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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Logging In to Digital Archive
This PDF document explains the login process for History Trust digital archivists.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Beholding the Past
We presented stories based on objects from the collections of History Trust members, and other organizations.
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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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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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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?