Maine Memory Network

Swan's Islanders recount their Island childhoods, 1930-1960

Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: 1930–1960 Location: Swan's Island Media: Mp3

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Lot #4 Leisure Lane, Frye Island, ca. 1970

Contributed by: Frye Island Historical Society Date: circa 1970 Location: Frye Island Media: Photographic print

Alexander Bower house and studio, Cape Elizabeth, 1922

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1922 Location: Cape Elizabeth Client: Alexander Bower Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

MY ISLAND HOME: Verlie Colby Greenleaf of Westport Island

Verlie Greenleaf (1891-1992) bore witness to over a century of Westport Island's history. Many changes occurred during Verlie's 100-year life. Verlie Greenleaf donated photographs, personal notes, and sat for an interview in 1987, all part of the Westport Island History Committee's collection. Her words frame this exhibition, providing a first-person account of her life.

Mural mystery in Westport Island's Cornelius Tarbox, Jr. House

The Cornelius Tarbox, Jr. House, a well-preserved Greek Revival house on Westport Island, has a mystery contained within--a panoramic narrative mural. The floor-to-ceiling mural contains eight painted panels that create a colorful coastal seascape which extends through the front hallway and up the stairwell. The name of the itinerant painter has been lost over time, can you help us solve the mystery of who he or she was?

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"… 1880s, the Rodick family still lived on Rodick's Island, now Bar Island, where they raised sheep and spun and wove their own wool."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"… who made their lives on or near Mount Desert Island lived in groups of several extended families, in houses made of birch bark."

In an Old, Abandoned Island House, I Found my Mentor and my Muse
by Robin Clifford Wood

An aspiring writer finds inspiration and a mentor from the past in an old island home.

Josiah Parsons Home Westport Island Maine
by Deborah G. Greenleaf

Westport Island historical information