Maine Memory Network

Lincoln, Maine - Jonathan Clay Jr.

"They were fighting against Robert E Lee’s army because they wanted railroads would be cut into Petersburg, forcing Lee to extend his lines."

Lincoln, Maine - Civil War

"Lincoln Center, Me.: B. Goodwin, 1992. Print. Morin, Robert. "Remembering the Civil War". History Term Paper. University of Maine, 2008. Print."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 2 of 4

"Thomas Roberts began practicing in Rumford Center; Dr. Hiram F. Abbott came in 1865, and Dr. Charles M. Bisbee in 1895. Dr. Laura F."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

"… Rumford artists are Oscar and Laura Legere, Robert Soucy, and Christine Wing, an art teacher at the Rumford/Mountain Valley High School for 37…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 1 of 4

"Robert Nisbet, Rumford, ca. 1905Greater Rumford Area Historical Society Until 1882, when Hugh J. Chisholm, a paper-producing entrepreneur of the…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aviation

"Jones who operates his plane for himself and for Robert P. Hazard deserves perhaps more credit than any other citizen of Maine for the healthy point…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 3 of 5

"Croix Island) and Robert Pagan deposition. This relied on information shared by Passamaquoddy knowledge keepers."

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"In 1855 Bar Harbor postmaster Tobias Roberts opened Agamont House at the foot of Main Street, where he also built the village's first wharf."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Abbott School

"… center would be built and named for Gwilyn Roberts, a former student, member of the Kappa Delta Phi Fraternity and later a respected Professor at…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of West New Portland

"Mr. Robert Whitten of the middle debunks this information as fluffery. His father, Charles Whitten, bridge construction engineer for the Maine State…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"The late Robert Slaven, descendant of previous owners of the Chase quarry on Wood Point, remembered that Blue Hill granite “rang like a bell” when…"

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 2 of 3

"… alongside it on the north side of the river by Robert Herring Jr. and S&J Morgan. It later changed hands a few times, Hobart & Harris Company were…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford High School Basketball - 1970s - Page 1 of 2

"… Stan Kaubris, Ray McKenna, Joe Ziko, and Doug Roberts, with the sixth man being Steve Pepin. The ’74 team also went on to play in the New England…"

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

"This was founded by Robert Treat Whitehouse. The first meeting was in the year of 1914. Another one of the pro-suffrage organizations was the Maine…"

Otisfield Historical Society

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Bangor Public Library

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Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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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.

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"Robert TylerFarmington Historical Society As Farmington reached the 20th Century, the number of rural schools dwindled to eight – Farmington Falls…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… Alan Taylor) As early as 1776, Stephen Titcomb, Robert Gower, and others came to the area with settlement in mind. Mr. Titcomb prepared well."

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

"He thinks it was really Bion Pike, Robert Peacock and others in the area. The ink was barely dry on the non-compete agreements they had signed with…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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