Explore Our Resources: Programs, Publications and Other Resources
Mainers who have worked for civil rights and social justice
Rita Kissen - biography
Rita Kissen - speech
Jean Byers Sampson - biography
Allen J. Sockabasin - biography
Allen J. Sockabasin - speech
Howard Solomon - biography
Howard Solomon - speech
Gerald E. Talbot - biography
Gerald E. Talbot - speech
Presentations of Past Events
Other-sexual: Beyond Gay and Straight
Panel Discussion held October 17, 2012.
Maine's "T" Revolution: How Being Transgender in Maine Has Changed, Is Changing, and Still Needs to Change Part One Part Two
Panel Discussion held March, 21 2012. Drawing on their own experiences, panelists explore how far we have come and how far we have yet to go toward full recognition, acceptance, understanding, and support of Maine's transgender population.
Maine LGBT History: Life & Activism in the 70s Part One Part Two
Panel discussion held November 10, 2010, sponsored by the Jean Byers Sampson Center for Diversity in Maine.
Guatemala In Words and Images
Opening reception for the Guatemala Collection, April 25, 2013.
Exhibitions
Colonial Mexico and The Catholic Church
View online exhibition of titles printed in Mexico from the Albert A. Howard Book History Collection
Reformation Books from the Albert A. Howard Book History Collection
View online exhibition of books from the Reformation
“Act Up Fight Back Take Pictures: Ten Years of Queer Activism in Maine”
Annette Dragon photographs documenting LGBT activism and article about previous installations
Political Debate Writ Small : The Art and Rhetoric of the Political Button
Exhibition of political buttons from the Gerald E. Talbot Collection
Publications
2005 Annual Event Catalog
The Ties That Bind: Experiences of Family in Maine, 1900-Present
2006 Annual Event Catalog
Liberating Visions: Religion and the Challenge of Change in Maine,1820 to the Present
2007 Annual Event Catalog
'Remember Me?' The Life and Legacy of Jean Byers Sampson
2008 Annual Event Catalog
Diversity at the Ballot Box: Electoral Politics and Maine's Minority Communities, Post-WWII to the Present
Other Resources
African American Maine Photograph Album
View slide show of photograph album of pictures of African American women on vacation in Maine.
Documents Related to Slavery from the Shirley S. and Bernard Kazon Americana Collection
View original documents and read the transcripts
Information about USM
Learn more about USM history, including the contents of the 1993 library time capsule, and descriptions of the Portland and Gorham campuses.
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