Maine Memory Network

#1 paper machine, Otis Mill, Jay, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine's Paper & Heritage Museum Date: circa 1900 Location: Jay Media: Photographic print

Umbagog Paper Mill, Livermore Falls, ca. 1881

Contributed by: Maine's Paper & Heritage Museum Date: circa 1881 Location: Livermore Falls Media: Photographic print

26 Warren Avenue, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Southworth Machine Company Use: Offices

28-86 Warren Avenue, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Southworth Machine Company Use: Factory

Making Paper, Making Maine

Paper has shaped Maine's economy, molded individual and community identities, and impacted the environment throughout Maine. When Hugh Chisholm opened the Otis Falls Pulp Company in Jay in 1888, the mill was one of the most modern paper-making facilities in the country, and was connected to national and global markets. For the next century, Maine was an international leader in the manufacture of pulp and paper.

Jay & Livermore Falls, Pioneers in Paper Making

Alvin Record and Hugh J. Chisholm were instrumental in building paper mills in Jay, Livermore, and Livermore Falls. The two industrialists helped make the towns prosperous.

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 1 of 4

"Shortly after the startup of these four paper machines, the Oxford Paper Company secured what was then considered one of the most valuable contracts…"

Lincoln, Maine - Mills & Paper Industry - Page 2 of 2

"The Company operates a fully integrated pulp and paper facility with three tissue machines and two paper machines in Lincoln, Maine.”"

Vietnam Memoirs
by David Chessey

MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND MY OBSERVATION OF NATIONWIDE OPINIONS CONCERNING THE “VIET NAM" WAR