Maine Memory Network

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 1 of 3

"… available to them at the City Opera House and other halls and venues downtown. Concerts, minstrel and vaudeville shows, oratories, chorales and…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VI. The deluge of industrial expansion & immigration (1865-1900) - Page 1 of 2

"Huge ice-storage houses were built along the river, and the harvest was stored packed in hay as well as sawdust, which would have been available in…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 4 of 5

"… plays, silent movies, dances, town meetings, school functions, and the Odd Fellows and Rebekahs meeting hall."

Mercy Hospital - Founding of Mercy

"Administration transferred from the old Weeks House to the larger Payson house on Deering and State Streets in 1927, with Weeks transforming into a…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - Shipbuilding in Biddeford: Lore, Leaders, and Legacy

"Most of the surviving information comes from the District of Saco custom house. CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE..."

Rumford Area Historical Society

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Blake Library Special Collections, UMFK

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

"… 1911, they committed eight islanders to the Maine School for the Feeble Minded. The threat of eviction lingered over the remaining islanders for…"

Mercy Hospital - Sisters of Mercy

"… arrived in Bangor, Maine where they opened a school that later became Saint John School. In 1873, Bishop David Bacon invited them to Portland to…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Database Overview

"… Society Much of the present holdings are housed at Maine Historical Society, however, database participation is open to any collection, held…"

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"Starting under Larrabee in 1934, Howard “Bob” Gray raised a large family in the keepers’ house, documenting their years with many snapshots."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - About Us

"… of historical material is kept in the Old Yellow School House & Museum on Sound Drive. Here, the records of island history are fully cataloged…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Lumber Capital of the World

"As the population continued to increase, more schools, houses, and shops were established. They were built with the lumber that could be bought from…"

Poland Spring Preservation Society

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Kings Landing Historical Settlement

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Islesboro Historical Society

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Mercy Hospital - Growth & Expansion - Page 1 of 2

"… for the 140 students then enrolled in the School of Nursing. The new expansion was formally dedicated on March 18 and 19, 1943 by Bishop McCarthy…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Andrew Anderson

"There was no style- you wore what you could get a hold of. My mother at first stayed at home- most house wives stayed at home- and I’m a little…"

Sanford-Springvale Historical Society

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Architecture & Landscape database - Project Background and Partners

"… and comprehensive inclusion for all MHS-housed commissions. Eventually, the database will be open to contributing partners and privately held…"

Westport Island History Committee

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Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"Many fellow students at school looked up to him as a leader due to his natural leadership skills and great talents."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - III. An undercurrent of danger: Colonial Biddeford

"… During the fight warriors burned two mills and a house in the area to try and lure out the settlers, to no avail."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and Social Reform Movements of the 1800s-1900s

"2017. "Temperance movement." Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 7 May. 2017…"