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Lewiston

Goverment

City of Lewiston's official page
Contains some treasures such as cultural diversity reports, historical links and GIS mapping.

Lewiston, Maine Community Profile
Though a commercial compilation, this site is filled with useful links from aerial photos to school information.

2000 Census
Fact sheet to Lewiston city statistics.

Historical Resources

Local History Resources in the Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library

Androscoggin County Historical Society

Maine Historical Society

The Franklin Papers a collection of original records from the Franklin Company at the Lewsiton Public Library

Franco-American Heritage Collection at Lewiston-Auburn College

Franco-American Heritage Center at St. Mary's

Maine's French Communities at University of Maine and Dept. of Geography at Laval University

Franco-American Resources at University of Southern Maine

Franco-American Genealogy a guide to selected resources from the Special Collections of the Univ. of Maine

Maine Franco-American Genealogical Society (MFGS) in Auburn

History of Androscoggin County
Published 1891, it is a good source of background information for the period.

Atlas and history of Androscoggin County
An interesting early atlas with detail maps of the city from 1873.

Lewiston Sun Journal:

  • We own the microfilm from 1861 on.
  • Proquest Newspapers has the Sun Journal from Jan 26, 2006 on.
  • The Lewiston Sun Journal has some online articles from 1995? on at their website. For access use: (phone=2077866263 and acct.=22165).
  • Searching/Indexing available for material not published online. Be as specific as possible with requests, as there are charges for searches, payable in advance. Call the Sun Journal Customer Service 784-5411 M-F 8am-4:30pm.


Page author: Laura Juraska
Date: 12/19/06


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