Maine Memory Network

Sylvia Stanislaus, Lincoln, 1936

Contributed by: Lincoln Historical Society Date: 1936 Location: Lincoln; Rye Media: Photographic print

Request to transfer Grange property, Surry, 1990

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1990 Location: Surry Media: Ink on paper

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Meserve property, North Side Fern Avenue, Long Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Sylvia S. Meserve Use: Summer Dwelling

31-33 Roberts Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Sylvia S. Meserve Use: Dwelling - Single family

Shaarey Tphiloh, Portland's Orthodox Synagogue

Shaarey Tphiloh was founded in 1904 by immigrants from Eastern Europe. While accommodating to American society, the Orthodox synagogue also has retained many of its traditions.

Holding up the Sky: Wabanaki people, culture, history, and art

Learn about Native diplomacy and obligation by exploring 13,000 years of Wabanaki residence in Maine through 17th century treaties, historic items, and contemporary artworks—from ash baskets to high fashion. Wabanaki voices contextualize present-day relevance and repercussions of 400 years of shared histories between Wabanakis and settlers to their region.

Blue Hill, Maine - Mary Ellen Chase

"… writing careers of Anne Morrow (later Lindbergh), Sylvia Plath and Betty Goldstein (later Friedan) and helped launch the career of John Updike."

Lincoln, Maine - The Stanislaus Family

"Sylvia got into a railway crash in 1933, causing her to go blind until her her death in 1938. Sylvia lived to 102, eight days before her 103rd…"