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Historical Items

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Item 14105

Brewer Public Library - Stack Room, 1911

Contributed by: Brewer Public Library Date: 1911 Location: Brewer Media: Postcard

Item 100461

Lithgow book room and librarian's desk, Augusta, ca. 1896

Contributed by: Lithgow Public Library Date: circa 1896 Location: Augusta Media: Photographic print

Item 100781

Maine Historical Society Library Reading Room, Portland, ca. 1960

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1960 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Educating Oneself: Carnegie Libraries

Industrialist Andrew Carnegie gave grants for 20 libraries in Maine between 1897 and 1912, specifying that the town own the land, set aside funds for maintenance, have room to expand -- and offer library services at no charge.

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The Life and Legacy of the George Tate Family

Captain George Tate, mast agent for the King of England from 1751 to the Revolutionary War, and his descendants helped shape the development of Portland (first known as Falmouth) through activities such as commerce, shipping, and real estate.

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Yarmouth: Leader in Soda Pulp

Yarmouth's "Third Falls" provided the perfect location for papermaking -- and, soon, for producing soda pulp for making paper. At the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th, Yarmouth was an international leader in soda pulp production.

Site Pages

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Bath's Historic Downtown - The Patten Free Library

"… Davenport Fund donated money for a new level of stacks. The new wing was constructed in a style harmonious to the original building and promoted…"

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Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… and young adults’ areas and the non-fiction stacks, and also created a new climate-controlled History Room, the current home of Bath Historical…"

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Ellsworth Public Library

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

My Maine Stories

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Apple Time - a visit to the ancestral farm
by Randy Randall

Memories from childhood of visiting the family homestead in Limington during apple picking time.

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Vietnam Memoirs
by David Chessey

MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND MY OBSERVATION OF NATIONWIDE OPINIONS CONCERNING THE “VIET NAM" WAR