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Down Memory Lane: Images From the Estate of Norman R. Brackett, Photographer Marion Brackett

1:20:28

Kendrick Wilson - An Oral History

47:33

Loss, Healing and the Legacy of the Salem Witch Trials

1:02:31

How Names Suggest Wabanaki History and Presence

1:20:46

The History and Reconstruction of the Mill at Pemaquid Falls

1:08:06

Chuck Rand - An Oral History

Chuck Rand talks about his background, his long path from Maine to Washington, Oklahoma and back again with discussion of his archaeological experiences at the Pemaquid State Historic Site and elsewhere in the area.

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50:42

The Pirate Dixie Bull In Pemaquid

zhlédnutí 150Před 5 měsíci

Of all the pirates who plied the seas off the Pemaquid Peninsula, perhaps the most dreaded was Captain Dixie Bull. Maine native and award-winning writer, Jim Nelson brings to life this brazen marauder who attacked the Pemaquid settlement in 1632.

Down Memory Lane: Images From the Estate of Norman R. Brackett, Photographer Marion Brackett

1:20:28

Down Memory Lane: Images From the Estate of Norman R. Brackett, Photographer Marion Brackett

zhlédnutí 72Před 5 měsíci

Each year, the OBHS’ Down Memory Lane talk features images and archival materials found in our collection. In 2023, Belinda Osier showed images photographed by the late Marion Brackett (recently shared by Sandee Brackett) that focus on the fishermen and fisheries of New Harbor in the 1960s and 1970s. Although Marion identified many of the fishermen shown, we would love to have viewers share sto...

47:33

Kendrick Wilson - An Oral History

zhlédnutí 341Před 5 měsíci

Interview with Kendrick Wilson, June 2022 by Rev. Robert (Bobby) Ives

Loss, Healing and the Legacy of the Salem Witch Trials

1:02:31

Loss, Healing and the Legacy of the Salem Witch Trials

zhlédnutí 102Před 6 měsíci

Following up on his presentation in 2022, Emerson “Tad” Baker will focus on the conclusion of the witch hunt, the aftermath, and its legacy. A professor at Salem State University and award-winning author, Baker will elaborate on how it took the community generations to recover from the trauma and loss.

How Names Suggest Wabanaki History and Presence

1:20:46

How Names Suggest Wabanaki History and Presence

zhlédnutí 108Před 6 měsíci

Joseph M. Hall Jr., Associate Professor of History at Bates College, shows how place names are clues for understanding the values and activities that connect people to a place. Wabanaki peoples inhabit northern New England, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, and their place names evoke a particular set of relationships to Maine.

The History and Reconstruction of the Mill at Pemaquid Falls

1:08:06

The History and Reconstruction of the Mill at Pemaquid Falls

zhlédnutí 118Před 6 měsíci

The History and Reconstruction of the Mill at Pemaquid Falls Neill De Paoli and Phil Averill will team up to detail the history of the 19th century Mill at Pemaquid Falls and its ongoing restoration by the Old Bristol Historical Society. A historian and historical archeologist, De Paoli has been the Historic Site Manager at Colonial Pemaquid State Historic Site since 2016. As a young man, Averi...

1:03:15

Life in Midcoast Maine in 1820

zhlédnutí 346Před rokem

Carl R. “Chip” Griffin III Esq. presents a thoughtful and well prepared lecture about Maine life around 1820, the year Maine became a state. Russell Parish House, Congregational Church of Bristol, Maine, August 28, 2022

Witchcraft in Midcoast Maine: The Salem Witch Trials and their Connections to the Maine Frontier

1:16:09

Witchcraft in Midcoast Maine: The Salem Witch Trials and their Connections to the Maine Frontier

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Dr. Emerson (Tad) Baker is an historical archaeologist and professor of history at Salem State University. He is well known in academic circles for his extensive work on witchcraft in Colonial America, as well as for his work on numerous archaeological sites along the East Coast of the United States, including Colonial Pemaquid. Pemaquid Point Lighthouse Learning Center, August 14. 2022

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Pemaquid Point Shipwrecks of 1903

zhlédnutí 135Před rokem

After retiring from a 28-year career with the Bangor Daily News, Wayne Reilly began writing a weekly history column and has written freelance stories for Down East, Maine Times, and other publications. Reilly presents the stories and people associated with the wrecks, George F. Edmunds and the Sadie & Lillie, off Pemaquid Point in Bristol, Maine. Pemaquid Point Lighthouse Learning Center, July ...

Down Memory Lane: Old Bristol in Color, 1901-1915

1:12:34

Down Memory Lane: Old Bristol in Color, 1901-1915

zhlédnutí 157Před rokem

Belinda Osier shares early colored lithographic postcards from the OBHS collections and explains the lithographic process. Russell Parish House, Congregational Church of Bristol, Maine, July 3, 2022

1:17:54

MAINE'S FIRST SHIP

zhlédnutí 221Před rokem

Dr. James Parmentier shares information about the first English-built ship in Maine, the Virginia. Parmentier began volunteering as part of the Virginia construction crew at Maine’s First Ship (a non-profit group) in 2013. He is a member of the Maine First Ships Board of Directors and serves on the Education Committee. He speaks about the history of the Popham Colony and the Virginia, and the e...

13 Canoes came down from Corbin sound to Pemaquid: English and Wabanaki Watercraft..., 1605-1700

1:13:02

13 Canoes came down from Corbin sound to Pemaquid: English and Wabanaki Watercraft..., 1605-1700

zhlédnutí 216Před 2 lety

Dr. Neill De Paoli conversationally explores the importance that indigenous and European watercraft played in intra- and cross-cultural food procurement, trade, diplomacy, communication, and conflict. One discovers that the region’s Wabanaki were especially adept at navigating the interior waterways and coastal waters of mid-coast Maine with their traditional birchbark canoe or English workhors...

Excerpts from the Diary of Joseph E. Crooker, 1896-1910 : a presentation by Jay Crooker

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Excerpts from the Diary of Joseph E. Crooker, 1896-1910 : a presentation by Jay Crooker

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Crooker shares with the audience old photographs and excerpts from his great grandfather's diary, Joseph E. Crooker, written between 1896 and 1910 wherein he describes life on the family farm, venturing out to work in South Portland, and his eventual return to Bristol, Maine

How Maine Became a State: a presentation by Zac McDorr

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How Maine Became a State: a presentation by Zac McDorr

zhlédnutí 232Před 2 lety

McDorr highlights historical events that led to Maine statehood. One focus of his presentation is that of the life and family of Maine's first governor, William King (February 9, 1768 - June 17, 1852) who was an American merchant, shipbuilder, army officer, and statesman from Bath, Maine.