Maine Memory Network

Lincoln, Maine - Other Early Hospitals

"… found knowledge of this topic, write a creative piece (haiku, cinquain, story, song) about it" There once was a man named Jack Jimenez."

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"It was on this piece of land that the Norridgewock Abenakis established a village. The Native Americans of this tribe had for generations past roamed…"

Lincoln, Maine - MacGregor's Spool Mill

"MacGregor’s spool mill used about 128 million pieces of birch wood per year. The building had a safe that held 250-300 different types and sizes of…"

Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor

"A Piece Of The World, Orphan Train, Orphan Train Girl, Bird In Hand, The Way Life Should Be, Desire Lines, Sweet Water, About Me, Child Of Mine, Room…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Summer Resorts

"… on the island in the summer is as precious as the piece of sea glass or the lucky stone that stays in our pocket on that final ferry ride to the…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - A Murder In Strong

"For her lunch Lura carried two apples and a piece of gingerbread. Lura would usually walk back home after the afternoon session."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Tuscan Opera House

"One piece of evidence, a diary written by Nelson Rose who lived in Dixfield in 1901, stated that the predecessor of the current Opera House burned to…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block

"… employees, had just walked across the 100 pound piece of pine wood when he heard the board strike the ground."

Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"… the street parade formed, led by a band of 42 pieces from Bangor with the well known leader Adelbert Wells Sprague."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth

"… X Apples Apples continue to be an important piece of the agricultural heritage of Cumberland. As early as the 1830s, Samuel Sweetser and Amasa…"

Music in Maine - Opera, Orchestras and Stages

"This original piece world-premiered at the Collins Center for the Arts, University of Maine, Orono and performed as part of the Bangor Symphony…"

Lincoln, Maine - Gordon's Fox Farms

"… found knowledge of this topic, write a creative piece (haiku, cinquain, story, song) about it” On The Farm In a land two miles down the road, in…"

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"… strips, and finally into three-quarter-inch inch pieces. The entire batch was dusted with cornstarch so, when shipping, the gum didn't stick to the…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"… known as "back lots." The owners of these large pieces of property needed roads to get to their holdings to start cutting the valuable woodland and…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"His only condition was that the school accept all denominations. Unsurprisingly, the town and the church, (which at that time were virtually one…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… nickname.” Women and children were paid by the piece, up to $3 a day in the early years. Wages and working conditions improved as the industry…"

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.

Acadian Archives

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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