Projects

The move into the larger space is a milestone for the historical society and for the town. The move will allow the historical society, a non-profit volunteer organization founded in 1979, to launch two new projects: the Cape Elizabeth History Center and the Fort Williams Museum.

Historical Society to Digitize Collections

 Cape Elizabeth historians, history lovers and students now have town history available on their own computers.

With a generous donation from Cape Elizabeth’s Sprague family, the Cape Elizabeth Historical Preservation Society recently acquired “PastPerfect,” a software program that allows us to digitize and organize our collections. More than 9,500 libraries, museums and historical societies nationwide, and more than 60 organizations in Maine use the software. 

“The society extends its sincere thanks to the Sprague family. With this program we can integrate our archives – documents of all kinds – with photographs that have been, or will be, digitized and entered into the program,” CEHPS member Ellen Van Fleet said. 

Anyone anywhere can go to cehistory.catalogaccess.com to view what we have digitized so far. You can search for information on items, ideas, locations, familes or individuals. 

The society seeks volunteers with basic computer skills and a curiosity about what is hidden in the society’s collections to work on the project on Monday and Thursday mornings. Call Ellen Van Fleet at 767-4175 for information about volunteering.