Maine Memory Network

Jaden Li Eung, Portland, 2009

Courtesy of Jan Pieter Van Voorst Van Beest, an individual partner Date: circa 2017 Location: Cambodia; Portland Media: Digital photograph

Waldo Street fire, Rumford, 1923

Contributed by: Greater Rumford Area Historical Society Date: 1923-08-02 Location: Rumford Media: Photographic print

149-151 Oxford Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Maine Home for Homeless Boys Use: Apartments & Store

Waldoboro Fire Department's 175 Years

While the town of Waldoboro was chartered in 1773, it began organized fire protection in 1838 with a volunteer fire department and a hand pump fire engine, the Water Witch.

Pigeon's Mainer Project: who decides who belongs?

Street artist Pigeon's artwork tackles the multifaceted topic of immigration. He portrays Maine residents, some who are asylum seekers, refugees, and immigrants—people who are often marginalized through state and federal policies—to ask questions about the dynamics of power in society, and who gets to call themselves a “Mainer.”

Mercy Hospital - McAuley Residence

"… Kilbride, participated in a Committee on Homelessness under the leadership of sociologist Sister Mary George O’Toole, Ph.D., who coordinated…"

Historic Hallowell - Values and Charity

"… the separation of families, causing poverty and homelessness for young women, Mary Merrick Flagg and Mrs. A.C."

Kolyn Mattson's Story
by Kolyn X. Mattson

Kolyn X. Mattson reflects on the impact of their mother's addiction and incarceration.

An Unknown World
by anonymous

The writer reflects on growing up with an abusive father who was in and out of prison for years.