Maine Memory Network

Music in Maine - Music Makers

"Music Makers Music Makers instruments Click to see more Music Makers Music makers in Maine make instruments, create music in their…"

Music in Maine - PLAY

"PLAY Watching musicians sing and play music in public is an important communal experience for the performer and the audience."

Music in Maine - Bluegrass Music

"Bluegrass Music BLUEGRASS MUSIC ASSOCIATION OF MAINE Click to learn more about BMAM Bluegrass music—acoustic music played on banjo, mandolin…"

Music in Maine - Music stores

"Music stores Mary Curran Leighton and musicians, Portland, ca. 1930Maine Historical Society Hiram Chase & Son, Belfast, ca. 1895, ca."

Music in Maine - B-flat fife, ca. 1860

"B-flat fife, ca. 1860 Contributed by Maine Historical Society Description This fife was used by John Robbins when he was a drummer in the…"

Music in Maine - Drumsticks, 1861

"Drumsticks, 1861 Contributed by Maine Historical Society Description Franklin C. Kimball (1844-1912) used these drumsticks while serving…"

Music in Maine - Drum, Portland, ca. 1854

"Drum, Portland, ca. 1854 Contributed by Maine Historical Society Description Noble and Cooley of East Granville, Massachusetts started…"

Music in Maine - Civil War drum, ca. 1861

"Civil War drum, ca. 1861 Contributed by Maine Historical Society Description Henry Green (1832-1901) of Portland carried this military…"

Music in Maine - Drum, Stockton Springs, ca. 1840

"Drum, Stockton Springs, ca. 1840 Contributed by Maine Historical Society Description Colonel Freeman McGilvery (1823-1864) of Stockton…"

Music in Maine - Kimball Drum, ca. 1860

"Kimball Drum, ca. 1860 Contributed by Maine Historical Society Description Written on the top of the head of this drum is, "Frank C."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Stockholm, Maine

"Most people left in Stockholm were elderly people that couldn’t leave or farmers that wouldn’t leave."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - New Sweden Athletic Club

"Soon after they made skis that were meant for people based on height and weight. Some of the people who lived in New Sweden and made skis were Henry…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Mills and Homes in Stockholm

"When the mills started to close many people moved away. The current population in town is a little more than 100 people."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Landeen Family History

"He started farm business and doing so was a very rugged man. When you ask about him most people would call him a gentle giant; he got that name…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Eureka Hall, Stockholm

"It is a popular place for the local people to eat, and many people in the winter come up and end up eating there."

Skowhegan Community History - Early Settlement in Skowhegan

"One group of people claimed part of this new land. The group was made up of five people: Eli Weston, age 12; Isaac Smith, age 15; Joseph Weston…"

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Listen to the entire "Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold" documentary

"… Listen to Chapter Two The Press, Myths, and Black Peoples in Maine   Listen to Chapter Three The Islanders   Listen to Chapter Four…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding

"Early roads were little more than footpaths. People depended upon boats for the early transport of goods, livestock and people."

Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"Usually people want to talk to me about their pains, their anxieties, jobs, their marriage and personal affairs."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - U.S. Flagship Hartford

"There have been many people from Thomaston who have also joined me on this voyage. One of our main concerns is controlling trade to and form…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Welcome - Valkommen

"It is designed to provide people in our community and beyond with access to resources that will help them explore our local history."

Skowhegan Community History - Farming in the Skowhegan Area

"… History House Maine lost many of its people at the turn of the century and there were 5,000 fewer farms in Maine in 1900 than there were in 1880…"

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"… teachings of the Puritans that the New England people were supposed to exemplify. There now can be seen a monument on the site in the present town…"

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Maine State documents and Proclamations

"We're better people than that." GOVERNOR LEPAGE APOLOGIZES "We apologize for the hardship we have caused you." Governor LePage in May, 2012 Photo…"