Keywords: supplies
Item 66031
Order for medical supplies for more regiments, Augusta, 1861
Contributed by: Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library Date: 1861 Media: Ink on paper
Item 18441
Letter concerning regimental supplies, 1861
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1861 Location: Bayou Boeuf; Bayou Boeuf Media: Ink on paper
Item 70924
Paper Supplies Building, Presumpscot Street (rear), Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Canadian National Railroad Use: Paper Supplies Building
Item 86872
Storage for Ship Supplies and Coal, Portland Pier, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Proprietors of Portland Pier Use: Storage for Ship Supplies and Coal
Item 109230
Addition and Alteration to existing building for Acme Supply Company, Bangor, 1946-1947
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1946–1947 Location: Bangor Client: Acme Supply Company Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell
Item 110119
The William D. Ireland Residence, Cumberland, 1929-1931
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1929–1931 Location: Cumberland Client: William D. Ireland Architect: John P. Thomas
Exhibit
Britain was especially interested in occupying Maine during the Colonial era to take advantage of the timber resources. The tall, straight, old growth white pines were perfect for ships' masts to help supply the growing Royal Navy.
Exhibit
The gunpowder mills at Gambo Falls in Windham and Gorham produced about a quarter of the gunpowder used by Union forces during the Civil War. The complex contained as many as 50 buildings.
Site Page
Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Stores
"… or animal so it was convenient to have these supplies nearby. Nelson Morse, Swan's Island village, ca."
Site Page
Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Caring For Our Families and Friends
"… care, purchased immunizations and sanitation supplies, and partnered with the Maine Seacoast Mission."
Story
Tracers
by anonymous
tracers, bonding, and fixations
Story
John Coyne from Waterville Enlists as a Railroad Man in WWI
by Mary D. Coyne
Description of conditions railroad men endured and family background on John Coyne.
Lesson Plan
World War I and the U.S. Home Front
Grade Level: 9-12
Content Area: Social Studies
Learn about World War I using primary sources from Maine Memory Network and the Library of Congress.
Lesson Plan
Longfellow's Ripple Effect: Journaling With the Poet - "The Song of Hiawatha"
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
Content Area: English Language Arts, Social Studies
This lesson is part of a series of six lesson plans that will give students the opportunity to become familiar with the works of Longfellow while reflecting upon how his works speak to their own experiences.
