Maine Memory Network

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro to pages 0-46

"… 46 The section includes the Constitution of the organization, information about Acadian Hall, Wasgatts Quartet, a list of members, including their…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - 1st Maine Heavy Artillery, Bangor, 1865

"… 1st Maine Heavy Artillery, a Civil War regiment organized as the 18th Maine Infantry, returned to Bangor in September 1865, greeted by a large…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The Colony Continues to Grow, 1874 - 1900

"Local government had been organized to conduct the affairs of the colony even before New Sweden became a plantation."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - About This Project

"… items contributed by more than 200 historical organizations around Maine; more than 100 online exhibits that explore a diverse range of themes and…"

Skowhegan Community History - Sister Communities

"… items contributed by more than 200 historical organizations around Maine; more than 100 online exhibits that explore a diverse range of themes and…"

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

"This would serve as a parent organization for a series of useful enterprises for the town. The group decided these activities would include a day…"

Guilford, Maine - The Next Fifty Years 1916-1966

"The Guilford Chamber of Commerce was organized. Charles Herring started a slaughterhouse. The American Legion Hall was built and operated a bowling…"

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

"The project team was organized by the Blue Hill Historical Society, an all-volunteer organization devoted to working with other groups and…"

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 2 of 4

"The new Maine Coated Paper Company. was organized in 1913 with six single coating machines. It was to purchase paper in rolls from the Oxford Paper…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Church on the Hill

"This balcony held the organ and choir so the attendants had to “about face” when there was hymn singing."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Maine Railroads

"In two months the Aroostook Railroad had been organized. New Sweden StationNew Sweden Historical Society In 1891 former Bangor railroads the…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Project Partners

"… Society The New Sweden Historical Society was organized in 1925 and maintains the collections housed in the Capitolium, Lindsten Stuga, and Laden…"

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

"… Humanities. The HCRR grants advance "scholarship, education, and public programming in the humanities by helping libraries, archives, museums, and…"

Historic Hallowell - One of Many Monuments

"was organized in 1866. Faith, National Monument to the Forefathers, Hallowell, 1877Hubbard Free Library The statue "Faith," the central figure…"

Historic Hallowell - “Maine’s Century” Ends

"… was one of the first historic preservation organizations established in the state, and five years later Hallowell citizens were leaders in the…"

Historic Hallowell - Initiative and Self-Improvement

"… men in Hallowell, anxious to improve their minds, organized the Franklin Debating Society. Mostly apprentices, they met one night a week after…"

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Center Baptist Church, Lincoln, ca. 1900

"There was no church organization in his time and he did not live to see the erection of the church at Lincoln Center. Rev."

John Martin: Expert Observer - George Francis Train, Bangor, 1866

"… George Francis Train, a businessman who organized of the Union Pacific Railroad, spoke at the Democratic Convention in Bangor in August 1866. John…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Illustrations

"Some of the illustrations are available, organized into various topical categories, through the navigation at left."

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

"The Union church is listed as the next church to organize in West New Portland about a year later. Two churches were also built in 1838; the Free…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"… boasts the first Masonic Lodge in the vicinity; organized under the name “Rising Virtue” and held at the home of Jesse Libby in October, 1802, but…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Buttons

"… buttons to Mazie for her to clean, sort, and organize. She piled all her findings in a simple shopping bag."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - John Crosby

"Later on, the Congregational Society organized its own church with a covenant signed by John Crosby and nine others."