What is it?  This project started as a way to build a new historical collection to replace the one that was lost when the Library burnt to the ground in July, 2008.  Along with all of the books destroyed in the library fire, historical artifacts, cassette recordings, old photographs, and much of the Island’s past perished as well.

The Swan’s Island Memory Project is a collaboration of the Swan’s Island Historical Society and Island Institute, through their Fellows program.  Island Institute Fellow, Meghan Vigeant, advisors Gwen May and Donna Wiegle, and other volunteer community members are working together to gather stories and photographs from the past.