Updated Speaker Series Schedule

SCARBOROUGH HISTORICAL SOCIETY SPEAKERS SERIES

First Sundays from 2-3pm at Scarborough Public Library,
48 Gorham Road, Scarborough, Maine

APRIL 7, 2024 – FULLProminent Diseases in Early Scarborough
        
By Stephen Spaulding, MD

MAY 5, 2024 – Looking at the Past for Scarborough’s Land Conservation                                             Future
        
By Andrew J. Mackie

JUNE 2, 2024 – Farming in Maine at the Time of Statehood
        
By Neil Piper


To Register:

Scan the QR code or go to scarboroughlibrary.org/SHS. Not computer savvy? Call Scarborough Public Library at 207-883-4723 option 4.

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Pages Updated – February 2024

Library

Bibles

The Stone Bible – Surnames include Stone, Haskell.

Rev. Tilton Bible (61.1.1) – 2nd Parish (Dunstan) Congregational Church – Dated 1801. 

Plummer Bible #2 – 2023.01.401 – Appears to be the Bible of David and Alice (Stone) Plummer. It included entries from 1846 to 1931. Surnames include Dyer, Laidlaw, McKeen, Plummer, Roberts, Sinnott, Smith, & Stone.

Videos

Maine’s Logging Heritage
By Mary Morton Cowan

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Pages Updated – January 2024

About

I added a link to the Society’s bylaws.
I corrected the list of current officeholders.

Library

Collections

Linwood Dyer Genealogy Collection – Newspaper Clippings

Personalities – 2023.01.38 – 42 clippings – Surnames: Milliken, Barrows, Baxter, Burleigh, Libby, Dyer, Haigis, Harmon, Lothrop, Snow, Winter, Delaware, Poulin, King, Laughton, Burnham, Lindquist, Lorfano, & Moody. Areas of Interest: Pine Point, “Cider Barrel Elm”, Volunteers of America summer camp,

Library | People | Genealogy

Scarborough Families

Scarborough Families – Sawyer – 2023.01.28 (Sections, A, B, C, D, Edward of Rowley, and Addenda)

Scarborough Families – T – 2023.01.27

Scarborough Families – U – 2023.01.27

Scarborough Families – V – 2023.01.27

Scarborough Families – X-Y-Z – 2023.01.30

https://www.youtube.com/embed/5Od4tCYOS7s?si=iXuo0G16loNEPzfdScarborough Historical Map Tour
1871-2024
By Dominic Tracey

Library | Videos

Scarborough Historical Map Tour
1871-2024
By Dominic Tracey

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Prominent Diseases in Early Scarborough

Rescheduled for April 7, 2024 – 2 to 3 pm – Scarborough Public Library Meeting Room.

Prominent Diseases in Early Scarborough
By Stephen Spaulding, MD

We live in an age when much is understood about infectious diseases, and there are effective
treatments to many of the diseases. But in the 17 th -19th centuries that was not the case.
Epidemics of lethal diseases were feared, “consumption” killed many, and even more common
infections could become fatal. This presentation will give an overview of the diseases that our
Scarborough predecessors faced, their impact on life in southern Maine, and how our forebears dealt with them.

Register on the Scarborough Public Library SHS Events page, or telephone the library (207) 883-4723 to register.

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Page/Post Updates – December 2023

I made the following changes/additions to the website during December 2023.

Links Page:

Scarborough Focused Links

Businesses

Rebecca Hillman Pottery (a 2023-2024 Cammock member)

Library | Education

Class of 1948

Photo of the Scarborough High School Students - Photo by Franklin Grant, 1948.
Scarborough High School Students – Photo by Franklin Grant, 1948.

1947-48 SHS Track Team

Library | Education | Grammar Schools

Dunstan

Class of 1961Dunstan Grammar School – Grade 3

Library | People | Genealogy

Scarborough Families

Scarborough Families – B – Burnham – 2023.01.17

Scarborough Families – C – 2023.01.18
Scarborough Families – C – Descendants of Timothy Carle – 2023.01.18
Scarborough Families – C – Descendants of Daniel Cole – 2023.01.18
Scarborough Families – C – Cole Genealogy – 2023.01.18
Scarborough Families – C – Descendants of John Coolbroth – 2023.01.18
Scarborough Families – C – Descendants of Joseph Collins – 2023.01.18

Scarborough Families – D – 2023.01.18

Scarborough Families – E – 2023.01.19

Scarborough Families – F – 2023.01.19
Scarborough Families – F – Foss (A) – 2023.01.19
Scarborough Families – F – Foss (B) – 2023.01.19

Scarborough Families – G – 2023.01.19
Scarborough Families – G – Googins – Descendants of Patrick Googins – 2023.01.20
The Googins Family in America – Charlotte H. Googins – 1914 – Google Books
Linwood Dyer’s updates & corrections to The Googins Family in America
Scarborough Families – G – Gustin notes – 2023.01.19

Scarborough Families – H – 2023.01.21 (1-100)
Scarborough Families – H – 2023.01.21 (101-133)
Scarborough Families – H – Haigis – 2023.01.21

Scarborough Families – I – 2023.01.19

Scarborough Families – J – 2023.01.22

Scarborough Families – K – 2023.01.22

Scarborough Families – L – 2023.01.22

Scarborough Families – M – Pages 1-100 – 2023.01.23
Scarborough Families – M – Pages 101-200 – 2023.01.23
Scarborough Families – M – Pages 201-216 – 2023.01.23

Scarborough Families – N – 2023.01.24

Scarborough Families – O – 2023.01.24

Scarborough Families – P/Q – 2023.01.24
Scarborough Families – P – Plummer-Dyer – 2023.01.54 (Directory)
Scarborough Families – P – Plummer-Perley – 2023.01.40 (Directory)

Scarborough Families – R – 2023.01.25

Scarborough Families – S – Pages 1-100 – 2023.01.26
Scarborough Families – S – Pages 101-165 – 2023.01.26

Library | People | Surname Files | Surnames – M

McKenney Files includes:

  • John Mackshane of Saugus and John MacKane/MacKanny/MacKenny, et al, of Black Point/Scarborough, Maine are “one & the same.”
  • McKenney Genealogy – from the Linwood Dyer Maine Room, 2023.01.237, 238, & 239.
  • SHS Surname Files – McKenney.
  • SHS Surname Files – McKenney “Pinkies.”

Library | Things | Videos

Now available via YouTube. Mapping Scarborough & Prouts Neck
by Phil von Stade
.

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Upcoming: Mapping Scarborough and Prouts Neck.

Now available via YouTube. Mapping Scarborough & Prouts Neck
by Phil von Stade
.

Prouts Neck Historical Executive Director Philip von Stade will cover the evolution of Scarborough maps from 1605 to the present, from cartographers like Champlain to Google Earth and Apple.  More than just directions from place
to place, maps served many purposes. Some were marketing tools. Later they could provide historic perspective. Others were used to delineate needed infrastructure, school and political districts and impacts of climate change. And so often they are works of art, that encourage us to engage with sense of place and time. Local sources like the Osher Map Library will be discussed along with internet resources, and the importance of aerial and satellite views.

December 3, 2023 – By Philip von Stade

The Scarborough Historical Society and Scarborough Public Library are offering a
program on Sunday, December 3, beginning at 2:00pm at the Scarborough Public
Library.

Now available via YouTube. Mapping Scarborough & Prouts Neck
by Phil von Stade
.

The Scarborough Historical Society has scheduled a full roster of programs for the
coming year. The next program on Sunday, January 7, 2024 will feature Dr.
Stephen Spaulding discussing Prominent Diseases in Early Scarborough.

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Page/Post Updates – November 2023

I made the following changes/additions to the website during November 2023.

Education

Grammar Schools

Dunstan School

Added photo – Student Photos – (Dunstan) Class of 1939.

Class of 1951
Added Photo – Dunstan Grammar School Students – Grade 3Back (names).

Early Scarborough High Schools

Photo of the Scarborough High School 1895 Class
Class Photo 1895

Class of 1895

I added the Class Photo – 1895, it includes:

Annie Moses, Edgar Staples, Ed Snow, John O Libby, Louis Peterson, Mabel Leslie, Clara Pillsbury, Grace Cook, Perley Libby, Harry Small, Carrie Libby, Ruth Bartlett, Addie Vaill, & Martha [Hill?].

The New High School 

Class of 1937

I added: Scarborough High School Class of 1937 class photo. (Digital Maine)

People

Genealogy

I created a new menu item and page for Genealogy. In it I added:

Linwood Dyer Genealogy Collection

Linwood Dyer assembled a large collection of Genealogical Materials. Included with the material are many 3-ring binders regarding various family lines. Among them is “Scarborough Families.”

Scarborough Families

Scarborough Families – A – 2023.01.16

Scarborough Families – B – 2023.01.16 (pages 1-100)
Scarborough Families – B – 2023.01.16 (pages 101-191)

Organizations

The Oriental Council 

I added: Ledger – Nonesuch Hall Members & Minutes 1887-1950 (with gaps)

Surnames – M

I added:

Milliken

Videos

I added:

The Roadside Cabins of Scarborough
by Rodney Laughton
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Page/Post Updates – October 2023

Education

SHS Class of 1928

Added photo: Girls Basket Ball Team, 1928 to Digital Maine.

SHS Class of 1931

Added photo: Class Photo – Class of 1931 to Digital Maine

Events

Community Events

1958 – Scarborough 300th Anniversary

Added clippings from the Portland [Me] Sunday Telegram, June 29, 1958.

Library->Places->Maps

Newsclippings

Mapcase – Folder 26 – Houses

Added: [Date unknown] Hughie Milliken Homestead (68 Payne Road).

Links

Scarborough Focused Links
Locales

Prouts Neck

Added link to: Prouts Neck History on Instagram

People

Organizations

I added: Riverside Riding and Dining Club.

Nine Horses and Riders – circa 1936.
Six Horses and Riders – Nov 1936.

Surname Files

I added: D — Durgan surname file.

I added: Leary – Scarborough Families – I J K L, Pages L-35 to L-38 – LEARY – 2023.01.022.

I added Mitchell – Scarborough Families – M, Pages 156-176 – MITCHELL – 2023.01.023.

I added: Family Register – David (1805-1878) & Mary Plummer (1810-___)

Videos

To the Videos page, I added:

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The Roadside Cabins of Scarborough

A talk by Rodney Laughton

Vintage photo of the Skillings Cabins, Junction Route 1 & 9, West Scarboro, Me.
Skillings Cabins, Junction Route 1 & 9.

On Sunday, November 5th, at 2:00 p.m., Rodney Laughton will talk about the roadside cabins of Scarborough. Before automobiles provided another travel option, vacationing visitors to Scarborough arrived by train, ships and even horse and carriage, usually staying at accommodations at Prouts Neck or Pine Point. Beginning in the 1920s, with the increasing availability of the automobile, a new type of lodging appeared—the roadside cabin. This program will focus on those businesses that were built in Scarborough. Rodney Laughton, the current president of the Scarborough Historical Society, is a lifelong resident of Scarborough who has been researching and documenting Scarborough history for more than forty years.

Now available on YouTube.

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Page Updates – September 2023

Research

Annual Reports

Added Town of Scarborough Annual Report – 2004

Surnames

M

Added: McKenney Envelope – Lynwood Dyer – Maine Room.

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