Maine Memory Network

Early Maine Photography - Human Interest

"… to Mary, Lucia, and Lizzie, three friends in the Central Maine town of Palmyra. Baker’s poignant inscription in pencil reads: "May 11, 1855…"

Early Maine Photography - The Vickery-Shettleworth Collection

"… promise, and his parents sent him to the Maine Central Institute in Pittsfield, followed by Bates College, from which he graduated in 1940."

Early Maine Photography - War - Page 2 of 2

"This young soldier from Central Maine fought in such notable battles as First Bull Run, Second Bull Run, Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville before…"

Maine Central Institute

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Historic Hallowell - Central Maine Power

"Central Maine Power Ice Storm, Academy Street, Hallowell, 1998Hubbard Free Library CMP Overview CMP crews are the reason Maine isn’t still a…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Healthcare Center of Eastern and Central Maine - Page 1 of 2

"Bangor: Healthcare Center of Eastern and Central Maine Dr. Willam Castein Mason, Bangor, ca. 1920Eastern Maine Medical Center Text by The 7th…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Healthcare Center of Eastern and Central Maine - Page 2 of 2

"Bangor: Healthcare Center of Eastern and Central Maine EMMC Today Today, EMMC is a huge hospital, ranking as the second largest hospital in Maine…"

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 - WELCOME

"… Society Welcome to Guilford, a small central Maine mill town with an industrial heritage reaching back two hundred years; young, as far as towns…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Lincoln, Maine - Telegraphs & Telephones

"… the Pulp Mill, the Lincoln House Hotel, Maine Central Railroad, and W.F Lovejoy. In 1904, Mr. Plumly gained his first regular operator, Miss Edith…"

Lincoln, Maine - Railroads

"It was then unowned until Maine Central picked up the lease. They later sold it to Guilford Transportation, who still owns it to this day."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Ridlonville

"1900Mexico Historical Society The Central School, built in 1894, was burned Christmas eve of 1906 and was rebuilt in 1907."

Music in Maine - Bluegrass Music

"… Pike and Sam Tidwell promoted the Salty Dog and Central Maine Bluegrass Festivals respectively. We met at the Salty Dog Festival in 1984, attended…"

Music in Maine - Sacred Music

"… participate in the liturgy, with the music itself central to worship. Sacred music isn’t bound by time, geography, or culture."

Guilford, Maine - SPORTS - Page 1 of 3

"When MCI (Maine Central Institute, Pittsfield) came into the league it messed up the scheduling. At that time the baseball team was aggressively…"

Lincoln, Maine - South Lincoln schoolhouse, Lincoln, ca. 1930

"… it was decided to move this building into a more central location and it was moved to a lot across the road from the cemetery."

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 1 of 3

"… of cotton tipped applicators was erected, centralizing all the medical production. Foam tipped applicators under the trade name of PurSwab were…"

Guilford, Maine - The Next Fifty Years 1916-1966

"Central Maine Radio Services & Sales was established. Temporary Foot Bridge, Guilford, 1954Guilford Historical Society In the early 1950’s the…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Population Decline in Maine's Coastal Counties

"… and agricultural change in Southern and Central Maine, 1776-1880,” Maine Historical Society Quarterly 21 (1982): 179-200. Text by Thomas C."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 3 of 3

"In 1894, both the Kimball School and the six room Central School were built. The Central School burned December 24, 1906, and in 1907 a new school…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 2 of 4

"It is part of the Central Maine Medical Center’s Regional Health Care System and referrals are made to that facility for diagnostic and treatment…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Tuscan Opera House

"… Historical Society The Tuscan Opera House, centrally located on Main Street in Dixfield once served as the cultural heart of this river valley…"