Category: Center News

“The Mellon Foundation’s support is a transformative catalyst for the Frances Perkins Center.” – Giovanna Gray Lockhart, Executive Director Read More in the Sun Journal Read more in Mainebiz NEWCASTLE, Maine – The Frances Perkins Center (FPC) announced that it has been awarded a $750,000 grant by the Mellon Foundation, the nation’s largest supporter of the arts and humanities.

Listen Here Frances Perkins was the nation’s first female cabinet secretary. As FDR’s Secretary of Labor, she championed reforms that are with us to this day. We’ll learn about the recent completion of her homestead in Newcastle, hear from the new executive director of the Frances Perkins Center, as well as from the author of Unlikely

Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell designated the Frances Perkins Homestead National Historic Landmark on August 25, 2014. Sarah Peskin, Center board member and nomination author, presented it to the National Park Service and its Advisory Board, making the case for the site to join those receiving the nation’s highest honor for privately-owned historic places.

The Frances Perkins Center is pleased to announce the appointment of Michael P. Chaney as its Executive Director, effective April 1, 2014. A native of Alna, Maine, Chaney earned a B.A. in History from the University of Maine in 1979 and an M.A. in History, with a Certificate in Public History and Archival Management, from