Maine Memory Network

Western Maine Foothills Region - Project Photos

"… at the old Peru Elementary School, pot-luck social at the Rumford Public Library. For more, and larger, photos click here."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - About Us - Page 1 of 3

"Crystal Knapp Polk teaches social studies and reading at the Strong Elementary School. Students in her 7th and 8th social studies classes…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - About Us - Page 3 of 3

"When she showed them to social studies teacher Crystal Knapp Polk, they decided the best place for them would be the Historical Society and presented…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - "Good the more communicated, the more abundant grows" : The Thursday Club

"… strengthened, and her own possibilities as a social and intellectual force, brought out and gradually moulded into form."

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing Class Photos

"… location, creating one space for classrooms, a library, and faculty offices. In 1968, the School of Nursing contracted with St."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 3 of 3

"Barn raisings were the first social events, consisting of fiddle playing, dancing, and plenty of good food."

Telephone Museum

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"Yet, for reasons both commercial and social, since the earliest times, people in this region have regularly made such journeys, and evidence of this…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - CONTACT

"… including Biddeford Pool, ca. 1880McArthur Public Library Got a question or comment about what you have seen here? An idea for a great exhibit or…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - EXPLORE the history of Biddeford, Maine...

"… choir musical program, 1891McArthur Public Library South Side of Main Street, Biddeford, 1909McArthur Public Library The trailblazers of…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - ABOUT US

"… X McArthur Public Library McArthur Public Library opened as the Biddeford Public Library in 1863; it was a city department and located in the…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - Artists and Inventors of Biddeford

"1865McArthur Public Library In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries the in-migration of people from other cultures, such as the Irish and…"

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - About the Project

"… took thousands of photos, and we spent hours in libraries and archives reading and scanning documents and newspaper reports."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 1 of 3

"… Goodwin of Biddeford, 1818McArthur Public Library After the Revolution was fought and won, life began again in Biddeford, along with another…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - RESOURCES

"(S) Pepperell Sheet Feb.1941: 24. McArthur Library Special Collections. (A) Pepperell Sheet Oct. 1947: 13. McArthur Library Special Collections."

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

"… Main Street, Biddeford, 1909McArthur Public Library At the turn of the century Biddeford was a place of opportunity, of excitement, of possibility."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 11 of 17

"1864McArthur Public Library Soon after the surrender of Fort Sumter, President Abraham Lincoln called nationally for volunteers, requiring Maine to…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 5 of 17

"at Saco & Biddeford, 1848Dyer Library/Saco Museum The cotton textile manufacturing industry became very significant in Biddeford once the Laconia…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - A word of thanks

"… Sue Souliere Britton Wolf Abbe Museum Dyer Library/Saco Museum Hudson Museum-University of Maine University of New England And of course, the…"

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

"… and Saco downtowns, ca.1887McArthur Public Library Andrews & Horigan Grocery Store, Biddeford, 1899McArthur Public Library While most…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - II. Ripples of change: European exploration & settlement at Winter Harbor - Page 2 of 2

"1910McArthur Public Library The earliest settlers lived almost entirely in the area immediately near the mouth of the river and on the large hill…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The MCHP Experience: In Our Own Words

"… -Raymond Gaudette, President McArthur Public Library Sally captures the action during the Museum in the Streets tour X "It's been really…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 3 of 3

"Andrews, Biddeford, ca. 1861McArthur Public Library CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ABOUT BIDDEFORD DURING THE CIVIL WAR (1861-65) Because of the high cost…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VIII. Changing course and new beginnings (1955-Present) - Page 1 of 2

"1915McArthur Public Library Throughout Maine during these years most of the large manufactures either moved to the South or where floated along…"