Maine Memory Network

Community Center, Frye Island, ca. 1970

Contributed by: Frye Island Historical Society Date: circa 1970 Location: Frye Island Media: Photographic print

Map of Asticou Corner, Northeast Harbor, ca. 1954

Contributed by: Mount Desert Island Historical Society Date: circa 1954 Location: Mount Desert Media: Illustration, ink on paper

20-22 Wilmot Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Leland H. Poore Use: Community Club

Assessor's Record, 22 WIlmot Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: William Byron Use: Garage

Community Building, 1938

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1938 Client: unknown Architect: Harry S. Coombs

Proposed Community, Health, and Recreation Facility, Bangor, ca. 1970

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1970 Location: Bangor; Bangor Client: Inverstors Realty Inc. Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell

Student Exhibit: The Great By-Pass

The debate over a proposed bridge and bypass in Skowhegan in 2005.

Making Paper, Making Maine

Paper has shaped Maine's economy, molded individual and community identities, and impacted the environment throughout Maine. When Hugh Chisholm opened the Otis Falls Pulp Company in Jay in 1888, the mill was one of the most modern paper-making facilities in the country, and was connected to national and global markets. For the next century, Maine was an international leader in the manufacture of pulp and paper.

City of Portland Planning & Urban Development

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Skowhegan Community History - Sister Communities

"… of themes and topics in Maine history; lesson plans; a gallery of student history projects; online tools that allow site visitors to create and…"

63 year Presque Isle High School Class Reunion
by Kathryn E Joy

What happens when there are no more reunions planned.

Tammy Ackerman: Falling in love with Biddeford
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center

Someone "from away" who fell in love with Biddeford and contributed to its transformation

How Do Communities Represent Themselves

Grade Level: K-2 Content Area: Social Studies
Students learn about historical and current flags of Maine and work in small groups to create flags to represent their classroom/school communities.

Building Community/Community Buildings

Grade Level: 6-8 Content Area: Social Studies
Where do people gather? What defines a community? What buildings allow people to congregate to celebrate, learn, debate, vote, and take part in all manner of community activities? Students will evaluate images and primary documents from throughout Maine’s history, and look at some of Maine’s earliest gathering spaces and organizations, and how many communities established themselves around certain types of buildings. Students will make connections between the community buildings of the past and the ways we express identity and create communities today.