Maine Memory Network

Lincoln, Maine - Catholic Church

"… "Create a statement and prove or disprove it with evidence from your research" Statement: The Penobscot Indians started the Catholic Church in…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"… in his native French, presumably due to evidence of past fires on the island. This name was later partially translated into Burnt Cote, and later…"

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Explore photos from the "Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold" documentary

""We found all kinds of evidence of a productive, local-based economy…. It looks to me like they worked pretty hard… So they weren’t just casually…"

Lincoln, Maine - MacGregor's Spool Mill

"… “Create a statement and prove or disprove it with evidence from your research” Statement: The MacGregor spool mill had a big effect on Lincoln The…"

Lincoln, Maine - Telegraphs & Telephones

"… in the form of a few paragraphs" There is evidence that the first telegraph lines in Lincoln were installed some time in the 1850s, after the…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 3 of 4

"The agricultural heritage is still evident in area farms. Sunrise Acres Farm, begun in Cumberland in 1948, was one of the earliest farms to become…"

Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"… work.” Some mechanization in this step is evident from the photograph. It was taken in the sealing room at the cannery nicknamed “The Acre.”…"

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

"Evidence of this comes from when he held the first town meeting at his home in 1804. Captain Parker had some resources and owned the first plow…"

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.

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village

"… will within a few weeks bring to our door fresh evidence of the energy and enterprise of our people."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… bustling agricultural hub it was in the 1800s, evidence of this important community characteristic can still be seen from many subtle vantage…"

Acadian Archives

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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