Maine Memory Network

Mercy Hospital - Portland Hospitals Before Mercy

"Sailors had access to the U.S. Marine Hospital, the mentally ill could go to the State Asylum for the Insane in Augusta, and the poor could receive…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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

"Customs and the U.S. Postal Service under a single roof. And Washington Street would soon connect to Water Street, sometimes called Front Street…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"was finally settled, establishing the border between Canada and the U.S.; Campobello and Lubec. During the occupation Jabez Mowry and several other…"

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.

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

"… he became a civilian medical officer for the U.S. Navy. After fifty years of marriage, Faith died in 1990 and Dr."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor

"During her career in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps, or as child in a small rural town in Maine, she accomplished numerous achievements."

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"Government chose Presque Isle’s airport as the site for the U.S. Army Air Base; the construction of the Presque Isle Air Base in 1941 kicked off a…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… saw action even aboard the famous ironclad, the U.S. Monitor. Nearly 2,700 men from Bangor served during the Civil War, 236 of whom did not return…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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