Maine Memory Network

Historic Clothing Collection - 1930-1940 - Page 1 of 4

"An easy fitting three-quarter sleeved unlined edge to edge jacket completes the ensemble. Perhaps worn with white wide-heeled shoes and a neat little…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Eighteenth Century - Page 1 of 3

"The gown features a sack back with pleats falling from the shoulders into a train, a style still worn for dress occasions as late as 1770-1785."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1890-1900 - Page 1 of 3

"… are defined by plain skirts, the rapid rise and fall of the sleeve, and the increased availability of silk."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1830-1850 - Page 1 of 3

"… serve to illustrate the gigot sleeve’s rise and fall from outsize balloon puffs at the shoulder, followed by mid-arm puffs, and final deflation…"

Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement

"… school, then best known as the "Red Schoolhouse." Falling victim to the whims of spirited townspeople, the nomadic little schoolhouse changed…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1950-1960 - Page 4 of 4

"… short prom dress and matching stole could fall into the category of garments based on a Dior design, and made under license in the United States…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Wabanaki Agency in the Proprietor Records - Page 5 of 5

"… as Quabecook (Merrymeeting Bay), and the names of falls on the Androscoggin, including Amitgonpontekok (Twenty Miles Falls), which divided…"

Surry by the Bay - Welcome

"… artifacts, or items you have that relate to Surry’s past, so that you can help us continue to explore and share our little town's history."

Surry by the Bay - Surry Today

"Still a “happy home of hundreds,” today the little town of Surry retains much of its original charm, communal pride and spirit. As F.L."

Surry by the Bay - About The Project

"… Project has proven to be a perfect fit for this little school. Lynn Bonsey and her Students X Rena Bonsey and her Students, ca."

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"… highway system brought significant change to the little town of Surry. As Cush Lane noted, when he was a child, it took two days to reach Surry…"

Surry by the Bay - History of Surry

"Then a rude wigwam village on a little fertile plateau where the fires built a niche in the forest close by the banks of a beautiful bay."

Historic Hallowell - Ice; The Ice Storm of 1998; Ice Storm '98

"… were covered in ice Freezing rain falls and falls again The storm continues Everything is frozen Trees fall, the ice melts You can hear nothing…"

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

"… globe have contributed to our project! As of the Fall of 2022, our crowd-source partners have fully transcribed over 8,000 pages, with another…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 1 of 7

"… and Pejepscot Proprietors? Essay by Ian Saxine, Fall 2022 Ian Saxine, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of History at Bridgewater State University…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Women in Colonial Economies - Page 1 of 4

"Damiano, Fall 2022 Sara T. Damiano, PhD, is an historian of women and gender in early America and the Atlantic World, and an associate professor at…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 1 of 6

"Blaakman, PhD, Fall 2022 Michael A. Blaakman, PhD, is an assistant professor of history at Princeton University."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Wabanaki Agency in the Proprietor Records - Page 1 of 5

"… Records Essay by Lisa Brooks (Abenaki), Fall 2022 Lisa Brooks (Missisquoi Abenaki) Henry S."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: A Wabanaki Perspective - Page 1 of 4

"Ranco, PhD (Penobscot), Fall 2022 The collections in the Beyond Borders project are important and significant to many audiences, including, and…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 3 of 5

"… which had been organized in the wake of the fall of Acadia—in particular the Pejepscot Proprietors—were immediately alarmed by what they correctly…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 1 of 4

"… for the purposes of fishing salmon at the “Great Falls.” There is little evidence that there was any permanent settlement in this area, but rather…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Gravenstein apple, Bangor, 1866

"In the fall of 1864 I set this tree in location No 4 history page 477 (his "Journal") and in 1866 it bore 6 apples the size & color below I shew them…"

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

"The Rumford Falls Power Co.'s ability to generate adequate power for the paper manufacture and all the residential homes and businesses in the…"

Historic Hallowell - Sweat on the Kennebec ~ Hallowell Steam and Boom Company

"In the fall, these rafts with houses would be towed into the cove below Vaughan's Point. Steam and Boom Company, Log Driver's Shack, Hallowell…"