Maine Memory Network

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and Social Reform Movements of the 1800s-1900s

"They hosted rallies, gathered petitions, and took a number of other official actions requesting the state government to prohibit alcoholic beverages…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"Strong's History Schools, Social Life and Community Service Strong offered a variety of social and service organizations, including the Gift Club…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - The American Revolution and Early Attempts at Separation - Page 2 of 2

"Unfortunately for separationists, gathering support was difficult for their movement, which some thought unpatriotic and embarrassing, in light of…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - National Blue Ribbon School

"… the cheers of students, teachers, and residents gathered at the school. The balloons represented the number of years since the Strong Elementary…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - A Murder In Strong

"… she returns not." X The next day townspeople gathered in the area to help with the search. All the fields, pastures and wooded areas between…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Odd Fellows Hall

"… hall was used for dances, social and religious gatherings, plays, concerts,bingo, fundraisers, town meeting, and the annual eighth grade…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Wrappers, Teagowns & At Home Dresses

"… is the traditional term used for the gowns gathered under this heading. This type of garment is thought to have been worn only within the familiar…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Activities for Rusticators

"Women, excluded from this men’s association, founded a social club of their own in 1897, situated in a seaside cottage within spying range of the…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Redmen's Hall

"It also housed dances, social gatherings, and had a movie projector. The Lodge room and kitchen were upstairs, while the dance hall and movie…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Eighteenth Century - Page 2 of 3

"… subsequently developed into a slimmer gown with a gathered raised waist. Progress away from heavy full skirted formal silks to simpler styled…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"It housed dances, social gatherings, and had a movie projector. Odd Fellows' Hall was constructed soon afterward, and its three stories still stand…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 3 of 6

"… rides, day hikes, evening lectures, small gatherings for tea and family celebrations, calling on friends, and the weekly dance or social at the…"

New Hampshire Historical Society

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 3 of 3

"… Junior Mothercraft were organizations of women gathering together at each other's homes, sharing life experiences, exchanging recipes, discussing…"

NPS, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters Historic Site

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Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"… were generally spacious and suited to social gatherings and gracious living. In 1884, Wilde Rose, now named Shoreacre, was the first cottage to be…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"… a social center at landing time when islanders gathered to exchange news and goods. Another form of transportation was supplied by the Maine…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 1 of 2

"… in March 1880, when Harvard student Charles Eliot gathered six of his friends together in 34 Grays Hall in Cambridge to discuss a camping…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Columbian Block

"… building in the Columbian Block that was used for gatherings and group meetings; this building was the Columbian Hall."

Guilford, Maine - Guilford Schools

"… in 1812 the settlers of Township Six Range Seven gathered together and set aside $21.00 to establish Guilford’s first school."

Lincoln, Maine - Methodist Church

"… churches were for meeting places and a place to gather for suppers. Churches are also used for shelters, concerts, weddings, and celebrations."

Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library

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Lubec, Maine - Susie Calder: Lubec's Sardine Queen

"As far as I could see it was just a happy gathering and a place to work and earn a few pennies. Audio here."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"Some entities existed strictly for social gathering with others were created to better the lives of local citizens."