Maine Memory Network

John Martin: Expert Observer - Dancing Fraternity, City of Bangor, 1868

"… agreeable and social without any regard to outside associations with a view to kill the cheap aristocracy which makes personal disgusts year after…"

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 3 of 3

"… responsibilities for most aspects of student life outside of academics. In 1967, a School Senate was established, comprised of faculty and…"

Mercy Hospital - The Spanish Flu

"… in January 1918, with mortality rates not far outside of a normal flu season. However, a much more lethal (and seasonally unusual) second wave…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"… for many who sent their surplus to markets outside of the area. Settled in 1780, the pioneers planted corn, potatoes and turnips to get them…"

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.

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Stockholm, Maine

"… people in Stockholm were looking for a way to get outside and do something. They also needed meat when the Anderson Brothers store had none."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"It was the largest hotel on the island outside of Bar Harbor, with 35 rooms on three upper floors and a series of public rooms and kitchens on the…"

Lincoln, Maine - Newspapers

"Sales people would have papers outside of the Lincoln House Hotel about the Civil War. The hotel is not here today, but a new Lincoln House Motel is…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 1 of 4

"… and made it possible to seek employment outside of Scarborough. The train, trolley and the automobile also brought tourists to Scarborough and a…"

Surry by the Bay - Surry Opera Company

"… Trap, the National Park for the Performing Arts outside of Washington, DC, gave the company its first official tour."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Of The Arts Era

"Fritz Kreisler The Kreislers and Schellings outside the Building of The Arts Northeast Harbor Library The legendary violinist and composer…"

Lincoln, Maine - Gordon's Fox Farms

"“Your Pa’s outside getting ready to harvest the foxes. You can go and join him once you’re proper and your breakfast’s gone.” After hearing that he…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… century, Presque Isle and the County relied on outside influences such as the military to aid in the continued growth of the region."

Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"Outside GSA is a sign proclaiming its 1803 incorporation. However, it was actually the parent school, Blue Hill Academy, that began at this time."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"… at age 24 at the Second Battle of Deep Bottom outside of Richmond, Virginia on August 16, 1864. He died of his wounds at Chesapeake Hospital, Fort…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… of a passenger and freight steamer from the outside world.” Columbian Canning Company Smokehouse Employees, Lubec, ca."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… a mistake in his calculations and the party was outside “the track of totality,” missing the corona of the eclipse."

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… in the current city limits, mostly residences outside the downtown area, stand as testaments of that period from the mid-eighteenth century to the…"

Acadian Archives

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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