Maine Memory Network

Probate Courts Proceedings List, 1832

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1832-12-03 Location: York Media: Ink on paper

Journal of the Commissioners' Proceedings, 1816-1817

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1816–1817 Location: St. Andrews Media: Ink on Paper

Presque Isle and the Civil War

Presque Isle had fewer than 1,000 residents in 1860, but it still felt the impact of the Civil War. About half of the town's men went off to war. Of those, a third died. The effects of the war were widespread in the small community.

Capturing Arts and Artists in the 1930s

Emmie Bailey Whitney of the Lewiston Journal Saturday Magazine and her husband, noted amateur photographer G. Herbert Whitney, captured in words and photographs the richness of Maine's arts scene during the Great Depression.

John Martin: Expert Observer - James Emery cottage, Bucksport, 1867

"… it." He asked who owned the building and then proceeded to sketch it on a bill he had in his pocket book."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Dr. George W. Ladd, Bangor, ca. 1866

"… because it was held behind closed doors and no proceedings were printed. Martin wrote that Ladd supported Andrew Johnson and that Ladd said, "if…"

Maine family across the USA
by James Burton Wengler (Robinson)

A Maine family scattered across the USA

My father, Earle Ahlquist, served during World War II
by Earlene Chadbourne

Earle Ahlquist used his Maine common sense during his Marine service and to survive Iwo Jima