sure that you are researching the correct individual, 1907, Hall-Hart.” All the cities and towns are together, so know- and using this methodology is generally more successful. ing the location of the birth, marriage, or death is not critical. The kind of record, and the year in which it was recorded, will yield Searching for vital records before 1892 will most likely require different types of information. Birth records typically contain the name of knowing the location of the event. The MHS Library holds hun- the child, the birth date, and the name of at least one parent. After 1892, dreds of compiled and published vital records (births, deaths, and Maine’s birth records contain both parents’ names, parents’ residences, marriages) for towns in Maine. Check the online catalog (http:// occupations, and birth number of child. Marriage records are most accu- www.mainehistory.org/catalog) for REGISTERS OF BIRTH rate since the information came directly from the source: the bride and under the name of the town in which an individual lived. We also groom. Early records may contain only the names of the couple and the have the Maine so-called delayed returns for pre-1892 records date of marriage. After 1892, you will find parents’ names, birthplaces, from approximately 80 cities and towns, including Portland and ages and occupations of bride and groom, marital status (e.g. widower), Cape Elizabeth. and often the name of the officiator. Death records may contain just the name of the deceased and the date of birth and death, or in later records, Many towns have had their records microfilmed by the LDS the cause of death, residence of the deceased, and informant. The name Church (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints). These can of the informant on the record is usually a relative and can help prove a be found at the Maine State Archives in Augusta. To find out if family connection or lead you to a daughter with her married name, for the LDS Church filmed the records, go to www.familysearch.org, example. click on Library, click on Family History Library Catalog, and then click the Place Search. After entering the name of the town, Each state had different requirements regarding civil records. In a list of films and resources will appear. You can order these films Maine, 1892 was the magic year when all towns were required to send through your local Family History Center at an LDS Church. copies of their vital records to Augusta. Finding births, marriages, or deaths before 1892 will require viewing that town’s particular records. In the next newsletter I will discuss Federal census records and Unfortunately, many towns have lost their records due to fires or other how they can be invaluable in putting together the pieces of your disasters. family tree puzzle. Town office clerks may or may not be able or willing to respond to inquiries regarding particular records. That town’s local historical society Kathy Amoroso or the MHS library may be able to help. MHS Director of Digital Projects

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Colleen Pratt Reed has been a member of MHS for over twenty years. After retiring in 1994, she put her membership to good use and began researching her family’s genealogy.

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