Maine Memory Network

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Maine State documents and Proclamations

"It’s the state-published “Reports of the Committees of the Council, 1911-1912.” The document was found on Google Books, a resource that wasn’t…"

Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax

"Jernegan and Fisher designed and published an elaborate prospectus to attract and convince potential shareholders."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"Presque Isle, Maine: Northeast Publishing, 2006. Hall, Oliver L. The Man from East Corinth. Augusta, Maine: Kennebec Journal Print Shop, 1941."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and Social Reform Movements of the 1800s-1900s

"In the early 1800's, Pond published a book against slavery. Another was Reverend Amory Battles. Battles was an abolitionist at the Unitarian Church…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… Historical and Biographical Sketches, originally published 1888, Border Historical Society, 2003. Lawrence, E.M., “A History of Sardine Canning”…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"The speech, later published in the Board of Agriculture report for the state of Maine, focused on the development of the county."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… professor and later its president Enoch Pond published Slavery and the Bible in 1850. Pond's main thesis was that slavery violated man's God given…"

St. Croix Historical Society

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"L'Anse, MI. Regional History Reprints. Originally published in 1846. Franklin Chronicle Newspapers. 1840-1918. Various magazine articles and maps."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"He composed some pieces and published a collection of music known as the “Harmony of Maine”, which netted him the name of “Handel of Maine” after…"

Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"… days later on August 16 The Calais Advertiser published a four-page special section about the dedication and opening of the Franklin D."

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… on schedule by temporarily contracting with a publisher in another Maine community. The Ellsworth American was gracious enough to keep the presses…"

Bangor Public Library

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Colby College Special Collections

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… citizens had just settled into reading, recently published, Francis Gould Butler’s monumental history of Farmington, the town’s tale took a…"

Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"The Photo Cray Co. in New York City published this version with color applied. The 1900 Report gives details on this step, allowing some…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"Presque Isle, Maine: Northeast Publishing, 2006. Hall, Oliver L. The Man from East Corinth. Augusta, Maine: Kennebec Journal Print Shop, 1941."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"Stephen King became famous by publishing many books, and, soon after, many of them were made into movies."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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