Maine Memory Network

Architecture & Landscape database - Eaton W. Tarbell

"… donated his architectural drawings to the Maine Historical Society, where they are essential to telling the story of how modernism came to Maine."

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 2 of 4

"… process, that is, one that changed little in its essentials through the years. It was almost entirely handwork, with hardly any mechanical assist."

Lubec, Maine - A Signature Quilt

"… Century together socially while engaging in work essential to their families’ well-being, even survival."

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

"Yet the work of filling them was the same essentially as at the beginning of the industry, and still was “women’s work.” Some mechanization in this…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Women in Colonial Economies - Page 3 of 4

"… labor of women including Martha Ballard was an essential complement to the surveys and land sales documented in company records."

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin store interior, Bangor, 1862

"Patten to stock the store, essentially selling items on commission to repay Patten. Due to various economic downturns and the start of the Civil War…"

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

"… economies, and Indigenous and White women were essential contributors to each. Amongst the region’s original inhabitants, the Wabanaki, men and…"

Skowhegan Community History - Exhibits

"Students began by asking essential questions and from there pursued deeper knowledge regarding topics and issues of importance to them."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 3 of 5

"… treaty with Massachusetts in 1794, an essential legal precedent for the Maine Indian Land Claims Settlement Act of 1980. St."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Civil War

"… the writing, annotated bibliography, answers to essential questions on research techniques, a group reflection on the project, and…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Gauze evening dress with silk sash, ca. 1865 - Page 1 of 4

"… Description An 1867 issue of Peterson's Magazine essentially announced the beginning of the American bustle era."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Project Home

"These primary resources provide essential context for important contemporary topics such as Indigenous land and water rights; and the preservation…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 5 of 5

"… University includes full text versions of all the essential treaties and many diplomatic documents related to the northeast boundary, such as the…"

Historic Hallowell - Wood Ashes or Gold Dust?

"The soap making recipe uses fat or oils and an essential ingredient scarce in nearly treeless Europe - wood ashes."

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

"… in order to get money for food and other essentials. He mentions eating rice soup, bean soup, and bread and makes it clear that there was very…"

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 3 of 3

"… faculty, and students, as well as provided essential fundraising support. The student body continued to diversify."

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 2 of 3

"… (The Maine R.N.) noted, “book training” was essential to success. “The ‘MODERN NURSE’ is an educated nurse,” Osborne emphasized, “and if we wish to…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection

"… would receive news from his father, who acted essentially as an international correspondent. William P."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 3 of 4

"… but road conditions were so poor that use was essentially seasonal. Even as roads began to improve in the 1930s, farmers would keep a horse and…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 2 of 4

"Access to ship transportation in Yarmouth was essential, as trains hadn’t yet come to the interior. The Town Hall, Masonic Lodge, North Yarmouth…"

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

"… the better part of the early 20th Century and an essential part of the island's rich artistic history."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 3 of 4

"… were fundamental to our farms; they were an essential mode of transportation and would remain so into the early 1900s, until the mass production of…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"Essentially, those founding the community would be obliged to assist in the development of a strong infrastructure, building roads, designing bridges…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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