Maine Memory Network

Davistown Museum

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

Kennebunkport Historical Society

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

Maine Historical Society

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 3 of 3

"… came to America from settlers who carried the tradition from the British Isles. The early Scottish settlers in Nova Scotia came from the Lodge of…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - I. Canoes and Clamshells: The Pre-European Settlement Years

"… altogether.” Swan’s Island has no record or tradition of violence between native tribes and European settlers, perhaps due to the fact that it was…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders At Play

"Part of the Sweet Chariot tradition is to go out into the harbor once the windjammers have arrived, and serenade the passengers before coming ashore…"

Early Maine Photography - MHS Early Maine Photography Collections

"Unlike with traditional paper-based materials, many 19th and early 20th century repositories often overlooked the research value of photographs, and…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Project Background

"… digitally draws together information and tools traditionally used by academic researchers—including finding aids, collections databases, scholarly…"

Acadian Archives

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"These would disperse into their traditional hunting and foraging areas. As summer progressed the Bear Clan from Tobique would travel up the Aroostook…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Summer Resorts

"… generation of summer people comes of age, some traditions continue and some become memories: Peg’s Gift Shop, Blue Heron Restaurant, The Pub, Big…"

Blue Hill, Maine - The Musical Culture of Blue Hill

"This teaching tradition continued up until Kneisel’s death in 1926. 1920-1940: The Blue Hill Troupe: In the summer of 1924, parents encouraged their…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Meet Blue Hill's Project Team

"… mission of The Bay School, rooted in the Waldorf tradition, is to provide students from Kindergarten through 8th grade an education that engages…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 1 of 4

"Tradition says the purchase price was a bushel of beans down and a bushel of corn yearly. One condition of the sale was that Wackwarreska's daughter…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 1 of 4

"… were members of the old Wabanaki Confederacy, the traditional adversaries of the Iroquois. The name Abenaki has an Algonquian root, meaning "people…"

Seashore Trolley Museum

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 3 of 5

"Tradition holds that Aaron Severy, who felled the first tree in the area, learned that he had a new neighbor only by hearing the sound of an axe on a…"

Westport Island History Committee

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 2 of 3

"… well as to the classroom.” Another institutional tradition involved the Mercy Hospital shield. Carved in stone above the door of the hospital’s…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - National Community Christmas Tree - 1959

"… Community Christmas Tree - 1959 It has been a tradition for our President to light a national Christmas tree beginning in 1923 with President…"

Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"… and measured the height of the children in a traditional manner. Rusticators were economically beneficial to Blue Hill by using the resources and…"

Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair

"… in the State and Blue Hill is still known for its traditional rules. Owners and drivers come from around the country, though the purse is smaller…"

Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"Always a traditional agricultural fair, it was held on the Saturday following Labor Day and featured livestock judging, horse and oxen pulling, and…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 2 of 4

"… Historical Society & Museum Per family tradition, Dr. Southgate rode into Dunstan on horseback, with all of his possessions in his saddlebags. Two…"