Maine Memory Network

Lithograph depicting the murder of "Helen" Jewett, New York, 1836

Contributed by: American Antiquarian Society through Maine Historical Society Date: 1836 Location: Portland; New York; Boston Media: Lithograph

Henry Hummel, Portland, 1926

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: circa 1925 Location: Portland; New York, NY Media: Glass Negative

Notorious: Maine Crime in the Public Eye, 1690–1940 - Photographing Crime in Maine: 1920-1940

"… into sensational stories of crime, celebrity scandals, and gossip. Maine publishing tycoon Guy Gannett recognized the public’s appetite for this…"

The Nativist Klan

In Maine, like many other states, a newly formed Ku Klux Klan organization began recruiting members in the years just before the United States entered World War I. A message of patriotism and cautions about immigrants and non-Protestants drew many thousands of members into the secret organization in the early 1920s. By the end of the decade, the group was largely gone from Maine.

John Martin: Expert Observer - George Melvin Weston, Bangor, ca. 1867

"Martin wrote about various business schemes and scandals in which Weston was involved. He drew Weston as he appeared at a speech before the 1866…"

Life on a Tidal River - William S. Cohen, The Man and the School

"… Richard Nixon’s impeachment and the Iran-Contra scandal. His decisions on these two issues defined him as someone who would rather follow his…"

Senator Susan Deschambault: not afraid to take on challenges
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center Voices of Biddeford project

Honoring her family's small business roots and community service through her own unconventional path

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