Maine Memory Network

John Dunlap Lincoln, Brunswick, ca. 1840

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1840 Location: Brunswick Media: Photographic print

Voter list, Baldwin, 1804

Contributed by: Baldwin Historical Society Date: 1804 Location: Baldwin Media: Paper

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Hughey property, Not listed, Long Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Isabella B Hughey Use: Summer Dwelling

Assessor's Record, 180 1/2 Pine Street, Portland, 1924

Use: Passage

Primary School House, Lewiston, ca. 1897

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1897 Location: Lewiston Client: City of Lewiston Architect: not listed

Lewiston Trust Co., Lewiston, ca. 1898

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1898 Location: Lewiston Client: Lewiston Trust Company Architect: not listed

A Parade, an Airplane and Two Weddings

Two couples, a parade from downtown Caribou to the airfield, and two airplane flights were the scene in 1930 when the couples each took off in a single-engine plane to tie the knot high over Aroostook County.

A Handwritten Community Newspaper

The eight issues of South Freeport's handwritten newspaper, distributed in 1859, provided "general interest and amusement" to the coastal community.

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Farmington Social Library, Regulations, ca. 1900

"This does not list the requirements for becoming a member of the Library. Note the rule on multivolume works : "...if the book so lost or injured be…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Biographies

"… This site includes select biographies (listed at left) for database-represented architects and firms."

Peter Spanos fled the genocide in Turkey to Maine
by anonymous

Peter Spanos fled the Greek genocide in Smyrna in 1922, coming to Maine to work as a fruit peddler

63 year Presque Isle High School Class Reunion
by Kathryn E Joy

What happens when there are no more reunions planned.

Maine's Acadian Community: "Evangeline," Le Grand Dérangement, and Cultural Survival

Grade Level: 9-12 Content Area: English Language Arts, Social Studies
This lesson plan will introduce students to the history of the forced expulsion of thousands of people from Acadia, the Romantic look back at the tragedy in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's famous epic poem Evangeline and the heroine's adoption as an Acadian cultural figure, and Maine's Acadian community today, along with their relations with Acadian New Brunswick and Nova Scotia residents and others in the Acadian Diaspora. Students will read and discuss primary documents, compare and contrast Le Grand Dérangement to other forced expulsions in Maine history and discuss the significance of cultural survival amidst hardships brought on by treaties, wars, and legislation.

Sporting Maine

Grade Level: 3-5 Content Area: Health Education & Physical Education, Social Studies
This lesson plan will introduce students to myriad communities in Maine, past and present, through the universal lens of sports and group activities. Students will explore and understand the history of many of Maine’s recreational pastimes, what makes Maine the ideal location for some outdoor sports, and how communities have come together through team activities throughout Maine’s history.