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Connecting With History

Highlights Newsletter, May 2023

Posted by By Bruce Jacobson 6 June 2023

Memorial Days

Posted by By Bruce Jacobson 28 May 2023

History Trust Highlights, April 2023

Posted by By Bruce Jacobson 9 May 2023
The History Trust and Historians
Posted inHistorical Outreach

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 inHistorical Outreach4 March 2021
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History Trust Highlights, February 2021

Cadillac Mtn. road in 1930s, History Trust receives IRS status, and this month’s meeting minutes.
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Posted by By Bruce Jacobson Posted in#News19 February 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 inHistorical 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 inHistorical Outreach, In The Collections8 February 2021
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History Trust Highlights, January 2021

History Trust lessons from land conservation movement, process to develop online exhibit, and this month’s meeting minutes.
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Posted by By Bruce Jacobson Posted in#News22 January 2021
Group seated around spring house.
Posted inManaging Collections

We Are Stewards of History

In creating The History Trust, we took lessons from the founders of the land conservation movement.
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Posted by By Bill Horner Posted inManaging Collections13 January 2021
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Posted in#News

Cranberry Chronicle #43

Of particular interest to History Trust members is the article about the society’s longtime archivist, Anne Grulich, who moved to Colorado in June.
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Posted by By Bruce Jacobson Posted in#News1 January 2021
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Posted inManaging Collections

Arranging and Describing Archival Collections

The focus of this piece is physical archival records of enduring value.
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Posted by By Hannah Stevens Posted inManaging Collections21 December 2020Tags: stewardship+note
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History Trust Highlights, December 2020

Jesup Library holds history, new learning resources for members, History Trust priorities for 2021, and this month’s meeting minutes.
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Posted by By Bruce Jacobson Posted in#News18 December 2020
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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
Posted inHistorical Outreach

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 inHistorical Outreach14 December 2020
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Posted inManaging Collections

Accessioning and Cataloging Objects

One important topic is how museum cataloging differs from library cataloging (or indexing).
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Posted by By Julia Gray Posted inManaging Collections8 December 2020Tags: stewardship+note
Exterior of brick library building.
Posted inHistorical 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 inHistorical 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 inHistorical 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 inHistorical Outreach23 November 2020
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History Trust Highlights, November 2020

Latest “Connecting With History” blog post, 2020 challenge grant marched, and this month’s meeting minutes.
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Posted by By Bruce Jacobson Posted in#News20 November 2020
archive storage box
Posted inManaging Collections

Differences Between Archives, Libraries, and Museums

What’s the difference between libraries, museums, and archives anyway?
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Posted by By Bruce Jacobson Posted inManaging Collections16 November 2020Tags: stewardship+note
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
Posted inHistorical Outreach

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 inHistorical Outreach26 October 2020
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History Trust Highlights, October 2020

History Trust featured on "Talk of the Towns" radio, $5000 year-end challenge grant, and this month’s meeting minutes.
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Posted by By Bruce Jacobson Posted in#News22 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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Posted in#News Collaborating

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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History Trust Highlights, September 2020

Year-end challenge grant announced, sign up for monthly Highlights, and this month’s meeting minutes.
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Posted by By Bruce Jacobson Posted in#News22 September 2020
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Posted inIn The Collections

Discovering McMurtry’s

Amazing what you can find in the Digital Archive. While editing an item in one organization's collection, I discovered information in three other collections.  I…
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Posted by By Pauline Angione Posted inIn The Collections21 September 2020
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Posted inCollaborating

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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