Maine Memory Network

Freedom & Captivity Portal

The Freedom & Captivity digital collection in the Maine Memory Network, and the complete digital archive housed at Colby Special Collections, is a repository of personal testimonies, ephemera, memorabilia, artifacts, and visual materials that capture multiple dimensions of the experiences of incarceration for individuals, families, and communities, as well as for survivors of harm.

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 1 of 3

"After the death of her first husband, she married Congressman James Madison in 1794. A brilliant lawyer and politician, Madison served as Thomas…"

Lincoln, Maine - Jonathan Clay Jr.

"There were 18,000 men that were in the battle. Towards the end of the battle, the Union was only left with 2,200 men."

Lincoln, Maine - Gary Gordon

"He graduated from Mattanawcook Academy in 1978. At the age of 18, Gordon joined the U.S. Army as a member of the First Special Forces Operation…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"He died of his wounds at Chesapeake Hospital, Fort Monroe, Virginia on September 3, 1864. Luther Lawrence, ca."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Grand Army of the Republic

"Mary’s Church in Virginia. He died on October 6, 1864, in Andersonville Prison of scorbutus. He is buried at the Andersonville National Cemetery."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Soldiers Of The Civil War

"Joseph Dodge was wounded at Cedar Creek, Virginia, in October of 1864 and was mustered out on April 18, 1866. He married Olive True."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 2 of 4

"Those who lived in the Swain Road and Eaton Hill section of Woodrowville had their own local facility."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor

"Christina is most famous for her books. She has written seven novels and four non-fiction books so far. A Piece Of The World, Orphan Train, Orphan…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Lumber Capital of the World

"Virginia: Donning Company, 1991. Print. Bangor Lumber Company lumbermen with horses, ca. 1910Bangor Public Library Lumber schooners on the…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 2, pages 27-37

"Other topics and people mentioned are: Excerpt from book about Virginia, South Carolina 1849 crime reports"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and Social Reform Movements of the 1800s-1900s

"Virginia Beach, VA, Donning Co., 1991, p. 129. Ziffer, Carolyn Kinnard, and Dorothy A. Hawkes. “Church History.” Unitarian Universalist Society of…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - JP Cilley Ledger From Post

"§ Participated in his first battle at Middletown, Virginia on May 24, 1862. § Wounded at Middletown, Virginia on May 31, 1862."

Historic Hallowell - Dr. John Hubbard

"… attending medical school he practiced medicine in Virginia but returned to Hallowell in 1830 and set up his practice in a small office off Winthrop…"

Music in Maine - Bluegrass Music

"By 1972, Kentucky transplant Jimmy Cox organized the first bluegrass festival in Maine in Phippsburg."

Music in Maine - Country Music

"in Wheeling, West Virginia. Dick Curless started wearing an eye patch in the mid-1960s on his right eye because of deteriorating vision, and it…"

Blue Hill, Maine - John Edward Horton, Civil War Soldier

"Military Prison in Richmond, Virginia. From there, he was transferred to a prison in Salisbury, North Carolina on October 9, 1864."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Narrative

"Map of the Waldo Patent, 1786The General Henry Knox Museum The first Europeans to stay in the area came as a result of the Muscongus Patent, a…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Continental Paper Bag Company

"Jim Arsenault went to work in the printing department of the mill in 1918. He told the audience that they printed labels of all types, from soap…"

Music in Maine - Radio Cowboys and Country Music

"… on the WWVA Wheeling Jamboree radio show in West Virginia. The couple divorced in 1963, with Betty returning to Auburn and Hal initially performing…"

Music in Maine - Community Music

"North Atlantic Blues Festival Click to read about the North Atlantic Blues Festival The Roots of the North Atlantic Blues Festival By Paul Benjamin…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"and Marilyn Zoidis. Woodsmen and Whigs. Virginia Beach: The Donning Company, 1991. Print. Vickery, James B. An Illustrated History of Bangor, Maine."