Maine Memory Network

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford High School Basketball - 1970s - Page 1 of 2

"… necessary to play basketball at the very highest level. Along with Coach Shaw’s formal summer basketball program, the outdoor basketball court at…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Basketball: From Rivals to Teammates

"… fire “Sports died in [the] town on the schoolboy level for close to five years. The 1927 yearbook had a drawing of the death of basketball, born in…"

Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"… greatest flood in our history struck, cresting at levels seven feet higher than a ever before, pushing huge ice floes ahead of the water, wiping…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"… translates to “range of mountains.” Rising sea levels over the past 10,000 years have flooded older village sites, but a combination of archaeology…"

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

"Above the ground level, the smokehouse had a series of “windows.” (P. 455). Today, the unknowledgeable might call them “doors,” since there are no…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Patten Free Library

"The Davenport Fund donated money for a new level of stacks. The new wing was constructed in a style harmonious to the original building and promoted…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Project Overview

"… on their walk, learning about the change in water levels, the end of the death penalty, and more. Back at the library, Peter Goodwin gave students…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Entertainment- Alameda and Opera House

"The water flooded up to stage level, and flooded the first 14 rows of seats. It also filled the orchestra pit and covered the piano."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 1 of 4

"… prominent in politics at the state and national level. Then we had Lewis Litchfield, station agent in Scarborough for the Boston & Maine Railroad…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"… time, had to be flexible to teach multiple grade levels at the same time due to the lower student population."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

"… to enact the 1972 Clean Water Act at the federal level. Interior of Congregational Church, Rumford Point, 1909Greater Rumford Area Historical…"

Westport Island History Committee

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Abbott School

"But he leveled Little Blue, and filled in Rollo Pond. In 1969, the State took the property by Eminent Domain, it was cleaned up and Rollo Pond was…"

Lubec, Maine - S.S. Cumberland: Steamer Brought Passengers and Prosperity to Lubec but Met Tragic End

"… more than 1,600 tons, boasting three deck levels and two masts. The 1,000-horsepower engine was capable of a speed of up to 12 knots."

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"… search located the foundation on the level top of the cliffs, set back from the edge. Fresnel Lens 62" High X High technology of the 1850s, a…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and Social Reform Movements of the 1800s-1900s

"school.eb.com.ursus-proxy-10.ursus.maine.edu/levels/middle/article/temperance-movement/277296. Accessed 21 Dec. 2016."

Prince Memorial Library

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Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Fortunately, at the national level, cooler heads prevailed and the war came to an end with the Treaty of Ghent."

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"… in that they survived at the subsistence level. The rocky land was not easy to farm but they managed to grow rye, corn, beans, potatoes and other…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"… respect in the new settlement because of his level of education and knowledge. He was elected the first Town Clerk and later taught school for some…"

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

"… they began to expand these skills to business levels. Agricultural items got to market by a horse drawn tote wagon."

Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden

"Canadian-Bred Roy Grattan, he did his level best. The Caribous they came in crews, to watch him stand the test."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor

"… Farmington, and elsewhere to provide college-level educations to teachers. Mary Snow had a masters degree in philosophy."

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.