Maine Memory Network

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."

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…"

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.

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

"“Research Starters: US Military by the Numbers.” The National WWII Museum | New Orleans, The National WWII Museum | New Orleans…"

Tate House Museum

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Lubec, Maine - Parade, Pins and Pageantry, 1911

"(The U.R.K.P. was disbanded in the early 1950s). The Third Battalion was located in Calais with its Company #11 in Eastport."

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."

Historic Clothing Collection - Northern Threads: Two centuries of dress at Maine Historical Society - Page 1 of 3

"The garment portion, about 3,000 pieces, encompasses clothing for people who identified as women, with a smaller representation of menswear and…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Mid Twentieth Century

"The exception being Korean and Vietnam War-era military uniforms, which are well represented at MHS."

Historic Clothing Collection - The Maine Historical Society Historic Dress Collection - Page 1 of 2

"In 2018, support from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Museums for America grant program facilitated item-level cataloguing…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - A Murder In Strong

"All the fields, pastures and wooded areas between the Libby farm and the village were searched. Late in the afternoon searchers came upon a spot on…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Northern Threads: Two centuries of dress at Maine Historical Society - Page 3 of 3

"The French word for fitted military metal armor, cuirasse aptly describes the long, tightly fitted body and hip hugging jacket, called a basque…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1920-1930 - Page 1 of 3

"… in southern states (originally developed for military purposes) were quickly adapted for rayon production."

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."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1940-1950 - Page 1 of 3

"… at Maine Historical Society includes World War II military uniforms, as yet it holds little in the way of civilian war-era fashions."

Historic Clothing Collection - Northern Threads: Two centuries of dress at Maine Historical Society - Page 2 of 3

"In response, MHS broadened our collection vocabulary to include historic clothing, costume, and dress."

Historic Clothing Collection - Fabric Adaptive Reuse

"… and new dresses required many yards of fabric, women were familiar with the custom of either themselves or their dressmakers altering and updating…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1870-1890 - Page 1 of 4

"On the other hand, speedier sewing encouraged extra detailing in fashionable garments. In the 1860s and 1870s small thread mills, such as the Haskell…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1900-1910 - Page 1 of 3

"The alternate fashion, compatible with women's increasing participation in the workforce and outdoor activities, favored a more naturally curved…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Themed Image Galleries

"There are gaps in representation, but as the examples in the overview make clear from the eighteenth to the late twentieth centuries, Maine's…"