Maine Memory Network

Red Cross button - 1918

Contributed by: Abel J. Morneault Memorial Library Date: 1918 Media: Tin, plastic

Marjorie Linder's Red Cross uniform, New York, ca. 1945

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1945 Media: wool, metal

CODE RED: Climate, Justice & Natural History Collections

Explore topics around climate change by reuniting collections from one of the nation's earliest natural history museums, the Portland Society of Natural History. The exhibition focuses on how museums collect, and the role of humans in creating changes in society, climate, and biodiversity.

Women, War, and the Homefront

When America entered the Great War in 1917, the government sent out pleas for help from American women, many of whom responded at the battle front and on the home front.

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The History of Stockholm

"Early settlers crossed the Madawaska Stream to settle the area known as Upsala. The population in 1890 was 66, by 1900 it was 191."

Historic Hallowell - Day 5

"… in the Ice Storm What part did the American Red Cross play in the ice storm of ’98? The storm hit most of New England and parts of Canada, and…"

Pandemic ruminations and the death of Rose Cleveland
by Tilly Laskey

Correlations between the 1918 and 2020 Pandemics

History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby

This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars