Maine Memory Network

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

"The language and customs of three countries—Sweden, France and England—were subsequently all absorbed into the community."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The History of Stockholm

"Stockholm was a tri–cultural town with languages and customs of three countries: Sweden, France, and England."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell History From a 7th Grade Perspective

"Raymond's language arts class. The search for pictures that would relate to their topic came next. The primary source images had to be searched and…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - National Blue Ribbon School

"… for low socio-economic status; Offer a foreign language to at least eighth graders - - Strong offers modern French to grades K-8; Enjoy a 95…"

Early Maine Photography - Early Maine Photography at Maine Historical Society

"… art, occupation, cultural phenomenon, and language. The Early Maine Photography collection at MHS is loosely categorized into two groups: The…"

Music in Maine - Longfellow Family Music

"Longfellow Family Music “Music is the universal language of humankind.” --Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Outre Mer, 1835 Henry Wadsworth…"

Music in Maine - Community Music

"Because of the language barrier, many descendants lost their connection to Acadian identity over generations of assimilation."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"… last 3,000 years, Wabanaki traditional knowledge, language, and other natural sciences create a picture of Wabanaki life here before the arrival of…"

Historic Hallowell - A Post-Revolutionary Generation

"… and to produce Morgan’s Grammar of the English Language, a highly regarded work which was published by the Hallowell firm of Goodale and Cheever in…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Project Sources

"Smith, Raoul N. The Language of Jonathan Fisher (1768-1847), University of Alabama Press, 1985. (JF) William A. Farnsworth Library and Art Museum."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 3 of 5

"… treaties gradually tried to make sense of its language starting with the Jay Treaty (1794). This authorized the St."

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

"… where he taught at Harvard, directed the Modern Language program there, and wrote poetry. His first wife had died of a miscarriage and in 1843 he…"

Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor

"… existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Mary Snow went on to work in education Chicago and New York before she died in New York…"

Otisfield Historical Society

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Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… means “pollock plenty place” in the tribal language. Colonel John Allan's cenotaph, Treat's Island, 1970Lubec Memorial Library Later settlers…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"… though it provided a high level of education in languages, music, math and science. Farmington Academy’s existence was one reason the Town of…"

Acadian Archives

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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