Maine Memory Network

Dyer Library/Saco Museum

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - Biddeford's Movers & Shakers

"… these same people were involved in establishing institutions and customs that are still a part of everyday life."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 2 of 3

"… was to thank for most of the longest-lived social institutions of the City, including the Webber Hospital (Southern Maine Medical Center) and the…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… was adding rapidly to its housing, commercial and institutional architectural stock. Most of the Greek-Revival residences surrounding the downtown…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Hugh J. Chisholm, Sr. - Page 2 of 2

"… formed two organizations (The Rumford Mechanics Institutes to direct the facility, and the Institute Land Company to construct the building.) His…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Jacob Abbott

"The Abbot Institute was ahead of its time in providing advanced academic training to young ladies. From 1843 to 1851 Jacob served as the principal of…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Acknowledgements

"… Museum and Archives (added items in 2023) York Institute Museum, Saco We would like to thank the following people for their research assistance and…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Crime & Disaster - Page 1 of 2

"White ran away from the institution, and shortly thereafter in 1922, she was murdered. Kirby admitted to both murders before he committed suicide in…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Taverns, People, and Scenes

"1791Old York Historical Society Tavern Sign York, Maine, ca. 1784 Painted eastern white pine Collections of the Old York Historical Society, York…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Gridley Barrows

"… College, and the Maine Chapter of the American Institute of Architects. He made an extensive photographic record of Lewiston architecture, using…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 4 of 6

"… National Park, and participating in other island institutions and committees such as the Max Farrand Association at Reef Point estate in Bar…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Politics and Enforcement

"… 1870-1880 Stoneware Collections of the York Institute Museum, Saco A strong supporter of the total abstinence movement, B.F."

Skowhegan Community History - Farming in the Skowhegan Area

"It was both a political and a social institution. There were many family dinners and entertainments provided to the farming families."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4

"… of the summer community that supported local institutions: hospital, library, churches and schools."

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 3 of 3

"… declined offers of positions at Harvard and other institutions, devoting himself to a lifetime of teaching at Bowdoin."

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 1 of 4

"Mechanics Institute of Rumford, ca. 1911Greater Rumford Area Historical Society Hugh J Chisholm was very proud of the achievements through the…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Prominent Women

"… school for girls in Farmington, known as Wendall Institute, for 13 years. Thereafter they were convinced to move their school to Strong, where they…"

Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community

"… before, in 1978, Mercy made a more substantial institutional commitment to ministering to those in need by opening a prenatal clinic designed to…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Founding of the Farmington State Normal School

"… (the now-obsolete term once used to describe institutions whose purpose it was to train school teachers) first appeared in the United States in…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Existing institutions expanded while the increased population brought about the establishment of new schools and churches, many of which continue to…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"… the staff and the name was changed to the Wendall Institute. The May School was moved to Strong after 1881 and continued with some success."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"… eighteen!) These schoolhouses were very local institutions; students who lived within a mile's distance would attend classes in their own…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… become quite renowned for its cluster of literary institutions.” As citizens had just settled into reading, recently published, Francis Gould…"