Maine Memory Network

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Farmington Social Library, Regulations, ca. 1900

"Farmington Social Library, Regulations, ca. 1900 Contributed by Farmington Public Library Description A bookplate lists the regulations…"

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

"Bangor and Social Reform Movements of the 1800s-1900s Text by The 7th Grade Maine Studies Students of the William S. Cohen School."

Historic Hallowell - Our Work and Our Team

"… Hubbard Free Library Wendy Wingate – 7th Grade Social Studies Teacher – HallDale Middle School – RSU2 2010 Historic Hallowell Team Members 7th…"

Mercy Hospital - Growth & Expansion - Page 2 of 2

"In the 1960s, Mary Desmond oversaw social services at the hospital, coordinating with city and state welfare agencies."

Mercy Hospital - Sisters of Mercy

"… established numerous educational, pastoral, and social services, along with healthcare institutions, and a mission in the Bahamas A Legacy of…"

Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community

"This included skilled nurses, social workers, home health aides, and physical, occupational, and speech therapists."

Lubec, Maine - Susie Calder: Lubec's Sardine Queen

"We’d work until that load of fish was packed. Sometimes we had to work over. Sometimes we got done at six. We started at seven in the morning."

Lubec, Maine - A Signature Quilt

"… brought women of the 19th Century together socially while engaging in work essential to their families’ well-being, even survival."

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

"… the town, but we should welcome them for their social qualities. The officers of the company are earnest, Christian gentlemen, and many of their…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - About Us - Page 1 of 3

"Crystal Knapp Polk teaches social studies and reading at the Strong Elementary School. Students in her 7th and 8th social studies classes…"

Mercy Hospital - Mercy Stories

"of nursing and patient care at Mercy Hospital A Story by Bette Neville My work as chief of surgery at Mercy Hospital A Story by Doctor Robert…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 2 of 3

"… entrepreneurial in their own right, and started social, educational, and charitable organizations to improve themselves and their community as well."

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 3 of 3

"Several staff worked at both Madigan and Mercy Hospitals at different points in their careers. Mercy Hospital nursing students, Portland…"

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Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 2 of 3

"… textbook included a chapter on “domestic work” with advice for proper methods of sweeping, mopping, and scrubbing."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"Strong's History Schools, Social Life and Community Service Strong offered a variety of social and service organizations, including the Gift Club…"

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 1 of 3

"… founding coincided with a shift of most nursing work from at home care to hospital (a trend that involved the rest of the medical profession.)…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - "Good the more communicated, the more abundant grows" : The Thursday Club

"… strengthened, and her own possibilities as a social and intellectual force, brought out and gradually moulded into form."

Mercy Hospital - The Spanish Flu

"… cases,” but “it was extremely difficult to do work with these extemporaneous facilities.” Mercy Hospital opened its doors in response to the deadly…"

Mercy Hospital - People of Mercy - Page 1 of 2

"Commenting on new educational programs in the works, Sister Annunciata noted that “Today we should be going forward—if we stand still we shall slip.”…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War & Biddeford

"From 1861-65 Biddeford faced economic and social hardships which would take years to overcome, in addition to an ever deepening city debt that…"

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Explore photos from the "Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold" documentary

""We found all kinds of evidence of a productive, local-based economy…. It looks to me like they worked pretty hard… So they weren’t just casually…"

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - About the Project

"All told, in the three years of part-time work on this project, I recorded approximately fifty hours of interviews, Kate took thousands of photos…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Summer Resorts

"… year-round, had easy access to island business, social and worship activities in the central and southern parts of the island."