Maine Memory Network

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Maine's Road to Statehood - Maine in the 17th Century

"Map of Falmouth (present-day Portland) from 1630-1690Maine Historical Society The English Civil War (1642-1651) had ramifications on all American…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - The Final Vote

"… one editor writing that "a vessel may go from Portland to Savannah without being under any necessity to enter and clear" burdensome state customs."

Architecture & Landscape database - Study for the LDM Sweat Memorial Art Museum, Portland, ca. 1911

"… Description Architecture commission for Portland Museum of Art at an unknown address in Portland, ME, circa 1911."

Maine's Road to Statehood - 1790s: A Growing Movement

"II (Portland: Charles Day & Co., 1833), 258. [15] Banks, Maine Becomes a State, 33. [16] Banks, Maine Becomes a State, 33-35."

Maine's Road to Statehood - The Missouri Compromise: A Moral Dilemma

"Because Republicans had generally led the push for separation while Federalists had opposed it, it was Republicans who overwhelmingly attended the…"

Portland Public Library

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Music in Maine - Drum, Portland, ca. 1854

"Drum, Portland, ca. 1854 Contributed by Maine Historical Society Description Noble and Cooley of East Granville, Massachusetts started…"

New Portland Historical Society

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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.

South Portland Public Library

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Museum at Portland Head

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South Portland Historical Society

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Maine's Road to Statehood - After the War: The First Victory for Separationists

"In October 1815, the Portland-based Eastern Argus newspaper began a thirteen-article campaign promoting separation."

Maine's Road to Statehood - The American Revolution and Early Attempts at Separation - Page 1 of 2

"Meeting at Falmouth Neck (present-day Portland), the committee drafted a report entitled "The Separation of Maine from Massachusetts."[6]"

First Parish in Portland

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Maine Irish Heritage Center

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Hudson Museum

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City of Portland Department of Public Works

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City of Portland Planning & Urban Development

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Home: The Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Portland - Researching Your Home

"335 Congress Street, Portland, 1924City of Portland - Planning & Development We invite you to explore the history of your home and neighborhood, to…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Maine Architectural Renderings

"… Historical Society, including Elder’s Café in Portland designed by Webster and Libby and the Eastland Hotel in Portland and the Houlton Hotel by…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - 1820 to 1865: Temperance and the Maine Law

"One man was killed by Dow's forces. Portland's Rum Riot demonstrated the passionate, sometimes irrational, zeal of both factions."

Historic Clothing Collection - White cotton dress with gigot sleeves, Portland, ca. 1828 - Page 1 of 2

"White cotton dress with gigot sleeves, Portland, ca. 1828 Contributed by Maine Historical Society Description By the mid-1820s…"