Maine Memory Network

Mercy Hospital - Portland Hospitals Before Mercy

"Modern hospital care as its understood in the 21st century, is a recent development in medical history."

Mercy Hospital - The Spanish Flu

"The first patient appeared at Maine General Hospital on September 19, prompting administrators to establish an isolation ward rather than risk…"

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 1 of 3

"… 1944Northern Light Mercy Hospital The Queen's Hospital Training School for Nurses Soon after Queen’s Hospital (future Mercy) opened, it responded…"

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 2 of 3

"… students, Portland, 1977Northern Light Mercy Hospital Like all schools, Queen’s Hospital Training School developed its own customs."

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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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.

Maine Medical Center Archives

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Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… with 26 killed in battle or having died in hospital. A monument honoring Lubec’s Civil War veterans, as well as those of subsequent wars, was…"

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"Today, the hospital is no longer Hospital Administrative District 1; it's a private, non-profit organization that functions as the center for…"

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

"After the hospital became more popular throughout the years, it began accepting more patients and expanding."

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

"EMMC serves 40% of the population in the state of Maine and is the sixth largest employer in the entire state of Maine."

Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"In 1932 the Inn suffered the same fate as the hospital had and burned to the ground. Rusticators traveled to and from Maine by great steamships of…"

Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"… after her 78th birthday, but weak from recent hospitalization. Click and zoom on the Program, left, to read`the schedule."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison is built - 1823 to 1824

"A hospital, guards’ quarters and warden’s residence were located in the center portion of the architecture with two wings extending off each side for…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Caring For Our Families and Friends

"… including “removing sick people to mainland hospitals.” (Westbrook, 173) Leila WhitehillSwan's Island Historical Society The town paid…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - JP Cilley Ledger From Post

"§ Confined in Armory Square Hospital from December 1863 to April 1864. § Participated in the Battle of North Anna May 23-26, 1864."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - John Frank Stevens

"During Stevens’ time as chief engineer hospitals, schools, churches, homes, mess halls, roughly 5,500 building total were built."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"Soon, a much-needed hospital would be established on South Street. Hotels and restaurants would host the volumes of tourists passing through on their…"

Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor

"… attended nursing school at the Eastern Maine General Hospital nurses training program. Her branch of nursing in the program was surgical nursing."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… library in 1883 and by 1892, Bangor General Hospital opened as a state of the art medical facility."

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… Sanatorium for tuberculosis patients, a public hospital, car dealerships, and the development of Main Street as we know it today."

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

"… he completed his residency at the Osteopathic Hospital of Maine in Portland. He arrived in Scarborough in 1944 and opened his first office in the…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"… would host Town Meetings, Charity Balls for the Hospital, voting space for elections, and many other things."