Maine Memory Network

Southwest Harbor Public Library

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South Portland Historical Society

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Penobscot Marine Museum

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Hamlin Memorial Library and Museum

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United Society of Shakers

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Kennebunkport Historical Society

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Surry by the Bay - Surry Village School

"… were located on the first floor; the second floor contained grades five through eight. In 1937, formal music instruction began and students learned…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 2 of 5

"… the women were busily filling every container. Today the Common is mostly considered rural living with few agricultural establishments."

Early Maine Photography - Occupational

"The Vickery-Shettleworth Collection contains eight such images from Bangor, Bath, Harpswell, Skowhegan, and Vinalhaven."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 2 of 5

"… Society’s Thomas Barclay Collection that contains documents, land surveys, and maps dating from 1764 to 1893."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Kennebec Proprietors Biographies

"… collector and given the amount of legal records contained in the Kennebec Proprietors collection as well as his personal papers, this reputation…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old Ell is Born

"The interior of the main house has been greatly improved. It now contains, on the first floor, a handsome reception hall, a library, and a parlor or…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Emerson Letter

"This town is one of the oldest in VA. It contains William and Mary’s College, the oldest in the US, excepting Harvard."

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 3 of 5

"It contained a post office, a clothing store, and a drug store on the first floor, and the bedrooms and the kitchen on the second floor, with…"

Colby College Special Collections

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Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax

"At the lowest estimate, a cubit mile of seawater contains gold to the value of $65,000,000. It is probably nearer the mark to place it at…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 2 of 2

"The book contains a report on geology by William Morris Davis, which includes the work done by Champlain Society members and this passage: “Seldom…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 1 of 2

"… and the Gray Herbarium at Harvard University, contain detailed accounts of the expeditions, as well as their collection of rocks, plants, birds…"

Historic Hallowell - Logging

"… all the logs got delivered and collected and also contained floating logs timbered from nearby forests."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - East New Portland Village

"The house has been remodeled but still contains the original timbers. The chimneys bricks were made at Parker’s kiln. Capt."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahoc County Courthouse

"The Monument contains the names of 109 Bath residents who died in the war. In her paper, Hepler also mentions that the Soldiers' Monument was built…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Blue Hill Spearheads Development on the Downeast Coast

"… miles and then to the first Bounds mentioned: containing a Neck of Land, Water, and Islands; and your petitioners as in Duty bound shall ever pray…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 1 of 5

"The first floor contained a French and Elliot IGA store. Later the store was changed into Worthen’s Market."

Guilford, Maine - Veterans Tributes - Page 1 of 2

"… and single handedly charged into a cave containing fifteen of the enemy and annihilated the entire group."