Salt Story Archive

Explore the most extensive digital collection of Maine stories available through the Salt Story Archive.

Photos of a wild blueberry harvest.

A radio piece about “the boogie man of Ocean Point.”

A written account of the closing of Dexter Shoe factory.

Access thousands of nonfiction, local stories thoughtfully documented over the years through the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies at MECA&D and shared in collaboration with Portland-based technology company HistoryIT. The digital Salt Story Archive is your gateway to exploring and experiencing life in New England yesterday and today.

Request use of the Salt Story Archive

If you’re interested in using materials from the Salt Story Archive, please complete the following form. We will review your request and contact you within two weeks.

Salt Story Archive Permission Request

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Institution*
Email Address*
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Description of material requested
Please detail exactly what you’re hoping to use, e.g. the visual, written, multimedia, or audio story/stories. Include direct links to the story/image in the Salt Story Archive. If you have desired resolution/file format, please describe.
Description of material requested*
Description of proposed use
Please explain how you are hoping to use the material in the Salt Story Archive. Explain any relevant context of your organizational mission, publication, exhibit, etc.
Description of proposed use*
Timeline for use
Please provide the date by which you need the material, and how long you’re proposing to be using the material.
Timeline for use*
Alignment with Salt's mission
Please explain how your proposed use of these materials is in line with Salt's mission to support and grow a culture of ethical, publicly engaged storytelling.
Alignment with Salt's mission*
Proposed donations: help future Salt students
We ask anyone who uses the archive to support the next generation of documentary storytellers by making a donation to the Salt alumni fund.
Amount of proposed donation?*
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- $100
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Supplementary materials
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Permissions Agreement
If permission is granted, Salt/MECA&D grants the limited right to publish the material from the Stories Archive for the specific use and time period specified above. This permission does not in any way grant permission for additional use, distribution, or ownership. No manipulation of the materials is permitted. Please confirm that you have read and agree to this condition.
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Pam Berry, Bubier Family – Piecing Together a Year, 1987

Explore the most extensive digital collection of Maine stories available through the Salt Story Archive.

Salt Story Archive Permission Request

Description of material requested

Description of proposed use

Timeline for use

Alignment with Salt's mission

Proposed donations: help future Salt students

Supplementary materials

Permissions Agreement

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