Maine Memory Network

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Temperance Membership

"… Temperance Membership Back to: 1820 to 1865: Temperance and the Maine Law "The results of our agitation will be the expulsion from all the…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Life membership certificate, Farmington Public Library Association, 1917

"Life membership certificate, Farmington Public Library Association, 1917 Contributed by Farmington Public Library Description In the early…"

Whitefield Historical Society

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Scarborough Historical Society & Museum

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The Thomaston Academy

"… Church, which added 64 new names to the church membership. Among the new members was Henry Jackson Knox, now a man around 50 and thoroughly ashamed…"

Penobscot Marine Museum

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

"… but due to economic reasons and declining membership, the church was decommissioned and sold in 1951."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 1 of 3

"Full membership in the Grange comes from earning the fourth degree. The altar in a Grange hall usually displays an open Bible, agricultural tools…"

Porter Memorial Library

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Surry by the Bay - About The Project

"Our membership runs about 50 people, with two dozen or so actively involved. Old Surry Town Hall, home to the Surry Historical Society X Working…"

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

"Boasting membership that included some of the wealthiest, best-connected families in the colony, the companies played an outsized role in…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Grand Army of the Republic

"Membership reached its peak in 1890, when over 400,000 members were reported. By then the G.A.R. had well over seven thousand posts, ranging in size…"

Windham Historical Society

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Early Maine Photography - Occupational

"… Society During the nineteenth century, membership in a local fire company was a matter of pride, resulting in many men having their picture taken…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - 1820 to 1865: Temperance and the Maine Law

"GALLERIES: A Call to Temperance | Temperance Membership | Neal Dow | Drinking: Elegance and Debauchery"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - 1919 to 1934: The Nation Follows Maine Into Prohibition

"To them, the aging membership of the W.C.T.U. appeared as narrow-minded, humorless busybodies, a far cry from the respected temperance heroines of…"

Music in Maine - Community Music

"While membership declined throughout the 20th century, the Grange in Maine is seeing a revival with a new generation of farmers participating in 126…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 1 of 2

"… in 1882) every summer through 1889, although membership and the extent of scientific work varied over the years."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland Community Library

"… was established, headed by Barbara Bruno, and membership recruiting was actively begun. Books were being collected from a multitude of volunteer…"

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Historical Society - Page 2 of 2

"As membership grew, LHS moved to Ballard Hill School to conduct meetings and to display artifacts. When the Society needed money to support its…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - The Lending Libraries of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"The proprietors tax, or membership fee, which had been nine shillings when the library was established in 1793, now stood at two dollars."

Western Maine Foothills Region - About the Project

"… has been that, as society members age, society membership wanes. A couple of the societies are down to two or three members, and we fear that, if…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Church on the Hill

"In more recent years, church membership has declined somewhat, as it has with many churches throughout the country."

Westport Island History Committee

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