Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - The Information Call Script

"IT WAS VERY RUMBLY AND I COULD HEAR THE RIPPING UP FROM THE TREES AND EVERYTHING THAT WAS DONE ON THE GROUND."

Lubec, Maine - The Gardner Lake Tragedy - Page 2 of 2

"“It is terrible to read, hear, and think about. It was so sad to hear about all the children dying. Miriam Kelly the only survivor living today…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Ocean View Hotel

"And you could hear them coming on the steamboat. It would be so calm and nice, you know. And even sometimes you could hear them coming from the…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice; The Ice Storm of 1998; Ice Storm '98

"… is frozen Trees fall, the ice melts You can hear nothing, just silent After 3 days of wind and rain it is over finally over Clean up is a hassle…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - Biddeford's Movers & Shakers

"You often hear these names in family stories or local lore, and it is assumed that at one point, they were famous within the community."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Telephone communication

"… about the island telephone system took place in the 1960s. As you will hear in the audio, the phone system was old fashioned even for the '60s."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Exhibits

"… hope is that you will be able to see and hear about our ancestors and what we have learned about Swan’s Island from them."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Ice Storm of 1998

"All of a sudden, you hear a loud, cracking noise, a tree limb has fallen. What is happening? One of the biggest storms in the history of Maine."

Historic Hallowell - History of The Cotton Mill

"… Library On March 15, 1890, people started to hear that the Cotton Mill was going to shut down because southern states had machinery to make…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The MCHP Experience: In Our Own Words

"… Raymond from the Biddeford Historical Society and hearing his incredible stories of the city's history." -Brooke Faulkner, Young Adult Librarian…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 1 of 3

"… mostly English and French, but you could also hear German, Dutch, Albanian, Greek, Yiddish, Spanish, Chinese, Turkish, Danish, Polish, Russian and…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - The Crew

"Part of Meghan's accomplishments are the wonderful audio pieces that you hear in the Islanders at Play and Islanders at Work exhibits."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mt. Zircon Reservoir - Page 2 of 3

"… resides next to the existing West farm, recalls hearing from her parents that some of the workmen at the Reservoir boarded with Asa and Alda while…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Passamaquoddy Hereditary Chief Francis Joseph Neptune

"… an agent for the United States, wanted to hear stories from the elders of the Tribal community about the location of the St. Croix River."

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 1 of 4

"… and understanding takes place by seeing, hearing and doing. An important part of this story is the folk or vernacular architecture that defined…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Andrew Anderson

"She became a first maid inspector- do you want to hear a story about that? I was in the service and a friar came in from Charlestown media and saw us…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Atticus: A Fugitive Slave

"… loading a ship in Savannah, Georgia, and said, “I hear you are from Maine. I went there once in a vessel whose master was Captain Daniel Philbrook."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Baird's Quarry history

"To hear more about the boarding houses in Eva Wheaton’s audio story found in the Islanders at Work exhibit, click here."

Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair

"… they pulled into the Fair Grounds, they could hear music and see the Ferris wheel turning in the sky."

Blue Hill, Maine - The Musical Culture of Blue Hill

"When you visit Blue Hill, you can see, hear, and feel the soul of this place through the music that makes up so much of the creative outlet in this…"

Lincoln, Maine - Ferries

"… was a horn on each side so the operator could hear it if he was on the opposite side of the river."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 4 of 4

"For example, it was quite common to hear “dump the string” when the stern came between those two large trees on Stratton Island."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 3 of 5

"… area, learned that he had a new neighbor only by hearing the sound of an axe on a distant hill. It was Osgood Walker, and the hill became named for…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - More on the Old Ell

"… to trace the journey and uses of the Old Ell and hear what sounds and melodies present and future occupants will broadcast from the old family…"