Maine Memory Network

Lincoln, Maine - Civil War

"In 1861, 86 volunteers came from Lincoln and in 1862, 58 volunteers came from Lincoln. During the war more than twenty-five regiments received…"

Lincoln, Maine - World War I

"The United States entered the war in 1917, but 168 people from Lincoln were involved. This war affected many people from Lincoln because 168 people…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Prominent Women

"Prominent Women Text By: Strong School 7th and 8th Graders, 2011-2012 Julia Harris May poetry collection, 1903Farmington Public Library…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 13 of 17

"In May of 1861, local fundraising began in order to support the families of those with enlisted Soldiers."

Freedom & Captivity Portal

The Freedom & Captivity digital collection in the Maine Memory Network, and the complete digital archive housed at Colby Special Collections, is a repository of personal testimonies, ephemera, memorabilia, artifacts, and visual materials that capture multiple dimensions of the experiences of incarceration for individuals, families, and communities, as well as for survivors of harm.

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Soldiers Of The Civil War

"He was in the Civil War and serving in the 1st Maine Cavalry by October 31, 1861. In 1863, he was taken prisoner in Frederick, Maryland, and held for…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Women in Colonial Economies - Page 1 of 4

"… their society: generally men hunted game which women in turn cleaned and preserved, and men cleared the fields where women planted and harvested…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Women in Colonial Economies - Page 2 of 4

"Within this framework, unmarried women possessed the same legal rights as men, including the abilities to independently purchase, own, or sell land."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Women in Colonial Economies - Page 3 of 4

"Women in Colonial Economies The work of Hallowell, Maine resident Martha Ballard (1735-1812) exemplifies female settlers’ varied and extensive…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Women in Colonial Economies - Page 4 of 4

"Damiano, Ph.D. is a historian of women and gender in early America and the Atlantic World. At the time this essay was written (2022), Prof."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor

"All of these women have played a big part in the history of Bangor and have inspired people all around the world."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Depression, War, and Fire

"Three boatyards on the island built vessels for the war. The largest producer was the Hinckley Company, which built 535, about 40 percent of all…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Civil War

"At home, women were left to tend the farms, manage family business, care for the sick and elderly, raise children, and bear the awful news that too…"

Tate House Museum

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - In the beginning, there were the Wabanaki…

"*Today, Wabanakis are divided into the Abenaki, Maliseet, Mi’kmaq, Passamaquoddy and Penobscot. We think it hard that you settle the lands that God…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Fashion in Bangor, 1865

"… but the crown and a visor." He suggested that women's fashions changed when men went off to the Civil War."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"With the end of the war in 1783 and formation of the federal government efforts were made to control trade in the region. The border between the U.S."

Lubec, Maine - Parade, Pins and Pageantry, 1911

"Click on the photo, zoom in, and read Info for their names. Degree of Pocahantas float, Lubec, 1911 Lubec Historical Society Here's another…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Allies & Allegiance: Military comradery at the Centennial, 1920

"In many ways, WWI introduced the United States as a world power, and military demonstrations solidified its new role."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - "Good the more communicated, the more abundant grows" : The Thursday Club

"… also the path has broadened, and larger groups of women have and are working with the same eager enthusiasm toward the still larger life, the…"

Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"Fall/Winter - Before the frosts came, the women and children went into the forests to forage nuts and berries."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 3 of 3

"After the end of the war, though, the men returned home to their jobs in the mills and back to regular production."

Lincoln, Maine - Jonathan Clay Jr.

"There could have been huge changes if the war came here and was fought, and we could have had our town or even country taken over."

Lubec, Maine - Myron Avery, Lubec, and the Appalachian Trail

"Navy. Avery also served in World War II, returning to inactive duty after five and a half years of service with the rank of Captain and the Legion of…"