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Sharing History

Ways that historical collections are shared with others.

History Trust ~ Sharing History
Young man sits on a motorized sled steered with a tiller; trees, fence posts, and power lines in the background.
Posted inIn The Collections

Ours Again—Remembering Winter, 1920–2020

Winter is the season friends and neighbors reconnect, as they have in towns surrounding Acadia National Park for 100 years and more. Explore our winter…
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Posted by By The History Trust Posted inIn The Collections4 May 2022
What do the mistress of a salt-water farm and a country doctor have in common?
Posted inIn The Collections

What do the mistress of a salt-water farm and a country doctor have in common?

They both have stories that are part of Gouldsboro Historical Society's "Archive Without Walls."
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Posted by By Jennifer Stucker Posted inIn The Collections29 March 2022
house in snwo
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The History Trust and Digital Archive Research

A 35-minute video introduces formation of The History Trust and use of digital archive collections for research.
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Posted by By The History Trust Posted inHistory Outreach28 March 2022
map of Northeast Harbor
Posted inHistory Outreach In The Collections

Real Estate and Real History

Newcomers to our area and long-time residents alike often start by asking real estate agents for information.
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Posted by By The History Trust Posted inHistory Outreach, In The Collections15 December 2021
steam locomotive on pitched mountain railway
Posted inHistory Outreach In The Collections

Ties That Bind Mount Desert Island and Mt. Washington

Historic railroad ties—both mechanical and human—bind Mount Desert Island’s Cadillac Mountain to the northeast’s tallest peak, Mt. Washington in New Hampshire.
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Posted by By Tim Lewis Posted inHistory Outreach, In The Collections27 October 2021
1898 map of Gouldsboro
Posted inHistory Outreach In The Collections

Schoodic History and The History Trust

“Lost”records “found.” Many researchers believed that Gouldsboro's official records were lost in a 1883 fire…
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Posted by By Jennifer Stucker Posted inHistory Outreach, In The Collections17 August 2021
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Posted inDigital Tools

Choosing A Portable Projector

Suggestions for a small projector to use with a laptop for showing and demonstrating the History Trust digital archive, our digital exhibit, etc. to groups.
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Posted by By The History Trust Posted inDigital Tools28 July 2021Tags: outreach+tips
cog railway on mtn
Posted inHistory Outreach

A One-Stop Shop for History

I clicked on historytrust.org. One email to the Trust collective worked far better than I expected—in fact, better than I could’ve hoped for.
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Posted by By Tim Lewis Posted inHistory Outreach22 July 2021
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Posted inDigital Tools

Scanning Tips: Plustek OpticBook

A workshop video with tips for using the Plustek OpticBook A300 Plus on loan to History Trust members from the Maine State Library (July 2021).
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Posted by By Isabella Connelly Posted inDigital Tools15 July 2021Tags: digital+archivist+note, outreach+tips
Where Our History is Housed
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Where Our History is Housed

Iconic structures that represent our members range from a one-room schoolhouse to a former country store, a summer cottage, a repurposed fire station, and an iconic village clock.
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Posted by By The History Trust Posted inIn The Collections27 May 2021
poster for dog show
Posted inIn The Collections

Pets—Companions to History

Pets show up in the most unusual places
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Posted by By Pauline Angione Posted inIn The Collections19 April 2021
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Posted inDigital Tools

Logging In to Digital Archive

This PDF document explains the login process for History Trust digital archivists.
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Posted by By Pauline Angione Posted inDigital Tools7 April 2021Tags: digital+archivist+note
House on a hill.
Posted inIn The Collections

Ruth Moore, Storyteller

Ruth Moore—author, poet, great story teller, and Tremont native—was well known in the national literary world of the mid-20th century.
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Posted by By Muriel Davisson Posted inIn The Collections26 March 2021
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Posted inDigital Tools

Creating an Item in Digital Archive

This PDF document gives you a quick look at a typical input form for creating a record (“Item”) in the History Trust Digital Archive.
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Posted by By Pauline Angione Posted inDigital Tools24 March 2021Tags: digital+archivist+note
The History Trust and Historians
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The History Trust and Historians

I heard many accepted origin stories about the forces that brought Acadia National Park into being. Unfortunately, the evidence proved to be incomplete and conflicted.
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Posted by By Ronald Epp Posted inHistory Outreach4 March 2021
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Posted inDigital Tools

Step-by-Step: Creating and Editing a Digital Archive Item

Using two videos, Willie Granston shares his step-by-step method of entering and editing an item in Digital Archive.
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Posted by By Willie Granston Posted inDigital Tools9 February 2021Tags: digital+archivist+note
1925 Ford station wagon and men fixing flat tire
Posted inHistory Outreach In The Collections

Connecting with MDI History in the Most Unlikely Places

A simple sharing of my interest in The History Trust generated very unexpected connections from far away.
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Posted by By Pauline Angione Posted inHistory Outreach, In The Collections8 February 2021
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Posted inDigital Tools

Getting Started With Digital Archive During A Pandemic

Stuck at home? There's lots you can do now! Watch how Willie and I entered 500 Great Harbor Maritime Museum objects from home. Start with . . . what you care about!
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Posted by By Pauline Angione Posted inDigital Tools17 December 2020Tags: digital+archivist+note
Chebacco Chats No. 33: Bruce Jacobson on The History Trust
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Chebacco Chats No. 33: Bruce Jacobson on The History Trust

Bruce told us about the History Trust, a collaborative of 12 island collecting organizations that have committed to the goal of making their historical collections accessible
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Posted by By Tim Garrity Posted inHistory Outreach14 December 2020
Exterior of brick library building.
Posted inHistory Outreach In The Collections

Jesup Has History

Jesup Memorial Library holds history—not just in books on the shelves but also in an historical archive.
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Posted by By Bruce Jacobson Posted inHistory Outreach, In The Collections7 December 2020
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Posted inDigital Tools

Cataloging and Entering Bulk Items in Digital Archive

A member asks. Other members respond. "I’d like to catalog only those items of historical interest to the general public. Is that a huge mistake?"
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Posted by By The History Trust Posted inDigital Tools7 December 2020Tags: digital+archivist+note
Four old shoes photo.
Posted inHistory Outreach

Beholding the Past

We presented stories based on objects from the collections of History Trust members, and other organizations.  
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Posted by By Tim Garrity Posted inHistory Outreach23 November 2020
Illustration of motor vessel
Posted inIn The Collections

Searching for Sunbeams

Perhaps you saw the October Mount Desert Islander article about the Maine Seacoast Mission’s 75-foot motor vessel Sunbeam returning to its home
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Posted by By Pauline Angione Posted inIn The Collections9 November 2020
History Trust is Talk of the Towns
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History Trust is Talk of the Towns

Radio is a favorite medium. My interest was spurred by courses at UMaine and by hosting “Electric Circus” Saturday nights on WMEB-FM. That’s when my…
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Posted by By Ron Beard Posted inHistory Outreach26 October 2020
wooden doll (DA)
Posted inIn The Collections

Hitty, Her First Hundred Years

Did you know that Hitty was carved of Mountain Ash by a peddler for a little girl on Great Cranberry Island?
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Posted by By Pauline Angione Posted inIn The Collections12 October 2020

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