Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Dummer House

"Martha Ballard's diary also states that Ephraim Ballard attended the raising of Nathaniel Dummer's house on June 19, 1792."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Lunt House, Cumberland at Center streets, Bangor, ca. 1852

"Cary to whom he referred was his mother-in-law. She sold the family home and bought this house, but put it in her son Luther's name."

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.

Home: The Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Portland - The Privy

"He lived here first with his mother. By at least 1860, Corey rented rooms or another floor to grocer Lewis Hutchins and his family."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Phair House, the Bellstead and the Social Security Building

"In 1856, Phair and his mother moved to Presque Isle. He built his house in Presque Isle in the 1890s on the corner of Chapman and Main Streets."

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

"Anne lived 87 of her 90 years in the house she called "dear old home." "[i] am happier here than anywhere."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Acknowledgements

"Masterman John Matzke Mothers Against Drunk Driving National Gallery of Art Bevinn O'Brien Old York Historical Society, York, Maine Old Sturbridge…"

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

"… Historical Society QJ 813 Sm65w "I have seen my mother, as often as Parson Lancaster exchanged [pulpits] with my father, mix Holland gin and loaf…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - A Call to Temperance

"As in many temperance images, a mother and child plead father not to indulge. X The Battle Axe Portland, June 10, 1849 Collections of Maine…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 362-451

"He described other houses he owned, and ones he lived in, especially the Soule house, which became his family home; and his brother Alonzo's visit…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 0-73

"… a genealogy of his and his wife's families, his mother's life in Ellsworth, her marriage to John Martin Sr., his own childhood, including his…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 121-end

"… in Brewer and Hampden, his lameness, his mother's illnesses, his work history, and, finally, the death of his daughter Mabelle (1866-1899)."

Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"Mothers with children would come and visit Maine while the father would stay at home working. The father would take a train on Friday evening and…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 195-277

"… freshet of 1846, a trip to Ellsworth with his mother, business failures, property transactions, Prince business accounts, an eventful excursion to…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Drinking: Elegance and Debauchery

"… ginger beer from the West Indies. Hampden House Bar, 1837Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Hampden House Bar, 1840 John…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Drinking Implements

"… in the foundation of the museum's McLellan-Sweat House. X Decanter, 1785-1800 Ireland Blown glass, engraved Rum Courtesy of Arlene Palmer…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Quenching the Thirst

"Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Craigie House, Cambridge, 1881NPS, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site Henry Wadsworth…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Influential & Interesting Documents

"X Abstract of the Laws Respecting Licensed Houses, Lincoln County, May 1803 Collections of Maine Historical Society Broadside 281 This remarkable…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Politics and Enforcement

"1920 Collections of Frances Willard House Museum and WCTU ArchivesMaine Historical Society Union Leaflets: Cider as an Alcoholic Drink W.C.T.U., ca."

John Martin: Expert Observer - "A Little Daisy," Katahdin Iron Works, 1890

"Martin wrote that the girl's mother was ill and became an invalid and, "this little girl assumed the house work cooked nice bread, meats, pies, cakes…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Business as Usual

"X Bangor House Joseph F. Hatch,1883 Oil on canvas Collections of Bangor Historical Society Maine's grand city hotel is said to have always served…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Neal Dow

"… crimes united from petty theiving to burglary, house burning, murder, piracy and rebellion inflict far less evil to the country than the vast…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's Journal

"When he, his mother, and his step-father moved from Ellsworth in 1825, Maine was five years into statehood and independence from Massachusetts."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Old Bill, gundalow crossing Penobscot River, Bangor, 1846

"Martin recalled that he and his mother and sister were returning in June 1846 from a visit to Ellsworth where his mother had grown up and where…"