Maine Memory Network

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

"… Cultural & Historic Preservation Department." Penobscot Nation Cultural & Historic Preservation Department. Web. 24 Feb. 2012."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Big Thunder

"… and personality, Frank “Big Thunder” Loring, Penobscot, (1827-1906) was a leader among Wabanakis who commercialized their public identities to make…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Narrative

"… for trading with the Wawenock, Tarratine and Penobscot Indians. English vessels regularly stopped here before returning to England in order to load…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Raymond Wallace

"One is in Massachusetts and one is in Penobscot Bay. He designed the one in Penobscot and it was very popular around here. He was quite a character."

Music in Maine - Music stores

"Bull Moose is now one of the nation's largest sellers of music, movies, games, and books with eleven retail locations in Maine and New Hampshire and…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - In the beginning, there were the Wabanaki…

"Penobscot snowshoes, ca. 1850Abbe Museum With the Europeans came new diseases and colonial wars. After 150 years of these conflicts, barely 1,000…"

Music in Maine - Music and Television

"Inspired by national tv shows featuring teens and music like American Bandstand, Astor’s performance skits included music, dance, and comedy routines."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - …then came the settlers…

"Fancy porcupine-weave basket, Penobscot, 1862Abbe Museum Living in scattered homesteads and small hamlets, these hardscrabble settlers busied…"

Music in Maine - Rock and Roll, Punk, and Elvis

"… other than these rock and roll concerts? The national acts that played in southern Maine had a very local impact."

Music in Maine - HEAR

"Dwayne Tomah, a member of the Passamaquoddy Nation from Sipayik (Pleasant Point), discussed the importance of wax cylinder recordings made in 1890 by…"

Music in Maine - Radio Cowboys and Country Music

"… major impact on the musical culture of Maine, the nation, and the world. Following a carefully screened nomination process, potential inductees…"

Music in Maine - Country Music

"He won a national talent contest hosted by Arthur Godfrey in 1957, and over his career had twenty-two Billboard country hits."

Music in Maine - Community Music

"… creating a solidarity between farmers across the nation. Rural communities in Maine used Grange buildings as community centers, hosting dances and…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Performance

"… tribes including the Wabanaki, Passamaquoddy, and Penobscot, into poverty. A substantial class gradient emerged, with natives at the bottom and…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment

"… were curious about the Passamaquoddy and Penobscot families who encamped every summer at Bar Harbor."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Indians & Rusticators: Wabanakis & Summer Visitors on Mount Desert Island 1840s-1920s

"Wabanaki Indians (especially Passamaquoddies and Penobscots) came to Mount Desert Island seeking relief from the confines of reservation life, along…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Guiding Services for Sport Hunters

"… for sightseeing, fishing, or hunting including Penobscots Frank “Big Thunder” Loring, Joe Francis, Mitchell Francis, and Newell Mitchell, along…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: A Wabanaki Perspective - Page 1 of 4

"… now in our Nations in the US and Canada at Penobscot, Odanak, Tobique, and others—so our responsibilities to these places remain ever-present, even…"

Music in Maine - Music in Maine

"Music in Maine Music is something we share as humans—non-verbal forms of storytelling and expressions of beauty and emotions through sound."

Music in Maine - Longfellow Family Music

"Longfellow Family Music “Music is the universal language of humankind.” --Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Outre Mer, 1835 Henry Wadsworth…"

Music in Maine - Military Marching Bands

"Military Marching Bands View of Portland Light Infantry Muster, ca. 1803 The Portland Light Infantry Muster with a drummer and a horn player in…"

Music in Maine - Music Makers

"Music Makers Music Makers instruments Click to see more Music Makers Music makers in Maine make instruments, create music in their…"

Music in Maine - Sacred Music

"Sacred Music People play and sing sacred music during religious services and events. Singing allows worshipers to participate in the liturgy, with…"

Music in Maine - Music Education

"Music Education Children's Music Click to see more Children's Music Child development educators agree music ignites the skills children need…"