Maine Memory Network

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

"… Society In 1931-1932 a group of young men gathered at Aaron Anderson’s. His place was in the Bangor Aroostook section of New Sweden."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell History From a 7th Grade Perspective

"… former Hall-Dale history teacher, painstakingly gathered Hallowell resources and put them together into notebooks related to topics being…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Summary Notes

"Below freezing, people gathered to friends houses or the shelters that were provided for the people with out power."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Buttons

"… as many called him, would come every month to gather the extra clothes, blankets, sheets, towels, and coats that were past their prime."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early History - 1719 to 1740

"Encouraged by this profitable business, Waldo gathered several Scottish Presbyterian families together, bringing them to the area with renewed hopes…"

Lincoln, Maine - Masonic Hall

"… because they held secret meetings and other gatherings. They were for sure a secret organization."

Northeast Historic Film

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Southwest Harbor Public Library

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NPS, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters Historic Site

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - I. Canoes and Clamshells: The Pre-European Settlement Years

"… and porpoises for skins and oil, as well as to gather sea fowl eggs, sweet grass, clams and lobsters. As Dr."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders At Play

"A group of musicians, many from Maine, gather and perform in the Odd Fellows Hall for three nights usually in early August."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 2 of 5

"… from all points of the town to hold a day-long gathering to vote on important elected positions of the town and to discuss the building of roads."

Architecture & Landscape database - Gridley Barrows

"… Historic Preservation Review Board held a public gathering to recognize the lifework of Gridley Barrows. His longtime friend Philip M."

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

"The collection was mostly gathered by British commissioner Thomas Barclay (1753-1830), loyalist of New York and Nova Scotia, and British agent Ward…"

Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"The girls would gather nuts, greens, roots and firewood. They also would help with the cooking and carrying of the household goods to the summer or…"

Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"… were generally spacious and suited to social gatherings and gracious living. In 1884, Wilde Rose, now named Shoreacre, was the first cottage to be…"

Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"… received the applause of hundreds of people gathered on the streets, in doorways, window, anywhere to exclaim over the beauty and imagination shown…"

Caribou Public Library

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

"… in March 1880, when Harvard student Charles Eliot gathered six of his friends together in 34 Grays Hall in Cambridge to discuss a camping…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Columbian Block

"… building in the Columbian Block that was used for gatherings and group meetings; this building was the Columbian Hall."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Entertainment- Alameda and Opera House

"… the location of most of Bath's important public gatherings. It held countless Morse graduations, benefits, and celebrations."

Life on a Tidal River - The Bangor Fire of 1911 - Page 1 of 2

"As a large crowd gathered to watch the disaster unfold, the fire consumed the Public Library’s collection of 70,000 volumes, valued at $300,000 at…"

Blue Hill, Maine - The Musical Culture of Blue Hill

"… Bagaduce Chorale, a small group of singers who gathered at Mary Cheney Gould’s house for the pure joy of singing."

Guilford, Maine - The Next Fifty Years 1916-1966

"… the First World War, in 1918 people of Guilford gathered in the square and celebrated as they burned the Kaiser in effigy, celebrating the peace."