Volume 17, Issue #2 May 2014 Steamship Katahdin in 1951 THE STEAMSHIP KATAHDIN CELEBRATES ITS CENTENNIAL By Liz Cannell, Executive Director, Moosehead Marine Museum National Historic Landmark, the along with 40-plus other boats, transporting Greenville. She is the oldest floating vessel steamboat Katahdin, more than people and supplies to Mount Kineo from of BIW—a company famous for, among oth- any other remaining piece of Greenville Junction. Now in her centennial er vessels, the Navy’s Aegis class cruiser. Moosehead’s history, truly reflects the many year, she is the final link to that bygone era. eras, interests, and businesses of the region’s The Kate’s hull is steel with a two-deck pastA and present. Affectionately known as the The Katahdin was built on the coast by Bath wooden superstructure and a raised pilot- “Kate,” she has been a fixture on Moosehead Iron Works, shipped north by train, hauled house. Early in the 1920s she was converted Lake since 1914, when she was introduced, overland by oxen, and finally assembled in —continued on page 13 Maine Archives and Museums MAINEAdvertise ARCHIVES &in MUSEUMS the MAM Newsletter Volume 17 • Number 2 • May 2014 NEWSLETTER Maine Archives and Museums www.mainemuseums.org Do you have a great product or service [email protected] that you want Maine’s museums and libraries P.O. Box 46 to know about? Cumberland Center, ME 04021 Consider a quarter-page ad in our quarterly newsletter, (207) 400-6965 which is direct-mailed to Maine’s community of collecting organizations and published on-line. 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News from the MAM Board .............................................................. 3 It’s Spring Workshop Season! ............................................................ 3 OFFICERS Introducing MAM’s Plan .................................................................... 4 President: Jessica Skwire Routhier Assessing Our Economic Impact ....................................................... 4 Vice President: Raney Bench Advocacy in Action ............................................................................ 5 Secretary: Heather Moran Museums United ................................................................................. 5 Treasurer: Ellen Dyer DISPATCHES ............................................................................................................ 6 Bowdoin College Museum of Art Acquires BOARD MEMBERS Antique Camera Owned by Winslow Homer by Suzanne Bergeron ..................... 7 Lorraine DeLaney Lise Pelletier Gretchen Faulkner Jennifer Pye Twisted Path III at the Abbe Museum by Johanna Blackman .................................... 8 Leigh Hallett David O. Smith Freeport Station at Boothbay Railway Village by Margaret Hoffman ........................ 9 Susan LaGasse Deborah Staber Sheri Leahan Ellen Tenan OPPORTUNITIES ....................................................................................................... 10 SEEN & HEARD ........................................................................................................ 12 NEWSLETTER STAFF World Acadian Congress 2014: 5th Congres mondial acadien – CMA2014 Editor: Jessica Skwire Routhier by Carol Plourde .................................................................................................... 16 Typesetting & Design: Deborah J. McGee Printer: Bangor Letter Shop & Color Copy Center, Bangor NEXT ISSUE: AUGUST 2014 Only submissions received by the Editor by June 30, 2014, LEGAL SERVICES will be considered for publication. Contributed by James C. Pitney Jessica Skwire Routhier General Counsel 207-799-7324 Preti, Flaherty, Beleveau & Pachios [email protected] 2 Maine Archives & Museums Newsletter Vol. 17, No. 2 MAM NEWS approved a $17,275 budget for 2014, Erin erwise specified) visit www.MaineMuseums. Bishop’s service contract for 2014, and the org/SpringWorkshops2014 WATCH Strategic Plan for 2014-18. APRIL 27, 2 p.m. Erin reported on the IMLS Sparks Ignition Giving Voice to History—FREE! Grant, which was submitted on December 2. THIS SPACE Sidney Historical Society, Sidney MAM asked for $25,000 to fund the Collection for more information about Registration appreciated. Assessment Ranking System (CARS), a three- Contact Maura Gammans pronged resource for collecting institutions MAM’s of Sidney Historical Society directly at comprised of: 1.) a searchable database of [email protected] or (207) 512-6402 2014 Annual Meeting known collections in the state already com- piled as part of the Connection to Collections and Fall Conference APRIL 30, 1–4:30 p.m. grant in which MAM was a partner; 2.) Disaster Planning Step by Step The Next Generation: a self-guided workbook to facilitate val- Belfast Free Library, Belfast Leadership, Partnership, ues-based collections assessments, known as Presented in partnership with and Stewardship for the Values Portfolio Workbook; and 3.) pro- Cultural Emergency Resource fessional “navigators” to assist organizations Future Growth Coalition: Maine on-site in a comprehensive values assessment $10 MAM Members/$12 Non-members of their holdings. If the project is funded, Call for Proposals Erin will serve as Project Director for the MAY 2, 1–4:30 p.m. The Program Committee seeks pro- grant and Sheri Leahan will serve as Database Disaster Planning Step by Step posals for workshops, panels and Coordinator and Trainer. Notification of award Falmouth Memorial Library, Falmouth poster sessions that will address this is expected in July 2014 for projects that will Presented in partnership with year’s theme, engage organizations run from August 2014-August 2015. of various sizes and disciplines, and Cultural Emergency Resource advance MAM’s mission to support The following committee assignments were Coalition: Maine and promote Maine’s collecting insti- made during and following the meeting. If $10 MAM Members/$12 Non-members tutions. Visit www.MaineMuseums. you are interested in serving on a committee org/Conference2014 for details and as an at-large member of MAM, please con- MAY 6, time TBD information on how to submit a proposal tact us at [email protected] or (207) Ink, Oil and Oak: or call 207-400-6965. Submission dead- 400-6965. Collections Care Workshop for Paper, Paintings and Furniture line: May 16, 2014. Executive Committee: Jessica Routhier University of Southern Maine, Lewiston, ME WATCH THIS SPACE for more (chair), Raney Bench, Ellen Dyer, Heather $18 MAM Members/$25 Non-members information or visit Moran, Susan LaGasse, Ellen Tenan www.MaineMuseums.org/Conference2014 Nominating Committee: Gretchen Faulkner MAY 19, 9 a.m. –4:30 p.m for updates. (chair) Water Salvage of Library and Museum Materials Long Range Planning Committee: Raney Woodlawn Museum, Ellsworth, ME Bench (chair), plus chairs of all other Presented in partnership with NEWS FROM committees Cultural Emergency Resource THE MAM BOARD Programming Committee: Sheri Leahan Coalition: Maine The January 13 meeting of the Board of (chair), Erin Bishop, Lorraine DeLaney, $15 MAM Members/$18 Non-members Trustees took place at Miller Library at Colby Susan LaGasse College, with several members attending MAY 21, 9 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Membership: Gretchen Faulkner (chair), Water Salvage of Library remotely. The board formally entered into the Jessica Skwire Routhier, Erin Bishop record e-mail votes taken since the October and Museum Materials 7 board meeting to approve the new mission Communications: Jessica Routhier (chair), South Portland Fire Department, statement (see February 2014 newsletter), to Lorraine DeLaney, David Smith South Portland, ME partner with CERC (Maine), and to grant Presented in partnership with Finance Committee: Ellen Dyer (chair) MAM Director Erin Bishop a $500 year-end Cultural Emergency Resource bonus. The board also reviewed minutes from Advocacy: Jessica Routhier (chair), Heather Coalition: Maine the 2013 Annual Meeting, which will be offi- Moran, David Smith $15 MAM Members/$18 Non-members cially approved by the full membership at the Regional Reps Steering Committee: Raney next annual meeting in 2014. MAY 30, 1–4:30 p.m. Bench (chair), Erin Bishop, Susan LaGasse Disaster Planning Step by Step MAM ended the 2013 fiscal year with a mod- Bangor Public Library est surplus, enough to cover Erin’s bonus and IT’S SPRING WORKSHOP Presented in partnership with Cultural to reimburse MAM President Jessica Routhier Emergency Resource Coalition: Maine for hotel expenses related to attending the New SEASON! $10 MAM Members/$12 Non-members England Museum Association Conference in MAM has put together a fantastic line-up of November. The remainder