Maine Memory Network

For the Union: Civil War Deaths

More than 9,000 Maine soldiers and sailors died during the Civil War while serving with Union forces. This exhibit tells the stories of a few of those men.

Port of Portland's Custom House and Collectors of Customs

The collector of Portland was the key to federal patronage in Maine, though other ports and towns had collectors. Through the 19th century, the revenue was the major source of Federal Government income. As in Colonial times, the person appointed to head the custom House in Casco Bay was almost always a leading community figure, or a well-connected political personage.

Music in Maine - Opera, Orchestras and Stages

"1920Maine Historical Society Louise Weston Sewell's mother-of-pearl inlay opera glasses, Livermore Falls, ca."

Music in Maine - Music stores

"Music stores Mary Curran Leighton and musicians, Portland, ca. 1930Maine Historical Society Hiram Chase & Son, Belfast, ca. 1895, ca."

Music in Maine - Music Makers

"… Skowhegan, ca. 1910Skowhegan History House Mary Elise Fellows White (1873-1953) noted in her autobiography that her family was musical, saying…"