On-Demand Programs and Podcasts
Access the growing variety of online Maine Historical Society programming. Recorded content is regularly updated so bookmark this page and visit often!
Selections include interviews and presentations, research tips, K-12 lessons, and recognition celebrations.
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Podcasts
On the go, or prefer the podcast platform? Visit the MHS podcast page for a selection of unique programs and podcasts on a wide selection of historical topics!
Videos
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Most Recent Programs
Making Maine: Statehood and the War of 1812
Book Talk with Dr. Joshua M. Smith
Recorded on November 9, 2022
Five Portland Women Artists
MHS AT 200 SERIES: A Talk with Earle Shettleworth, Jr.
Recorded on November 1, 2022
Collections Conundrums and How Genealogy Cracked the Case
MHS AT 200 SERIES: A Talk with Tiffany Link
Recorded on October 18, 2022
This Land Was Saved for You and Me, a book talk
How Gifford Pinchot, Frederick Law Olmsted, and a Band of Foresters Rescued America's Public Lands
Recorded on September 27, 2022
Northern Threads Series - See more
Black Fashion History in Maine: Examining the Clothing in Nineteenth-Century Photographs
*NORTHERN THREADS SERIES* A Talk with Karin J. Bohleke
Recorded on August 9, 2022
From Head to Heel: Dressing in Maine in the Long 18th Century
*NORTHERN THREADS SERIES*
Recorded on July 26, 2022
MHS Celebrating 200 Years Series - See more
Five Portland Women Artists
MHS AT 200 SERIES: A Talk with Earle Shettleworth, Jr.
Recorded on November 1, 2022
Collections Conundrums and How Genealogy Cracked the Case
MHS AT 200 SERIES: A Talk with Tiffany Link
Recorded on October 18, 2022
BEGIN AGAIN Series - See more
Trans & Nonbinary Adventures in 19th century New England
BEGIN AGAIN SERIES: A Talk with Jen Manion
Recorded on October 21, 2021
"All Power is Inherent in the People:" A Discussion of Maine Voting Rights
BEGIN AGAIN SERIES: A Talk with Anne B. Gass
Recorded on October 14, 2021
Arts and Creativity - See more
Whence these stories?
History in Longfellow's Poetry
Panel discussion for Longfellow's 215 Birthday
Recorded on February 23, 2022
General Maine History - See more
Making Maine: Statehood and the War of 1812
Book Talk with Dr. Joshua M. Smith
Recorded on November 9, 2022
The Best Ever!: Parades in New England, 1788–1940
Book Talk with Jane Nylander
Recorded on September 21, 2022
Nature and Agriculture - See more
Up for Grabs: Timber Pirates, Lumber Barons, and the Battles Over Maine's Public Lands
Book Talk with Thomas Urquhart
Recorded on June 15, 2021
People of Maine - See more
MHS HISTORIAN'S FORUM: Ulster Scots Migrations in Early America
Interactive program with Ian Saxine, Patrick Griffin, and T. H. Breen
Recorded on July 17, 2021
It's A Family Affair: A Personal Conversation about Black History in Maine
with Bob Greene, Garrett Stewart, Pam Cummings and Krystal Williams
Recorded on March 3, 2021
Politics, Law, and Activism - See more
Panic in the Senate: The Fight Over the Second Bank of the United States and the American Presidency
A book talk with Michael Trapani
Recorded on July 7, 2021
Science, Technology, and Industry - See more
Shredding Paper: The Rise and Fall of Maine's Mighty Paper Industry
A book talk with Michael G. Hillard
Recorded on May 4, 2021
Merchants of Medicines: The Commerce and Coercion of Health in Britain's Long Eighteenth-Century
a book talk with Zachary Dorner
Recorded on January 27, 2021
Tips & Resources
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