Maine Memory Network

Blue Hill, Maine - Meet Blue Hill's Project Team

"… Network features a constantly growing online collection of nearly 18,000 historical items contributed by more than 200 historical organizations…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 2 of 5

"The firefighters have held get-togethers to help collect money and canned goods to give to the local food bank."

Lincoln, Maine - Benjamin Chesley

"All of the wool that he collected went to all of his family’s clothes that they wore in their days. They must have had a lot of wool to make all of…"

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Historical Society - Page 2 of 2

"… in 1974 in a schoolroom organized with artifacts collected by Lincoln resident, John Weatherbee. Eventually, the museum expanded to four rooms of…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 4 of 4

"Scarborough Historical Society Collection: Clamming Thurlow, Bruce. Presentation to the Scarborough Historical Society."

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

"… and apportioned land to tenants from whom he collected fees and rents. The original Cammock house was built on the headland now known as Prouts…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - The Lending Libraries of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"… read and cross out the ones removed from the collection. When Prince Memorial Library opened on January 7, 1923, the 600-plus books in the…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 2 of 4

"… kept records of births, deaths and marriages, and collected taxes for town and parish (church) business."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"… the business owners struggled with the process of collecting the milk, and even faced a lack of cows to produce milk."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders at Work

"… would find the spot and use a "purse" net to collect the fish. Differing from the hand line, the purse net would surround the fish and then be…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - V. Changing times: the Swan’s Island Ferry

"… what history remained—donating family photograph collections, participating in oral history interviews, and volunteering their time and their…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 3 of 4

"The water treatment plant and collection system was $12,000,000 alone and was to be the last official act of Ethyl. Mr."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Fires in Rumford

"… business area and had spurred the growth of a collection of multi-storied tenement buildings, constructed very close together."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 3 of 5

"… extreme and more than four boxes of the Barclay Collection includes financial records and receipts from 1796 to 1827."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 5 of 5

"The Barclay Collection, as its name implies, came into being as part of the colonial process that remade northeastern North America as Euro-American…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"… research by Parker Brown Images from the collections of the Northeast Harbor Library and the Jesup Memorial Library Main Street, Northeast…"

Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"… would travel to the coast to clam, fish, and collect seafood. They would sometimes have big seafood feasts, where they would cook on hot rocks, and…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park

"… by Thomas Parker, 1846 A History of Farmington, Maine by Francis Gould Butler, 1885 Natalie and Ben Butler’s research collection Nancy Porter"

Lubec, Maine - S.S. Cumberland: Steamer Brought Passengers and Prosperity to Lubec but Met Tragic End

"… Text by Jennifer Multhopp With images from the collections of the Lubec Memorial Library and Edith Comstock."

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"Images from the organization's collection Lighthouse, Sail Rock offshore X It stands tall and straight, despite its advanced age, beaconing…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Lumber Capital of the World

"… amount of trees there, for the companies to collect their lumber from. Conclusion Bangor, Maine played a big part in the lumbering industry during…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Healthcare Center of Eastern and Central Maine - Page 2 of 2

"… Students X Bangor Public Library Special Collections Librarian Bill Cook Teaches W.S.C.S. 7th Grade Students X W.S.C.S."

Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"This collection was large and had great historical value. The churches served dinners and Samuel Boardman and the men from his mill set up tables in…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 1 of 4

"… Source Notes 1.Scarborough Historical Society Collection: Railroads 2.See note 1 above. 3.Author’s recollection 4.See note 1 above."