Here is a small but growing list of history research resources in Maine, adjacent states, and in the Canadian Provinces.
Maine
Maine State Museum
Website: mainestatemuseum.org
T: 207.287.2301
E: maine.museum@maine.gov
83 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333
Note: currently closed for renovation, reopening October 24, 2026
Maine State Library
Website: https://www.maine.gov/msl
T: 207.287.5600
E: circulation.msl@maine.gov
64 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333
Maine Historical Society
Website: mainehistory.org
T: 207.774.1822
E: info@mainehistory.org
489 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
Maine Memory Network, an arm of Maine Historical Society
Website: mainememory.net
T: 207.7741822
Contact: mainememory.net/contact
Maine Maritime Museum
Website: mainemaritimemuseum.org
T: 207.443-1316
E: ahoy@maritimeme.org
243 Washington Street, Bath, ME 04530
University of Maine Folger Library and Special Collections
Folger Library: Library.umaine.edu
T: Tel: 207.581.1666
Contact via web form: library.umaine.edu/ask-a-librarian
Special Collections: library.umaine.edu/speccoll
T: 207.581.1686 (Special Collections)
E: um.library.spc@maine.edu
5729 Fogler Library, Orono, ME 04469
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Archives
Website: sec.state.ma.us/divisions/archives/archives
T: 617. 727.2816
E: archives@sec.state.ma.us
220 Morrissey Blvd., Boston, MA 02125
New Hampshire
State of New Hampshire Archives
T: 603.271.2236
E:archives@sos.nh.gov
NH Department of State, Archives & Records Mgmt
9 Ratification Way, Concord, NH 03301
Canada
New Brunswick
Provincial Archives of New Brunswick (PANB), including their Irish History Portal
Website: archives2.gnb.ca/Archives/?culture=en-CA
T: 506.453.2122
E: ArchivesNB@gnb.ca
Provincial Archives, Bonar Law – Bennett Building
23 Dineen Drive, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, E3B 9V7
New Brunswick Museum
Website: nbm-mnb.ca
T: 506 643 2300
E: info@nbm-mnb.ca
228 Lancaster Avenue, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada E2M 2K8
Feature Photo: Scarborough Marsh, Scarborough, Maine.
Krista Luttrell 