Category Archives: Dunstan

Dunstan School – 3rd Grade – 1938

Posted on March 25, 2023 by Don Taylor

Back Row: Malcolm Dodge, Gilmore Rounds, Charlie Burnham, Melvin Williams, Mike Woods, Doug Goodrich, Jim Leary, George Merrill, Dana MorrisMiddle Row: Mary Ferrelli, June Skillings, Audrey David, Norma Eaton, Mattie Brooks, Mary StoverFront Row: Brya Morris, Dottie Grant, Alice Ferrelli, … Continue reading →

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Updates October 2022

Posted on November 1, 2022 by Don Taylor

In October 2022, the following items were added to the website: Organizations 12th Maine Regiment (Civil War) Twenty-seventh Reunion of the 12th  Maine Regiment – Dunstan, 10 September 1908. I added a photo of the West Scarborough Methodist Church (circa 1928). … Continue reading →

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William Graffam – Puzzle Editor

Posted on September 23, 2022 by Larry Glatz

William H. Graffam (1853-1934) Puzzle Editor of West Scarborough, Maine By Larry Glatz of (East) Scarborough, Maine — 31 August 2022 For most who knew him locally, William Henry Graffam was a successful grocer and sometime postmaster at Dunstan’s Corner … Continue reading →

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70.14.17j1 – Letter – re The Meeting House 2nd Parish

Posted on June 19, 2022 by Don Taylor

Tilton Letter 70.14.17j1 – Re: The Meeting House 2nd Parish (20 pages). Also available: The Original Typewritten Transcript The Original Handwritten Letter Text The Meeting House 2nd Parish in Scarboro, was a large building . I know not it’s dimensions … Continue reading →

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Ship-Building in Scarborough

Posted on May 10, 2022 by Don Taylor

Did You Know…. Ship-Building in Scarborough             By Don Taylor, Historian Did you know ships were built in Scarborough during the latter part of the eighteenth and the first half of the nineteenth century; Many were small, but in the … Continue reading →

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The Smalls in Scarborough – by Augustus K. Small

Posted on July 28, 2021 by Don Taylor

I was recently asked to do some research of the Small family in Scarborough, in particular James Frances Small (1835-___). I, of course, went to the Surnames files and looked for the Small file. The first thing I found was … Continue reading →

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70.14.17 A1 – Letter – McLaughlin to McLaughlin

Posted on July 25, 2021 by Don Taylor

70.14.17 A1 – Letter – Almira McLaughlin to her nephew (W.H. McLaughlin), 29 July 1898 [I recently received a package “Tilton Papers” which contains letters, family notes and other materials regarding the Tilton family in Scarborough. The material was originally … Continue reading →

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The Villages of Scarborough

Posted on May 7, 2020 by Don Taylor

During 2011, the Scarborough Leader ran a series of articles about the various “Villages of Scarborough” which began with “Town is Rich in Village History” and was followed by 10 articles regarding various “villages” in Scarborough. These articles included the … Continue reading →

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Encapsulated Scrapbook – 1884-1979

Posted on April 17, 2020 by Don Taylor

This is a collection of 42 newspaper articles that were encapsulated into a collection probably during the 1970s at the Society. It consists of articles as early as 1884 and as recent as 1979 with the majority of articles from … Continue reading →

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Arguments of Men of Scarboro at Augusta

Posted on November 20, 2019 by Rodney Laughton

[Transcription of a letter to the editor, ca. 1902] To the Editor of the Argus:      I was much interested in the arguments of the men of Scarboro at Augusta yesterday, as to what the electric road could and … Continue reading →

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