Maine Memory Network

Walkway at the Rockefeller Garden, Seal Harbor, ca. 1934

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1934 Location: Mount Desert Island Media: stereograph

Asticou Azalea Garden, Northeast Harbor, ca. 1958

Contributed by: Mount Desert Island Historical Society Date: circa 1958 Location: Mount Desert Media: Photographic print

Sterling property, E. Side Garden Place, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Sarah B. Sterling Use: Summer Dwelling

Garden property, N. Side Wood Road, Rear, Brook Road, Rear, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Ida A. Garden Use: Summer Dwelling

Asticou Azalea Garden shore plan, Mount Desert, 1982-1992

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1982–1992 Location: Mount Desert Client: The Island Foundation Architect: Patrick Chasse; Landscape Design Associates

Frank residence garden plan, Mattapoisett, MA, 1986-2001

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1986–2001 Location: Mattapoisett Client: Robert Frank Architect: Patrick Chasse; Landscape Design Associates

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.

Designing Acadia

For one hundred years, Acadia National Park has captured the American imagination and stood as the most recognizable symbol of Maine’s important natural history and identity. This exhibit highlights Maine Memory content relating to Acadia and Mount Desert Island.

Architecture & Landscape database - Lost Gardens of Eden

"… century that still illuminates and inspires new gardens at the turn of the next century. Garden at Beau Desert, Bar Harbor, ca."

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."

History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby

This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars

A Maine Family's story of being Prisoners of War in Manila
by Nicki Griffin

As a child, born after the war, I would hear these stories - glad they were finally written down