Maine Memory Network

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Lincoln, Maine - MacGregor's Spool Mill

"… from back then." Excerpts from the journal of fictional character Betsy Mire Year of 1875 A wonderful man swept into the town tonight."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Library

"… growing collection of contemporary and classic fiction and non-fiction, VHS and DVD movies, audio books, and a distinguished collection of books…"

Ellsworth Public Library

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Jacob Abbott and Fewacres, Farmington, 1903

"He wrote fictional books for children, most of them in series, and is credited with writing some of the earliest American juvenile literature…"

Farmington Public Library

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Cary Memorial Library

"… over 12,000 items, including current and classic fiction, a Maine Collection, a children's collection, non-fiction, a teen collection, large print…"

Waterville Public Library

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Fryeburg Public Library

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Jacob Abbott

"In either 1836 or 1837, Jacob gave up his position of his church and moved in with his father in Farmington, Maine."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor

"… Piece Of The World won the New England Prize for fiction and the Maine Literary Award as well as many others."

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

"… wrote several books, including books of poetry, fiction and nonfiction. Modern William S. Cohen School X William S."

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… children’s and young adults’ areas and the non-fiction stacks, and also created a new climate-controlled History Room, the current home of Bath…"