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Seeking Contract Exhibit Curator
The History Trust seeks a Project Curator who will collaborate with community scholars to create an online exhibit in early 2022. Funding for the exhibit…
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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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History Trust Highlights, September 2021
Collections care, Carter’s Real Estate sponsors digital access, $30,000 raised four digital Archive.
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Intro to Collections Care Best Practices
Julia reviews draft collections best care practices being developed by the History Trust Collections Committee.
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History Trust Highlights, August 2021
Schoodic Peninsula history, History Trust reception, digital access sponsor, 2021 funding challenge almost complete.
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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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Local. History. Social.
You’re invited to August 19 reception to see the work of History Trust member organizations in preserving local history.
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Pauline Angione Honored
Pauline Angione is recognized for her substantial contributions to The History Trust and MDI Historical Society with the 2021 Ann Benson Award for Volunteer Excellence.…
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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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History Trust Highlights, July 2021
History Trust reception invite, Swan Agency lead digital access sponsor, Rales Foundation and Gouldsboro Historical Society contribute July matching funds, and this month’s meeting minutes.
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Scanning Tips: Using 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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History Trust Launches First Digitized Exhibition
The future of history has never looked so good. At least here in the Mount Desert Island area.
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History Trust Highlights, June 2021
Digital exhibit now live, June challenge funding matched, and this month’s meeting minutes.
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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History Trust Highlights, May 2021
Care and handling of photos workshop, pets in the History Trust digital archive, May funding challenge met, and this month’s meeting minutes.
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Care & Handling of Photographs
This post provides a brief overview of the environmental factors that lead to deterioration, as well as some best practices for handling, labeling, and storing photographic collections.
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History Trust Highlights, April 2021
Ruth Moore in the History Trust digital archive, Council "partners," and this month’s meeting minutes.
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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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History Trust Highlights, March 2021
Two discoveries in the History Trust digital archive, advice for creating members’ digital exhibit, and this month’s meeting minutes.
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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.