Maine Memory Network

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 3 of 17

"Ice was the primary way of preserving food until freon refrigeration was created in the early 1900s."

Life on a Tidal River - Project Process

"… Society be able to support our research with primary source materials. Therefore, in deciding on the five exhibits, we took into consideration what…"

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

"These primary resources provide essential context for important contemporary topics such as Indigenous land and water rights; and the preservation…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Tilson's Hat

"Primary Source Everts, Louis H. Ms. Thomaston, ME. This manuscript told us what battle Perez Henry Tillson was in and when he died."

Historic Hallowell - Disasters - Natural and Man-made

"… the Flood of 1987 and the Ice Storm of 1998 as primary events but also chose the Hurricanes of 1954, the Blizzard of 1952, the train wreck of 1937…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Civil War

"… report research? What are the differences between primary and secondary sources? Students worked in pairs to research an artifact that connected to…"

Life on a Tidal River - Cohen Students

"… Dana Lippitt, researching and/or cataloging primary sources to find information on Everett (Shep) Hurd and the Brady Gang and ultimately writing…"

Life on a Tidal River - Work on the Civil War Project

"… Shaw and Ned Smith, researching and/or cataloging primary sources to find information on Bangor and the Civil War."

Lincoln Historical Society

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Surry by the Bay - Welcome

"Using primary documents and the latest technologies, students have digitized over 100 historic photographs and artifacts, transcribed several…"

Maine Department of Transportation

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St. Joseph Healthcare

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Historic Clothing Collection - 1960-1970 - Page 2 of 3

"… nylon with areas of transparent burn out; and a straight white jacquard pique dress printed with a design of blobby primary colored shapes."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 2 of 5

"… Historical Society Initially, however, the primary legacy of these efforts prior to the US-Canada northeast border commissions of the late…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 4 of 5

"… New England fisherman who remained the region’s primary European population. In Massachusetts, all efforts to have land grants east of the…"

Lincoln, Maine - Ballard Hill School, Lincoln, ca. 1930

"Ella P. Burr led her students from the Primary School up to the newly finished school for opening day."

Mt. Desert Island Hospital

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Yarmouth Historical Society

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Bath's Historic Downtown - Project Partners

"In EL schools, learning expeditions are the primary way of organizing curriculum. The subject matter of a learning expedition is a compelling topic…"

Brick Store Museum

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Tate House Museum

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Historic Clothing Collection - Northern Threads: Two centuries of dress at Maine Historical Society - Page 2 of 3

"Clothing as a primary resource contextualizes social, economic, and environmental aspects of everyday life and shared experiences."

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

"… and Pejepscot Proprietors position men as the primary economic actors in White New Englanders’ settlement of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century…"

Lubec, Maine - The Gardner Lake Tragedy - Page 2 of 2

"References from primary sources Lubec Herald, “Tragedy Takes Lives of Twelve Children,” Thursday, June 25, 1936."