Maine Memory Network

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"Small’s book: “The amount of moral courage and Christian fortitude required for a landsman to get up out of a comfortable bed and struggle up on a…"

Surry by the Bay - Surry Village School

"In 1937, formal music instruction began and students learned contra dancing and how to foxtrot and waltz."

Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair

"People with amazing musical talents play on the sound stages. There are many frustrating games that are fun and for a minimal price you can keep…"

Surry by the Bay - Phebe Fowler: A Woman of Property

"Phebe played the piano and left behind her music books, including the hymnals, in a wooden box later found in her attic."

Surry by the Bay - Surry Opera Company

"… and Germany as well as Maine and Canada, with musical works in all languages, chamber music, many-hands and multi-piano performances, and at some…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Mary Ellen Chase

"She wrote 39 books and countless articles, many of them dealing with the Coast of Maine and its people. (Image of Mary Ellen Chase)"

Blue Hill, Maine - Project Sources

"Project Sources Books Byers, Douglas S. The Nevin Shellheap Burials and Observations, 1979. Candage, R.G.F. At Home Around the World. Capt. R.G.F."

Blue Hill, Maine - Jonathan Fisher: Unlocking the Person Beyond the Parson

"… served his ministerial calling by producing a book with artistic representations of Scripture Animals."

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin, Bangor, ca. 1868

"… trolleys, churches, and, especially dancing and music. In 1855, Martin and 43 other Bangor area men started the "Dancing Fraternity," a group that…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Boy at Bangor parade, July 4, 1865

"… of captains Lieut sargents &c all boys and their music being boys with tenore drums." View additional information about this item on the Maine…"

Boston Public Library

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South Portland Public Library

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Adventures in Aroostook County - Page 1 of 3

"His favorite subjects were music and ancient history. If you lived close to the school, you were allowed to go home to eat lunch."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Picnic, Fort Point Light, and Fort Pownal, 1865

"… us a visit from Harrison Maine we had no band of Music as is usual on such occasions ..." Martin, his wife, Clara, and their children, Ada, Annie…"

Waterville Public Library

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Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"In 1914, the Music Hall suffered severe damage from an explosion due to a gas leak. In 1925, the Music Hall changed ownership to a pool hall, and the…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Dancing Fraternity, City of Bangor, 1868

"… and his movements as easy and responsive to music as those of a youth of today." Martin (1823-1904) pasted the article about his accomplishment in…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"… and Bowdoin College have some of his early music, which includes some musical presentations, in their library collections."

McArthur Public Library

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NPS, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters Historic Site

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Great Cranberry Island Historical Society

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"William Whittier’s day book shows book purchases as early as 1844. (Whittier was likely located in Farmington Falls) The Eagle Store in Farmington in…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… educator of his time, and took part in the musical life of the community in which he became its first choir director.” (Music and Musicians on…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

"John’s Parish; and Judith Davis Kuhn, teacher and musical director for RAPPA (Rumford Association for the Performing Arts)."