Maine Memory Network

St Peter's School, Lewiston, Class of 1910

Contributed by: Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Date: 1910-06-16 Location: Lewiston Media: Photographic print

Schoolyard sports, St. Peter's School, Lewiston, 1925

Contributed by: Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Date: circa 1925 Location: Lewiston Media: Photographic print

Sketch of proposed building for French Catholic Society, Lewiston, 1881-1886

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1881–1886 Location: Lewiston; Lewiston Clients: Dominican Fathers; French Catholic Society Architect: George M. Coombs; Coombs Bros. Architects

La St-Jean in Lewiston-Auburn

St-Jean-Baptiste Day -- June 24th -- in Lewiston-Auburn was a very public display of ethnic pride for nearly a century. Since about 1830, French Canadians had used St. John the Baptist's birthdate as a demonstration of French-Canadian nationalism.

Away at School: Letters Home

Young men and women in the 19th century often went away from home -- sometimes for a few months, sometimes for longer periods -- to attend academies, seminaries, or schools run by individuals. While there, they wrote letters home, reporting on boarding arrangements and coursework undertaken, and inquired about the family at home.

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Abbott School

"Peter Mills, and now his family, has taken strong interest in Hippach Field and its preservation. The Mills Family set up a Trust Fund for continued…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Tuscan Opera House

"… Historical Society Archives and Artifacts Peter Stowell, DHS Historian DHS Ephemera Collection Loraine Welch Smith Scrapbooks, DHS Collection #028…"

John Coyne from Waterville Enlists as a Railroad Man in WWI
by Mary D. Coyne

Description of conditions railroad men endured and family background on John Coyne.

History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby

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