Maine Memory Network

Music in Maine - Music Education

"… Music Click to see more Children's Music Child development educators agree music ignites the skills children need for school readiness, including…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Stephen Titcomb and the Settlement of the Sandy River Valley

"… father tearfully told his daughter, “The child will die before you get there. Carry a spade to dig a grave for the poor thing.” This counsel was to…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 2 of 4

"… early 1800s many schools used wooden canes if a child misbehaved. Soon after in the 1850's the leather strap and hickory switch were introduced to…"

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

"Robert Herring Jr. gave birth to the first child born in the settlement, a baby girl which she names Esther. Then in December Mrs. Robert Low Jr."

Home: The Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Portland - The Longfellow Era: 1807-1901

"… to her sister Mary, 1864 Anne was the fourth child of Stephen and Zilpha Longfellow. On November 26, 1832, Anne married George Washington Pierce, a…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn

"… capably, tackled many tasks at home of farming, child rearing, cooking, and caring for the sick, elderly, and dead."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Bryants and Rockefellers: Two Seal Harbor Families

"Upon the birth of Donald and Marguerite’s second child in the early 1950s, they decided that it would be best if Donald worked closer to home."

Blue Hill, Maine - Meet Blue Hill's Project Team

"… an education that engages and nurtures the whole child. The School seeks to create a community of children, alumni, faculty, parents, friends, and…"

Lincoln, Maine - The Stanislaus Family

"Francis Stanislaus was the only child out of eight Stephen and Sylvia had that lived to adulthood. The rest of them probably died through…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 2 of 4

"… Society & Museum Rufus King, the first child of Richard King and his wife Isabella Bragdon, was born 24 March 1755 in Scarborough."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 1 of 4

"… instead of just one board in the classroom, each child was given their own. This made it a lot easier for teachers to teach their students because…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Prominent Women

"… backward, O Time, in your flight, And make me a child again, just for tonight!”, became very popular here in America."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Village Schools

"One group had the slogan, “A seat for every child.” Five teachers spent about two-week’s pay to purchase their own desks to assist in furnishing…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 4 of 4

"… chosen as one of three in Maine named a 2005 No Child Left Behind - Blue Ribbon School, and one of 295 nationwide that was awarded the honor."

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"As Cush Lane noted, when he was a child, it took two days to reach Surry from Boston. His family used to travel in a Model T Ford on the dirt road…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"… playing with native island kids: "When I was a child… we did have cars but if you went across the island to go to a store or something it was like…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"… went down to his house where with my wife and child and I took supper After supper I took the boy in my arms and started for the pinnacle."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Church on the Hill

"Practically every child in town was there as they sang "In the Garden" and "The Old Rugged Cross." After the chilly morning service, everyone walked…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Fires in Rumford

"… July 20, 1988, with Elmire Kimball, a 5-year-old child at the time of the fire, the scene was described as one of chaos, fear, horror, and…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 1 of 2

"… as a tailor in Ellsworth, died when his only child was 11 months old. Because John Martin did not know much about his father, he wanted to insure…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"… Stewart Family Daniel Stewart's Other Chair Child's SizeFarmington Historical Society Daniel Stewart's Chair Child's sizeFarmington…"

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

"The man and his dog, sometimes even his child if he had a son, would go out hunting. Whatever they would catch, the woman would skin clean and…"

Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"They killed the woman and a child and Bomazeen ran to warn the others in the village. He was shot down in the river where it is still today called…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Brick Inn

"Timothy F. Belcher was born in Farmington, 6th child of Clifford and Deborah A Fuller Belcher. He was born into a prominent family, his grandfather…"