Maine Memory Network

Mark & Emily Turner Memorial Library

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Fifth Maine Regiment Museum

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Hudson Museum

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Baxter State Park

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West Quoddy Head Light Keepers Association

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - The Crew

"… in ‘Environment, Place & History’ and ‘Medieval Worlds.’ After her two years with our historical society, Kate worked for the Maine Humanities…"

Dixfield Historical Society

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Mt. Zircon Reservoir - Page 2 of 3

"During World War II, the reservoir was under constant surveillance against possible sabotage of drinking water sources."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Scrapbook 3: 1867-

"… pages 129-end Grant-Wilson Rally in Augusta, election results, Greeley's death,   Bangor Commercial article on World's Fair contest X"

Mercy Hospital - Growth & Expansion - Page 1 of 2

"… States stood on the brink of entering another world war, the growing city of Portland needed greater hospital capacity."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1910-1920 - Page 2 of 2

"1920Maine Historical Society During the World War I period (1914-1918) the wider, shorter skirts and peplum jackets worn by women in uniform or…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1920-1930 - Page 1 of 3

"… tubular line silhouette returned after the First World War. Two ankle length straight dresses in the MHS collection straddle the war years and…"

Historic Clothing Collection - The Maine Historical Society Historic Dress Collection - Page 2 of 2

"… history, and art (2019), Designing Acadia (2017), World War I and the Maine Experience (2017), Fashionable Maine: early twentieth century clothing…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1940-1950 - Page 1 of 3

"… collection at Maine Historical Society includes World War II military uniforms, as yet it holds little in the way of civilian war-era fashions."

Architecture & Landscape database - Eaton W. Tarbell

"… Tarbell was one of the first architects in post-World War II Maine to advocate for the sharp, simple lines of contemporary design."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Women in Colonial Economies - Page 1 of 4

"… and gender in early America and the Atlantic World, and an associate professor at Texas State University, with research and course work focused on…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: A Wabanaki Perspective - Page 4 of 4

"… Weaponizing Settlement in the Gulf of Maine World, 1710-1800” (Ph.D. dissertation, University of Pennsylvania, 2020). Saxine, Ian."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 1 of 5

"… efforts to bring the region into the European world each collapsed so quickly and immediately that the Wabanaki inhabitants of the region could be…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 4 of 6

"… Historical Society Maintaining Asticou After World War II, more people came to Mount Desert Island than had in previous generations."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"… to have, a rich oral tradition that explained the world around them, told of their history, and even warned them of the arrival of Europeans…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"… except for a brief period at the beginning of World War I when Hampden’s shipbuilders were pressed into service to build the four mast schooner…"

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

"All were important in a world where wooden boxes were used instead of cardboard. This was Hall’s world."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

"… action or died from wounds.” Rumford sent men to World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War."

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

"… at Rumford was the largest book paper mill in the world under one roof and had a capacity of 350 tons of paper a day."