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Women walking to work along Oxford Street in Lewiston, around 1890.

This guide provides information and links that may be helpful when building an Omeka.net site to collect and share materials from your community.

Alexander Boothby in front of a newspaper storefront (likely the Portland "Evening Express") in Monument Square. The posters in the window outlined Spanish Flu casualties, WWI peace talks, women's division recruitment, war bonds and the Red Cross.…

Ben Cosgrove, a musician inspired by natural landscapes, discusses how his creative process has changed during the COVID-19 pandemic. This documentary video features Cosgrove both before and during self-quarantine, outdoors and in his home and…

How was your COVID-19 experience? The pandemic changed our lives in many ways. In this project, students will reflect on their own experience of the pandemic and interview three other people to learn what the pandemic was like for them. Students can…

My coworker Maureen Perry walking along Oxford Street in Lewiston in 2023.

A volunteer's son stands masked and ready to help at the Dexter Mobile Food Cupboard distribution.

Biddeford, view of Main Street from Alfred Street.

Merchants Carnival, Biddeford, view of Main Street from Laconia Street to York Square, showing horse-drawn hay cart.

This is the MCI Concert Choir singing "Love Is Love" by Abbie Benitis. There were approximately 33 of the 63 choir members who submitted individual recordings of themselves prior to April vacation. I assembled all their voices to form the choir. The…

Why study sound? And who studies sound? Historians, geographers, scientists, conservationists, and architects do. Historians think about how the past sounded. Geographers consider how sounds define a sense of place. Scientists and conservationists…

For Halloween 2020, Juliana L'Heureux and her husband Richard got creative with their meal prep, creating Jack-O-Lantern style stuffed peppers. Juliana says:

"In the COVID-19 environment, we are preparing many more creative recipes at home, rather…