Maine Memory Network

Presque Isle: The Star City - Potato Harvest Memories - Page 2 of 5

"She never went back to graduate. In the spring, my grandmother, with other women and children would cut the seed potatoes in the potato house."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Growing Up in Masardis - Page 1 of 4

"… school she had quite a bit more, although she tells me that there wasn’t nearly as work as today. She graduated in 1947 and didn’t go to college."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Greenleaf Cilley

"… returned to the Naval Academy in January 1848 and graduated as a Midshipman soon after. He died at San Isidro Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina…"

Life on a Tidal River - The Flying Torah

"Gordon graduated from the University of Minnesota before he became a pilot. Having flown more than 50,000 miles during his career as a pilot, as well…"

Lincoln, Maine - Wartime Lincoln

"Army. James' hometown is Chester and he graduated from Mattanawcook Academy in 1985. X Shawn Macalpine, U.S."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Dance

"… “You Tell Me Your Dreams” for his eighth grade graduation in 1950. Randy still plays today! Dancers at the Odd Fellows Hall, Swan's Island…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Primary and intermediate school, Bangor, 1865

"Their daughter, Annie, he noted, graduated from the intermediate school "under Miss Berniece Morse" on Saturday, Feb. 17, 1866."

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 3 of 3

"Born in Portland in 1807, he graduated from Bowdoin College in 1825 and taught modern languages there from 1829 to 1835."

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

"… assistant at Maine Historical Society and a student in the University of Southern Maine's New England and American Studies graduate program."

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

"… proceeded to romp away with saluterian honors at graduation. Upon leaving school he entered the employ of the City of Portland as rod man in the…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Jacob Abbott

"After graduating from Hallowell Academy, Jacob attended Bowdoin College. While at Bowdoin, he added the second T to the end of his name to avoid…"

Guilford, Maine - SPORTS - Page 1 of 3

"He played baseball up through college until he graduated in 1963. He was a first baseman and an outfielder."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Twentieth-Century Community Life

"… to raise money to give a wrist watch to each graduating high school senior. People also started going to the movies."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Farm Life

"She lived on a farm until she graduated from high school at 18. She then moved to Presque Isle to find a job. She found one at Newberry."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Dairy Farms Memories - Page 1 of 2

"… the paper every day for six years until he graduated from high school. No bike though, because that was how one of his brothers had died."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison is Established - 1823

"Daniel Rose, born at North Bradford, CT in 1772, graduated from Yale in 1791 and settled in Alna, ME."

Lincoln, Maine - Mattanawcook Academy

"They would have to go to another town to another school and graduate there. People that lived in Lincoln wouldn’t have been able to get a good…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools

"… while the older students worked extra hard and graduated in three years, making the first graduating class of Islesboro High School that of 1908."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Narrative History: Maine Swedish Colony

"William Widgery (known as "W.W.") Thomas graduated from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine in 1860 and was appointed by President Lincoln as one of…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Notable Residents

"… Ruggles, Esq., another prominent lawyer, after graduating from Brown University moved to Thomaston in 1818, where he spent a long and successful…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Beniah Harding

"… get enlisted? I was working in Washington after graduating from Colby, and I received a notice from Holliston that I was to be drafted, I wanted no…"

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

"William graduated from Bowdoin College in 1962, and then went on to the Boston University of Law. After graduating cum laude from law school in 1965…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - ABOUT US

"… our shared vision is that all students will graduate with the knowledge and skills necessary to succeed in post-secondary education, compete in the…"