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The Broad Street Herald
Serial / Available Online
TheBroad Street Heraldwas the newsletter of the Bethel Historical Society from summer 2008 to spring 2015. It was printed alongside our longstanding publication The Courier, which during that period was overhauled into the Society's history journal.…
Collection: Serials (Periodicals)
Anchor of the soul [videorecording] : a documentary about black history in Maine / produced by Shoshana Hoose & Karine Odlin
Moving Image / In-house Use Only
Provides an in-depth look at Black history and race relations in northern New England: the inspiring story of African Americans struggling to create and sustain a church in Portland, Maine. The Abyssinian Church, founded in the early 1800's, became…
Collection: Video Library
Reader's Digest World [videorecording] : America in the '40's
Moving Image / In-house Use Only
It was the most momentous decade of the century: ten years of triumphs and tragedies, heartaches and heroics, hopes and humor. This series looks at the fads, the fun, the hits, the headlines, the hometown life ... and the decades' best-loved stars…
Collection: Video Library
A midwife's tale [videorecording] / Blueberry Hill Productions ; directed by Richard P. Rogers ; written and produced by Laurie Kahn-Leavitt
Moving Image / In-house Use Only
The life of a frontier midwife, Martha Ballard, in Hallowell, Maine is reconstructed from her diary by historian Laurel Ulrich.
Collection: Video Library
Mary Silliman's war / [presented by] Heritage Films and Citadel Films ; produced by Steven Schecter & Barry Cowling ; directed by Stephen Surjik ; written by Steven Schecter & Louisa Burns-Bisogno
Moving Image / In-house Use Only
After the kidnapping and imprisonment of her husband by the British for his part in convicting two local Tories during the Revolution, Mary Silliman manages to secure her husband's freedom while still handling domestic affairs and coping with the…
Collection: Video Library
Old Sturbridge Village [videorecording]
Moving Image / In-house Use Only
Step back in time to rural New England in the 1830's in this historical VideoTours adventure. In Old Sturbridge Village, you'll become part of "Living History" as pieces from our past are once again assembled into reality.
Collection: Video Library
In the public interest [videorecording] : the Civilian Conservation Corps in Maine / produced by Skip Anderson ... [and others]
Moving Image / In-house Use Only
A pictorial history of the Civilian Conservation Corps in Maine, 1933-1942.
Collection: Video Library
Modern times in Maine and America [videorecording] : 1890-1930
Moving Image / In-house Use Only
Collection: Video Library
Sins of our mothers [videorecording] : the story of Emeline / produced by David Hoffman ; written and directed by Matthews Collins ; a Varied Directions production for The American Experience.
Moving Image / In-house Use Only
Presents the true story of Emeline Gurney, on which Judith Rossner's novel Emmeline is based. At the age of 13, Emeline was sent by her parents from Fayette, Maine to live and work in the mills at Lowell, Mass. Within a year she had been seduced,…
Collection: Video Library
Home [1999 series] [videorecording] : the story of Maine / Maine Public Television ; executive producer, Katherine E. Arno ; producers, Tami Kennedy, Bob Libbey, Chris Sweet, Ann Wright
Moving Image / In-house Use Only
Contents: A place apart: the story behind the image of Maine -- A part of the Main: European settlement on the mainland -- They came by sea
Collection: Video Library
Trail of hope [videorecording] : the story of the Mormon Trail / Bonneville Worldwide Entertinment.
Moving Image / In-house Use Only
Story of the trek of 70,000 Mormons across the Plains to the Great Basin.
Collection: Video Library
Made in Maine [videorecording] : Barn again / Maine Public Television
Moving Image / In-house Use Only
Collection: Video Library
Old Sturbridge Village [videorecording] : Growing up in New England
Moving Image / In-house Use Only
Explore New England in the 1830's through the eyes of Sarah and her brother Jonathan. As their everyday family tasks and errands take them from their home on the farm into the Center Village, they glimpse the adult world which they will soon enter.
Collection: Video Library
Thrills and spills in the North Country! [videorecording] / New England Ski Museum ; produced and directed by Rick Moulton ; written by Michael Campbell
Moving Image / In-house Use Only
Uses historic film footage and interviews to give a history of alpine skiing and related snow sports in New England. Shows early ski jumping and early downhill racing. Describes the introduction of the rope tow, and how equipment improvements led to…
Collection: Video Library
The Trees still grow [videorecording] : a video history of Berlin New Hampshire
Moving Image / In-house Use Only
Joining former loggers, mill workers, historians and environmentalists as they relive the colorful past, this program tells the history of how Berlin grew from a small logging town to a diverse and progressive city, where French-Canadian, Irish,…
Collection: Video Library
A good place to call home [videorecording] : Maine towns creating their future
Moving Image / In-house Use Only
Provides an insightful look at a number of Maine towns whose natural resources and quality of life were threatened by unplanned development. It portrays people who have worked to shape the future of their communities through sound planning and growth…
Collection: Video Library
You may remember this! [videorecording] : short clips of New Hampshire.
Moving Image / In-house Use Only
Collection: Video Library
The journey to Palomar [videorecording] : America's first journey into space : a film / written, produced and directed by Todd and Robin Mason ; cinematography by Todd Mason ; edited by Todd and Robin Mason ; computer graphics, Todd Mason.
Moving Image / In-house Use Only
"George Ellery Hale's epic quest to unravel the secrets of the cosmos, culminating with the construction in the 1930s and '40s of his million-pound 'Glass Giant' of Palomar--the Hale 200-inch Telescope"
Collection: Video Library
Penobscot [videorecording] : the people and their river / a film by Gunnar Hansen, David Westphal ; [produced by] Acadia Film and Penobscot Indian Nation
Moving Image / In-house Use Only
Describes the history of the relationship between the Penobscot Indians and the river that shares their name, and the efforts to combat the effects of pollution on the river and the Indian's traditional way of life.
Collection: Video Library
Barns [videorecording] : legacy of wood & stone
Moving Image / In-house Use Only
Provides a tour of historic barns of Vermont including weathervanes, cupolas, haymows, and silos. Includes information on how barns are restored and visits a barn raising.
Collection: Video Library
Yesterday's news [videorecording] [Rockport, Mass. tourism video]
Moving Image / In-house Use Only
Collection: Video Library
Home [2000 series] [videorecording] : the story of Maine / Maine Public Television ; executive producer, Katherine E. Arno ; producers, Tami Kennedy, Bob Libbey, Chris Sweet, Ann Wright
Moving Image / In-house Use Only
Contents: A Love for the land -- The Nation's playground -- Trails, rails, and roads -- Power lines
Collection: Video Library
Brush and pen, artists and writers of the White Mountains [videorecording] : a documentary featuring the 19th century artists and writers of New Hampshire's White Mountains
Moving Image / In-house Use Only
"This program brings together paintings and literature created by some of America's finest artists and writers of the 1800s. Brush and Pen bridges a gap in the art and literature worlds by combining significant White Mountain art and prose in one…
Collection: Video Library
East by North East [videorecording]
Moving Image / In-house Use Only
Publisher description: "The world can be a small place but when you put a flyrod in your hand, the globe becomes a generous playground. This adventure takes us to far away places like Anegada BVI in search for the elusive Pitbull of the Sea. Get…
Collection: Video Library
Why quilts matter [videorecording] : history, art & politics / executive producer, Kentucky Quilt Project, Inc., Shelly Zegart ; producer, Doug Jefferson ; writer, Ann E. Berman
Moving Image / In-house Use Only
"The series takes a fresh look at quilts and spreads the word about their unique position at the center of a startlingly broad grid of topics, ranging from women's studies to the contemporary art market." -- Publisher's website
Collection: Video Library