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Keeping Time : By Rescuing Hundreds of Thousands of Old Newspaper Images, a Portland Archivist has Given his City a Priceless Family Album.
Get PDFArticle describing the salvaging of the Portland Press Herald\u27s discarded photo morgue of still negatives by Abraham A. Schechter, Archivist of the Portland Public Library, who accessioned the film for the Library, and immediately began the comprehensive process of organizing and creating a photographic archive for the Library and future public access.
The Portland Press Herald Still-Film Negatives Collection consists of 70 years (ca.1936 - 2005) of primary photographic images, in approximately 400 linear feet. The collection is made up entirely of negatives; there are no prints. Formats include 5x7 , 4x5 , 120, and 35mm still film, all taken by Portland Press Herald photographers, during the Guy Gannett Publishing era. The Gannett family founded the newspaper in 1921. The discarded collection was salvaged from the Gannett Building (390 Congress Street) by the Portland Public Library\u27s archivist Abraham A. Schechter, and officially accessioned by the Library from the Portland Press Herald in December 2009. The collection is owned by the PPL, including the copyrights, and is currently in the process of being arranged, described, indexed, conserved, and digitized. The depth of substance within this collection provides an extraordinary spectrum of real-time documentation of the many-faceted life of the city of Portland through the 20th century.
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Peaks Island Star : April 2022, Vol. 42, Issue 4
Get PDFThe Peaks Island Star is the newsletter of the island\u27s service agencies and other community news.https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/peaks_pisn_2022/1002/thumbnail.jp
On the Record: Lindsay Kamon
No full textA brief interview with Lindsay Kamon, owner of the Local Bottega, a store in Kennebunk. Topics of discussion include Kamon\u27s own line of candles and bath and body products, the workshops and classes with local artisans her shop will host, and how she procured her retail space
The List: Maine\u27s Largest Engineering Firms
No full textA list of the nine largest engineering firms in Maine, ranked by number of Maine-based engineers
The List: Maine\u27s Certified B Corps
No full textA list of Maine\u27s certified B corps businesses in alphabetical order
Amplifying Voices
No full textA discussion of efforts by the Portland Regional Chamber of Commerce and Maine business leaders to address diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) by increasing opportunities for BIPOC workers in Maine companies. Describes plans for participants to pursue DEI education while helping to create support networks for workers of color and internships for students of color. Claude Rwaganje of ProsperityME and Adilah Muhammad of The Third Place discuss the importance of community and a sense of belonging for BIPOC workers and the importance of increasing worker diversity in Maine
Business Leaders of the Year: Steering the Sea Bags Ship
No full textInterview with Don Oakes, CEO of Sea Bags. Topics include the company\u27s new retail store on Commercial Street, how the company was impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, and how Sea Bags is attracting new employees
Business Leaders of the Year: Literally Breaking Bread to Build a Community
No full textInterview with Amber Lambke, Co-founder and CEO of Maine Grains. Topics include how Maine Grains got started, the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the company, and plans to expand onto an adjacent property in Skowhegan
Remembering the Cambodian Genocide
No full textAn article describing the history and impact of the Cambodian genocide. Details the rise of Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge, and the atrocities committed on the Cambodian Killing Fields. Briefly discusses the Cambodian diaspora in Maine
U.S. Professional Licensure is Daunting, but Doable
No full textHow Oumalkaire Said Barkad parlayed her master\u27s degree from a French university into the equivalent educational and professional credentials required in the United States. Barkad describes in detail how, as a new immigrant, she navigated the complicated systems necessary to have her degree recognized in the U.S., then passed exams to gain American engineering credentials