Maine Memory Network

Early Maine Photography - War

"War Simon Dearborn, Monmouth, ca. 1850Maine Historical Society In the Vickery-Shettleworth Collection, the images of two aged Revolutionary…"

Early Maine Photography - Groups - Page 2 of 2

"Groups Anna Margaret Holwell Deering and daughters, Portland, ca. 1855Maine Historical Society Revealing contrasts are found as well in the…"

Surry by the Bay - Welcome

"… students have digitized over 100 historic photographs and artifacts, transcribed several antiquated documents, and learned how to carefully handle…"

Surry by the Bay - Resources

"Photographs, early postcards, and artifacts from the collections of the Surry Historical Society. Surry Town Reports: 1951, 1966, 1977, 1980, 1981…"

Surry by the Bay - About The Project

"… a detailed, handwritten twentieth century census, photographs, scrapbooks, and town records. During the warmer months, this treasured building…"

Surry by the Bay - Phebe Fowler: A Woman of Property

"… Her Old Age Phebe wears a black coat in the only photograph we have of her.Surry Historical Society Resources Surry Town Records, Surry Town…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Site Overview

"… is organized by decade, as is most often the case in fashion studies. By design, this site is interpretive in nature and not a comprehensive…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Search the Database

"In such cases, a researcher should evaluate relationships between the records. Architectural renderings, also known as presentation drawings, are…"

Historic Clothing Collection - The Maine Historical Society Historic Dress Collection - Page 1 of 2

"As is the case at MHS, such collections always contain a significant proportion of special occasion garments and little in the way of every day…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Bridge That Changed The Map

"But that was the case in Strong. Map of Strong as incorporated, c. 1801Strong Historical Society Strong was incorporated in 1801 as a tract of…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 1 of 4

"… lived to see another day! When he began to take cases into his own home, his wife assisted him. When mill owner Charles Forster died, his estate…"

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 1 of 4

"Here, as was the case in other smokehouses in the area, this food preservation process was carried out in traditional fashion."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Quenching the Thirst

"… his wine merchant, thanking him for sending him a case of delicious wine. Longfellow lived in Cambridge, Massachusetts by then; had he lived in his…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Business as Usual

"Advertisements like this promised a "plain sealed case" would arrive in the mail. McGlinchey's Brewery, Portland, ca."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 1 of 2

"In the case of Mount Desert, the visitor’s itinerary was not that different than it is today: hike to the summit of Cadillac Mountain, view the sheer…"

Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"In some cases, the old owners bought back their companies, and proceeded along. 3. American Can as Change Agent Sardine can factory, Eastport…"

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.

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"In Guilford’s case there were the Piscataquis River, Salmon Stream, and a small outlet from Davis Pond thus three areas; Guilford Village, Guilford…"

Acadian Archives

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.