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These sites were created for each contributing partner or as part of collaborative community projects through Maine Memory. Learn about collaborative projects on MMN.


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Historic Hallowell - In the Beginning - Raw Materials - Quarrying

"In the Beginning - Raw Materials - Quarrying Many of America's finest public monuments were cut from Hallowell granite and sculpted by her artisans…"

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Historic Hallowell - Nature's Bounty - Raw Material, Close at Hand

"Nature's Bounty - Raw Material, Close at Hand Hains Ledge Quarry, Lithgow Hill, Hallowell, ca."

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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.

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Of The Arts Era

"Building Of The Arts Era Building Of The Arts, Bar Harbor, Maine The Building of the Arts was officially dedicated in 1907 and remained the…"

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

"… provided that half of labor and half the materials would originate from each of the two nations."

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Brick Works

"… increased the popularity of brick as a building material. According to local historian Cyrus Eaton, Knox “went largely into the brickmaking…"

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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Architecture

"… though the logs may be hidden by more modern materials. One of the most significant architectural treasures, however, is the collection of…"

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Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 3 of 3

"… here to be closer to the source of the raw materials required, primarily white birch trees, and in 1956, purchased the Draper Mill, a modern…"

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Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 1 of 3

"… livestock, along with homemade building materials, no longer sufficed. Out of necessity, Industry in Guilford was born."

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Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"… from Wellesley, Mass bought the necessary material to build a piping system from Bennett Pond in Parkman to Guilford."

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Guilford, Maine - PROJECT OVERVIEW - Page 1 of 2

"… meet to discuss the overall project, review the materials received from MHS, register for program access on Maine Memory Network, and plan for the…"

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early Shipbuilders - 1780s

"At first, raw materials were plentiful. Once nearby forests were depleted, local shipyard owners purchased rights to great tracts of land for…"

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Historic Hallowell - Industrial Recources

"… to build the ship, inspect the ship, get the materials to build a ship, and sail the ship. Ship's Caulking Tool KitDavistown Museum Early…"

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Historic Hallowell - Disasters - Natural and Man-made

"… teacher, brought a suitcase full of resource materials to the middle school and exhibit building began."

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Historic Hallowell - Shipping

"Every time they got a new shipping material(another item) the captain would write it all down in his captains log which contains the item, how much…"

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Historic Hallowell - Early Industry and Bombahook

"… Bombahook Industry develops quickest where raw materials meet easy transportation and ready energy, both human and otherwise."

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Historic Hallowell - Johnson Brothers and Their Shoe Factory

"They had to buy some raw material too, which cost $1,000,000 additionally. With shoes today, they have more style and patterns."

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Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… by the Library, and the source of most of the material used by BHS in its newsletters and research publications detailing Bath’s history."

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Historic Hallowell - A Post-Revolutionary Generation

"With them came a demand for books and printed material. In 1802 twenty-two-year-old Ezekiel Goodale arrived in town and opened the first bookstore…"

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools

"… matter was more or less a dry repetition of material covered in the lower grades. Two terms of free high school had been held concurrently in…"

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Lincoln, Maine - Solomon's Store

"… and Flowers sells flowers, jewelry, and craft materials. The comparison is very strong between Solomon Store and House of Crafts and Flowers as…"

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Guilford, Maine - PROJECT OVERVIEW - Page 2 of 2

"The library provides extensive research materials and access to computers and high-speed internet use for any student or team member."

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… of slate, quartzite, limestone and greenstone – materials that at a later date provided income for those who came to settle on the island."

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Lincoln, Maine - Carney's Store

"… on, the employees would help them pick out the material they were buying. Also, many people knew the employees, so it made it easier for the buyers…"