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These sites were created for each contributing partner or as part of collaborative community projects through Maine Memory. Learn about collaborative projects on MMN.


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Life Story Center

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Maine Irish Heritage Center

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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City of Brewer

Brewer is the gateway to coastal communities and Acadia National Park. The city along with Bangor also serves as a trading and distribution center for the coastal areas and towns and cities to the north with the total region having a population of approximately 250,000 people.

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Franco-American Heritage Center at St. Mary's

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Maine Folklife Center, University of Maine

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Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community

"Elizabeth’s Child Development Center. Residents like Deborah Minton, who lived at St. Elizabeth’s between 1966 and 1968, remembered the security the…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"… and the Baptist, on Meeting House Hill in The Center, between Somesville and Seal Cove. For some time, these were the only churches on the island."

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Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"It has become a major manufacturing center for a variety of wood related products. In the 17th century the British Navy required masts constructed…"

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

"… Epicenter, General Surgery, Hearing Center, Heart Center of Eastern Maine, Imaging Services, Infusion Center, Intensive Care Unit, Interventional…"

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Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Healthcare Center of Eastern and Central Maine - Page 1 of 2

"… General Hospital, BangorEastern Maine Medical Center As time went on, Eastern Maine Medical Center continued to improve and grow."

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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland Community Library

"… a new entity for the community, the Rural Living Center.  This would serve as a parent organization for a series of useful enterprises for the town."

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Skowhegan Community History - Exhibits

"… are clear evidence of rich learning in a student- centered environment. Students began by asking essential questions and from there pursued deeper…"

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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.

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Friendship Museum

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - Cities of Smoke and Soot

"Through working together, these communities have been able to quell incredibly violent and costly infernos that have consumed both sides of the Saco…"

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 2 of 3

"The Franco community, while shunning assimilation for "la survivance" of the French culture, championed the expansion of educational opportunities…"

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 3 of 3

"The introduction of daycare centers so that able-bodied mothers could work even part time to produce for the war effort was groundbreaking."

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VIII. Changing course and new beginnings (1955-Present) - Page 1 of 2

"… or move them down South to the textile production centers of Georgia and Alabama, where the help was cheaper and the raw materials were grown next…"

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - RESOURCES

"Merchant Sail. Center Lovell, Me.: Fairburn Marine Educational Foundation, 1955. (S) Flagg, James Montgomery. Roses and buckshot. New York: G.P."

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Lubec, Maine - Links

"… and visitors to the Lighthouse and Visitor Center, through education and displays, linking the lighthouse, community of Lubec, and the maritime…"

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Lewiston Public Library

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Life on a Tidal River - Welcome

"Bangor has, from its beginnings, been the “center” of Maine in many ways. Our history is one of access – to other parts of Maine, to education and…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - About Us

"… Center for Community GIS, Intern Stephen Engle, Center for Community GIS, Director Jean Oplinger, Farmington Public Library, retired Library…"