Maine Memory Network

Mercy Hospital - McAuley Residence

"… Kilbride, participated in a Committee on Homelessness under the leadership of sociologist Sister Mary George O’Toole, Ph.D., who coordinated…"

Historic Hallowell - Values and Charity

"… the separation of families, causing poverty and homelessness for young women, Mary Merrick Flagg and Mrs. A.C."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Day 1

"… also were destroyed causing people to become homeless and businesses to no longer exist. After the ice storm many people had to repair their homes…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

"… and dwellings burned, and 100 families were made homeless. The mysterious shipwreck of The Don, off the coast of Harpswell, on June 29, 1941, took…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Fires in Rumford

"… injuries, 300 families (700 people) were left homeless with only the clothes on their backs; 28 buildings had been destroyed; and the losses…"

Mercy Hospital - Sisters of Mercy

"… inheritance to build a House of Mercy to care for homeless women and children in Dublin, which opened in 1827."

Lincoln, Maine - MacGregor's Spool Mill

"The men that filled the room; the homeless, the jobless, the unfortunate, crowded around the stranger, filled with hope and curiosity."

Lincoln, Maine - Gordon's Fox Farms

"I guess I should. I mean, I don’t want to be homeless.” It was settled. “Well, okay then,” Pa nodded his head in approval."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"… way, such as funding a library or donating to the homeless shelter. He also faced many challenges in his life, but he still became a very…"