Maine Memory Network

Sarah Tibbetts on coping with son's theft, Westport Island, 1895

Contributed by: Westport Island History Committee Date: 1895 Location: Westport Island Media: Ink on paper

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Sarah Tibbetts to her husband disclosing a family theft, Westport Island, 1895

Contributed by: Westport Island History Committee Date: 1895 Location: Westport Island; Bath Media: Ink on paper

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Fashion for the People: Maine's Graphic Tees

From their humble beginnings as undergarments to today's fashion runways, t-shirts have evolved into universally worn wardrobe staples. Original graphic t-shirts, graphic t-shirt quilts, and photographs trace the 102-year history of the garment, demonstrating how, through the act of wearing graphic tees, people own a part of history relating to politics, social justice, economics, and commemorative events in Maine.

Begin Again: reckoning with intolerance in Maine

BEGIN AGAIN explores Maine's historic role, going back 528 years, in crisis that brought about the pandemic, social and economic inequities, and the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020.

Historic Hallowell - City Marshals

"… liquors , one assault and battery, four thefts of personal property, one fast driver, one malicious mischief, one breaking and digging in street…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Lime Works

"… or property; idleness of hired men is either a theft of time or money, and I would have Mr. Gleason discharge any hired man who should prove idle."

We Are An Ordinary Family
by Catherine

Maine's abolitionists offer an answer to my questions about my family's experiences.

Tracers
by anonymous

tracers, bonding, and fixations