Maine Memory Network

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 1 of 4

"I suppose you have some trouble to read my writing, but you must get used to it for I cannot write any better not now and I think I never can learn…"

Surry by the Bay - About The Project

"… worked with Paula Mrozicki's third graders to write, produce and film a movie based on their research."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Woodrow Wilson

"2 or 3 others with us finally waited till another ship came along that we knew and we finally take you home."

Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community

"… I received there.” A South Portland resident writing in 1964 went even further. After a three-day stay following an operation, “I have never, in…"

Blue Hill, Maine - John Edward Horton, Civil War Soldier

"He writes in his diary that he wished he could be home to vote for “Old Abe” and later, that he had read Abraham Lincoln had won the election for…"

Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor

"Working for newspapers like this helped Mary’s writing reach a broader audience. Mary Alden Hopkins wrote about her experience as a suffragette and…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old House (circa 1820-2013)

"According to writings by A.C. Savage’s grandson Charles K. Savage (1903-1979) who owned and operated the Asticou Inn properties between 1922-1963…"

Mercy Hospital - The Spanish Flu

"… as many in our country as they are in France.” Writing Foster just a week later, his friend Manola Gilman of Cumberland Mills noted “you boys are…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Jonathan Fisher: Unlocking the Person Beyond the Parson

"… copies of ) over 3,000 sermons, and many types of writings on liturgical subjects. He also served his ministerial calling by producing a book with…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico Corner

"Then as an afterthought, he adds his family and writes: "The family of myself living in the village of Mexico Corner carless " By 1910, many of the…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"… the fleet of the whole Atlantic coast," Small writes, "a fact that should awaken an honest pride in the energy and thrift of our fishermen.” Swan’s…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Patten Free Library

"… the Patten Free Library's own website, the editor writes, “Mildred C. Wright donated $150,000 for the construction of a new wing to house a…"

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 2 of 4

"I have written to Willy, and shall write again this afternoon. I have not got the Papers that you spoke of yet but shall expect them tonight."

Lincoln, Maine - Catholic Church

"… "Using your new found knowledge of this topic, write a creative piece (haiku, cinquain, story, song) about it" Indians Reside The first Catholics…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 2 of 2

"… days been spent than those recalled while writing out this sketch. We have coasted in good company and under good pilotage along the rocky shore…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 1 of 2

"… landscape painters of the Hudson River School and writings of John Ruskin. Magazine and newspaper reporters described the places one could go to…"

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Historical Society - Page 2 of 2

"… to support its growth, the members decided to write and publish The Pictorial History of Lincoln."

Lincoln, Maine - Cars, Model T

"… "Using your new found knowledge of this topic, write a creative piece (haiku, cinquain, story, song) about it" Cars Shiny, Dirty Parking, Driving…"

Lincoln, Maine - Jeremy Nelson

"At the time of his death, he was getting ready to write a book about Lincoln’s history. Jeremy was a big part of Lincoln’s history because he took…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"According to the writing of Anna Virgin Farrington, Indians from the Pennacook tribe had a camp on the mountain in back of what is known as the Ira…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Raymond Wallace

"… a whole history of Thomaston and we would have to write it down, I missed a lot of it. My mother liked to have enough money to help the family and…"

Lincoln, Maine - Aaron Woodbury

"… a ‘why’ question, research the answer, and write a response answering the question.” Why did Aaron Woodbury choose Lincoln to make a settlement…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"Ava Harriett Chadbourne writes in Place Names and the People of Its Towns, "during the period while the Maine towns were developing, the South…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future

"… while others make wedding cakes, take pictures, write books, and create works of art. Recently, the town has seen another decrease in population."