Maine Memory Network

Blue Hill, Maine - Jonathan Fisher: Unlocking the Person Beyond the Parson

"… his ministerial calling by producing a book with artistic representations of Scripture Animals. His father died in 1777 while serving in the…"

Blue Hill, Maine - The Musical Culture of Blue Hill

"1960-1980: Noel Paul Stookey: Noel Paul Stookey, of Peter, Paul and Mary fame moved to Blue Hill in 1973. He then proceeded to open a recording…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - RESOURCES

"… Society SECTION NOTATIONS: N - NARRATIVE A - ARTISTS & INVENTORS C - CIVIL WAR M - MOVERS & SHAKERS S - SHIPBUILDING T - THURSDAY CLUB Annual…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Looking for the Lost Cemetery

"… arrived in the 1760s and in the early town records it shows that the townspeople voted: To see if they will agree to work one Day for to fense in…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Project Sources

"9, Sept 1893. —(LI) Sawyer, Rick. The Vital Records of Blue Hill, ME, unpublished.--(LC) Willis, William."

Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"Due to carefully kept records, we know that the entire building cost $1407.25. Building of the Academy commenced in March of 1803, and was finished…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 4 of 4

"It continues to serve as the town's journal of record. Later in the decade, Jerry Durnbaugh and Bob Bannister founded the Peninsula Ambulance Corps."

Early Maine Photography - Art

"Some Maine artists offered the option to have portraits painted based on photographic images. Others used photography to document their work and…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Bar Harbor: Building of Arts

"… disturbing influences which are necessary to all artistic accomplishment." It was believed that this “opportunity is one of true public advantage…"

Early Maine Photography - Art - Page 1 of 2

"Warren. While Leland’s artist remains unknown, the Day portrait was the work of Portland portrait painter Charles O. Cole."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 1 of 3

"… as "the lumber king", but unfortunately no good record seems to have been saved of his operations. His peak was during the 1870s and 1880s."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War & Biddeford

"… feelings of patriotic pride that I refer to the record of our City during the past year in regard to the national calamity that is now upon us."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - ABOUT US

"… discovering, procuring, and preserving data, records, objects and landmarks touching the history" of the State of Maine and the City of Biddeford…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - I. Headwaters of a community: Sowacatuck, Chouacoet, and the sea

"… customs only to be puzzled out through the archaeological record and the writings of the earliest explorers, settlers, and missionaries. Next..."

Norridgewock Historical Society

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Norcross Heritage Trust

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn

"So-called Rusticators -- artists, wealthy educators, clergy, and later industrialists from these cities -- were seeking an escape to unspoiled nature…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Gridley Barrows

"His father was an engineer, and his mother was an artist. Barrows graduated from Philips Exeter in 1929 and from Harvard in 1934."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Of The Arts Era

"Many important artists performed on the stage of the Building of the Arts: for example, opera singer Emma Eames and her husband Emilio de Gogorza…"

Kennebunkport Historical Society

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

"… members had their portraits painted by Famed artist John Singleton Copley, who perhaps uncoincidentally was allegedly indebted to Gardiner for a…"

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

"Naturalists mingled with artists and writers; the distinctions between “professional” and “amateur” were fuzzy at best."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… making, photography and various forms of artists' paintings. These crafts still flourish on the island, and are sold at various outlets, most…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"… has less damage, and in truth, shows much more artistic talent than that of Sarah’s. This was done as a penmanship practice according to Maine…"