Maine Memory Network

Western Maine Foothills Region - About the Project

"… the project can also serve to clarify and preserve the individual identities of the towns. A major objection to the consolidation of school…"

Lincoln, Maine - Jacob Stinchfield

"… Lincoln who served their country in the war which preserved the Union, destroyed slavery and maintained the Constitution, 1861-1865.” Charles made…"

Seashore Trolley Museum

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - V. Changing times: the Swan’s Island Ferry

"The community banded together in an effort to preserve what history remained—donating family photograph collections, participating in oral history…"

Westport Island History Committee

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Mercy Hospital - Founding of Mercy

"… the hospital with supplies such as jellies, preserves, linens, and kitchen utensils. The Ladies Auxiliary also had a special committee for…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Women in Colonial Economies - Page 2 of 4

"… themselves, but also helped their families preserve dynastic wealth and status across generations."

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's Journal

"He hoped the journal would be "preserved for many generations to come." Martin noted that he had not intended to include illustrations, relying…"

Scarborough Historical Society & Museum

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

"Can nothing be done to preserve for the use and enjoyment of the great unorganized body of the common people some fine parts, at least, of this…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Bryants and Rockefellers: Two Seal Harbor Families

"… and immediately involved himself with plans to preserve it. He and park creator George Bucknam Dorr worked with the government to gain enough lands…"

Historic Hallowell - Police and Fire Citations

"N.p.: Life Magazine, 1948. “Cascade Still Well Preserved.” Hand Tub Owned by Vaughan Family In Hallowell, Built In 1819 Long a Central Maine…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Population Decline in Maine's Coastal Counties

"… the processors who dried, salted or otherwise preserved the fish, and the suppliers who shipped the product to market."

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

"The rich records about the creation of the border preserved here provide readers with the historical resources to reconsider how and why the border…"

Acadian Archives

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… such a town has a history, and that it should be preserved. The pioneers who came to found a home for themselves and their families were generally…"

Colby College Special Collections

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Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 1 of 2

"… of the Guilford Register newspapers have been preserved on microfilm and the original newspapers are kept at the Guilford Historical Society for…"

Pejepscot Historical Society

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Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… cured the first herring by smoke, a process of preserving fish he had learned in Nova Scotia. Lubec would become the national leader in smoked…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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