Preserving History • Engaging Minds • Connecting Maine maine historical society Winter 2009-2010

MAINE HISTORICAL SOCIETY Remembering Sandy Incorporated 1822 Three memories of Sandy Armentrout (1940-2009). In the first, we are sitting on her pa- OFFICERS tio in Kennebunkport. She is prepping me to take over as the executive director of MHS. E. Christopher Livesay, President Katherine Stoddard Pope, 1st Vice President That was about 1996. Sandy had been the interim director of the Society for almost a Roger Gilmore, 2nd Vice President year, as the board conducted its search, and now she was giving notes—detailed written Carolyn B. Murray, Secretary Horace W. Horton, Treasurer notes—on every conceivable aspect of the organization: personalities, talents, influence, programs, politics, finance. I could see she understood how institutions worked, that TRUSTEES she’d been much more than a passive caretaker, and that both the Society and I had been

Eleanor G. Ames Margaret Crane Morfit very lucky to have her. The second was in my office, around 2001. Sandy was presenting Robert P. BaRoss Eldon L. Morrison her design concept for the MHS exhibition that would commemorate the restoration of Eric Baxter Neil R. Rolde Suhail Bisharat Donna M. Ryan the Longfellow House (she and Joyce Butler were co-curators). The plan was imaginative David A. Cimino Imelda A. Schaefer and elegant. It tested the limits of our collections, our carpentry skills, and our budget, maine historicalLinda society M. Cronkhite Lendall L. Smith Priscilla B. Doucette Frederic L. Thompson but it was beautiful, and it showed a sure feel for the way objects and ideas illuminate Harland H. Eastman Jotham A. Trafton each other. I could see that Sandy had intuition and taste, combined with a scholar’s Bob Greene Paul A. Wescott Joseph R. Hanslip Charles D. Whittier II attention to detail. The third moment took place in Rome; perhaps it was 1999. Four of Philip H. Jordan Jr. Jean T. Wilkinson us from the MHS Italy tour (Sandy, her partner Dick, my wife Bonnie, and I) had just Peter G. McPheeters Nicholas H. Witte Preston R. Miller Jr. found, after a death-defying taxi ride, what had to be the tiniest restaurant in the city. It was off the beaten path, unpretentious, but with the most sensational food. The wine STAFF and the talk flowed, cooked pears arrived, and I could see that Sandy was enjoying it all. ADMINISTRATION She was adventurous, open to pleasure, and a believer in new friendships. We were lucky Richard D’Abate Executive Director to have her. Stephen Bromage Assistant Director Richard D’Abate Sara Archbald Administrative Assistant to the Director Steven Atripaldi Facilities Manager Executive Director Jacqueline Fenlason Director of Finance & Administration Cynthia Murphy Finance/Human Resource Assistant Bonnie Vance Director of Development ABOUT THE COVER Elizabeth Nash Marketing/Public Relations Manager Laurie Puzio Membership & Annual Fund Coordinator Fourth grader Will Mathis from Hall School in Portland drew this view as part of the “Local History/Local Schools”

EDUCATION program centered on the Main Street, Maine exhibit (see fac- ing page). In addition to studying historic photographs, each Carolin Collins Director of Education class created a panoramic view of Congress Street, Portland’s Rachel Miller Americorps Education Assistant Larissa Vigue Picard Community Partnership Coordinator “Main Street” as it is today. They sat in a circle around the Our Lady of Victories statue and drew just what was in front of him or her. All of the drawings are currently on display in LIBRARY the Showcase Gallery. Nicholas Noyes Head of Library Services William D. Barry Library Reference Assistant Nancy Noble Archivist/Cataloger Jamie Rice Public Services Librarian Sophie Mendoza Corporate Archivist Table of Contents Page 6: PEPPERRELL Page 10: MUSEUM MANUSCRIPTS; SPOTLIGHT ON MMN Page 3: LOCAL John Mayer Curator of the Museum CHILDREN’S GATE CONTRIBUTING Holly Hurd-Forsyth Registrar HISTORY/LOCAL PARTNER Dana Twiss Inventory Project Manager SCHOOLS Page 7: SEARCHING - Northeast Historic Film Inventory Project Technician Tracy Lamaestra YOUR ROOTS Melissa Spoerl Museum Store Manager Page 4: FROM THE - Seeking a Veteran Page 11-15: Robert Kemp Visitor Services Coordinator COLLECTIONS Ancestor? BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE Allan Levinsky Visitor Services Coordinator - The Brown Library - MHS Images Tell Stories - MHS Thanks Its Donors - Taking Stock MAINE MEMORY NETWORK Page 8 & 9: Kathleen Amoroso Director of Digital Services Page 5: MAINE MEMORY Candace Kanes Curator MAINE COMMUNITY NETWORK Frances Pollitt Cataloger, Photo Curator HERITAGE PROJECT Dani Fazio Image Services Coordinator - People, Pets, and - History Teacher of the Year Portraits 2 Barbara Judge, 3rd grade teacher, s t h g i l h g i h m a r g o r P Lyseth School: MHS Marks Year Five of “Working with the Local History/ Local Schools program has provided Museum/School Partnership me with in-depth, rich, hands-on experiences for my students. These programs have made the history of Local History/Local Schools is a museum-school partnership program offered by MHS Portland come alive for my students each year to Portland’s 3rd and 4th graders. For the pilot group in fall 2005, we signed and broadened my knowledge. I feel up four teachers; in the spring, we expanded to six classes; for the 2006-2007 year we these programs have made me a bet- increased it to eight classes each semester. ter teacher.” Grants from the Horizon Foundation and the RBC Foundation allowed for this expansion Anne Marie Demers, 3rd grade and helped improve the quality of our materials. Although the grants have long since run teacher at Nathan Clifford School: out, MHS has remained committed to the program, and demand from teachers has risen to “MHS brings history alive through well the point where this year, for the first time, we will be working with three groups of eight planned, student centered lessons, classes each. real life artifacts, and on site museum explorations. Learning is designed to These 24 classes represent over a third of the 61 eligible classrooms in Portland. Over the dovetail with the Maine State require- past five years, we have worked with 40 different teachers. Our goals for the future of this ments. The amazing outcome is that program include expanding it to include the communities of Greater Portland, as well as teachers, students, and parents learn in detail the rich history of Maine. I to offer multiple sessions each semester. It is a labor intensive endeavor, as education staff admire the high expectations MHS sees each participating class four times: twice in their classroom, once on a class trip to the sets before us every year.” museum, and once for our final celebration to which families are invited. We are currently exploring funding options to help make this expansion possible, and hope that in another Nathan Clifford teacher Cathy five years, the program will be more vital and vibrant than ever. Gurney:

“All learning styles are taken into Carolin Collins consideration and all students learn. Director of Education Students AND teachers are engaged and excited. I have used many units again in the classroom year after year. Since parents and friends are invited to the ending celebration, it opens up an opportunity for the public to become familiar with the museum also.”

^ Reiche teacher Theresa Lee’s 2nd/3rd grade class show off their illustrations for another Wabana- ki story, “The Frog Monster.”

^ A third grade student from Nathan Clifford School created this illustra- < Students from the Many tion for a traditional Wabanaki tale, Rivers program at Hall School “Badger and the Star Wives,” in spring are making quilt squares based 2008. The border features motifs on objects from the fall 2008 commonly used on birch bark work. exhibit “Art of the People: Folk Art in Maine.” 3 What’s New in the Brown Library? Photo by Brian Vanden Brink

Just about everything.

Attendance is up. Past and present members, along with professional colleagues, have stopped in for a look and been impressed. Reference and technical services function in pleasant surroundings. Everyone ap- preciates the climate control, with special humidity and temperature for the three secure collections storage levels. And the elevator is a big help in moving collections (and people) about.

Ongoing processing of Library collections includes Forgotten Patriots: African American and American Indian Patriots in the Revolutionary From the collections War by the National Society DAR, the gift of the local Elizabeth Wad- sworth Chapter. This 854 page compendium lists thousands of previous- ly under-reported soldiers by state (with cross-references for those who moved), with essays on each state’s history and contribution.

v Celluloid Political Button, Carl E. A recent find resulting from the move back to the Brown Library is an important manuscript Milliken, circa 1918. map by Alexander Wadsworth Longfellow (1814-1901), “Plan and profile of the Presumpscot Milliken was elected governor in River from Gambo Falls to Little Falls…,” 1840, showing the route of the Cumberland & 1916 as a member of the Progres- Oxford Canal. Because of its large size, it is rolled, and was overlooked and un-cataloged. sive Party. After leaving office in 1921, Milliken went on to become With improved storage for all collections including rolled maps, it was rediscovered and the executive director of the Motion entered into our Minerva online database. Picture Producers and Distributors Association. If you haven’t seen the ALIDA CARROLL AND JOHN MARSHALL BROWN LIBRARY, do come in! I’ll be happy to show you around. n v Chapeau de bras, Portland Rifle Corps, circa 1854. Nicholas Noyes The hat was possibly worn by Head of Library Services Andrew P. Morgan of Portland. It is made of black beaver fur and trimmed with a black leather medal- lion centered in a black silk rosette and with brass laurel leaf wreath around PRC. Taking Stock – the Museum Collection Inventory Project

Just over a year ago work began on a two-year standardizing and updating the project to complete the inventory of the MHS information. An image of every collection of museum objects, over 15,000 items. object is being made and added It may sound simple, but there is a lot to the to the record. Where needed, we project which will have major benefits for MHS. are improving storage and housing systems. To make it possible, the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) awarded MHS a Perhaps most importantly, we are taking a close grant of $150,000 through the Museums for look at our collections with a goal to develop a America program. Dana Twiss, inventory project collecting plan for the future. The museum col- manager, and Tracy Lamaestra, inventory project lection includes a tremendous range of materials technician were hired. Other members of the that document Maine history – from 5,000 year department are fully involved: John Mayer, mu- old stone tools to light bulbs from Central Maine seum curator, Holly Hurd-Forsyth, registrar, and Power – and are a central part of the MHS mission Natalie Rose Liberace, curatorial assistant. to preserve and interpret our history. n

The object records are accessible and searchable- John Mayer on-line (http://mainehistory.pastperfect-online. Museum Curator com). Each record is being reviewed and we are

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Students Discover Biddeford’s Broad-based Past y t i n u m m o c

< Beachcombers at Biddeford Pool on August 8, 1916 Contributed by McArthur Public Library

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ome aspects of a city’s history are bright Deep and murky? Not political scandals or andS shiny, laid bare for the world to see. Others ghastly murders, but… sewer construction are murky and buried deep underground. Both on Main Street in 1914-15. When Doherty ^ Sewer construction on Biddeford’s Main parts are relevant. Together, they form a rich asked why, the student digging into those Street, 1914. and complex story of the past. photos told her, simply: big machinery and Contributed by McArthur Public Library. manual labor. That’s what students in Denise Doherty’s Project Maine Community Aspire class at Biddeford High School—along Good for these young Biddeford residents Heritage Project with McArthur Public Library and Biddeford who know real history when they see it. In Historical Society, part of Biddeford’s Maine those two sets of photographs, an entire Biddeford is one of eight Maine Community Heritage Project team—discovered narrative—full of daily lives, class issues, towns and cities participating in when they started looking at old photos in their geography, and progress—is born. Doherty this second year of MHS’ Maine search for project topics. was charmed by her students’ choices: “It Community Heritage Project. has done wonders to see their excitement.” The seven others are Bangor, The results might surprise you. Bright and Blue Hill, Cumberland/North shiny? Not local heroes or major events, but… Offering a variety of self-selected and hands- Yarmouth, Guilford, Hallowell, early 20th century sunbathers at vacation- on activities, MCHP is giving these students Lincoln, and Scarborough. For destination Biddeford Pool. The appeal? Those an opportunity to feel invested in their com- more information on the project, buttoned-up swimsuits of yesteryear. One munity in a bright and shiny new way. n visit the MCHP website at http:// young woman became so fascinated with the www.mainememory.net/mchp/ beachwear that she’s begun researching the era’s Larissa Vigue Picard and read the MCHP blog at http:// fashion. MCHP Community mainechp.wordpress.com/. Partnership Coordinator

Maine History Teacher of the Year: Cynthia Stevens

Once again, MHS teamed up with the Gilder Lehrman Institute for American History and Preserve America to award the Maine History Teacher of the Year. Ms. Stevens is a second grade teacher at the W. G. Mallett School in Farmington. As the state winner, Gilder Lehrman provided Ms. Stevens with $1000 as well as a collection of books donated in her name to the school library. Ms. Stevens is shown here receiving her award from Carolin Collins, MHS Director of Education, at a ceremony at the Mallett School on October 21, 2009.

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Pepperell Manuscripts The Children’s Gate Given to Library Longfellow Garden

Five important manuscripts once belonging to the powerful Pepperrell family of Kittery have been presented to the Brown Library by Dr. Thomas With the r a r y L. Gaffney in memory of Arnold S. and Rosanna Hill. The documents restoration of B the Longfellow

l i descended through the family of Mr. Hill and eventually came to Mrs. Hill’s nephew, the donor. Tom Gaffney is fondly remembered by many Garden now as MHS Director (1977-81), and curator of manuscripts (1970-1987), complete, MHS when that position included a variety of tasks including editing the MHS has embarked on m h s Quarterly. He is also the author of the much consulted thesis, Maine’s a special fundrais- Mr. Smith: A Study of the Career of Francis O.J. Smith, Politician and ing campaign to Entrepreneur (UMO, l982). re-create one of the garden’s most The new Pepperrell documents include: important histori- 1. Document “To his Grace the Duke of Newcastle one of his Majesty’s cal features: the Principal Secretaries of State. The Memorial of Christopher Kilby, Agent Children’s Gate. to his Majesty’s Province of Massachusetts Bay in New England…Lon- This $100,000 don 1 July l746 (Concerning the New England expedition against French ^ Bennett sisters, Jean and Mary Louisburg). Ellen (left to right) open the his- fundraising effort 2. Letter of Christopher Kilby at Spring Garden to “Hon Sir,” [Possibly toric Children’s Gate for their friend, was initiated by Laurel Lynn Webber. The girls had William Pepperrell], Louisburg, September and October, 1746. a generous gift accompanied their grandmother, from the Longfel- 3. Letter of William Pepperrell to John Bradstreet at Louisburg, dated 12 Blanche Huston Bennett, for a June l747. Longfellow Garden Club meeting low Garden Club. 4. Letter of Christopher Kilby at Spring Garden to William Pepperrell in in July 1960. Picture courtesy of Many friends and Portland Press Herald, taken by Kittery, dated 3 July l748. members of MHS staff photographer Olson. have responded These splendid 18th century letters join generously to related material including the Sir William our call for donations, including Oakhurst Dairy Pepperrell Papers, l707-1755 and other in Portland, which has recently made a grant of materials relating to the family, the $2,500 toward the project. Colonial Wars, and the town of Kittery. Sir William (1696-1759), was the son and “The Longfellow Garden is a wonderful retreat in later partner of the great Kittery merchant the heart of Portland, appreciated by all who work Col. William Pepperrell (1646-1734). in or visit our city,” noted Priscilla Bennett Dou- The son engaged in fishing, lumber, land cette, chairperson of Oakhurst Dairy’s Charitable speculation and the lucrative West Indies Giving Committee and MHS trustee. “Our grand- trade. He owned tracts of land in Saco mother, Blanche Huston Bennett, was a longtime and Scarborough and commanded the member of the Longfellow Garden Club, and we Maine militia. In l745 he was appointed are pleased to direct this contribution to something commander of the colonial forces that was near and dear to her heart.” sent against Louisburg in Nova Scotia, and his success there earned him the The Children’s Gate was designed by the archi- first baronetcy ever conferred upon an tect Alexander Wadsworth Longfellow to honor American-born English subject. his Uncle Henry’s famous affection for children. Installed soon after the original library opened in The correspondents include Kilby, a 1907, it helped connect the Longfellow House with ^ Sir William Pepperrell of Kittery, Boston merchant elected as agent of the the library. By the 1960s it was dilapidated and re- merchant, a British officer, and a moved. MHS would like to begin construction on colonial governor of Massachusetts. Massachusetts General Court in London This portrait by Joseph B. Kahill, and John Bradstreet, a Nova Scotian who the gate in the spring, 2010, but needs your help to n (1882-1952) is after the portrait by fought with William at Louisburg. Thanks reach our goal. John Smibert at the Peabody Essex to Tom Gaffney’s kindness, students and Museum. scholars are offered new glimpses into life If you would like to make a donation to the in l8th century Maine, New England and Children’s Gate project, please contact Bonnie the Maritimes. n Vance at 207-774-1822, ext. 231. Gifts can also be made from our website, www.mainehistory.org. Bill Barry Library Reference Assistant

6 Searching your Roots MHS Images Help Tell Stories Around the World Seeking a Veteran

Ancestor? In the past year, MHS images have appeared in over 75 books, magazines and news- papers, film projects, television shows, museum exhibits and catalogs, educational A Rich New Resource programs, websites, and commercial venues. Our diverse clients represent 28 states and Has Arrived seven countries: Australia, Canada, China, Germany, New Zealand, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.

National and international clients include:

• The Martha Stewart Show • Smithsonian Institute • National Endowment for the Arts • Boston Children’s Museum • The London Daily Telegraph • New Hampshire Public Television • U.S. Navy • Montreal Museum of Archeology and History

Local projects using MHS images include: ^ National Soldier’s Home, Togus near Augusta, Maine- Bird’s Eye View Looking North, 1878; • MHS Trustee Neil Rolde’s book Maine in the Beck & Pauli, Lithograph. Milwaukee, WI. ca. 1878 World (Tilbury House) • Bruce Bourque and Laureen Labar’s book Un- Ancestry.com has a new database: U.S. National common Threads: Wabanaki Textiles, Cloth- Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866- ing, and Costume (Maine State Museum) 1938. It includes twelve National Homes for Disabled Veterans, including the Eastern Branch • Bunny McBride and Harald Prins’ book at Togus in Kennebec County, Maine. The Togus Indians in Eden: Wabanakis and Rusticators data include Burial Records, 1892-1932; Death on Maine’s Mount Desert Island, 1840s-1920 Records, 1893-1899, Historical Registers with (Down East) indexes, and a Hospital Index. • Hugh MacMahon’s Progress, Stability and the Ancestry.com writes: Struggle for Equality (Drummond Woodsum) The National Homes for Disabled Volunteer • Theresa Mattor and Lucie Teegarden’s book Soldiers was instituted following the Civil War. Designing the Maine Landscape (Down East) The purpose of these homes was to provide a place for disabled American soldiers and sailors • Display aboard The Cat, international ferry to live. Admission to a home was voluntary and from Portland to Nova Scotia soldiers could request which home they wanted • Maine Red Claw’s basketball team program to live in. Since admission was voluntary, soldiers book could also choose when they wanted to leave, • 53 Danforth, Portland’s new green energy both temporarily and permanently. The majority of the records consist of historical registers, but other apartment building, has 26 MHS framed records included in this database are indexes to images decorating the hallways the historical registers, applications, admissions, • Down East Magazine, Portland Monthly deaths, burials, and hospital records. Magazine, Discover Maine Magazine, The Eastern Branch of the National Home for Dis- Memories of Maine, and the Bangor Metro abled Volunteer Soldiers at Togus was the first of its kind, established in November of 1866. While Thousands of historic images are available largely associated with the Civil War, Togus for personal, non-profit, and commercial uses continues to serve the nation’s veterans as part of through our e-commerce website, www.Vintage- the United States Veteran’s Administration. MaineImages.com. They make excellent gifts.

If MHS members do not personally subscribe During December MHS members receive a 20% dis- to Ancestry.com, it is available in the Walter F. count on all orders placed online, or call 207-774-1822 Whittier Reading Room in the Brown Library at no ext. 217, or email [email protected]. n charge to patrons. They may access Ancestry.com at the computer stations or from their own laptops while in the reading room by asking for a wireless password. n Dani Fazio Image Services Coordinator

Jamie Rice Public Services Librarian

7 M a i n e M e m o r y N e t w o r k 8 > > Association. Memorial Nordica by Contributed 1894 Germany, Berlin, Turk, and > Society. Historical Maine by Contributed 1889 Harbor, Bar guests, and Blaines ^ Historic Site. Historic National Longfellow by Contributed 1864 ca. MA, Cambridge, Trap, and Longfellow

Lillian Nordica Lillian Henry Wadsworth Henry Anderson is seated in a chair in front of a heavy, dark curtain, his walking stick in his People, Pets, and Portraits hand and his dog, Nellie, lying on a rug at his feet. The portrait has a wistful quality. In most of the dog-human portraits, the dog is Governor Percival P. Baxter and his Irish set- On a summer day in 1889, James G. seated or standing and posed to be at about ter Garryowen. Baxter, who donated the land Blaine, former member and speaker of the the same level as the human’s upper torso. U.S. House of Representatives and current for Baxter State Park, was a legendary animal lover whose Irish setters were his constant Secretary of State, posed on the steps of The portraits of noted Mainers and their dogs companions and are buried on Mackworth his summer residence in Bar Harbor with are interesting because of their formality. The Island where Baxter lived. his wife and children, and guests President people are wearing their “dress-up” clothes Benjamin Harrison and U.S. Rep. Henry and the scenes, as well as the animals, are Other portraits – all from the nineteenth Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts. pristine. More casual snapshots are expected, century – might be more surprising. Lillian perhaps. Together, though, they support the Norton, a Farmington native, was a soprano The party are dressed fashionably, the claim that pets have long been firmly who performed as Lillian Nordica. She and women in hats and parasols, the men in suits, integrated into Maine lives. n holding their hats. A professional photog- her standard poodle, Turk, posed for a pho- rapher, S. Towle of Lowell, Massachusetts, tographer in Berlin in 1894. Turk is on a Candace Kanes took the photo and probably posed the table next to the singer, who has one hand MMN Project Historian group for greatest effect. behind him and the other holding his paw. The dog traveled throughout Europe and the v Samuel Anderson and Nellie, Portland, ca. 1888 In front is a dog, not as carefully posed, but U.S. with her as she performed. Contributed by Maine Historical Society. looking at the camera. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow posed in People and animals have a long history about 1864 with his dog, Trap, who sat on a together and pets – the companion variety – table beside the poet. Of the dog, Longfellow were well entrenched by the early nineteenth wrote, “The last and greatest of all the dogs century. People’s fondness for pets was was Trap; Trap the Scotch Terrier, Trap the apparent even before the days of photogra- polite, the elegant, sometimes on account of phy when those who were wealthy enough to his deportment called Turneydrop, sometimes hire artists sometimes included their pets in Louis the Fourteenth.” painted portraits. Peace activist Sarah Jane Farmer of Eliot in Daguerreotypes, which became available in 1891 had painter Frank Hector Tompkins Maine in 1840, and subsequent photographic portray her in her garden, seated in a chair, processes democratized all that and images of her arm on the back of her dog, Barry. pets – with or without people – proliferated. Several Maine Memory images show By the end of the 19th century, people in Samuel Anderson, a Portland lawyer Maine and elsewhere could buy books about and longtime president of the Portland pets and pet care, prepared food and health and Ogdensburg Railroad, and his dog. items for pets as well as numerous other In one studio portrait made in 1888, products, all of which suggests that dogs, cats, birds and some other creatures mattered to Americans.

Maine Memory Network has many images of people and pets. As one might expect, a number of them are pictures of children or family groups. Some are snapshots. Others are formal portraits, taken in photographer’s studios or at outdoor settings.

One category of these more formal images is notable people and their dogs.

Most Mainers would not be surprised to find a studio portrait in an oval format of Maine

> Sarah Jane Farmer and Barry, Eliot, 1891 Contributed by William Fogg Library.

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LEADERSHIP CIRCLE LONGFELLOW WADSWORTH PATRONS Jim Millinger (Gifts of $5,000 or more) BENEFACTORS ($1,000 or more) Mr. & Mrs. Robert A.G. Monks, Sr. Anonymous ($2,000 or more) Sandra Armentrout* & The G.G. Monks Foundation Diana B. Bean Cornelia Greaves Bates Richard Barnes William M. & Jane S. Moody Mr. & Mrs. E. Christopher Edward & Cornelia Greaves Fund Elizabeth K. Astor 211 Fund of the Livesay Madeleine G. Corson Baker, Newman & Noyes Maine Community Foundation The P.D. Merrill Charitable Trust Richard & Bonnie D’Abate Bangor Savings Bank Foundation Eldon & Dianne Morrison Preston R. Miller Jr. & Walter Goodwin Davis Trust Mr. & Mrs. Robert BaRoss Norman H. Morse Carol Smith Miller Mason & Margaret Morfit Leila & Suhail Bisharat Clare & Stephen Moss Victoria S. Poole Trickledown Trust Mr. & Mrs. David A. Cimino Mary P. & Kenneth M. Nelson Katherine Pope & Christopher Harte Peter W. & Deirdre F. Quesada Margot P. Close Mr. & Mrs. Edward D. Noyes III Deborah S. Reed Fore River Foundation Josephine H. Detmer Apphia J. Pearson Cornelia Robinson Patricia B. Rice Fund of the Raymond C. Egan Fran Pollitt & Frank Briber John M. Robinson Fund of the Maine Community Foundation Christopher T. Emmet Robert L. Raley Maine Community Foundation Rines/Thompson Fund of the The Gateway Foundation Fund Hannah L. Russell The Elmina B. Sewall Foundation Maine Community Foundation Sumner G. Hunnewell Jeffrey & Donna Ryan Geraldine K. Waterhouse Neil Rolde Harry W. & Susan* Konkel Lendall L. Smith & John White Mrs. Frederic Schaefer Sam & Nancy Ladd Nancy Herter Mr. & Mrs. Charles D. Whittier II Margaret P. Stewart The Libra Foundation Widgery Thomas Nick & Lisa Witte Frederic & Quinby Thompson Elizabeth A. McLellan Mr. & Mrs. Jotham A. Trafton Maine Heritage Fund of the Peter & Eve McPheeters Bonnie Vance & Dana Belisle DIRECTOR’S COUNCIL Maine Community Foundation Sarah S. Meacham Paul & Peggy Wescott ($3,000 or more) Mr. & Mrs. Lincoln J. Merrill Jr. Mr. & Mrs. David Willcox Roger & Betty Gilmore Patriot Insurance Company Wing-Benjamin Trust Fund Hewins Travel Philip & Sheila Jordan CONTRIBUTING Partner profile: Northeast Historic Film Stockly Fund of the Maine Community Foundation

INVESTORS ($500 or more) Linda Cronkhite & Ashton Johnson Shepard & Candice Lee George H. Anderson* & Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. H. Dodge Dr. & Mrs. Robert Wood Lynn Barbara Rich Anderson Mr. & Mrs. Alan B. Douglass Mr. & Mrs. F. William Marshall Dr. Edward C. Andrews Jr. & Harland H. Eastman Joseph D. Messler Mrs. Jean L. Andrews William E. Hall Jr. Messler Family Foundation Katharine M. Bassett Philip M. Harmon Marta Morse Eric S. Baxter & Joan S. Hayden Mrs. Shelton C. Noyes Lawrence N. Leeman Merton G. Henry Mr. & Mrs. Theodore L. Oldham Roger Berle George & Cheryl Higgins Oldham Family Fund Mr. & Mrs. John W. Bradford Mr. & Mrs. Horace W. Horton Meredith S. S. Smith James & Alison Brown Drummond & Drummond, LLC Alan S. Taylor Martin E. Bunker Anne S. Howells Charitable Trust Elsie P. Viles Robert & Elizabeth Carroll Alessandra N. Kazura & Mr. & Mrs. William A. Wheeler III Marie Harris Clarke Gary Davis Dr. Nancy G. Wilds & Grace W. King Dr. Preston L. Wilds

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11 SUPPORTERS Dr. & Mrs. David D. Youngs John B. & Eva K. Dimond John G. Hewey ($250 or more) In honor of Ted & Ann Noyes Ineke & Stephen Dixon-Heinhuis Anne Eliot Hiatt Elizabeth P. Adams Mr. & Mrs. Randolph P. Dominic, Jr. Catherine Hiesiger Paul & Mimi Aldrich FRIENDS Dr. Kerry Drach & Ms. Neva Cram John R. Hilton Mr. & Mrs. John A. Amory ($100 or more) Mrs. Emerson H. Drake Elizabeth A. Hoglund & David P. Becker C.L. Abbott Ph.D. Mildred Drees Anthony W. Buxton Stanley Bennett Glenna B. Adams Dr. & Mrs. John P. Driscoll Patricia G. Holt Ann James Buxton Burt Adelman Muriel Durgin William S. Holt MD Dr. & Mrs. Jerome A. Collins Jonathan & Nancy Aldrich Mr. & Mrs. Matthew H. Edney Cordelia D. Hood Capt. & Mrs. John R. Crumpton Jr. Mrs. Neal W. Allen Jr. Tom & Elizabeth Elliman Barbara & Chris Hoppin Mrs. Richard D. Cushman Malcolm H. Allen Jr. Thomas Emerson Dr. & Mrs. Harry R. Houston Priscilla & Dale Doucette Neal W. Allen Peter & Sally Enggass Georgia Howe & Frederick H. Rice Downeast Energy & Building Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Allen Mr. & Mrs. Ron Epstein Dr. H. Draper Hunt Supply Mr. & Mrs. Charlton Ames Jay & Lynne Espy Joanne W. Hunt Charles W. Emerson Louisa G. Anderson Mr. & Mrs. John J. Evans Mansfield Hunt George & Eileen Gillespie Mrs. Frederick P. Andrews Roberta Anne FitzGerald Mr. & Mrs. Scott F. Hutchinson Mary & Larry Glatz Anonymous (2) Michael & Jennifer Fitzpatrick Jane P. Hyde Elinor R. Goodwin Rachel & Thomas M. Armstrong Mr. & Mrs. James A. Flood Richard B. Innes Gorham Savings Bank Robert H. Babcock Mr. & Mrs. Frank G. Foley Mr. & Mrs. Allen R. Jackson Mr. & Mrs. Roger B. Gorham Ellen M. Bailey Beverly A. Forsyth Mr. & Mrs. Peter Jenness III Johann & Linda Gouws In memory of Roger C. Bailey In memory of Ruth Kennard Mr. & Mrs. Michael V. Jennings Althea F. Green Walton & Joyce Baker The Foss Company Andrew M. Jergens In memory of Norman Green Barba & Wheelock Architecture, Richard F. Foss Dorothea Johnson Collier Hands Preservation & Design Dr. & Mrs. Richard R. Fox Lucy Johnson Nancy B. Harvey Mrs. Peter C. Barnard Jon Fox Dr. & Mrs. Alf Jordan Mr. & Mrs. Peter L. Haynes Karen Bartholomew Augustin F. & Margaret B. Frey, Jr. Erik C. Jorgensen & Tamara Risser Alison Hildreth Judy F. Benoit In memory of Robert M. Moulton Patrick & Janet Joyce Katharine & Jerry Johnston Scott L. Benson & Elizabeth Pierce Fuchs James D. Julia Jeff & Penny Leman M. Elizabeth Gallie Ross Y. Furman Candace Kanes Drs. Richard & Wendy Libby Robert & Marta Bent Drs. Philip F. & Deeb F. Keamy Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Magnus, Jr. Marc N. Berlin & Mary A.Y. Gallagher Alice Keddy Catherine M. Marden Edith A. Richardson Dave Galloway Mr. & Mrs. Frederic R. Kellogg Eve W. Melton Robert W. Bermudes Jr. Cory Gardiner & Joan Morton Kelly Ann & David H. Montgomery Mr. & Mrs. Carl D. Blyth Sr. Terrence M. Kungel Sandra T. Knowles & Susan Drinker Moran Ruth & Richard Bowman Christine K. George William D. Willett Jane McKay Morrell & D. Scott Bradish Dr. Richard C. Gilman John & Carol Knowlton William Morrell David & Elizabeth Bradley David Gold David Lakari Carolyn B. Murray Alice M. Branson Mr. & Mrs. Peter W. Golden Charles A. Lane NSDAR, Elizabeth Wadsworth Mr. & Mrs. George Brett Mr. & Mrs. Matthew S. Goldfarb Dr. David Langdon Chapter Jane G. Briggs Mr. & Mrs. William R. Gooch Andrew P. Langlois Mr. & Mrs. John van Parker Christine Bruenn & Bogan Brooks Leon & Lisa Gorman Mary J. Lewis Janice Parkinson-Tucker Mr. & Mrs. Fletcher Brown William W. Gowen Mr. & Mrs. Craig R. Libby Mr. & Mrs. Richard Parsons, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Norman G. Brown Rosanne Graef Gary W. Libby Burton W. Pearl & Linda Elder Mary Z. Bryant Andrew Graham & Mr. & Mrs. Louis Logsdon Mr. & Mrs. Roger B. Percival Building Conservation Associates Anne Riesenberg Howard P. Lowell James G. Sargent Sarah C. Bullard Elizabeth Grant Lois Lowry Winthrop & Margaret Smith Polly B. Burke Mr. & Mrs. Schuyler V. Grant Steven & Robin Lydenberg Seth & Laura Fecych Sprague Joyce & G. Robert Butler Eben W. Graves Rosalind & Chris Magnuson Robert B. & Joanne P. Stewart Janet & Tom Carper Mrs. Coburn V. Graves Elizabeth & David Margolis-Pineo Mr. & Mrs. Charles C. Thomas Andrew P. Carroll Marie & Joseph E. Gray, Jr. Cheryl Marsh Ruth Gray Mr. & Mrs. Kimball Mason hank youMr. to our &donors Mrs. Henry C. Thomas Donna Cassidy & Mr. & Mrs. Gordon F. Grimes Nancy N. Masterton T Mr. & Mrs. David H. Tracy Michael Lawrenson Mr. & Mrs. Kaja Veilleux Amelia E. Chamberlain In memory of Molly White Morton & Barbara Mather Thomaston Place Auction Galleries Deborah G. Chandler Robert E. Grindle & James C. Clark Rev. Donald L. McAllister Charlotte & Pierre Vial Jean M. B. Chapman Mr. & Mrs. David C. Griswold Stephen & Christine McDuffie Paul E. Violette Nicole Cherbuliez & Seth Clayter Mr. & Mrs. A. Donald Grosset Jr. Judith McGeorge & David Williams Alice N. Wellman Cynthia D. Choate Mary Grumbine Mr. & Mrs. David B. McKane Donald F. Winslow K. Ann & Laurence A. Clark Edward & Amy Guen Nina & Charles McKee Billie Clarke Robert A. Haack & Sarah F. McMahon Barbara S. Clifford Sheridan Kidd Haack Cecily R. McNeil Caroline Cobb Carole Severance Hadlock Kenneth McVicar Hon. & Mrs. Frank M. Coffin Myron & Gladys Hager Tonia N. Medd Joseph Conforti Judith A. Hakola Christopher P. Monkhouse Anthony Corrado In memory of John W. Hakola James & Marjorie Moody Christine Brooks Cote Frank R. Hall Blaine D. Moores Lawrence Crane Judy & Gordon Hamlin Norman R. Moulton Richard & Shirley Dalbeck Linda M. Hanscom Melissa L. Moyer & Mr. & Mrs. John E. D’Anieri Joseph R. Hanslip David H. Moyer Mr. & Mrs. Charles F. Davis Jr. Meredith Harding Joan F. Muller Richard A. Davis Edith L. Hary Bruce D. Nelson Elizabeth Dean David & Doris Hastings Jane V. Nelson Mrs. Joseph deBerry Wendy & Bruce Hazard Leonard & Merle Nelson Dwight B. Demeritt Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Caleb P. Hemphill Bonnie D. Newsome Capt. & Mrs. Hiram Dexter Jr. Hemphill Family Fund Mr. & Mrs. H. Gilman Nichols Bill & Jean Dill Mr. & Mrs. Richard T. Hennessey Raymond J. Nowak < Students tour the 1786 Longfellow House, a National Historic Landmark. 12 v Hats Off to the Younger Generation Kentucky Derby Gala at the Woodlands. Maureen Y. Fish Adele & Ruth Floyd Mary Wotton Frenning Carol Fritz Nancy L.Gallagher Anthony Gallant Philip Gemmer Mike & Caryl Giggey Roger Ginn Dr. & Mrs. Bernard Givertz John & Elaine Godsoe Alice C. Grady Shirley Grange Dr. & Mrs. Andrew P. Grannell Emily Greenleaf Mary Ann Habib Louise D. Hall Jean F. Hankins Mr. & Mrs. Lester W. Noyes Kenneth S. Spirer & Joan S. Leitzer CONTRIBUTORS Maria Benoit Hanley Mr. & Mrs. C. David O’Brien Phineas & Mary Lou Sprague (Up to $99) Natalie J. Hanlon Johanna Hart & Murrough O’Brien James & Carol Springer Jeanette Adams Jack & Joyce Hanrahan

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Norumbega Fund of the Ethel Stansfield Ann C. Allen donors our to you hank Cecile & Hobart Harnden Maine Community Foundation John H. & Barbara Staples Mr. & Mrs. Roger B. Allen Robert E. Harradon Harold & Claudia Pachios Tim & Howsie Stewart Altrusa Club of Portland Charlotte P. Hatfield Richard S. Parker Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Stickney Jr. Richard Anderson Lillian Kerr Haversat Mr. & Mrs. Michael H. Payson Sr. Mr. & Mrs. John A. Stoneham William Andrews Richard & Cynthia Henriques Burton & Barbara Pease Eugene & Ruth Story Anonymous Donald P. Higgins Dr. & Mrs. David S. Perloff Jean & Cushing Strout Sara Archbald Barbara D. Hill John & Rose Phinney Judith & Peter Sullivan Richard E. & Jane A. Baker Mr. & Mrs. William D. Hill Thomas M. Pierce Arthur & Edith Sweeney In memory of Helen M. Sargent George J. Hillman William W. Poole Kristin G. Sweeney William & Debra Barry Dr. Christine Holden June M. Poulin John L. Swift Betty Barto* Leonard Passano & Elizabeth Howe David R. Powell Franklin Talbot Richard N. Bedard Stanley R. Howe Harry & Anne Pringle Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Terhune Mrs. James Behanna Marcia Howell Roger A. Putnam Tewhey Associates Mr. & Mrs. Andre Benoit Alice P. Hunneman Dr. & Mrs. Peter W. Rand John & Gloria Tewhey Nancy M. Berges Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. Judd Sally W. Rand Barbara M. Thompson Jayne E. Bickford Mary M. Karatsanos Edward & Karen Rea Dorothea Mosley Thompson Robert & Judith Bishop Charles Kaufmann Colleen Reed Nat P. Thompson Betty K. Bois Donald J. King Mr. & Mrs. William S. Reid Joseph D. Thornton Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Brackett CDR & Mrs. Harry W. Kinsley Jr., R.P. Field Rider William & Judith Toohey Mr. Warren W. Brayley USN (Ret.) Peter & Merrill Robbins Adam F. Towne Carroll Brentano Jonas Klein James & Jacqueline Field Roberts Dain & Vera Trafton Carol & Jim Briggs Caroline Campbell Knott James S. Robinson Betty Umbel Mr. & Mrs. Stephen H. Bromage Shirley N. Koshliek Timothy & Maren Robinson Charles Verrill Leonard L. Brooks J. William Laliberte Mr. & Mrs. Godfrey Rockefeller Dyer S. Wadsworth Barbara W. Brown Ed & Nancy Langbein Col. Joseph J. Rogers Dorothy & Fred Walker Meredith Strang Burgess James & Therese LaRose Carlton N. Ross Monte & Anne Wallace Karen & Bill Burke Mr. & Mrs. Ralph M. Leach Joan M. Ross Mr. & Mrs. Neil W. Wallace Gail L. Burnett James S. Leamon Robert F. Rothschild Denham Ward & Debra Lipscomb Lorrayne Carroll Richard D. & Audrey M. Lewis Rufus Deering Lumber Barbara B. Washburn Margo & Peter Carroll Dr. & Mrs. Charles W. Little A. E. Runge Jr. Bryan Weare & Naomi Rosen Suzanne D. Clark David A. Little & Anne T. Dunne Barbara Saabye John R. Webster & In memory of Kristen Caponigro Martha P. Littlefield Jim & Cindy Sanborn Kimball M. Page Mr. & Mrs. Edwin L. Clopton Beatrice Lord Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Santomenna Peter & Judy Weston Richard & Colleen Condon Pamela Lord Eleanor Conant Saunders Mr. & Mrs. D. Bradford Wetherell, Jr. Judith Connolly Elizabeth Dow Lown Susan & John Saunders Carolyn C. Wheatley Mr. & Mrs. P. Joseph Connolly Louise M. Lyman Mr. & Mrs. Alden H. Sawyer Jr. Florence & Ian White LA & Dave Cook Mary Griffith Lynch Jane & Harrison Sawyer John W. White Priscilla Dee Cordeiro Duncan MacDonald Dr. & Mrs. Joseph Schenkel Calvin H. Whitney Susan Cummings-Lawrence Kimberly A. MacIsaac Mr. & Mrs. Wilmont M. Schwind, Jr. Russ Wiggin Tom & Mary Cushman Courtney Maclachlan Mr. & Mrs. Curtis M. Scribner Jean T. Wilkinson Glenn Daukas & Susan Clark Mr. & Mrs. Hugh MacMahon Frances S. Scribner Rosemary R. Williston Frank Day Bevalie Marean Deborah Keefe & John Sedgewick Mr. & Mrs. Keith G. Willoughby Mr. & Mrs. John R. DeSotto Clarabel H. Marstaller Elizabeth Sesselberg Carol A. Wilson In honor of Don King Robert & Elva Mathiesen Mr. & Mrs. Peter L. Sheldon Fred & Trudy Winne Blake & Alethe Donaldson Mr. & Mrs. David McBane Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Peter R. Woodbury Elizabeth & Ormerod Duckworth Priscilla H. McCarty Sally & Bob Skillings Roger F. Woodman Jr. & Pamela S. Eagleson Vincent & Nancy McKusick John M. & Deborah Weare Slavin Carol J. DeTine William H. Eaton Jacqueline C. Merrill Carolyn W. Slayman Conrad E. Wright David H. Ela Richard & Barbara Merrill Mary-Leigh Smart Daniel & Franny Zilkha Sheri E. Emley-Poftak Dr. Faith J. Meyer Mrs. William C. Smith Anne B. Zill Suzanne B. Ewing Margaret E. Mills & Henry M. Smith Martha Zimicki Roy Fairfield Beeuwkes Michael Percy & Susan Snider Lloyd C. Ferguson & Duane Snow Pauline L. Callahan

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Nedderman Aynne Doil Support for the museum and library Anonymous Dr. & Mrs. Ray J. Nichols Priscilla B. Doucette collections AT&T Foundation Mr. & Mrs. John C. O’Brien Roger & Betty Gilmore Diana B. Bean Bank of America Matching Gifts George B. Oliver Alison Hildreth Mr. & Mrs. Edward D. Noyes III The Arthur J. Gallagher Foundation Rev. Larney Otis Phil & Sheila Jordan Dr. & Mrs. Harold Osher UNUM Matching Gifts Program Dr. Francoise E. Paradis John & Mary Jo Keffer Norumbega Fund of the The Robert Wood Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Chester R. Parker Sam & Nancy Ladd Maine Community Foundation Foundation Miles Parker Elizabeth A. McLellan Unilever Matching Gifts Program Dr. & Mrs. Irving Poliner Jeff & Carol Miller Harriet H. Price DESIGNATED GIFTS Jim Millinger Mary Ann B. Prugh Gifts were received for special Margaret & Mason Morfit LIBRARY & MUSEUM Judge & Mrs. Morris B. Raucher projects by: Kenneth & Mary Nelson COLLECTIONS Wilma P. 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Aldrich Sara Montgomery Shirley Cobb Kimberly & Mark Snow hank you to our donors Nicholas Noyes & Cobourg & District Historical Dr. Richard B. Sparacino T 2008 HOLIDAY PARTY Margaret Hourigan Society Archives Wilbur P. Spencer Jr. Janice Parkinson-Tucker Jeffrey N. Cohen Robert A. Spidell FOR MEMBERS Special thanks to our Corporate Pilgrim’s Inn Colby College Miller Library James C. Spring Sponsors: Katherine Pope & Phyllis Collins Carole Spruce Head and Associates Christopher Harte Ben B. Conant Rebecca H. Stanley H. M. Payson and Co. Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Porta Arthur Cope Mr. & Mrs. Paul S. Stevens Queen of Hats Patricia B. Corey Florence E. Stikeleather Pamelia D. Strayer & EXHIBITION SUPPORT Philip D. Payson Re/Collected: Great Works & New Roslyn Strong Discoveries from the Brown Library Ann R. Strout BHA Foundation Fund Mr. & Mrs. Ronald L. Tarbox Jr. The Phineas W. Sprague Memorial Mr. & Mrs. F. Mark Terison Foundation Philip W. 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Dodge Region In memory of Clayton R. Adams Lloyd C. Ferguson & John Dudley Molly Nelson John & Ann Adams Pauline L. Callahan Albert A. Dunton New Portland Historical Society Paul & Mimi Aldrich Eastern Maine College Newsbank, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. John D. Chiquoine In memory of Arthur Johnson Rowena Edin-White Nancy Noble Mr. & Mrs. Paul Donahue Whitingham Elementary School Mrs. Harold Edwards Northeast Historic Film Dr. & Mrs. David N. Taft Karl & Lee Eldridge Norway Society Virginia Danielson & Jim Toth Elaine Everett Dr. George S. Noyes Ph.D. Falmouth Memorial Library John M. Noyes Michael Field Nicholas Noyes & Friends of Baxter State Park Margaret Hourigan Dr. Thomas L. Gaffney Old Berwick Historical Society Sheldon Gates Rev. Larney Otis K. Elizabeth Gibbs Mr. & Mrs. Charles P.M. Outwin Mary & Larry Glatz Richard S. Parker Gorham Historical Society Janice Parkinson-Tucker T Nancy Grayson Mr. & Mrs. Marius B. Peladeau hank you to our donors our to you hank Bob Greene Henry F. 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