Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Day 8

"Unfortunately schools, businesses, transportation systems, and the government were disrupted by the ice storm."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Running the Town

"She served until 1972. Roberta recalled being tired of coming up against the opinions of two men when determining school business."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Boy at Bangor parade, July 4, 1865

"… splendid feature in the procession was the boys schools being each school in seperate companies with a regular set of captains Lieut sargents &c…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Summary Notes

"Obviously most of the schools in New England were closed. People were trapped in their cars, cold and hungry."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Summer Resorts

"Bay View House Booklet, Islesboro, ca. 1920Islesboro Historical Society As was true at Ryder’s Cove, there were year-round residents at Hewes Point…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Minturn Schoolhouse

"There were two floors to the school, with the older students upstairs. Both floors were heated by a wood stove in the winter."

Blue Hill, Maine - Meet Blue Hill's Project Team

"The Consolidated School is committed to providing students from Kindergarten through 8th grade a well-rounded education that prepares them to be…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Project Partners

"The students participating in this project are in the Black House, which is one of the two 7th grade teams at BMS."

Surry by the Bay - About The Project

"… and Kate Mrozicki) X Surry Elementary School This multi-faceted project has supported our school's continuing tradition of studying and sharing…"

Historic Hallowell - Johnson Brothers and Their Shoe Factory

"They attended local schools in Appleton, but Richardson Johnson had to give up school early to make a living by farming and later manufacturing shoes."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Seaside Hall

"… of Atlantic would rely on Atlantic stores, the school, post office and church. When it was first constructed, Seaside Hall served as Atlantic's…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 2 of 2

"Martin, like most youths of his era, attended school for sessions that lasted about 12 weeks. Sometimes, students attended more than one session a…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Ocean View Hotel

"The kids from Stonington High School used to come down once a year on the steamboat and they’d play, come up and play different, you know, their…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Interviews - Page 2 of 2

"… five in the morning and it was freezing; the house- the whole house was just freezing. We then decided that we needed some lights."

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 5 of 5

"The house was considered a farm house. Guilford Center House, 1983Guilford Historical Society Over the years quite a few people lived there and…"

Historic Hallowell - A Post-Revolutionary Generation

"… bookstore located in the same building that housed Ezekiel Goodale’s bookstore and publishing house in the early 1800s."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro to pages 47-90

"… includes information about John Martin's Dancing School that was held at the Hampden Town Hall, and dances at Temperance Hall and Dolan Hall in…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro to pages 133-end

"… includes another Constitution of the "Scientific School," dated 1860. He also information about or profiles and images of: Leighton George Yeaton…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 72-120

"… wrote about their son Junior, dances and dance schools, the final days of Katahdin Charcoal Iron Co., and his fruit trees."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… located on the second floor of the old Pendleton School house. Alice Lavinia Pendleton was the first librarian."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 1 of 4

"… that shares of land were to be set aside for a school, for Harvard College, for a church and for a learned protestant minister and his family."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 4 of 4

"… no backpacks and no homework, and we kept all our school books at school.” Throughout the next fifty years, homework cycled in and out of fashion…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"… 83 vessels more or less – 84 dwelling houses, 12 school houses, 14 meeting houses [among them the first congregational and baptist churches in blue…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - History Detectives

"The club met after school to solve 'mysteries' with island artifacts, play games, work on exhibits, act out historical scenes, and learn from local…"