The Ellsworth Miller
Memorial Lecture Series
~~ Videos of Past Lectures ~~
2022
June 11, 2022
Dr. Chuck Radis
Author of Go by Boat: Stories of a Maine Island Doctor and Island Medicine
(video recording not yet available)
May 9, 2022
Colin Woodard, Author of The Lobster Coast Rebels, Rusticators, and the Struggle for a Forgotten Frontier
"The Past, Present and Future of Coastal Maine"
NOTE: due to technical issues, the recording starts just after speaker commenced. You only miss the introductions!
April 11, 2022
Earle G. Shettleworth Jr., Maine State Historian
"Portland Parks and Trolleys"
March 14, 2022
Donna Damon, CIHS Curator
"Part II: Education on Chebeague"
February 14, 2022
Earle G. Shettleworth Jr., Maine State Historian
"Childhood in Maine in the Early 20th Century"
2021
November 8, 2021
Earle G. Shettleworth Jr., Maine State Historian – "The Land and Sea of Three Maine Women Photographers: The Real Photo Postcards of Thurza Foss, Minnie Libby, and Josephine Townsend"
October 11, 2021
Donna Damon, CIHS Curator
"Island Organizations and Supporting and Building Community: A Place
of Innovation and Creativity"
September 20, 2021
Donna Damon, CIHS Curator
"Education and the District 9 Schoolhouse ~ 150th Anniversary of
Museum Building at 137 South Road"
August 9, 2021
Linda Grant and friends
"100th Anniversary of Chebeague Island Golf Course"
July 12, 2021
Erno Bonebakker
"World War II in Casco Bay: Facts, Myths, Images and Anecdotes"
June 19, 2021
Donna Damon, CIHS Curator
"Growing Up on Chebeague"
NOTE: This lecture is included on the Annual Meeting video.
TO JUST VIEW Donna's lecture, go directly to minute #22:45.
June 19, 2021
Chebeague Island Historical Society Annual Meeting, via zoom
NOTE: Annual Meeting starts the video and ends @ minute #22:45.
May 10, 2021
Kate Kennedy, author and seasonal resident
Remarkable Maine Women
NOTE: We had a problem with the recording for this lecture, due to internet issues.
There is audio of part of the lecture, but not the first segment. You will be joining Kate
mid-point in her talk.
April 12, 2021
Donna Miller Damon, CIHS Curator
"The Roots of Chebeague's Tourism, and its Impact on the Chebeague Community"
March 8, 2021
Earle G. Shettleworth Jr., Maine State Historian
"Great Portland Fire of 1866"
February 8, 2021
Donna Damon, CIHS Curator
"The Place We Call Home: Early History and Economic Evolution"
January 11, 2021
Earle G. Shettleworth Jr., Maine State Historian
"18th and 19th Century Portland Architecture"