Maine Memory Network

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - The Lending Libraries of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"… in all its details: the architecture of Maine's public library buildings, 1878-1942 by Kirk F. Mohney A short history of Cumberland libraries by…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Dyer Library/Saco Museum

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Maine State Museum

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Prominent Women

"… Harris May poetry collection, 1903Farmington Public Library Return to Student Research The May Sisters, Julia and Sara Julia Harris May was born…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Porter Family

"She was great publicity! The sporting camps would give her free food and free lodging. Did you know that Fly Rod even had a specially-designed skirt…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 4 of 4

"His big problem was not downright opposition, but public indifference. In 1928, he scored the first major breakthrough after the town voted funds for…"

Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement

"… they could not, in the transaction of their public business, express feelings of cordiality.” With this change, the Ellsworth post office was in…"

Surry by the Bay - Broadway by the Bay

"… the Surry Playhouse to the summer theater-going public of coastal Hancock County. Just months before the start of the Great Depression, a group of…"

Surry by the Bay - History of Surry

"… land in western parts of Hancock County went to public auction, where it was purchased by Jarvis and his brother, Phillip, who became among the…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"Public services also expanded with time. Fires on Swan's Island are fought with volunteer efforts, but a truck and fire station were acquired in the…"

Rumford Area Historical Society

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

"These include the Rumford Public Library; the Municipal Building; The Strathglass Building (Hotel Harris); and the Strathglass Park."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 3 of 3

"Muzzrole, from microfilm in the Boston Public Library. Copied from the internet, January 20, 2013, by Lorraine Robichaud Legere. Henry W."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Fires in Rumford

"… to the offices (including the Rumford Falls Times publication facility) and stores on the first floor."

Blake Library Special Collections, UMFK

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Westport Island History Committee

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Mercy Hospital - Sisters of Mercy

"In 1837, the following was added to their public vows: “and the care of the poor, the sick, and the ignorant.” In addition, the “Mercy Rule” which…"

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 2 of 3

"A 1930s publication emphasized the rise of “an entirely new idea of a nurse” that was concerned not just with treatment but prevention of illness."

Mercy Hospital - Growth & Expansion - Page 2 of 2

"… receiving charity care—had what a 1968 hospital publication called “social problems” and that they often returned to Mercy after their discharge…"

Mercy Hospital - McAuley Residence

"… of educational and employment resources, public transportation, and social services. She settled on two centers of need which appeared to have the…"

Early Maine Photography - The Vickery-Shettleworth Collection

"That year he began public school teaching, which was interrupted by service in the U.S. Army during World War II."

Maine's Road to Statehood - 1790s: A Growing Movement

"Although selectmen publicized the upcoming referendum to eligible Maine voters, fewer than 4,600 inhabitants actually voted—a mere fraction of the…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection

"… broad and extensive use of photography in their publications; they were especially active in aerial photography and owned several company planes…"