Category Archives: Presentations

Looking at the Past for Scarborough’s Land Conservation

Posted on April 20, 2024 by Linda Snow-McLoon

Andrew Mackie to be the next presenter at the SHS/SPL series: “Looking at the Past for Land Conservation” Program. Continue reading →

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Channel 2 this week:

Posted on April 17, 2024 by scarbo7_wp

SCARBOROUGH COMMUNITY SERVICES HISTORY PROGRAMS For those Scarborough residents who would enjoy viewing some Scarborough historyprograms on your television sets over the Thanksgiving holidays, here is the schedulebeing offered by Scarborough Community Services on Channel 2 this week: Wednesday, April … Continue reading →

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Updated Speaker Series Schedule

Posted on March 13, 2024 by Don Taylor

The Scarborough Historical Society organized a speaker series featuring the following presentations:
Maine’s Logging Heritage by Mary Morton Cowan on April 7, 2024
Slavery in Maine by Alicia Harding on March 3, 2024
Prominent Diseases in Early Scarborough by Stephen Spaulding, MD
Looking at the Past for Scarborough’s Land Conservation Future by Andrew J. Mackie on May 5, 2024
Farming in Maine at the Time of Statehood by Neil Piper on June 2, 2024
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Prominent Diseases in Early Scarborough

Posted on January 8, 2024 by Don Taylor

Rescheduled for April 7, 2024 – 2 to 3 pm – Scarborough Public Library Meeting Room. Prominent Diseases in Early ScarboroughBy Stephen Spaulding, MD We live in an age when much is understood about infectious diseases, and there are effectivetreatments … Continue reading →

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Upcoming: Mapping Scarborough and Prouts Neck.

Posted on December 19, 2023 by scarbo7_wp

Now available via YouTube. Mapping Scarborough & Prouts Neckby 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. … Continue reading →

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The Roadside Cabins of Scarborough

Posted on October 31, 2023 by Don Taylor

A talk by Rodney Laughton 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 … Continue reading →

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SCARBOROUGH HISTORICAL SOCIETY TO RESUME PROGRAMS

Posted on September 21, 2023 by Don Taylor

SCARBOROUGH HISTORICAL SOCIETY TO RESUME PROGRAMSEarly Scarborough TourismBy Linda Snow McLoon After a long break from offering public programs due to the Covid outbreak, the Scarborough Historical Society will resume presenting programs with speakers at the Scarborough Public Library on … Continue reading →

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Mapping Maine With the Osher Map Library – September 21st

Posted on October 9, 2021 by Don Taylor

Update: The presentation was held and is now available for viewing on the Scarborough Public Library YouTube Channel. See: Mapping Maine with the Osher Map Library March 15, 2020 marked the 200th anniversary of Maine’s Statehood. The Scarborough Public Library and Scarborough … Continue reading →

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Bicentennial Quilt Exhibit & Reception – August 22nd.

Posted on July 22, 2021 by Don Taylor

March 15, 2020 marked the 200th anniversary of Maine’s Statehood. The Scarborough Public Library and Scarborough Historical Society began to bring a series of programs to our community in celebration of this bicentennial benchmark in early March. The series was made possible through … Continue reading →

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A Message from the President

Posted on July 2, 2020 by Mark Matteau

COVID-19 has affected everyone and everything in some way in recent months, including our museum. We have had to cancel a variety of events and programs in response to the necessity for social distancing. We are monitoring the possibility of … Continue reading →

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