Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Settlement

"… were obtained later on in 1846 from Colonel John Black of Ellsworth, Attorney for the heirs of the William Bingham estate (see Hancock County…"

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Listen to the entire "Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold" documentary

"… Listen to Chapter Two The Press, Myths, and Black Peoples in Maine   Listen to Chapter Three The Islanders   Listen to Chapter Four…"

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Explore photos from the "Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold" documentary

"Malaga Island in 2012 Malaga Island By Kate Philbrick, 2009 X The community on Malaga remained relatively unchanged for many, many years from…"

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Resources, Links, and Bibliography for Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold

"Maine Coast Heritage Trust owns Malaga Island. “Malaga Island: A Century of Shame,” a Portland Press Herald Article by Colin Woodard about the…"

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - About the Project

"Malaga Island. The people who lived there a hundred years ago were the concubines of sea captains and their offspring!” Needless to say, everyone in…"

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Maine State documents and Proclamations

"… initial public response to his visit to the island where he said, in effect, the islanders should be helped, not removed."

Surry by the Bay - Resources

"(editor), Penobscot The Forest, River and Bay. Island Institute, 1996. Surry's Centennial Souvenir, 1903. Varney, George J."

Surry by the Bay - Late Twentieth Century

"… towards Acadia National Park on Mount Desert Island; some of them discovered Surry during their travels and several of them purchased summer…"

Surry by the Bay - Surry Today

"… jobs in Ellsworth, Bangor and on Mount Desert Island. Surry Elementary School, which was designated a National Title 1 Distinguished School in…"

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"… whose community was as tinder dry as Mount Desert Island. Fortunately Surry had no major problems, but the citizens who had been so worried that…"

Surry by the Bay - Broadway by the Bay

"… in grand cottages in places such as Mount Desert Island, Blue Hill and Castine. The Playhouse offered some elegance and culture in a charming…"

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… down the Neck minus their headlights, the drivers would secure their cargo, and slip away towards Bangor and Mount Desert Island. Next Page"

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

"… Black Point, 1500 acres from the Spurwink to the Black Point River, back one mile from the sea and including Stratton's Islands."

Bar Harbor Historical Society

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Early Maine Photography - Post-Mortem & Mourning

"The contrast of the white linen and the black background further serve to isolate Mrs. Herbert’s head in the picture."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 2 of 4

"… King William King, son of Richard King and Mary Black King, was born 9 February 1768 in Scarborough."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

"The Black Mountain Ski Resort now features skiing for the family at affordable rates, a tubing hill for the non-skier, and a modern, up-to-date lodge…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Floods

"The flood was caused by ice jams at Swan Island and Browns Island but with the warming temperatures in the late winter, early spring, the winter ice…"

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"Bennett, Black robe on the Kennebec by Mary R. Calvert, and Dawn Over the Kennebec by Mary R. Calvert."

Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"These photographs were taken with an early black-and-white instant Polaroid camera. Piers under construction for bridge, Lubec, 1961 Lubec…"

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"Ancient volcanic basalt, black and craggy, defile the entrance to Passamaquoddy Bay. Early navigators petitioned for protection from the treacherous…"

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"Hanson Black Robe on the Kennebec by Mary Calvert Skowhegan Community In partnership with the Maine Memory Network | Project of Maine Historical…"

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.