Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Dummer House

"Martha Ballard's diary also states that Ephraim Ballard attended the raising of Nathaniel Dummer's house on June 19, 1792."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Lunt House, Cumberland at Center streets, Bangor, ca. 1852

"Cary to whom he referred was his mother-in-law. She sold the family home and bought this house, but put it in her son Luther's name."

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.

Presque Isle: The Star City - Phair House, the Bellstead and the Social Security Building

"In 1856, Phair and his mother moved to Presque Isle. He built his house in Presque Isle in the 1890s on the corner of Chapman and Main Streets."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 362-451

"He described other houses he owned, and ones he lived in, especially the Soule house, which became his family home; and his brother Alonzo's visit…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 0-73

"… a genealogy of his and his wife's families, his mother's life in Ellsworth, her marriage to John Martin Sr., his own childhood, including his…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 121-end

"… in Brewer and Hampden, his lameness, his mother's illnesses, his work history, and, finally, the death of his daughter Mabelle (1866-1899)."

Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"Mothers with children would come and visit Maine while the father would stay at home working. The father would take a train on Friday evening and…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 195-277

"… freshet of 1846, a trip to Ellsworth with his mother, business failures, property transactions, Prince business accounts, an eventful excursion to…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - "A Little Daisy," Katahdin Iron Works, 1890

"Martin wrote that the girl's mother was ill and became an invalid and, "this little girl assumed the house work cooked nice bread, meats, pies, cakes…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's Journal

"When he, his mother, and his step-father moved from Ellsworth in 1825, Maine was five years into statehood and independence from Massachusetts."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Old Bill, gundalow crossing Penobscot River, Bangor, 1846

"Martin recalled that he and his mother and sister were returning in June 1846 from a visit to Ellsworth where his mother had grown up and where…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Moving to Maine: There to Here - Page 3 of 3

"My parents used an outhouse in Vietnam. When my mother and father were young, their houses were made of wood and had a thatched roof."

John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 1 of 2

"Martin's mother, Anna Stratton, lost her parents when she was young. Dr. Moses Adams of Ellsworth and his wife, Mary, took her in and educated her…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Elmer Martin, Bangor, 1865

"… play in the yard and discovered a hammock in his mother's apple tree." View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 3 of 4

"Jane and her mother settled on the north side of Blue Point near the mouth of Mill Creek. Jane’s fireplace with its blackened hearthstone could be…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Growing Up in Masardis - Page 3 of 4

"… and sisters were old enough to pick potatoes, her mother and father would make her clothes. When they were old enough to earn money, they would…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 1 of 4

"… he felt it was his duty to care for his invalid mother, it wasn’t until he was sixty-one that he married Stella Langford of Rochester, New…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 1 of 4

"… (known as Indian Jane or Jane Hannup), and her mother Nagasqua, be allowed to live on the land. The settlement was named Dunstan, a corruption of…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Martin-Raynes-Stevens Family Trees

"… trees of Martin, including the children of his mother and stepfather, Solomon Raynes; and of the Stevens family of Windham, into which Martin's…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Reed Hardings neighborhood, Hampden, ca. 1833

"… neighborhood in Hampden where he lived with his mother and stepfather, Anna and Solomon Raynes. Martin (1823-1904) drew the neighborhood…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Dancing, Bangor, ca. 1865

"… & Sketch Book" that he began in 1864 is labeled, "Mother in a Polka round. Father introducing a Gent." Martin (1823-1904), a Bangor accountant and…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Fashion in Bangor, 1865

"… in Bangor, 1865," with a discussion of what his mother wore when he was 4 years old and commented on what had changed, especially in bonnets, in 37…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 4 of 4

"His mother, an amateur watercolorist, was Homer’s first teacher. After Homer’s graduation from high school, his father arranged an apprenticeship for…"