Maine Collection at Turner Memorial Library
The Maine Collection includes historical and genealogical resources and provides information on Maine local history, Presque Isle, Northern Maine, Native American history, biographies, Maine authors, and local genealogy.
What will you find in the Maine Collection:
Presque Isle History
Maine History
Local History
Town Histories
Maine Genealogy
Census Data
County Histories
Maine Registers
Photographs
Aroostook Oral History Tapes
Maine Atlases
Maine Cookbooks
Maine Authors
Native American Resources
Biographies of famous Mainers
Maine Cookbooks
Northern Maine Fair Slides
Maine Woods
Logging history
Presque Isle High School Yearbooks
Local cemetery records
Philip Phair Notebooks (1871-1960)
City of Presque Isle Annual Reports
While most of the materials in the Maine collection circulate, some items are only available for use in the library because these materials require special handling due to age or rarity.
Here is a small sample of titles available in the Maine Collection:
Aroostook County 1920s
Aroostook County Directory 1961-1962 (contains Caribou, Presque Isle, Houlton, F Fairfield)
Aroostook County Maine
Aroostook County Telephone Directories
Aroostook Legends
Aroostook our Last Frontier by Wilson
Aroostook The First Sixty Years by Clarence A. Day
Caribou Directory 1895 (includes Presque Isle and Fort Fairfield)
City of Presque Isle 125th Historical Booklet 1859-1984
Early History of Aroostook County
Faces of Aroostook Bicentennial Portrait
First Aroostook Wildlife Biologist by Henry S. Carson
Forgotten Times Presque Isle's first 150 Years
Forgotten Times: A Walk through History
Historical Sketch & Roster of the Aroostook War 1839
History of Aroostook County Maine (Wiggin)
Houlton Directory 1900 (includes Presque Isle and Fort Fairfield)
James School Dedication 9/9/90
My Life's Story in Aroostook County Maine by Robert Samuel Doughty Sr.
Nine Mile Bridge: Three Years in the Maine Woods by Helen Hamlin
Pine Potatoes and People: The Story of Aroostook by Helen Hamlin
Pioneer Presque Isle - Primary Source Materials to 1859 by Steinhauer Vol I & II
Presque Isle "Centurama" 1859-1959
Presque Isle Maine "A Town Worth While" 1932
Presque Isle Profiles
Rooster: The Story of Aroostook County by Philip B. Turner
Selected Letters of Veranes Chandler to His Son Alden Chandler Revealing Life and Times in Maysville & Presque Isle in 1870s
The County: Land of Promise A Pictorial History of Aroostook County, Maine
The Old Photographs Series: Presque Isle, Caribou, And New Sweden
US 1 Aroostook
