Maine Memory Network

Thomas Robison from Thomas Hodges regarding illegal slave trade, Les Cayes, April 6, 1791

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1791 Location: Portland; Les Cayes Media: Ink on paper

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Benjamin Bullard to Sir William Pepperell on slave trading, Barbados, 1720

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1720-03-15 Location: Bridgetown; Kittery Media: Ink on paper

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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.

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.

Historic Hallowell - Shipping

"… In the 1800’s they used a system called the triangular trade in which the merchants would trade and ship goods between Boston to Hallowell."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The Thomaston Academy

"… example of Greek Revival architecture, with a triangular pediment, entablature and columned portico."

Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis

The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.