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These sites were created for each contributing partner or as part of collaborative community projects through Maine Memory. Learn about collaborative projects on MMN.


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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 3 of 5

"… not confirm Massachusetts’ rights to settle and govern the region. Instead, the lawyers emphasized the Royal confirmation provisio from the charter."

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Plymouth Company (Kennebec Proprietors) records, ca. 1625-1824

"… with Wabanaki people; Massachusetts colonial governance; and, international relations, land speculation and Revolution‐era land bounties."

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Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and the Civil War Resources

"Washington: Government Printing Office, 1868. U.S. Quartermaster’s Dept. Roll of Honor (No. XIV). Names of Soldiers who, In Defense of the American…"

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Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… homes and businesses, and creating local governments, was disrupted in the third quarter of the seventeenth century by a series of conflicts with…"

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Project Background

"… Canadian maritimes, and the United States federal government. The included collections were selected because of their historical significance to…"

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 5 of 5

"… and Webster was later criticized for using government funds to secretly pay for pro-treaty newspaper propaganda to sway public opinion in Maine."

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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - "Twenty Nationalities, But All Americans"

"On a local level, changes in Portland city government and the rise of the Ku Klux Klan were motivated by anti-immigrant sentiments."

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Life on a Tidal River - Bangor During the 1940s

"… the rest of America, the effects of World War II governed much of life in Bangor during the 1940s. Since most men between the ages of 18 and 26…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Scrapbook 3: 1867-

"… as much as the question does whether we shall be governed by foreign ideas and Policies or whether we are and will be capable of governing…"

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Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and Social Reform Movements of the 1800s-1900s

"… of other official actions requesting the state government to prohibit alcoholic beverages including visiting bar owners to try to get them to stop…"

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Life on a Tidal River - William S. Cohen, The Man and the School

"April 10, 2013. William S. Cohen. Institute of Government & Public Affairs, University of Illinois. 2009-2013. Web. April 12, 2013. William S."

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City of Portland Planning & Urban Development

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Portland Water District

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Maine Department of Transportation

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Freedom & Captivity Portal

The Freedom & Captivity digital collection in the Maine Memory Network, and the complete digital archive housed at Colby Special Collections, is a repository of personal testimonies, ephemera, memorabilia, artifacts, and visual materials that capture multiple dimensions of the experiences of incarceration for individuals, families, and communities, as well as for survivors of harm.

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Bar Harbor Fire Department

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Presque Isle Fire Department

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City of Portland Department of Public Works

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Millinocket Fire Department

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Waldoboro Fire Department

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Bath's Historic Downtown - Student Exhibits

"Student Exhibits Bath Savings Institution and Hyde Block The Intersection of Centre and Washington Church Block Columbian Block The Customs House…"

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Bath's Historic Downtown - The Patten Free Library

"The Patten Free Library Text by Noah Lapointe, Austin Lewis, Kyle Perry, and Shadow Stephens 7th grade students at Bath Middle School."

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Bath's Historic Downtown - Project Overview

"Project Overview In June of 2008, the community partnership of the Sagadahoc History & Genealogy Room at the Patten Free Library, the Bath…"

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Bath's Historic Downtown - Columbian Block

"Columbian Block Text by Taylor Johnson, Michaela Lothrop, Paige Martin, Devon Vanmeter 7th grade students at Bath Middle School With images from…"