Maine Memory Network

Freeport Historical Society

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 3 of 3

"The High Peaks Alliance located in Strong and Phillips, advocates for public access to back-country recreation."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Benjamin Kimball, Bangor, ca. 1867

"… as it is which is to howl down every man who advocates right and is sincere in what he preaches." View additional information about this item on…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Icons & Influencers

"… Colonel Fred Dow (son of infamous Temperance advocate, Neal Dow), but starting with Guy Gannett’s ownership in 1925, the Evening Express became…"

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

"… is to develop women’s leadership potential and advocate for women in the work place. From suffrage to the glass ceiling, the NFBPWC continues to…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 1 of 3

"… trade shows in Boston and New York, where she advocated for the Narrow Gauge Railroad as a means of accessing bountiful fishing and hunting grounds…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 3 of 6

"… meanwhile, proposed entirely new colonies, advocating the creation of the Province of Sagadahoc in the 1730s and the colony of New Ireland in the…"

Historic Hallowell - Wood Ashes or Gold Dust?

"An early Hallowell newspaper, the American Advocate, featured an advertisement placed by a local businessman searching for the raw material of the…"

Kennebec Valley Community College Archive

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Maine's Road to Statehood - The American Revolution and Early Attempts at Separation - Page 1 of 2

"… a Maine newspaper founded for the purpose of advocating separation, published a full front-page article submitted by “A Farmer” regarding the…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Eaton W. Tarbell

"… first architects in post-World War II Maine to advocate for the sharp, simple lines of contemporary design."

Maine's Road to Statehood - 1790s: A Growing Movement

"… of debates and assessments of the past failure, advocates of separation were able to put a referendum on the ballot in January 1792."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 6 of 6

"… his days as an Inn owner and local conservation advocate and activist. He served as Manager of the Jordan Pond House, a Trustee of the Northeast…"

First Parish in Portland

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Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 2 of 3

"A staunch advocate of education, he was a trustee of Waterville (now Colby) College and a trustee and overseer of Bowdoin College."

Maine's Road to Statehood - The Missouri Compromise: A Moral Dilemma

"… an outspoken leader and Senator who tirelessly advocated for separation, became Maine's first governor."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - 1620 to 1820: New England's Great Secret

"… Gazette became the first major Maine forum to advocate temperate use of spirits. GALLERIES: Drinking Implements | Taverns, People, and Scenes |…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Business as Usual

"… Henry Ford (born John Feeney in Portland), was an advocate for Prohibition in the States. Ford aimed to hire only family men, who led a life free…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 2 of 2

"… to a paper on this subject by one of its earnest advocates, ‘Captain’ Charles Eliot.” -- W.H. Dunbar and E.L."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 3 of 4

"… in local and national competitions, and advocating for excellence in farming practices. Wescustogo Grange Hall, dedicated in 1959, was built…"

Music in Maine - Community Music

"… were a meeting place for farmers and a place to advocate for agricultural laborers. Community and social groups like the Grange craft cultures…"

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.

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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