History 2607 / ES 2447, Maine: A Community and Environmental History
Office Hours and contact information
Syllabus
History 2607 /ES 2447 Reading Guide and Electronic Reserve Reading Links
- Note: For a sample of postcards, see below. See also the Reading Guide pages and Course Resources pages.
Course Resources
- The Travelers’ Tales: Instructions for the Short Essays
- Guidelines for Writing a Critical Analysis of a Primary Document
- A Brief Guide to Footnote Citations in History
- A brief guide to correction marks
- History 2607/ES 2247 Guidelines for Writing a Research Paper Prospectus in History
- Maine History Research Guide
- History 247: Service Learning Projects
- Postcards—Maine Views
Resources on the Web
- Chicago-Style Citation Quick Guide from the Chicago Manual of Style
- Bowdoin Library Chicago Quick Guide for the Notes and Bibliography style
Postcards:
What Some People Think of Maine. (C.H. Clark, St. Johnsbury, Vt., 1908)
South Harpswell, Me., Shore Scene. (c.1912)
Dressing Fish, Biddeford Pool, Me. (c.1907)
Portland, Me., Baiting Trawls at Custom House Dock. (c.1907)
The Famous “Fly Rod” landing a big one at Mt. Kineo, Moosehead Lake, Me. (c.1908; orig. photo by Edwin R. Starbird, c.1897)
Maine Brook Trout (c.1906)
Camp Fairview, Patten Maine.
Rangeley Lake Trout. (c.1905)
12 lb. Salmon caught by R.N. Parish at Upper Dam, Maine. (c.1910)
Maine Salmon (c.1906):
Dear Brother:—
We have been at the Lakes at Rangley for two weeks, and this is a sample of the fish out home now. All well- Sister Mae
Alberta comes home next week, the children go home tomorrow. Scott comes after them. They are going to have a “Litchfield Fair” it comes of next Tuesday one week from tomorrow (Oct 2) better come.
Dan Adams was here all this afternoon, going to stay to the fair & said he would like to see you.
Love to Lewis and Bertha
In the Maine Woods, A Lumber Camp. (c.1915)
Maine Logging Camp and Saw Mill near [illeg.] Me. (c.1905)
A Yarding Crew. Lumbering Scene in Maine Woods. (c.1920)
Waterville, Me., Sorting Logs on the Kennebec. (c.1910)
Ferry to Indian Island, Oldtown, Me. [Note the log boom.] (c.1905)
The Island Home of the Penobscots. [Note the log boom.] (c.1906)
Indian Island Ferry. Old Town Maine. (real photo post card, n.d.)
A No. Harpswell Farm Scene (c.1908)
Uncle John’s Ox Team, Chebeague Island, Me. (c.1914)
Aroostook Wheat field, Caribou, Me. (c.1907)