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Everyone creates archival material, but not everyone’s voice is included in the archival record. Archivists today are working to create a more thorough representation of history by including more voices, experiences, and perspectives. Through…

What can a portrait tell us about a person, their experiences, and the world they live in? In this lesson, students will learn strategies for engaging with a portrait by identifying its elements and uncovering its layers of meaning. Students will…

Poem of an elderly couple preparing for quarantine. Part of Bangor Public Library's Pandemic Postcard Project.

Aerial view of the Fort Kent international bridge during the 2008 flood. The water is almost to the bridge itself and flooded parts of downtown. From a Portland Press Herald Newspaper clipping.

Iron oxide, charcoal and tea on paper.

Border Patrol agent Frank Soeder standing on a log outside the U.S. patrol building with the Fort Kent international bridge in the background.

Our seasonal bulletin board (with a 'Counting Birds' theme) in our Children's Room at McArthur Library remains stuck in the snow even in June 2020 as the library has been closed to the public since March 16, 2020.

A photo of the College of the Atlantic Gates Auditorium taken in the fall of 2022.

In this letter, from Christmas 2020, George and Heidi Remy reflect on all the changes COVID-19 has brought into the world and into their lives. They discuss the new words and phrases popularized since the onset of COVID, milestone reunions happening…

A set stage in Gates Auditorium is ready to virtually host Hillary Rodham Clinton, the keynote speaker of the Champlain Institute.

The Champlain Institute is a week-long ideas festival which hosts leaders from around the country and the world to…

Part of Bangor Public Library's Pandemic Postcard Project.

Photo of the giant witch decoration outside Meadowmere Resort, this year boasting an appropriate face mask.

Norway Historical Society and the Universalist Unitarian Church, Norway held tours of Rustfield Cemetery October 30 and 31. This was in lieu of the Norway Trolley Tour in September. This was a way for the public to appreciate some of Norway's history…

Nineteen beautiful face masks handsewn by Elaine Emery for the patrons of the West Paris Library. Given to the Library on August 7th, 2020.