Maine Memory Network

Maine Forest Service

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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Icons & Influencers

"… Evening Express was a Maine pioneer in this new publication style. The paper began featuring photographs under owner Colonel Fred Dow (son of…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - "Twenty Nationalities, But All Americans"

"… Media From 1922 to 1945, the Portland Public Schools offered daytime "Americanization" classes for adult and school-aged immigrants."

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection

"This “Maine-first” policy dealt with Maine products, Maine problems, politics, and people from the typical "man on the street," to the Governor of…"

Early Maine Photography - The Vickery-Shettleworth Collection

"… public school teaching, which was interrupted by service in the U.S. Army during World War II. After the war, he resumed teaching, first in Dexter…"

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 3 of 3

"… collections of hymns, and the author of a vesper service. After the death of his brother Henry in 1882, Samuel retired from the ministry and moved…"

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 1 of 3

"Firemen’s musters and parades were important public events in nineteenth century Maine cities and towns, in which local fire companies created pride…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - "Man on the Street"

"… City of Portland as rod man in the Department of Public Works. He was such a good rod man that he worked himself out of that position to the more…"

Portland Water District

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad and Maine Public Service Building

"Aroostook Valley Railroad and Maine Public Service Building X Text by Jacob and Craig, students at Presque Isle Middle School Edited by Presque…"

City of Portland Department of Public Works

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad and Maine Public Service Company building, Presque Isle, 1921

"The building is still the offices for Maine Public Service Company. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Portland Public Library

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Waterville Public Library

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Farmington Public Library

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McArthur Public Library

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Skowhegan Free Public Library

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Lithgow Public Library

"… The Lithgow Public Library provides materials and services to help community residents of all ages meet their educational, recreational, and…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - The Final Vote

"Additionally, all nine of Maine's senators elected that spring were separationists. With this incredible momentum, by May 1819 the question of…"

Fryeburg Public Library

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Maine's Road to Statehood - 1790s: A Growing Movement

"Although selectmen publicized the upcoming referendum to eligible Maine voters, fewer than 4,600 inhabitants actually voted—a mere fraction of the…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - After the War: The First Victory for Separationists

"With continuing public pressures, the General Court agreed to a hold a vote on the question in May, a month after the 1816 gubernatorial elections."

Freedom & Captivity Portal

The Freedom & Captivity digital collection in the Maine Memory Network, and the complete digital archive housed at Colby Special Collections, is a repository of personal testimonies, ephemera, memorabilia, artifacts, and visual materials that capture multiple dimensions of the experiences of incarceration for individuals, families, and communities, as well as for survivors of harm.