Maine Memory Network

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 1 of 4

"He continued to play at the high school for over fifty years, accompanied by pianist Addie Kaler Vaill."

Architecture & Landscape database - George Coombs

"… born in Cornish in 1871, grew up in Lewiston, and graduated from Lewiston High School. At the age of twenty in 1891, Wilkinson began working for…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Frederick A. Tompson

"Frederick Tompson graduated from Portland High School in 1876 and immediately entered the office of Francis H. Fassett, the city’s leading architect."

Architecture & Landscape database - Elmer I. Thomas

"Elmer Thomas graduated from Lewiston High School in 1882 and attended Wesleyan University for two years."

Lincoln, Maine - Gary Gordon

"He graduated from Mattanawcook Academy in 1978. At the age of 18, Gordon joined the U.S. Army as a member of the First Special Forces Operation…"

Lincoln, Maine - Weatherbee Hardware

"… school at Union University at Albany, N.Y.; he graduated in 1875. After his law degree, he built his hardware and tin shop in the same building as…"

Architecture & Landscape database - John P. Thomas

"He then studied at Harvard’s School of Architecture. Between October 1912 and April 1913, he traveled in Europe, spending much of his time in Italy."

Architecture & Landscape database - Gridley Barrows

"Barrows graduated from Philips Exeter in 1929 and from Harvard in 1934. He then attended Harvard’s School of Architecture, leaving in 1936 to work in…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - A Man's Life in a Suitcase

"… many certificates of honor and was a 1943 graduate of Mexico High School. His diplomas were found in the suitcase."

Architecture & Landscape database - John Calvin Stevens

"Upon graduating from Portland High School in 1873, he entered the office of Francis H. Fassett, the city’s leading architect."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Entertainment- Alameda and Opera House

"It held countless Morse graduations, benefits, and celebrations. It was once visited by nationally recognized actress Georgia Cayvan, who had been…"

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 3 of 3

"Born in Portland, Samuel graduated from Harvard in 1839 and from its Divinity School in 1846. From 1848 to 1882 he served Unitarian churches in Fall…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Twentieth-Century Community Life

"… to raise money to give a wrist watch to each graduating high school senior. People also started going to the movies."

Blue Hill, Maine - Jonathan Fisher: Unlocking the Person Beyond the Parson

"Upon his graduation the town of Blue Hill offered him a permanent position with "the minister's lot" which was to include 5 acres of cleared land, a…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Basketball: From Rivals to Teammates

"Because they lost so many key players to graduation, 1958 was not a good season for the Indians. But it was a great one for the boys of Mount Desert…"

Lubec, Maine - Myron Avery, Lubec, and the Appalachian Trail

"… yearbook photo X After Myron Haliburton Avery graduated from Bowdoin College he attended Harvard Law school, then practiced Admiralty Law with…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Notable Residents

"… Ruggles, Esq., another prominent lawyer, after graduating from Brown University moved to Thomaston in 1818, where he spent a long and successful…"

Early Maine Photography - Human Interest

"Born in Waterford, Dr. Cummings graduated from the Medical School of Maine at Bowdoin College in 1823 and practiced medicine in Portland with his…"

Early Maine Photography - War - Page 1 of 2

"… John Sawyer entered Dartmouth College, graduating in 1786. Ordained in 1787, he preached in his native Oxford for the next nine years."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor

"The graduates of Snow’s school found it easy to get teacher positions in Maine or Massachusetts. Maine would later establish normal schools in…"

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 2 of 3

"Graduating from Bowdoin in 1823, Fessenden became one of Maine’s most successful attorneys. Between 1831 and 1854 he served in the Maine Legislature…"

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."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"He graduated from Lisbon Falls High School in 1966, and he is a graduate of the University of Maine."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Raymond Wallace

"When we had graduation there were 32 other students in my class so there weren’t many kids going to school back then like there is now."