Maine Memory Network

A Tale of Two Sailmakers

Camden has been home to generations of fishermen, shipbuilders, sailmakers, and others who make their living through the sea. The lives of two Camden sailmakers, who were born nearly a century apart, became entwined at a small house on Limerock Street.

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Women Leaders and Temperance

"1917 Photograph by Mark Skinner The Little Water Girl, as she is commonly called, was commissioned in honor of Lillian M. N. Stevens. It is a replica…"

Music in Maine - Rock and Roll, Punk, and Elvis

"I refined replicas of Elvis' wardrobe from the 1950s-1970s, dyed my hair black, and took my show on the road."

400 years of New Mainers

Immigration is one of the most debated topics in Maine. Controversy aside, immigration is also America's oldest tradition, and along with religious tolerance, what our nation was built upon. Since the first people--the Wabanaki--permitted Europeans to settle in the land now known as Maine, we have been a state of immigrants.