Maine Memory Network

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - 1925 National Governors' Association Convention

"Executives, their families, and their staff were welcomed at the Maine State Pier in Portland with “Guns, Whistles, and Trumpets”."

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection

"This “Maine-first” policy dealt with Maine products, Maine problems, politics, and people from the typical "man on the street," to the Governor of…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aerial Photography

"… to capture major events and scenes throughout Maine. Geographic features, natural disasters, and celebrations were all better documented through…"

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

"Rachel Miller was once an education assistant at Maine Historical Society and a student in the University of Southern Maine's New England and…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aviation

"… Telegram ran an article “Outlook for Aviation in Maine Brighter” that discussed an overview of the growth of aviation in Maine, which included a…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Icons & Influencers

"The Portland Evening Express was a Maine pioneer in this new publication style. The paper began featuring photographs under owner Colonel Fred Dow…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Wiscasset's Arctic Connection

"… Slide Show Text by Cindy Dykes Images from Maine Historical Society, Blethen Maine Newspapers Explorer, scientist, author and teacher Donald B."

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

"… Women's Clubs Power of Potential View the Maine Women's Business Convention Slideshow Delegates from the National Federation of Business…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Along the Waterfront

"… the White House, and met with members of the Maine Congressional delegation. Captain Berlin on the S.S. Isaac T."

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Allies & Allegiance: Military comradery at the Centennial, 1920

"The state of Maine invited European and Asian allied nations to join the festivities, with an opportunity to demonstrate newly formed and established…"

Early Maine Photography - Human Interest

"… as a defiant gesture toward Maine’s prohibition laws, two young women with whiskey glasses in hand rest their elbows on a table displaying a liquor…"

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 2 of 3

"A Jacksonian Democrat, he began his political career in the Maine legislature, serving three terms as speaker."

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 3 of 3

"… Bowdoin educated attorney, Kiah Sewall practiced law in Mobile for two decades before the Civil war."

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 3 of 3

"… to the bar in 1811, he started practicing law in Fryeburg, Maine in 1812, moving his office to Paris in 1819."

Maine's Road to Statehood - The Coasting Law of 1789

"… decades, and it is no great coincidence that the law's repeal in 1819 would coincide with Maine's separation.[10] New Map of English America…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Sports

"Sports High School Sports View a High School Sports Slideshow Sports, as in newspapers around the globe, occupied a prominent role in the…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - "Man on the Street"

""Man on the Street" Street scene, Monument Square, Portland, ca. 1924Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media The Portland Evening Express…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Crime & Disaster - Page 2 of 2

"Crime & Disaster This was the fourth school fire in Portland in 1921 and was of unknown origin. It started in the library, which did not have a…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Crime & Disaster - Page 1 of 2

"Crime & Disaster Crime & Disaster A selection of photographs relating to crime & disaster in the Portland Press Herald Glass Plate Negative…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Maine's Pauper Laws and the Cumberland Overseers of the Poor

"… Memorial Library Legal Settlement Maine law in 1821 spelled out the conditions of legal settlement for its residents."

Maine's Road to Statehood - The Final Vote

"… be based on the hindrance of the former Coasting Law, and many who had previously held out began to support an independent Maine.[28] After the…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - Maine in the 17th Century

"Maine Historical Society The story of the District of Maine's separation from Massachusetts began long before Congress approved its request for…"

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.