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These sites were created for each contributing partner or as part of collaborative community projects through Maine Memory. Learn about collaborative projects on MMN.


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Guilford, Maine - EXHIBITS

"… images are contributed by the Guilford Historical Society. Early Manufacturing By: Tom Goulette The Early Manufacturing Exhibit includes the…"

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Lincoln, Maine - Mills & Paper Industry - Page 2 of 2

"… Events, Mill Timeline (from Lincoln Historical Society and http://www.lptandt.com) August 11, 1882: Lincoln Pulp & Paper Company is organized."

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Lincoln, Maine - Gordon's Fox Farms

"1920Lincoln Historical Society In about 1920, fox farms in Lincoln began running. A man named Dr. Frank H."

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Hudson Museum

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Surry by the Bay - Surry Today

"… the Arbutus Grange, and the Surry Historical Society. Residents include a mixture of lifelong residents with roots reaching back generations…"

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Running the Town

"Velma Morse HolmesSwan's Island Historical Society The 1952-1953 town report lists nine members comprising the school consolidation planning…"

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Boston Public Library

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Cary Memorial Library

"The Wayne Historical Society and the Town Archival Board maintain the library's Historical Archives."

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Belfast Free Library

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Scrapbook 1: 1885-1899, Katahdin Iron Works, Silver Lake Hotel

"… Daisy," Katahdin Iron Works, 1890Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum In October 1885, when he was 62 years old, John Martin left his…"

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Early Maine Photography - Post-Mortem & Mourning

"Foster and sons, ca. 1854Maine Historical Society Two daguerreotypes Sarah Sullivan Richards at age seven and age ten depict mourning through memory."

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Maine's Road to Statehood - The American Revolution and Early Attempts at Separation - Page 1 of 2

"… by Capt. Moet, October 18, 1775Maine Historical Society On April 30, 1785, the Falmouth Gazette and Weekly Advertiser, a Maine newspaper founded…"

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Maine's Road to Statehood - The Final Vote

"… vote for separation, Boston, 1819Maine Historical Society For several months after the heated Brunswick Convention, separation was only a whisper."

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Historic Clothing Collection - Mid to Late Nineteenth Century

"1863Maine Historical Society Industrial developments made significant contributions to clothing production and fashion."

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Architecture & Landscape database - Eaton W. Tarbell

"… donated his architectural drawings to the Maine Historical Society, where they are essential to telling the story of how modernism came to Maine."

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Architecture & Landscape database - Elmer I. Thomas

"… linen drawings by Thomas at the Maine Historical Society were preserved by the successor firms of Miller and Mayo; Miller, Mayo, and Beal; and…"

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 1 of 7

"… & fifteen Miles Back..."Maine Historical Society The Kennebec Proprietors and Pejepscot Proprietors were two of the largest land companies formed…"

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 2 of 6

"Maine Historical Society But in Maine, as in much of Britain’s North American empire, there was no clear or single source of title."

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 1 of 5

"… of Washington boundary map, 1842Maine Historical Society Many overlapping authorities had strong claims in this borderland, starting, of course…"

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: A Wabanaki Perspective - Page 3 of 4

"… and Governor Belcher, July 1732Maine Historical Society Today, the State of Maine is much like the local settlers from long ago—fighting both…"

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: A Wabanaki Perspective - Page 1 of 4

"… Fort and Kennebec River, 1719Maine Historical Society Taken together, the Pejepscot and Kennebec Proprietors are delineated by the areas…"

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 3 of 5

"… Northeast boundary map, 1843Maine Historical Society The Maine land companies which had been organized in the wake of the fall of Acadia—in…"

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 1 of 5

"Maine Historical Society The European history of the borderland region between what is today the American state of Maine and the Canadian province…"

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Plymouth Company (Kennebec Proprietors) records, ca. 1625-1824

"… Purchase Deed, October 27, 1661Maine Historical Society The Plymouth Company, also known as the Kennebeck Purchase Company, Kennebec Proprietors…"