Maine Memory Network

Presque Isle: The Star City - Bangor and Aroostook Train Station, Presque Isle, ca. 1908

"Large desk on right is high, requiring clerk to stand or use a very high chair. This clerk has a phone. A light bulb extends from the high ceiling."

Lincoln, Maine - Ariel G. Edwards, WW II soldier, Lincoln, 1943

"He was both a mail clerk and truck driver during his service. He was discharged September 15, 1945. View additional information about this item on…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 5 of 7

"… Society Although the title may sound humble, clerks managed the books and, as they were privy to sensitive information, wielded considerable power…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1890-1900 - Page 3 of 3

"Positions such as store clerks, telephonists, office clerks, secretaries, and typists were opening up (by now typewriters were common in business…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 452-534

"… politics, including his failed bid to become city clerk. Martin noted that "the evil one" followed him as he constantly felt cheated by employers…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Bangor Commercial article on World's Fair contest

"… or deliver them with their votes for the teacher, clerk, or wage earner -- from Bangor or from outside Bangor."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Biographies - Page 2 of 2

"… he was elected to the office of scavenger, clerk of the market, and hogreeve (hog constable) several times."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Eddie's Market

"… working for Howard Michaud as a meat cutter and clerk. Michaud’s store was on the corner of State and Exchange Streets."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Thomas White Dry Good Emporium, Bangor, 1864

"… Civil War broke out in 1861, Daniel Chaplin, a clerk for Thurston & Metcalf used part of the building pictured to recruit volunteers."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Biographies - Page 1 of 2

"… grandson David Jeffries became a member and clerk of the rival Kennebec Purchase Proprietors. Wentworth's name is mentioned many times in both the…"

Surry by the Bay - Weathervane Dispute

"Carlisle, Treasurer; and Frank G. Whitney, Clerk. Trustees were Floyd Black and Raymond Jacobs. Contentious weathervane at Claude L."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 4 of 7

"… at least one major shareholder and the company clerk, made most of the decisions about managing the new, unincorporated towns on proprietary lands."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Papers, 1627‐1866

"… the Pejepscot Proprietors by the son of the last clerk of the company, Josiah Little, a Bowdoin College classmate."

Lincoln, Maine - Jacob Stinchfield

"The town clerk was a secretary and kept files. When Jacob was thirty-three in 1839, he was elected to the state legislature."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Inns

"… butlers, chefs, waitresses, kitchen help, clerks and managers—a total of 180 people. In this photo, three-quarters of the staff are gathered on the…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Incorporation

"… sending a committee composed of Amos Dole, town clerk, John Crosby, and Reuben Newcomb. The response on June 8, 1790 was that those who settled…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Running the Town

"In 1961 Amy Staples became our first female town clerk. During the town reports published in the 1960s women’s names began appearing in lists serving…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston is Incorporated - 1777

"… and who was an acquaintance of the town’s first clerk, Colonel Mason Wheaton. Fales Edgarton House, Thomaston, ca."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 2 of 5

"Selectmen, Town Clerk, and Tax Collector, Bondsmen, Road Surveyors, Hog Reaves and other positions were elected to see that the town would be on…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Kennebec Proprietors Biographies

"… Moderator for the Kennebec Proprietors as well as Clerk of Common Pleas for the Port of Plymouth, Justice of Peace for Plymouth, and Deputy…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"… through the Ledyard & Palmer business as a clerk, until establishing his own store. He was a member of several Christian Churches."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Davenport Memorial and City Hall

"It housed the offices of the city clerk, the treasurer, the mayor, and the police department. City Hall had a courtroom, a marshal's office, a…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 2 of 5

"He had served in the capacity of clerk with the different managements before he purchased interests in it."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Prominent Women

"From 1863 to 1865 she worked as a government clerk in Washington, D.C. In 1865 Elizabeth married Elijah M. Allen."