Maine Memory Network

Kennebec Valley Community College Archive

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - About Us

"… between local schools, historical societies, and public libraries through the exploration and celebration of local history."

Life on a Tidal River - Bass Park: A History of Fillies, Fame, and Fun

"Cohen School. Images are from Bangor Public Library. Introduction Bass Park has been with us since the 1800's."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - About Us

"The Thomaston Public Library is the fourth member of Thomaston's group. Located in the Thomaston Academy Building, the library was recently renovated…"

Mercy Hospital - The Spanish Flu

"For example, the state soon passed a law requiring all public schools to offer instruction in personal hygiene and community sanitation."

Architecture & Landscape database - Lost Gardens of Eden

"… of its powerful natural beauty to a greater public. The development of the area as a summer resort and prestigious destination was the impetus of…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"Aroostook Valley Railroad and Maine Public Service Company building, Presque Isle, 1921Presque Isle Historical Society In 1921, Gould built a…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Database Overview

"… participation is open to any collection, held publicly or privately. Participation only requires the commission have a Maine location or designer."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Healthcare Center of Eastern and Central Maine - Page 1 of 2

"… Medical Center History Beginnings After the public discussed wanting a local hospital, a petition was started in 1891 to open up a hospital which…"

Rumford Area Historical Society

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Blake Library Special Collections, UMFK

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Lubec, Maine - The Blizzard of '34 - Page 1 of 2

"The New Deal’s Public Works Administration responded, and the governor ordered a State snowplow out to Lubec."

Sanford-Springvale Historical Society

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Poland Spring Preservation Society

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Mercy Hospital - Growth & Expansion - Page 1 of 2

"… over $300,000 from 6,831 individual donors in a public subscription drive. Mercy also received nearly $240,000 in federal funds for furnishings and…"

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… to Lubec Grammar School • The Lubec Herald ceases publication 4th of July Parade, Lubec, ca. 1898Lubec Memorial Library 1960 • The Lobster…"

Early Maine Photography - The Vickery-Shettleworth Collection

"That year he began public school teaching, which was interrupted by service in the U.S. Army during World War II."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 2 of 2

"… The bandstand, a prime gathering place for the public in an era larded with local musical organizations, stood at Main and Pleasant Streets, as…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Doughty School; and Priscilla Soucie, School Library Media Specialist, William S. Cohen School Howard House, Bangor, 1869Bangor Public Library…"

Life on a Tidal River - The Great Bangor Floods: 1902 and 1976

"Cohen School Images from Bangor Public Library, Bangor Daily News and Bangor Historical Society The Penobscot River has brought wealth and prosperity…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 5 of 5

"… pay for pro-treaty newspaper propaganda to sway public opinion in Maine. Border residents who were not seen as full members of the polity due to…"

Mercy Hospital - Growth & Expansion - Page 2 of 2

"… receiving charity care—had what a 1968 hospital publication called “social problems” and that they often returned to Mercy after their discharge…"

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 1 of 4

"… site, sharing with the community and the larger public the heritage of this now-lost traditional fishery industry."