Maine Memory Network

Early Maine Photography - Post-Mortem & Mourning

"Her absence is conspicuous in this touching portrait of a young family facing the future without a wife and mother."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Women in Colonial Economies - Page 1 of 4

"Jane, along with her mother and brother, had sold land to English colonists eight years prior, and Jane insisted that the English honor their prior…"

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 3 of 4

"Frederick Rogers to his mother Hannah, Virginia, March 23, 1862Bangor Historical Society Camp near Potomac Creek Va."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 3 of 4

"Jane and her mother settled on the north side of Blue Point near the mouth of Mill Creek. Jane’s fireplace with its blackened hearthstone could be…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's Journal

"When he, his mother, and his step-father moved from Ellsworth in 1825, Maine was five years into statehood and independence from Massachusetts."

Mercy Hospital - McAuley Residence

"… McAuley Residence model draws on the example of Mother Catherine McAuley herself, who used her considerable resources to assist homeless women…"

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Resources, Links, and Bibliography for Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold

"… Secret Daughter: A Mixed-Race Daughter and the Mother Who Gave Her Away, 2006, Viking, New York. Daniel, G."

Lincoln, Maine - MacGregor's Spool Mill

"I told my mother I would someday marry Mr. MacGregor and she laughed for quite some time. “Good gracious, child! He’s an old man compared to you!”…"

Lincoln, Maine - Gordon's Fox Farms

"When a mother fox didn’t take care of her young and a cat on the farm just had a litter, the owners would kill all but one of the kittens."

Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community

"During her lifetime, Mother McAuley insisted that although “the spirit of prayer and retreat must be most dear to us,” that spirit “would never…"

Lubec, Maine - A Signature Quilt

"… not sure that it came to my grandmother from her mother, it could have been Wealthy Ellen’s, as her sister Almeda made a square."

Blue Hill, Maine - Jonathan Fisher: Unlocking the Person Beyond the Parson

"… serving in the Revolutionary War, leaving his mother as the sole support of the family. Although she was a talented weaver and skillful homemaker…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 3 of 4

"I remember my mother telling me about the early days of aviation when it was quite common for planes to take off and land on the beaches."

Western Maine Foothills Region - A Man's Life in a Suitcase

"… Society His baby shoes, birth certificate, his mother's picture, and his high school athletic letter were found in the suitcase, as were his…"

Early Maine Photography - War - Page 2 of 2

"Seven of his letters to his mother survive in her pension file in the National Archives. Less military in appearance is Private Loring Marriner of…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Gridley Barrows

"His father was an engineer, and his mother was an artist. Barrows graduated from Philips Exeter in 1929 and from Harvard in 1934."

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

"… of Maine, derived its legal system from its mother country. Within this framework, unmarried women possessed the same legal rights as men…"

Pejepscot Historical Society

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

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

"Rather, they learned from their fathers, mothers, aunts and uncles, all the people who had worked in the smokehouses."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahoc County Courthouse

"… special mention because George's letters to his mother still exist. These letters give detailed description of activities, places, and people in…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor Man Rats Out Brady Gang - Page 1 of 2

"Shep’s mother, Maude, moved the family to many places such as Pittsfield and Searsport, both located in Maine."

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 2 of 4

"Frederick H. Rogers to his mother, Hannah, Iowa, July 10th, 1862Bangor Historical Society Camp Kearney July10th /62 I sent a letter to you the 7th…"

Lincoln, Maine - The Stanislaus Family

"… Penobscot tribe in Mattawamkeag in 1831 by his mother, Mary Nicolas, and his father, Stanislaus. He worked as a river guide until he became…"

Lincoln, Maine - Benjamin Chesley

"… Benjamin decided to give his two sons another mother. He decided to marry Polly Hathaway. Together they also had two children: Belia and Jefferson…"