Maine Memory Network

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Explore photos from the "Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold" documentary

"… all kinds of evidence of a productive, local-based economy…. It looks to me like they worked pretty hard… So they weren’t just casually waiting…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Of The Arts Era

"John J. Emery, an aristocrat based in Cincinnati, Ohio, with ties to the Bar Harbor area, agreed to contribute between $30,000 and $40,000 toward the…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Elusive Championship

"… by a Reeds Brook Middle School student based on an article by Bob Hawes X Have you ever heard of the expression “Things happen”? “History…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… and blacksmith shops were all present and island-based. As time passed most of these services have ended or diminished, due to changing times and…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"… extension was built to the Presque Isle Air Force Base. This substation on Munson Hill, pictured in1909, was 5 miles north of Presque Isle near the…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block

"The fire started in a livery stable at the base of the chimney in the office. The fire could have been put out except for the break in the water line…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bass Park: A History of Fillies, Fame, and Fun

"… anniversary of Bangor, people will open up the base of Paul Bunyan, which is a time capsule. Legend says that Paul Bunyan was born in 1834, the…"

Prince Memorial Library

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Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community

"… recognized the benefit of VNA’s extensive home-based network, now considered central to improving the health of our communities."

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"Manufacturing remained the base of economic growth in Skowhegan up until the 1970’s. Today, the mills no longer operate on the island leaving only…"

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… to carry off the torrential flow, the highway base began to crumble under the pressure… Mattanawcook Stream, within a few minutes, rose to higher…"

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.

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… environment, and the vagaries of a fisheries-based economy. These strengths should sustain the town as it welcomes its third century."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"This book is based in a town called Derry, which was supposed to represent the city of Bangor, Maine."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"… style of old clothes iron which had a hollow base into which a heated triangular metal piece would fit that kept the iron continuously hot."

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"… Principal made his decisions to purchase books based on the quality and the price of the editions."

Acadian Archives

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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