Maine Memory Network

Pere Pole deposition, 1792

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1792-05-19 Location: Sandy River Media: Paper and ink

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Newly completed Patten Free Library, Bath, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Patten Free Library Date: circa 1890 Location: Bath Media: Photographic print

Port of Portland's Custom House and Collectors of Customs

The collector of Portland was the key to federal patronage in Maine, though other ports and towns had collectors. Through the 19th century, the revenue was the major source of Federal Government income. As in Colonial times, the person appointed to head the custom House in Casco Bay was almost always a leading community figure, or a well-connected political personage.

Gifts From Gluskabe: Maine Indian Artforms

According to legend, the Great Spirit created Gluskabe, who shaped the world of the Native People of Maine, and taught them how to use and respect the land and the resources around them. This exhibit celebrates the gifts of Gluskabe with Maine Indian art works from the early nineteenth to mid twentieth centuries.

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Patten Free Library

"It was funded by Galen C. Moses, who donated $10,000 to the library. He was a trustee for the library, starting and over-viewing all construction."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Project Resources

"… Linwood, 1988, “Maine Odyssey: Good Times and Hard Times in Bath, 1936-1986.” Owen, Henry Wilson, 1936, “The Edward Clarence Plummer History of…"

The story behind David Moses Bridges' basket
by Patricia Ayala Rocabado

The story behind David Moses Bridges' (1962-2017) birch bark basket