Maine Memory Network

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

"So-called Rusticators -- artists, wealthy educators, clergy, and later industrialists from these cities -- were seeking an escape to unspoiled nature…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - RESOURCES

"Center Lovell, Me.: Fairburn Marine Educational Foundation, 1955. (S) Flagg, James Montgomery. Roses and buckshot. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1946."

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

"He was largely self-educated and a self-made man. After working first as an apprentice at a sawmill in Saco, William joined his sister Elizabeth and…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 3 of 4

"He was educated at Cambridge, receiving his degree in 1623; and by 1630, he was living in New England."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 1 of 4

"… and raised in Scarborough, but left to pursue education, or in William's case, business opportunities."

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

"Winslow Homer at Prouts Neck. Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1966 Looking for Educator Resources for this exhibit?"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 4 of 4

"Looking for Educator Resources for this exhibit? Sources Gold, Susan Dudley, ed. Scarborough at 350: Linking the Past to the Present."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Women Leaders and Temperance

"Stevens was born in Dover, Maine and educated at Foxcroft Academy. She taught school, married and settled in the Stroudwater section of Portland."

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Along the Waterfront

"Along the Waterfront X The Portland Press Herald and the Evening Express ran a regular column on what was going on on Portland's busy working…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection

"Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection A Brief History of the Portland Press Herald Guy Gannett with Senator Frederick Hale, Portland…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aviation

"Aviation Biplane and pilots, Old Orchard Beach, ca. 1924Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Aviation and news about visiting aviators…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Icons & Influencers

"Icons & Influencers Charles Lindbergh, Scarborough, 1927Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Icons & Influencers: Celebrity Photographs…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Allies & Allegiance: Military comradery at the Centennial, 1920

"Allies & Allegiance: Military comradery at the Centennial, 1920 Capt. Uyeda and Capt.Teraoka, Portland, 1920Maine Historical Society/MaineToday…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Wiscasset's Arctic Connection

"Wiscasset's Arctic Connection Schooner Bowdoin, backing off the pier, Wiscasset, 1926 View the Wiscasset's Arctic Connection Slide Show Text…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aerial Photography

"Aerial Photography Eye In The Sky Slideshow In 1921, Guy Gannett purchased two competing Portland newspapers, merging them under the Portland…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Sports

"Sports High School Sports View a High School Sports Slideshow Sports, as in newspapers around the globe, occupied a prominent role in the…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - "Man on the Street"

""Man on the Street" Street scene, Monument Square, Portland, ca. 1924Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media The Portland Evening Express…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - 1925 National Governors' Association Convention

"1925 National Governors' Association Convention View the National Governors' Convention Slideshow, 1925 On Monday June 29, 1925, over 20 of…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs

"… National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs Power of Potential View the Maine Women's Business Convention Slideshow…"

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

"Crime & Disaster This was the fourth school fire in Portland in 1921 and was of unknown origin. It started in the library, which did not have a…"

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

"Crime & Disaster Crime & Disaster A selection of photographs relating to crime & disaster in the Portland Press Herald Glass Plate Negative…"

Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor

"… and elsewhere to provide college-level educations to teachers. Mary Snow had a masters degree in philosophy."

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.

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

"… public library, quality public and private education, a cooperative food market, a rebirth of local farming, two historical societies, a music…"