Maine Memory Network

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - John Frank Stevens

"Stevens was made an honorary member of the American Society of Civil Engineers in 1922 and in 1927 they elected him president, the highest office in…"

Acadian Archives

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Surry by the Bay - Surry Opera Company

"He told the Ellsworth American that he wanted to celebrate the music that had brought him and many others so much joy over the centuries, the music…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Depression, War, and Fire

"… a wave of economic prosperity and the rise of the American car culture. In the 1950s, middle class families got in their cars and drove to…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 3 of 6

"… of the Savage lodgings were accompanied by the “American plan” of three meals, many served at the nearby Asticou Inn."

Historic Hallowell - This won't hurt a bit!

"He immediately made use of it and was the first American physician, be it known, who applied the vaccine virus to the arm of a human subject in this…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Incorporation

"… those early residents of the town, who during the American Revolution stood against the English king, George III."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Introduction

"… historian Fannie Hardy Eckstorm wrote that Native Americans named the Souadabscook Stream, which in their language meant “sloping ledge stream."…"

Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"… and 2001, the industry provides a microcosm of American history. This album goes from the beginnings of the industry up to 1920."

Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 2 of 2

"Print. European and North American Railroad History of Penobscot County Maine, with illustrations and biographical sketches."

Guilford, Maine - EXHIBITS

"We have an active American Legion, an outstanding and beautiful Veteran's Memorial, and now, this exhibit in which we pay tribute to two examples of…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 4 of 4

"Leamon, James S. Revolution Downeast: The War for American Independence in Maine. Amherst, MA: The University of Massachusetts Press, 1993."

Bar Harbor Historical Society

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William Fogg Public Library

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Hudson Museum

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Kings Landing Historical Settlement

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Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library

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Hampden Historical Society

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

"… costly silk, contributing to the decline of the American silk industry. Rayon was manufactured into many kinds of woven fabrics for dresses and…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Eaton W. Tarbell

"… offices of president of the Maine Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, chairman of the Maine Arts Commission, and member of the Bangor…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 1 of 7

"… where he specializes in Colonial and Native American history in New England. He is the author of "Properties of Empire: Indians, Colonists, and…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 6 of 6

"… Nation: Land Mania in the Revolutionary American Republic (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2023)."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 2 of 6

"… But in Maine, as in much of Britain’s North American empire, there was no clear or single source of title."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 1 of 6

"… Nation: Land Mania in the Revolutionary American Republic (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2023)."