Maine Memory Network

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Exhibits

"Exhibits Staples brothers waiting for the bus, Swan's Island, ca. 1955Swan's Island Historical Society In creating our exhibits, especially…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Thompson's Memorial

"The building and business was sold in 1971 to Lee and John Somers. They renamed it the Presque Isle Memorial Works."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 4, pages 57-76

"… Fort Sumter Capture of Richmond, Petersburg Lee's surrender Bangor victory "parade" Gorham L. Boynton Israel B. Norcross Llewellyn J."

Skowhegan Community History - About the Project

"Lee Granville, president of the History House, then invited a small group of teachers to the History House for an introduction to their collections…"

Lincoln, Maine - Methodist Church

"It is located at the intersection of Lee Road and Main Street. A major event about this church was that Isaac Burton donated a clock for the front of…"

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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

"Jesse Lee to the Province of Maine and Lynn circuits. Methodist ChurchStrong Historical Society Lee preached first in Saco, and then Portland…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - About the Team

"… Ursula Baier, Carol Black, Ronald Dolloff, Lee Dunn, Butch Goff, Grapheteria, Mark Heath, Holly Hurd, Val Johnson, Lincoln Merrill, North Yarmouth…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - The Missouri Compromise: A Moral Dilemma

"… Banks, Maine Becomes a State, 148-183 and Webb, Lee, “Maine’s Constitution: A Document Made by Men at a Specific Time.” [33] For a thorough…"

Lincoln, Maine - Other Early Hospitals

"Dr. Gulesian bought a home on Lee Street in hopes of opening an Osteopathic Hospital. His hope came true and in August 13, 1947 the Gulesian Hospital…"

Skowhegan Community History - The Skowhegan Island

"According to Lee Granville, the president of Skowhegan's local historical society, there were so many mills, that there were just a few spots on the…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor Man Rats Out Brady Gang - Page 1 of 2

"Body of Clarence Lee Shaffer, Bangor, 1937Bangor Historical Society Dalhover asked if the machine gun had come in yet."

Lincoln, Maine - Workman's Hospital

"… was actually in the upstairs part of a house on Lee Street. It only had two beds, so people that needed surgery had to get it done on the kitchen…"

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln House Hotel

"… on the East side of upper Main Street just before Lee street, and opened in 1858. When the hotel was finished, they built stables for the horses so…"

Lincoln, Maine - Jonathan Clay Jr.

"… railroads would be cut into Petersburg, forcing Lee to extend his lines. We have wars that are going on with different countries about things that…"

Lincoln, Maine - Jacob Stinchfield

"… Methodist Church, at the intersection of Main and Lee Streets. The inscription on the bottom of the monument says: “Erected in honor of the men of…"

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Resources, Links, and Bibliography for Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold

"Lee, Maureen Elgersman, Blck Bangor: African Americans in a Maine Community, 1880-1950, 2005, University Press of New England, Hanover, N.H."

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 2 of 3

"In 1982, the company was sold to Thomas H. Lee Company who streamlined financial operations, acquired Hayward-Schuster Woolen Mills in East Douglas…"

Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"… Band featured a march, Guilford Centennial, by Lee Sanford, a former Guilford boy who had played in the President's band for a number of years."

Lincoln, Maine - Telegraphs & Telephones

"… Wytopitlock, Prentiss, Carroll, Springfield, Lee, and Medway. Being a toll station for all these towns, calls were taken in and out."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Skyline Farm - Making and Preserving History

"… Semmes Pierce, Richard Semmes, Ronald Dolloff, Lee Dunn and Val Johnson. Open Space at Skyline Farm Photo by Diana Logan X Reading Resources…"

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area by Lee Granville Near the border of Skowhegan lies a fertile piece of land along the Kennebec and Sandy Rivers."

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.

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"The Red Wing was owned and operated by Leroy M. (Lee) McCorison. It fit four passenger cars and crossed the bay in a half hour."