Maine Memory Network

Lincoln, Maine - Wartime Lincoln

"… SELF-EXPRESSIVE (taking a non-traditional, often artistic, approach to a topic). The responses reflect a variety of perspectives on the topic—all…"

Norridgewock Historical Society

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Early Maine Photography - Groups - Page 2 of 2

"… Deering sisters are fashionably dressed and artistically posed around their mother, Anna Margaret Holwell Deering. The daughter of Major John Z."

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…"

Surry by the Bay - Surry Today

"A smattering of writers, artists, and musicians seek their muses in this idyllic setting. A few people strive to subsist off the land by growing…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Cottagers

"… and visitors who were inclined toward nature and artistic or intellectual pursuits. Overall, their homes and hotels were less extravagant than…"

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."

Friends of the Kotzschmar Organ

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Bryants and Rockefellers: Two Seal Harbor Families

"Word of mouth from artists and ship crews began to draw visitors each summer in order to get a glimpse of the magical place."

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…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Patten Free Library

"… and a daughter named Dahlov Ipcar who is an artist that made the children's room mural. Center Street, Bath, ca."

Aroostook Historical and Art Museum

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Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"He was an artist and he painted pictures of religious subjects. The natives were fond of a bell that Father Rasle had."

Surry by the Bay - Surry Opera Company

"… slides of artwork commissioned from various local artists provided a backdrop for performances. The SOC performed throughout Maine in 1985."

Scarborough Historical Society & Museum

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Otisfield Historical Society

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Bangor Public Library

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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…"

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.