History Trust Blog

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.

By Julie Fernald Collaboration25 January 2022

News

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…

By The History Trust News18 December 2021

Stewardship Notes

Intro to Collections Care Best Practices

Julia reviews draft collections best care practices being developed by the History Trust Collections Committee.

By Julia Gray Stewardship Notes13 September 2021stewardship+note

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News

Local. History. Social.

You’re invited to August 19 reception to see the work of History Trust member organizations in preserving local history.

By The History Trust News6 August 2021

News

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.…

By Raney Bench News3 August 2021

Collaboration

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.

By Tim Lewis Collaboration22 July 2021

Digital Archivists' Notes

Using Plustek OpticBook Scanner

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).

By Isabella Connelly Digital Archivists' Notes15 July 2021digital+archivist+note

News

History Trust Launches First Digitized Exhibition 

The future of history has never looked so good. At least here in the Mount Desert Island area.

By The History Trust News1 July 2021

Stewardship Notes

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.

By Hannah Stevens Stewardship Notes22 May 2021stewardship+note

Stewardship Notes

We Are Stewards of History

In creating The History Trust, we took lessons from the founders of the land conservation movement.

By Bill Horner Stewardship Notes13 January 2021

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.

By Bruce Jacobson News1 January 2021

Stewardship Notes

Arranging and Describing Archival Collections

The focus of this piece is physical archival records of enduring value.

By Hannah Stevens Stewardship Notes21 December 2020stewardship+note

Collaboration

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

By Tim Garrity Collaboration14 December 2020

Archiving COA: A Practicum

Creating Acadia National Park Research Archive

Manset Steeple Bell

Seeking Contract Exhibit Curator

Intro to Collections Care Best Practices

Local. History. Social.

Pauline Angione Honored

A One-Stop Shop for History

Using Plustek OpticBook Scanner

History Trust Launches First Digitized Exhibition

Care & Handling of Photographs

We Are Stewards of History

Cranberry Chronicle #43

Arranging and Describing Archival Collections

Chebacco Chats No. 33: Bruce Jacobson on The History Trust