Maine Memory Network

Camp Winnebago recording of Victory Song and To Win, 1964

Contributed by: Camp Winnebago Date: 1964 Location: Fayette Media: Phonograph record, Long-playing recod (33 rpm)

Camp Winnebago recording of Cheer Winnebago, 1964

Contributed by: Camp Winnebago Date: 1964 Location: Fayette Media: Phonograph record, Long-playing recod (33 rpm)

Songs of Winnebago

An enduring element of summer camps is the songs campers sing around the campfire, at meals, and on many other occasions. Some regale the camp experience and others spur the camp's athletes on to victory.

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.

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 1 of 2

"They sang songs, wrote poems, lit firecrackers, pranked one another, and entertained the locals. They played baseball and tug of war, and held…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Swimming with Jellyfish
by Cathy. L

At the age of 19 Cathy attended an Audubon Camp at Hog Island.

A Maine Family's story of being Prisoners of War in Manila
by Nicki Griffin

As a child, born after the war, I would hear these stories - glad they were finally written down