Maine Memory Network

Log bunk for Somerset Railroad, 1906

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1906 Location: Portland Media: Photoprint

Camp Winnebago Bunk 1, 1947

Contributed by: Camp Winnebago Date: 1947 Location: Fayette Media: Photographic print

959-963 Congress Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Portland Terminal Co. Use: Bunk House

Sleeping camp floor plan, 1913

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1913 Client: Great Northern Paper Company Architect: Great Northern Paper Company

Summer Camps

Maine is home to dozens of summer-long youth camps and untold numbers of day camps that take advantage of water, woods, and fresh air. While the children, counselors, and other staff come to Maine in the summer, the camps live on throughout the year and throughout the lives of many of the campers.

This Rebellion: Maine and the Civil War

For Mainers like many other people in both the North and the South, the Civil War, which lasted from 1861-1865, had a profound effect on their lives. Letters, artifacts, relics, and other items saved by participants at home and on the battlefield help illuminate the nature of the Civil War experience for Mainers.

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 3 of 6

"… moved out of their bedrooms for the summer to bunk in with aunts and uncles while the parents hosted guests in their homes."

Historic Hallowell - Sweat on the Kennebec ~ Hallowell Steam and Boom Company

"Unmarked logs were free for the taking. Bunk houses with adjoining cook and mess shacks were erected on rafts and anchored on the Chelsea side of the…"

The only letter to survive World War II
by Cyrene Slegona

Only one of many letters my father sent to his wife remained after he came home from World War II.

My Story of Trauma
by Anonymous (Maine Correction Center)

The process of being incarcerated is traumatic. This is my story.