Maine Memory Network

Friends of Wood Island Light

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Margaret Chase Smith Library

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Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 1 of 3

"… by an unknown maker may date from his reelection campaign in the fall of 1864 or from his assassination in April, 1865."

Early Maine Photography - Groups - Page 1 of 2

"… group took its name from the 1840 presidential campaign in which the Whig candidate, General William Henry Harrison, was transformed from a…"

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

"… Of particular note is Charles's passionate campaign to protect the road entering Northeast Harbor from "unsightly intrusions." "Before we got…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early History - 1719 to 1740

"… the aid of the local Indians to help with their campaign for land acquisitions. A series of conflicts, known as the French and Indian Wars…"

Guilford, Maine - Veterans Tributes - Page 2 of 2

"… Star Medal, Army Commendation Medal, European Campaign Medal with two battle stars, plus the French Croix-de-Guerre."

The General Henry Knox Museum

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Hamlin Memorial Library and Museum

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Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 2 of 3

"Senator in 1848. During the 1856 campaign, he won the governorship of Maine as a Republican, but held that office only a few weeks, resigning to…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - After the War: The First Victory for Separationists

"… Eastern Argus newspaper began a thirteen-article campaign promoting separation. Of its many arguments, the paper maintained a district with a…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 4 of 5

"In 1998, Linda began a campaign to raise funds to build an addition to the library. Several children from the community, under the direction of art…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The Coming of the Swedes, 1870-73

"… Swedish immigrants as the result of an aggressive campaign by Captain G. W. Schroeder, Thomas's immigration office manager in Gothenburg, Sweden…"

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

"The Regiment would be engaged in six campaigns: Yorktown, Williamsburg, Fair Oaks, Gaines Mill, White Oak Swamp, and Malvern Hill before the next…"

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 3 of 4

"… you that Maine has got its name up during this campaign and so high too that it will remain up in the estimation of other and more popular States."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and the Civil War

"… battles of the 22nd Maine include Bayou Teche Campaign, also known as the Battle of Irish Bend which occurred on April 14, 1863 and the Siege of…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4

"She campaigned zealously and successfully to raise funds that resulted in the attractive brick library building on the corner of Main Street and…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 2 of 4

"… in the Continental Army in the Rhode Island campaign as aide-de-camp to General John Sullivan."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Village Schools

"Townspeople soon started a campaign to raise money for the new school. The project was stimulated when Carroll H."

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Resources, Links, and Bibliography for Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold

"… The War Against the Weak: Eugenics and America’s Campaign to Create a Master Race, 2003, Four Walls Eight Windows, New York."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools

"… top priority after becoming superintendent was campaigning for the establishment of a local high school."

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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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

"A successful community fund-raising campaign resulted in the construction of a new gymnasium to house the high school’s competitive sports teams and…"