Maine Memory Network

Music in Maine - Community Music

"Community Music Music makers in Maine make instruments, create music in their communities, and honor heritage."

Music in Maine - Radio Cowboys and Country Music

"… English folk songs, Scots-Irish fiddle and dance music, sacred music, and banjo and blues from formerly enslaved Africans."

Historic Hallowell - The Hallowell Union Fire Club

"The Hallowell Union Fire Club Union Fire Club, Fire Bucket, Hallowell, 1805Hubbard Free Library The Union Fire Club of Hallowell, Maine…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders At Play

"1970Swan's Island Historical Society Music Music was and is part of the island fabric. It is said that in 1918 there was one piano in every fourth…"

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

"… including an exposition, several parades, a music festival, visiting dignitaries, and international ships in port."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - History Detectives

"X The History Detectives club was started in the fall of 2012 by Island Institute Fellow Kate Webber, with the goal of involving kids in Swan's…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4

"… the Point in 1886 -- Junius Hill, a professor of music at Wellesley, and John Holman -- were well-connected in musical circles. Mrs."

Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"The Blue Hill Country Club hosted and continues to host social functions. Parties and gatherings with music were prevalent among rusticators."

Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair

"People with amazing musical talents play on the sound stages. There are many frustrating games that are fun and for a minimal price you can keep…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - National Blue Ribbon School

"… and kindergarten would be enlarged, a new art and music room added, and an all new kitchen and cafeteria."

Blue Hill, Maine - Project Sources

"… Sheila Varnum Internet Sources Blue Hill Country Club The Jonathan Fisher Memorial Jonathan Fisher - Wikipedia *All sources used for Blue Hill’s…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"… at the present site of the Kollegewidgwok Yacht Club. Next door, the White Granite Company had cutting sheds and a machine shop erected on their…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Bar Harbor: Building of Arts

"… made the announcement: “A New Building for Music at Bar Harbor." For many summers music lovers came to Bar Harbor with ever increasing numbers."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - EXPLORE the history of Biddeford, Maine...

"… Biddeford High School & Universalist choir musical program, 1891McArthur Public Library South Side of Main Street, Biddeford, 1909McArthur…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"In 1914, the Music Hall suffered severe damage from an explosion due to a gas leak. In 1925, the Music Hall changed ownership to a pool hall, and the…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 2 of 4

"… student council, drama club, chess club, various music clubs and a chorus, extra-curricular academic activities, and many, many, more."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Columbian Block

"… such orchestra performances from Bath's own musical group. The Columbian Theatre business rented the building and never owned it."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Entertainment- Alameda and Opera House

"These included the Music Hall, Uptown Theater, Columbia Hall, and our focus, the Bath Opera House, and its precursor, the Alameda."

McArthur Public Library

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Society Copes

"X The Alcoholic Blues , 1919 Broadway Music Corporation Collections of Maine Historical Society; gift of William David Barry, 1998 Coll."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 4 of 4

"Haigis donated his musical instruments to Scarborough High School. In 1975, Dr. Haigis left Scarborough for Puerto Rico, where he became a civilian…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Bootleggers vs. Police

"Eastman, 1998 Sheet music 25 The United States boundary ended three miles away from the shore and large vessels lined up, forming an area called rum…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village

"There were several musical organizations, the first group of organized musicians that is recorded was in the late 1800s."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"… and Bowdoin College have some of his early music, which includes some musical presentations, in their library collections."