Maine Memory Network

Ballad, More Lynching, 1835

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1835 Location: Bangor Media: Ink on paper

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Ballad concerning drowning in Portland Harbor, ca. 1850

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1850 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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A Riot of Words: Ballads, Posters, Proclamations and Broadsides

Imagine a day 150 years ago. Looking down a side street, you see the buildings are covered with posters and signs.

Student Exhibit: Medicine in Times Past

Inspired by Dr. Greenleaf Wilbur's medical box at the Skowhegan History House, this exhibit highlights some Mainers in the medical field of the past and the stories they had.

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Prominent Women

"… and other poems published in 1891, and The Ballad of the Bronx published in 1901. In addition to her great success with poetry, Elizabeth also…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden

"A Ballad of “The Braden Hoss” The Maine folk are game folk, and the losers wear a smile. At Houlton, too, and Caribou, and the town that’s called…"

Mémère’s Notebook
by Robert Sylvain

My Mémère’s Notebook of old Acadian Folksongs