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These sites were created for each contributing partner or as part of collaborative community projects through Maine Memory. Learn about collaborative projects on MMN.


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Prince Memorial Library

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Skowhegan Free Public Library

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Margaret Chase Smith Library

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Freeport Historical Society

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Dixfield Historical Society

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Ridlonville

"… anywhere, sliding down the streets in winter, exploring the surrounding woods, and playing in the brook in summer."

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Historic Clothing Collection - Northern Threads: Two centuries of dress at Maine Historical Society - Page 2 of 3

"… we can experience the past in new ways, and explore how the story of what is missing is just as important to tell."

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Historic Clothing Collection - Northern Threads: Two centuries of dress at Maine Historical Society - Page 1 of 3

"Organized thematically, it explored how the clothing Maine people wore revealed their social, economic, and environmental concerns."

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 4 of 5

"Exploring survey, St. Croix River to Great Waggansis, 1817Maine Historical Society Growing border tension and violence from 1827 to 1841, especially…"

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - About Us

"… societies, and public libraries through the exploration and celebration of local history. The MCHP grows out of the Maine Memory Network, the Maine…"

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"Our partners hope that our exploration of municipal identities in this project will also lead us to a greater understanding of the things that…"

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Skowhegan Community History - Skowhegan: "A Place To Watch"

"Early English and French explorers engaged in territorial struggles during much of the 1700s, so it wasn’t until 1772 (when the young colony was…"

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Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 1 of 4

"This exhibit in two parts explores each of these traditional aspects focusing on the last herring smokehouse in the eastern United States and its…"

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Lubec, Maine - Myron Avery, Lubec, and the Appalachian Trail

"… area.” With his oft-present measuring wheel Avery explored the route. Avery and companions on Hunt Trail X Steve Clark, past president of the…"

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox

"… as a snapshot of his life in Thomaston, this exhibit seeks to explore the many ways that Henry Knox and Thomaston left their marks on each other."

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Narrative

"George River, exploring upriver where he erected a cross on the shore in “ that part of the riuer which trended Westward into the maine.” During the…"

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Northeast Historic Film

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Wilson Museum

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Thomaston Historical Society

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Early Maine Photography - Early Maine Photography at Maine Historical Society

"… this site, the two collection sub-groups are explored through a series of themed essays, aimed at showcasing the diverse history of 19th Century…"

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

"… half a day, we felt nevertheless the spirit of explorers in unknown lands, and our adventures were recounted around camp-fires in the evening.”…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn

"During these stays artists explored and interpreted Mount Desert Island’s landscapes through pencil sketches and paintings that were finished, shared…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"… Europeans had come before Somes, of course -- explorers with names like Verrazano, Gomez, and Champlain."

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

"… Portland Community Library X Click here to explore the New Portland Community Library Website! In 1988 a group of New Portland citizens met to…"