Maine Memory Network

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools

"May 6, 1954, was moving day, when supplies and books were trucked to the new school. Although this was accomplished in the pouring rain, nothing…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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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.

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Stockholm, Maine

"The only school that has not burned is the current school on the High School land. In 1919 Stockholm decided to build a grade C high school."

Guilford, Maine - MANUFACTURING - Page 1 of 2

"… crafts, wooden checkers, and many more craft supplies. Drapers Mill was a supplier of box boards to other mills."

Guilford, Maine - PROJECT OVERVIEW - Page 2 of 2

"… Middle School – The six-town school district “supplied” seventh and eighth grade social studies teacher, Rex Webb, and a host of his students, all…"

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"… else that needed more power than could be supplied by men or animals. In Guilford’s case there were the Piscataquis River, Salmon Stream, and a…"

Lincoln, Maine - Ira Fish

"The windows were 7 feet by 9 feet. Ira supplied all the lumber for the school. The school was used for three years then was sold to the town for $142…"

Lincoln, Maine - Aaron Huntress

"… towns that relied on the mill and the train for supplies. Works Cited "Children." Personal Glimpses Of The Early Settlers: 31. Web. 15 Apr. 2010."

Lincoln, Maine - Weatherbee Hardware

"Weatherbee Hardware helped with supplies to build houses for people. If the Weatherbee store didn’t exist people would have to go to a different town…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 1 of 3

"… as a well established presence in the medical supply field. In 2002, they were named Maine Exporter of the Year."

Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 2 of 3

"… auctions in Exeter and Corinna and local farmers supplied them with beef. Lorin Herring turned over his half of Herring Brothers to his son Stephen…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"Smokehouses and the many brush weirs that supplied herring lined the shore. Weir construction also brought a measure of prosperity to area farmers…"

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 2 of 3

"… to the mill was connected to a waterwheel which supplied most of the power necessary. Known as Guilford Woolen Company, it was leased to William…"

Lincoln, Maine - Other Early Hospitals

"… did not have appropriate antibacterial cleaning supplies. The equipment they used would be considered outdated in today’s time."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"Each village was self-sufficient: each had its own store, church, cemetery, schools, post office and train station, road commissioners, social…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Population Decline in Maine's Coastal Counties

"… granite quarries were in a good position to supply stone for buildings and streets to the growing cities of the Eastern seaboard."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"… The Eagle Variety Store's Ad for School books and supplies 1875 X While schools provided education to their students, parents were expected to…"

Lubec, Maine - The Blizzard of '34 - Page 1 of 2

"and the Columbian Packing Co. had good supplies of coal, and wood on hand. Coal experienced no advance in price."

Lincoln, Maine - W.A. Brown: Jack of all trades

"… stores, would we have the stores we have now? The supply of goods we have now might not be around without him."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - People

"… of fishing reels (also see business leader below) Supply Belcher 1751-1836: American composer, singer, and compiler of "tune books"; dubbed the…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 4 of 5

"The brook which bears her name was once the water supply for the Town of Dixfield. The upper Weld Street area, which had very few houses until around…"

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

"Another form of transportation was supplied by the Maine Seacoast Mission, an organization founded in 1905 to help Down East island communities."