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Collaborating

Thoughts on preserving history by working together.

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Manset Steeple Bell

A loving community donated their services and support to display a bell that had hung in the Manset Meetinghouse bellfry for 155 years.
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Posted by By Julie Fernald Posted inCollaborating25 January 2022
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Good Connections on Great Cranberry Island

On a sunny August afternoon, I sat with leaders of Great Cranberry Island Historical Society at a picnic table outside Cranberry House. I learned of the impressive services the society offers their island community.
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Posted by By Bruce Jacobson Posted in#News, Collaborating28 September 2020
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Pulling Together

It is not often that we have the opportunity to help create a new organization. One based on really old collections, mindsets, and behaviors itching to change—and ready to change.
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Posted by By Helene Tuchman Posted inCollaborating7 September 2020
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Posted inCollaborating Historical Outreach

A Visit to La Rochelle Mansion & Museum

One thing stands out to me as I think about the History Trust mission—two institutions that formerly had little interaction are now talking to each other, sharing what they have, and celebrating the accomplishment.
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Posted by By Bill Horner Posted inCollaborating, Historical Outreach30 August 2020
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Posted inCollaborating Managing Collections

We can’t keep everything, but . . .

We can’t keep everything, but we can collaborate. Think for a moment about all the really cool, old stuff there is just on Mount Desert Island and surrounding communities.
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Posted by By Julia Gray Posted inCollaborating, Managing Collections10 August 2020Tags: stewardship+note
1908 auto and driver from digital archive
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History Takes Time

I thought I was working on a quick task—that was my first mistake. Historical research takes time, and it’s never as easy as typing a word into a search box and clicking 'Enter.'
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Posted by By Jenna Beaulieu Posted inCollaborating10 July 2020

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