Maine Memory Network

Skowhegan Community History - The Skowhegan Island

"Many accidents and deaths were recorded in regards to the ferry. In 1809 the first wooden covered bridges were built so people could pass onto and…"

Guilford, Maine - Guilford Schools

"The first public school on record that was established in Guilford existed in Captain John Bennett’s shed. School was in session two times per year."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 6 of 6

"… diaries, depositions, account books, church records, lists of settlers, minutes of proprietors’ meetings and boundary commissions—all offer insight…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 1 of 6

"… archival collections: the Plymouth Company Records, the Pejepscot Proprietors Papers, and the Thomas Barclay Collection (also known as the…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park

"… but on one particular day, the park hosted a record number of patrons. A newspaper ad crowed, “12,000 People at the park yesterday."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Illustrations

"He recorded what he saw and what he wished for, such as a series of possible gates for various types of purposes and structures, his ideal house and…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 84-107

"Ricker Mount Holyoke Weather records Wood Bishop & Co. Gardening Furber & Metcalf Hugh Ross Samuel C."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Alonzo E. Raynes diving off wharf, Hampden, ca. 1840

"… of the journal Martin began writing in 1864 to record details of his life and activities in the Bangor area."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 2 of 6

"… landownership was a matter of English law, to be recorded and proved on paper. Coll. 61, vol. 1A, p."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: A Wabanaki Perspective - Page 1 of 4

"… Borders collections, specifically the Proprietors records represent the baseline of documents that define what becomes Maine starting in 1625…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Biographies - Page 2 of 2

"Noyes is responsible for the creation of the majority of proprietor records within the Pejepscot collection."

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin, Bangor, ca. 1868

"Martin kept detailed records and drawings of his activities and the areas in which he lived. He was interested in much that surrounded him…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Hampden, Upper and Lower corners, 1835

"… (1823-1904) of Bangor began writing a journal to record his life experiences in 1864. He included a number of detailed illustrations, including…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Bangor Skating Rink, 1868

"… 25, 1868 and Bangor accountant, shopkeeper, and recorder of historical and contemporary events John Martin (1823-1904) drew an illustration of it…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin house floor plan, Bangor, 1864

"… life and activities so his children would have a record about their family. Martin and his wife, Clara Cary, bought a house at 130 Center Street…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Belles Early apple, Bangor, 1864

"… most of his adult life in Bangor, began in 1864 recording and illustrating reminiscences of his life, work, and events."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Boy at Bangor parade, July 4, 1865

"… accountant and shopkeeper who reflected on and recorded details of his life and activities in the Bangor area in a series of journals and scrap and…"

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

"Instead, they appeared in the record primarily when land titles required their signatures.(5) While a small number of White New England women owned…"

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

"The Plymouth Company records—also known as the Kennebec Proprietors (Coll. 60), the Proprietors of the Township of Brunswick papers—referred to as…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: A Wabanaki Perspective - Page 2 of 4

"… eighteenth century documented in the Proprietor records—Loron Sagouarroab and his shuttle diplomacy that made the 1725 Dummer’s Treaty and peace…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Biographies - Page 1 of 2

"… in both the Pejepscot and Kennebec Proprietors records. Notably, the Kennebec Proprietors pled with him to be reimbursed for the Crown…"

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.

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

"… of the Barclay Collection includes financial records and receipts from 1796 to 1827. The Treaty of Ghent (1814), which brought the stalemate of the…"

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…"