"What Her Diary Reveals: Daily Narratives and Untold History" is the new exhibit in the MWWC's display case in Marcil Hall on the Biddeford Campus, created by Elia O'Hara (English and Political Science double major '25) in collaboration with Education and Outreach Archivist Cathleen Miller. The exhibit includes diaries from the MWWC's holdings from the [...]
MWWC Director Jennifer Tuttle was recently interviewed by Dr. Pamela Toler of the blog "History in the Margins" in observation of Women's History Month. In Talking About Women’s History: Three Questions and an Answer with Jennifer Tuttle," Jennifer touts the research resources available in the MWWC and offers some thoughts on the significance of our founding [...]
Conversations from the Pointed Firs is a monthly audio series with Maine-connected authors and artists discussing new books and creative projects that invoke the spirit of Maine, its history, its ecology, its culture, and its contribution to community and quality of life. In October’s edition of Conversations from the Pointed Firs, host Peter Neill and [...]
MWWC archival material awaiting attention during the start of the pandemic. I was away from the archives for the summer. Like many of us, I literally dropped things where I held them in March and went home. Time in the archives is akin to the pace of history, or the time it takes for a [...]
We’re all mostly inside these days, with the exception of that daily walk, run or bike ride that keeps you sane and at a safe distance from others. While we lament the many hardships that this pandemic is bringing to our communities, we also invite you to settle in for some quiet, stillness and contemplation. Art has [...]
Archival peanut butter and ramen noodles? On September 21, 2019, MWWC archivist Jefferson Navicky attended the Metamorphosis literary festival in Portland for which Carolyn Chute was the headliner. Before reading from the galley of her next book, Recipe for a Revolution, Chute drew the audience's attention to the line of hydrogenated peanut butter and packages [...]
