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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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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Project Partners

"… steward important collections" and strengthen "efforts to extend the reach of such materials and make their intellectual content widely…"

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Lincoln, Maine - About Our Project

"Without the combined efforts of the people mentioned above, this project would have been impossible."

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Telephone Museum

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Skowhegan Free Public Library

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Poland Spring Preservation Society

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West Quoddy Head Light Keepers Association

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Mercy Hospital - McAuley Residence

"… Mary George O’Toole, Ph.D., who coordinated efforts. O’Toole, who suggested the committee consider transitional housing, secured a $20,000 grant…"

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Historic Hallowell - Values and Charity

"… on, Hope ever” let us labor on, trusting that our efforts may be crowned by the preparation of some of those whose “home is on the deep” for that…"

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - National Blue Ribbon School

"The project represented four years of effort by determined residents, faculty and administrators in SAD 58."

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Western Maine Foothills Region - About the Project

"… has made great strides in this regard, but these efforts have been hampered both by geography and the disparate cultural foci of its constituent…"

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 1 of 5

"Years later their efforts turned into the Coos Road, running from northern Vermont down the Androscoggin and Sandy River valleys to Hallowell."

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Historic Hallowell - Martha Ballard

"… sometimes seriously injuring herself in her efforts to reach a patient in distress. Contrary to what might be expected, she enjoyed the respect of…"

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Friends of Wood Island Light

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

"… and expanded in the years ahead through joint efforts by the partners and other members of the community."

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Maine's Road to Statehood - 1790s: A Growing Movement

"… poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, put forth an effort to place a separation bill in front of the General Court in Massachusetts."

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Cumberland Historical Society

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Maine Conservation Corps

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Mercy Hospital - Growth & Expansion - Page 2 of 2

"The hospital made up the balance through several efforts, including the Catholic Charities Drive, which collected around $40,000."

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 1 of 3

"… with cupola, and elaborate wooden fencing in an effort to create a picturesque retreat. In the 1930s this place became known as the Gregory Inn and…"

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

"… fishing in the Rumford area as a result of the efforts of United States Senator Edmund S. Muskie, born and raised in Rumford, to enact the 1972…"

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Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… building was soon ablaze and in spite of great efforts but very few goods were saved. The town records and letters in the post office connected to…"

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

"… town's Chamber of Commerce mounted a sustained effort to attract doctors, dentists, attorneys, and other professionals to town."

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Caribou Public Library

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Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 3 of 5

"… Hall and William Hume of Guilford organized the effort to rebuild the bridge once again, at the cost of $625,000."