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My Maine Stories
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Summers on Peaks
by Anna Greenfield
Memories of being a summer visitor and visiting Peaks Island
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Bunkers and Lodges
by Bob Martin & Emily Holdtman Martin
Growing up in Maine, summering in Maine, and how it's changed.
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Born in Bangor 1936
by Priscilla M. Naile
Spending time at the Bangor Children's Home
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A Smart Horse
by Lynn Peasley Sanborn
The horse brings the hay home while the boys are swimming.
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"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.
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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.
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History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby
This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars
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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.
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A Story in a Stick
by Jim Moulton
A story about dowsing for a well in Bowdoin
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Kim's famous homemade potato donuts
by Kim Smith
Sharing my potato donut memories and recipe
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Norcross Deer Hunting
by Albert Fowler
How hunting has impacted my life
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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.
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August 12, 1967 was the most significant day of my life
by Bob Small
How the Vietnam war affected my life
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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.
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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.
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Wabanaki-Greenland connections
by Jennifer Sapiel Neptune
Exploring cultural resiliency in this time of rapidly changing climate.
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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.
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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.
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Pandemic ruminations and the death of Rose Cleveland
by Tilly Laskey
Correlations between the 1918 and 2020 Pandemics
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A Note from a Maine-American
by William Dow Turner
With 7 generations before statehood, and 5 generations since, Maine DNA carries on.
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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.
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A Lifelong Romance with Retail
by George A Smith
Maine's once plentiful small retail stores.
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Tracers
by anonymous
tracers, bonding, and fixations
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Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis
The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.