Maine Memory Network

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Tuscan Opera House

"Moving pictures were shown on Friday nights. St. Joseph's Catholic Church held early Masses there before its move to upper Weld Street."

Westport Island History Committee

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Mercy Hospital - Growth & Expansion - Page 2 of 2

"… the Sisters hired an assistant lay administrator, Joseph Faletra. As the Sisters celebrated the centennial of their founding in Maine that year…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 5 of 5

"… of Maine: The 1820 Journal and Plans of Survey of Joseph Treat (Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2007) Saxine, Ian."

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

"His brother Joseph was part owner of a Portland distillery. GALLERIES: Drinking Implements | Taverns, People, and Scenes | Influential and…"

Music in Maine - Sacred Music

"Simple Gifts written in 1848 by Maine’s Elder Joseph Brackett of Alfred Shaker Village, achieved wide acclaim when composer Aaron Copland slowed the…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"… First Grist Mill.) Another early settler, Joseph Fairbanks, first settled on the “Norton Farm” on Titcomb Hill in 1792 and set out the first…"

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

"He met Joseph Brown and Nathaniel Davis on their way with their families. When Stephen Titcomb and his family got to their lot they found that the…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park

"These shows were managed by Joseph Flynn, and later by J.W. Gorman, and performers often boarded at private homes or area hotels, which provided a…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools

"1920Islesboro Historical Society In 1887 Joseph A. Sprague became the first supervisor of schools, in charge of all town schools, responsible for…"

Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"The winners were Joseph Morin – most original, Roy Fairbrother – most luxuriant and George Tozier – most artistic."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 1 of 4

"… Historical Society, Rodney Laughton and Joseph W. Snow Pine Point RR Station, Scarborough, ca."

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

"1836 Joseph T. Harris (active 1828-1852) pen on parchment Collections of Maine Historical Society; gift of Philip Isaacson This remarkable cartoon…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"St. Joseph's Catholic Church The Catholic Parish of St. Joseph’s had become an integral part of Farmington since the Church was built in 1872."

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

"… Conservatory and in Paris under Leo Delibes, Joseph Massart, and Jules Massenet. After being turned away from the Vienna Philharmonic for his…"

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… Jabez Mowry, Sherman Leland, Samuel Beals, Joseph Clark Jr. and Benjamin Reynolds appointed to draft the bill of incorporation • “Lubeck”, as it…"

Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 1 of 2

"The Chief Engineer, Joseph W. Taney, and his crew surveyed the route and began construction. The company ran short of funds and the building ceased."

Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community

"… of their Motherhouse, establishment of Saint Joseph's College in Portland and of Madigan Memorial Hospital in Houlton, and more openings of…"

Pejepscot Historical Society

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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.

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"In 1780 Joseph North formalized the survey of the area. The innovative founders in 1776, lacking a “chain”, the tool used to measure land, staked out…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… on Islesboro took place in 1791, in the barn of Joseph Boardman. These worshipers were Baptists, who built the first house of worship on the…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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