Maine Memory Network

Thursday Club membership, Biddeford, 1929

Contributed by: Biddeford Historical Society Date: 1929 Location: Biddeford Media: Ink on paper

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Thursday Club anniversary program, Biddeford, 1939

Contributed by: Biddeford Historical Society Date: 1939-01-04 Location: Biddeford Media: Ink on paper

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76-78 Spring Street (Pt Ex.), Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: The Women's Literary Union Use: Club

126 Free Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Julia D Dow Use: Club House

Power of Potential

The National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs (NFBPWC) held their seventh annual convention in Portland during July 12 to July 18, 1925. Over 2,000 working women from around the country visited the city.

Writing Women

Published women authors with ties to Maine are too numerous to count. They have made their marks in all types of literature.

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs

"Club, visited Portland in July 1925 for the annual convention. Many guests arrived over the weekend by train at the Grand Trunk Station on India…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Prominent Women

"Prominent Women Text By: Strong School 7th and 8th Graders, 2011-2012 Julia Harris May poetry collection, 1903Farmington Public Library…"

Service in Bosnia, Iraq and Afghanistan by MAJ Adam R. Cote
by Adam R. Cote

Military Service has had a deep impact my life

History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby

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

Building Community/Community Buildings

Grade Level: 6-8 Content Area: Social Studies
Where do people gather? What defines a community? What buildings allow people to congregate to celebrate, learn, debate, vote, and take part in all manner of community activities? Students will evaluate images and primary documents from throughout Maine’s history, and look at some of Maine’s earliest gathering spaces and organizations, and how many communities established themselves around certain types of buildings. Students will make connections between the community buildings of the past and the ways we express identity and create communities today.