Maine Memory Network

Summers on Peaks
by Anna Greenfield

Memories of being a summer visitor and visiting Peaks Island

Bunkers and Lodges
by Bob Martin & Emily Holdtman Martin

Growing up in Maine, summering in Maine, and how it's changed.

Born in Bangor 1936
by Priscilla M. Naile

Spending time at the Bangor Children's Home

A Smart Horse
by Lynn Peasley Sanborn

The horse brings the hay home while the boys are swimming.

"Mama sings 'get your hands up'": Maria's Diary June 2020
by Maria

Maria, 7 years old, records impressions of staying with her grandparents in Somesville in June 2020.

In an Old, Abandoned Island House, I Found my Mentor and my Muse
by Robin Clifford Wood

An aspiring writer finds inspiration and a mentor from the past in an old island home.

History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby

This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars

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.

A Story in a Stick
by Jim Moulton

A story about dowsing for a well in Bowdoin

Kim's famous homemade potato donuts
by Kim Smith

Sharing my potato donut memories and recipe

Norcross Deer Hunting
by Albert Fowler

How hunting has impacted my life

The Cup Code (working at OOB in the 1960s)
by Randy Randall

Teenagers cooking fried food in OOB and the code used identify the product and quantity.

August 12, 1967 was the most significant day of my life
by Bob Small

How the Vietnam war affected my life

Jim Murphy-living a multi-dimensional life
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center Voices of Biddeford project

Life influences: Irish/Quebec ancestry, seminary, Navy, community businesses and organizations.

From Pee Wee to Pro The Maine Way
by Danny Bolduc

I am the very first person from Maine to have played hockey in the Olympics and in the NHL.

Wabanaki-Greenland connections
by Jennifer Sapiel Neptune

Exploring cultural resiliency in this time of rapidly changing climate.

Childhood Memories of Learning to Swim on Rangeley Lake
by Betty C.

Betty's two older sisters taught her how to swim on Rangeley Lake.

Rug Hooking Project with a Story
by Marilyn Weymouth Seguin

My grandmother taught me the Maine craft of rug hooking when I was a child.

Pandemic ruminations and the death of Rose Cleveland
by Tilly Laskey

Correlations between the 1918 and 2020 Pandemics

A Note from a Maine-American
by William Dow Turner

With 7 generations before statehood, and 5 generations since, Maine DNA carries on.

21st and 19th century technology and freelance photography
by Brendan Bullock

My work is a mash-up of cutting edge technology and 19th century chemistry techniques.

A Lifelong Romance with Retail
by George A Smith

Maine's once plentiful small retail stores.

Tracers
by anonymous

tracers, bonding, and fixations

Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis

The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.