Maine Memory Network

Town Meeting Warrant, Baldwin, 1802

Contributed by: Baldwin Historical Society Date: 1802-08-30 Location: Baldwin Media: Ink on paper

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Camp Grounds' Grove at Old Orchard Beach, ca. 1885

Contributed by: Dyer Library/Saco Museum Date: circa 1885 Location: Old Orchard Beach Media: Photographic print

Assessor's Record, 81 Oak Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Friends Meeting House Use: Church

77 Newbury Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Raffaele Frascone Use: Dwelling - Single family

Haffenreffer/Marshall residence section and elevations, Yarmouth, 1989-1990

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1989–1990 Location: Yarmouth Clients: Rudolf F. Haffenreffer IV; Mallory K. Marshall Architect: Carol A. Wilson; Carol A. Wilson, Architect

Alterations for Poland Spring House, South Poland, 1880

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1880 Location: Poland Client: unknown Architect: Fasset and Stevens Architects

The Sanitary Commission: Meeting Needs of Soldiers, Families

The Sanitary Commission, formed soon after the Civil War began in the spring of 1861, dealt with the health, relief needs, and morale of soldiers and their families. The Maine Agency helped families and soldiers with everything from furloughs to getting new socks.

Student Exhibit: The Story of the Heywood Tavern

The story of the Heywood Tavern in Skowhegan.

Historic Hallowell - Meeting at Koussinok

Meeting at Koussinok Kennebec River Hubbard Free Library Late in the fall of 1625 a small boat with seven men aboard slowly made its way up…

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park

This green space became known as Meeting House Park. (And now you know that Church Street is named for John Church and not the North Church at the…

My Italian grandparents and visiting their homeland
by Sherry Judd

A story about my Italian ancestors in Maine and how I found my family in Italy.

Pandemic Blues
by Darlene Reardon

Covid 19 Portland poem

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.

Longfellow Studies: Longfellow Meets German Radical Poet Ferdinand Freiligrath

Grade Level: 9-12 Content Area: English Language Arts, Social Studies
During Longfellow's 1842 travels in Germany he made the acquaintance of the politically radical Ferdinand Freiligrath, one of the influential voices calling for social revolution in his country. It is suggested that this association with Freiligrath along with his return visit with Charles Dickens influenced Longfellow's slavery poems. This essay traces Longfellow's interest in the German poet, Freiligrath's development as a radical poetic voice, and Longfellow's subsequent visit with Charles Dickens. Samples of verse and prose are provided to illustrate each writer's social conscience.