Category: Historical Society News

  • SIES Annual Meeting

    All are welcome. Members are encouraged to attend. Two Board seats have been vacated and will be filled at the annual meeting according to a vote by the membership. Organizational updates and financial information will be presented. Members will be notified by email or delivered by USPS for whom we do not have an email…

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  • Photos and snow

    The Maine Archives and Museums newsletter is out.  Click on the link to read it.  There is a great article about the Maine Photo Project and other historical projects and programs taking place around the state.  SIES is taking part in the Maine Photo Project and we will have an exhibit about island history 100…

  • Swan’s Island Chronicles is here!

    Swan’s Island Chronicles by Kate Webber has arrived and is now available for purchase.  The subtitle is Borrowed, Exaggerated and Half-forgotten Tales of Island Life.  Kate served as Island Institute Fellow with the Swan’s Island Historical Society for two years.  During her second year with us she wrote essays about her life on the island based on tales and…