Maine Memory Network

Civil War Soldier comes home after 158 years
by Jamison McAlister

Civil War Soldier comes home after 158 years

The Village Cafe - A Place We Called Home
by Michael Fixaris

The Village Cafe was more than a restaurant. It was an extension of our homes and our families.

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.

The Journey Home
by Gina Brooks

I am a Maliseet artist from the St. Mary’s First Nation, my work is about our connection to the land

Growing up DownEast
by Darrin MC Mclellan

Stories of growing up Downeast

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.

What Maine Means to Me
by Nicolette B. Meister

How a friendship created a lifelong love of Maine.

The only letter to survive World War II
by Cyrene Slegona

Only one of many letters my father sent to his wife remained after he came home from World War II.

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.

History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby

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

A Story in a Stick
by Jim Moulton

A story about dowsing for a well in Bowdoin

How to prepare "Paquet de poisson a la vapeur"
by Titi de Baccarat

Making Gabonese cuisine in Portland Maine

Sam Smithwick:From Southern rock star to local community builder
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center Voices of Biddeford project

Sam found his home in Maine and dedicates his talents to the growth of our evolving community.

Florence Ahlquist Link's WWII service in the WAVES
by Earlene Ahlquist Chadbourne

Florence Ahlquist, age 20, was trained to repair the new aeronautical cameras by the US Navy in WWII

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.

A poem about my experiences in Vietnam
by Doug Rawlings

A poem about my experiences in Vietnam

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.

If You Knew My Story
by Anonymous (Maine State Prison)

A story about incarceration in Maine

C19 on Pine Point Beach
by Beth, Scarborough

Cancer patient experience during pandemic

Elizabeth Mantis Spiliopoulos: passion for life & Greek heritage
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center

A spunky 99-year-old shares her crystal-clear recollections of all the changes in her lifetime

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.