Maine Memory Network

Bear Island Light, Northeast Harbor, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Jesup Memorial Library Date: circa 1930 Location: Northeast Harbor Media: Postcard

Bear island Light, Northeast Harbor, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Jesup Memorial Library Date: circa 1930 Location: Northeast Harbor Media: Postcard

Designing Acadia

For one hundred years, Acadia National Park has captured the American imagination and stood as the most recognizable symbol of Maine’s important natural history and identity. This exhibit highlights Maine Memory content relating to Acadia and Mount Desert Island.

The British capture and occupation of Eastport 1814-1818

The War of 1812 ended in December 1814, but Eastport continued to be under British control for another four years. Eastport was the last American territory occupied by the British from the War of 1812 to be returned to the United States. Except for the brief capture of two Aleutian Islands in Alaska by the Japanese in World War II, it was the last time since 2018 that United States soil was occupied by a foreign government.

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Inns

"… avoided the confines of indoor work, but Theodore Bear Mitchell spent many summers working at the Malvern Hotel."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Civil War

"… for the sick and elderly, raise children, and bear the awful news that too often came in the form of long casualty lists in the newspaper."

Wabanaki-Greenland connections
by Jennifer Sapiel Neptune

Exploring cultural resiliency in this time of rapidly changing climate.

Florence Ahlquist Link's WWII service in the WAVES
by Earlene Ahlquist Chadbourne

Florence Ahlquist, age 20, was trained to repair the new aeronautical cameras by the US Navy in WWII