The Maine State Archives, a bureau within the Department of Secretary of State, maintains approximately 95 million pages of official State records considered to be permanently valuable. These include maps from the Land Office, photographs from the Dept. of Economic Development, trademarks registered with the Secretary of State, Civil War soldiers’ portraits returned to the Adjutant General and numerous gifts of historically important materials donated by individuals, to list a few.
Browse the Archives Services Collections:
- Alien Registrations
- Aroostook War
- Civil War
- General Henry Sewall Papers - 8th Division Militia
- Maine Volunteer Militia (Post Civil War)
- World War I
African American History in Maine
Department of Health and Human Services
- Hancock County Supreme Judicial Court
- Kennebec Supreme Judicial Court
- Penobscot County Courts
- York Supreme Judicial Court
- Bingham Purchase
- Canal and River Maps
- Maine Highlands
- Maine Land Office - Field Notes
- Maine Land Office - Plan Book Maps
- Revolutionary War Land Grant and Pension Application
- 1875 Constitutional Commission
- Acts, Laws and Resolves
- Legislative Graveyard: Files Created During Legislative Sessions
- Legislative Journals
Maine State Archives Documents
- Archives Month Posters
- Archives Publications
- Exhibits
- Finding Aids and Reference Material
- Maine Bicentennial Moments
- MSA Research Guides
- Atlantic Coast Pilot Charts
- Atlases 1871-1884
- Baxter Rare Maps
- Fire Tower Maps, Maine Forest Service
- Hancock County Road Maps
- Historical Maps by County
- International Boundary Commission Maps - 1924 -1934
- Miscellaneous Maps
- Railroad Maps and Plans
- Somerset County Road Maps
- Water Storage Commission Maps and Plans
- WPA Cemetery Plans
Photographs and Image Collections
- BMV License Plate Photos
- Business Trademarks Registered with the Secretary of State
- George French Collection
- Gubernatorial and Constitutional Officer Portraits
- Monson Area Glass Plate Negatives
- Photographs of the Legislature
- Stereoview Photographs