"Focus on Lewiston-Auburn" piece on Rachel Desgrosseilliers, executive director

Authors

Jackie Farwell

Source

Mainebiz

Date

11-16-2009

Pages

24-26

Abstract

"Focus on Lewiston-Auburn" piece on Rachel Desgrosseilliers, executive director of the Museum L-A, which is moving out of the Bates Mill with hope of attracting an even wider audience. Desgrosseilliers, a former nun and hospital administrator, also launched the area's hot air balloon festival. With the museum, she has helped preserve and honor the area's working-class history and engaged the community in restoring pride in its history as a mill town. She organized two reunions of millworkers, many of whom recorded oral histories as part of an exhibit called "Portraits and Voices: Workers of Seven Mills."

Subjects

Lewiston-Auburn metropolitan area (Me), Museum L-A Lewiston

Recommended Citation

Farwell, Jackie, ""Focus on Lewiston-Auburn" piece on Rachel Desgrosseilliers, executive director" (2009). Maine News Index – MaineBiz. 5024.
https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/news_mainebiz/5024