Maine Memory Network

Surry by the Bay - Phebe Fowler: A Woman of Property

"Lord (1912) Maine At Work in 1861, by Jackson Surry, Maine, 1850-1880: A History of Four Neighborhoods Including A Guide to the Research and…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"… residents as people left for the mainland to seek work. Swan’s Island adapted to the economic and social presence of seasonal residents."

Western Maine Foothills Region - About the Project

"Many inhabitants of the region work in those bigger cities and all must travel to one of them for shopping and entertainment."

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

"Many women were enlisted to do work in all departments of the mills and keep production rates up for needed war supplies."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Church on the Hill

"… building was erected, lack of funds hindered the work and in 1846 the group decided to buy a chapel on Main Street."

Westport Island History Committee

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Mercy Hospital - Growth & Expansion - Page 2 of 2

"… mid-1960s, cardiac training for nurses included work with defibrillators. By 1965, Mercy had expanded from 25 beds to 285."

Mercy Hospital - The Spanish Flu

"… cases,” but “it was extremely difficult to do work with these extemporaneous facilities.” Mercy Hospital opened its doors in response to the deadly…"

Mercy Hospital - People of Mercy - Page 1 of 2

"Commenting on new educational programs in the works, Sister Annunciata noted that “Today we should be going forward—if we stand still we shall slip.”…"

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 3 of 3

"While governor, Lincoln worked to settle the Northeastern Boundary Dispute with Great Britain in Maine’s favor."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden

"… to Presque Isle at the age of 16 and went to work for P.H. Phair in the lumber and starch business where he toiled for 30 years."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"… young men, whether they belonged to the family or worked as hired hands, were especially important. Enough farm workers left our communities to…"

Freedom & Captivity Portal

The Freedom & Captivity digital collection in the Maine Memory Network, and the complete digital archive housed at Colby Special Collections, is a repository of personal testimonies, ephemera, memorabilia, artifacts, and visual materials that capture multiple dimensions of the experiences of incarceration for individuals, families, and communities, as well as for survivors of harm.

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - More on the Old Ell

"… War II and the deaths of her parents, Mame Savage worked as a nurse’s aid and children’s nurse for almost 10 years at North Shore Baby Hospital in…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old Ell is Born

"Savage is personally superintending the work; Messrs. Savage & Stratton… [fred l. savage, son of a.c."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Stephen Titcomb and the Settlement of the Sandy River Valley

"X Stephen Titcomb’s tale is one of hard work and determination. His dedication, along with other notable early settlers, resulted in the…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park

"They provided donation of money and in-kind work up to $500 as long as it was big enough to provide space for the growing Charles Wheeler band."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Brick Inn

"Door of Brick Inn. Notice the complex brick work around the entrance. (photo taken in 2020) X Who actually turned a one-family home into…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of West New Portland

"Work was suspended during the winter but early in the spring it was resumed. On June 20, 1842 the bridge was opened to traffic, the cost was $2,200."

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

"The workers were the lumberjacks who would work for months clearing acres of heavily forested land to finally send the logs down the Penobscot River…"

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

"… pride themselves on self-sufficiency and hard work. The town continues to draw summer visitors but for most of the year life in Blue Hill is quiet…"

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 2 of 3

"… employees and many other community members worked long and hard to clean up and regroup. In 1988, the name again changed, this time to Guilford of…"

Lincoln, Maine - Newspapers

"Works Cited Lincoln Historical Society. "A Brief History of Our Town." Lincoln, Maine: Town of Lincoln. Web. 31 Mar. 2010."