Maine Memory Network

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs

"By 1922, the club had 655 members and was the largest in the country in proportion to its city's population (about 70,000)."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - "Good the more communicated, the more abundant grows" : The Thursday Club

"… Historical Society The acceptance of the club as a means of education and development was almost simultaneous throughout the country."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - New Sweden Athletic Club

"The club wanted to be known as a regular club but it soon became known as the New Sweden Athletic Club or NSAC."

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Allies & Allegiance: Military comradery at the Centennial, 1920

"… greatest of its kind that has been held in the country.” The centennial committee organized a series of grand activities including an exposition…"

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

"… and service organizations, including the Gift Club, Senior Citizens Club, Aurora Grange, American Legion, Order of the Eastern Star, Freemasons…"

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 3 of 3

"… and Phillips, advocates for public access to back-country recreation. This small grass-roots organization has developed a new commemorative trail…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Soldiers Of The Civil War

"… were “Tell my Mother that I died fighting for my country.” Samuel Pinkham was another Cavalry soldier with ties to Strong."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 5 of 17

"… of the largest cotton milling facilities in the country. Even when cotton manufacturing became scarce, they worked on army tents, wagon covers…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War & Biddeford

"… have more loudly proclaimed their devotion to our country's cause, none have in fact more promptly responded to the calls of the government upon…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VI. The deluge of industrial expansion & immigration (1865-1900) - Page 2 of 2

"… (25%) and Ireland (12%), two heavily Catholic countries. Prior to this there had been only one Catholic Church in town, Church of the Immaculate…"

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

"… the same way as many parts of the state and the country. In the urban areas of Maine, ethnic tensions and nativist hatreds rose through the 1920's…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 2 of 4

"… including student council, drama club, chess club, various music clubs and a chorus, extra-curricular academic activities, and many, many, more."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Customs House

"… was to collect taxes on goods imported from other countries. Also, the building contained a room for federal judges, an office for the Port Surgeon…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4

"… Hill Historical Society The Blue Hill Country Club, on the west side of the inner harbor, began at the turn of the twentieth century."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"… the trends of Bath, as the city, state, and country grew. Until the Route 1 bypass was built, Centre Street was the main artery for commuters…"

Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"The golf course was renamed The Blue Hill Country Club in 1928. The Blue Hill Country Club hosted and continues to host social functions."

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… the War of 1812, Bath and the rest of the country experienced a lengthy period of expansion of international trade and therefore of maritime…"

Historic Hallowell - A Post-Revolutionary Generation

"… to members of the original Blue Stocking Club, a distinguished literary circle of mainly female writers famous for their dissenting views."

Guilford, Maine - The Next Fifty Years 1916-1966

"Piscataquis Valley Country Club was incorporated. The Guilford Chamber of Commerce was organized. Charles Herring started a slaughterhouse."

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

"Bridge Clubs were also popular. Houses were cleaned from top to bottom in order to prepare for club meetings."

Blue Hill, Maine - Project Sources

"… Sheila Varnum Internet Sources Blue Hill Country Club The Jonathan Fisher Memorial Jonathan Fisher - Wikipedia *All sources used for Blue Hill’s…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

"The Chisholm Ski Club, founded in the early 1920s, offered winter Nordic and Cross Country skiing, and hosted an annual winter carnival, first at its…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 3 of 3

"In 1924 the Oakdale Country Club Golf Course was built and is still challenging and successful today."