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These sites were created for each contributing partner or as part of collaborative community projects through Maine Memory. Learn about collaborative projects on MMN.


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Historic Hallowell - A Bay State Exodus

"Ephraim brought the skills of a surveyor which were much in demand, and Martha brought the skills of a midwife and caregiver that often meant the…"

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Historic Hallowell - Dr. Benjamin Page

"… the Plague of 1812, his superb knowledge and skill saved many lives. He is credited with being the first physician to inoculate human with the…"

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The Cedars

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarbrough Middle School

"… teachers to more effectively embed 21st-century skills in the curriculum using a model of rigor, relevance and relationships."

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Music in Maine - Music Education

"… development educators agree music ignites the skills children need for school readiness, including intellectual, social-emotional, motor, language…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Welcome

"… at University of Maine Farmington to teach the skills of working with primary documents to better understand the people and purpose of Farmington's…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Educator Resources

"… Hunt   These lessons are designed to promote skills in visual analysis, historical interpretation, and critical thinking."

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Historic Hallowell - One of Many Monuments

"… well known example of Hallowell Granite workers’ skill is the National Monument to the Forefathers in Plymouth, Massachusetts."

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Historic Hallowell - Industry and Immigrants-A Changing Community

"For over 50 years, it employed close to 500 skilled stone cutters and sculptors, many of whom came from the British Isles, Spain and Italy."

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Historic Hallowell - In Sickness and in Health

"… of the flesh Hallowell has been blessed with skilled practitioners. Midwifery, ground-breaking research, and even patent medicine empires have been…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Fred Urquhart Farm, Presque Isle

"… been planted, growing conditions, soil, and the skill of the farmer. The limited data provided with these International Fertilizers photographs…"

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Civil War

"… that students focused on were attaining the skills to answer the following: What research method is appropriate for your inquiry? What are…"

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Maine Central Institute

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Historic Clothing Collection - Eighteenth Century - Page 3 of 3

"… fine quality English dark wool broadcloth, and skilled tailoring led to the rise of superior English tailored male dress."

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Historic Clothing Collection - 1870-1890 - Page 4 of 4

"… and 1890s are tributes to remarkable dressmaking skills. In the late 1880s, the bustle simplified in shape and disappeared by 1890."

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Historic Clothing Collection - 1830-1850 - Page 3 of 3

"A not very skillfully sewn, gold woven leafy stripe silk dress with an almost-bloused bodice, shallow pointed waist, gathered skirt and long straight…"

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Lubec, Maine - A Signature Quilt

"Perhaps she was visiting friends in Lubec. Mrs. Skillings of Portland X Wormell Sisters of South Lubec, ca. 1885 Almeda J."

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Maine Conservation Corps

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Working in Maine

"Del retired in March 2005. He was a skilled worker and loved his job. He stills likes forestry and has twelve acres of land that he cuts for firewood."

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - About Us

"… teachers and students have all combined their skills to produce a single historical artifact which can tell the story of our town."

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Indians & Rusticators: Wabanakis & Summer Visitors on Mount Desert Island 1840s-1920s

"… their traditional arts, crafts, and canoeing skills to rusticators who visited their tented encampments."

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Historic Hallowell - Industrial Recources

"Skilled people were necessary to build the ship, inspect the ship, get the materials to build a ship, and sail the ship."

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Bath's Historic Downtown - Project Partners

"… students to construct deep understanding and skills and to create products for real audiences. Learning expeditions support critical literacy…"

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - ABOUT US

"… all students will graduate with the knowledge and skills necessary to succeed in post-secondary education, compete in the global economy, and…"