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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Maine's Road to Statehood - The Missouri Compromise: A Moral Dilemma

"… which was split equally at eleven states each. In order to avoid a sectional crisis, Southern senators were able to link Maine's approval with that…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - The McCormick house

"Roosevelt's 'Fireside Chats.' The house was built around 1845 by Asa Joyce, and although the back section of the house is new the front retains the…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Hampden Town House, 1849

"… River ready for action when our Soldiers receivd orders that the first Man that fired a round should have his head cut off." He added later that…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block

"The next afternoon the Mayor ordered a fancy lunch for all the firefighters that were there to help."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Tuscan Opera House

"The purpose of this organization was to support English immigrant worker integration into the Western Maine community."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Bonnie and Donnie Staples' house

"Bonnie and Donnie Staples' house Clevie Dunham's store, Swan's Island, ca. 1940Swan's Island Historical Society This home was probably built…"

Maine State Archives

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Maine Maritime Museum

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn

"… era was a relatively isolated existence and in order to survive and thrive, people had to make their own way and be very self-sufficient, serving…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"… of a principal included keeping general order, assigning lessons, correcting student work, hiring "monitors," maintaining safety, being a role…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"The inhabitants of Plantation Number One were ordered by the treasurer of the new county, Henry Rust, Esq., to assemble at a legal meeting to…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Meet Blue Hill's Project Team

"… and artifacts of the period in which he lived in order that his life may serve as an inspiration to others."

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… were required to pass stringent inspections in order to receive compensation for Medicare patients."

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 1 of 5

"The Odd Fellows are a group of people that believe in a Supreme Creator. It was located at an intersection at South Main Street and Hudson Avenue."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"… more or less – 84 dwelling houses, 12 school houses, 14 meeting houses [among them the first congregational and baptist churches in blue hill] and…"

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"Congress ordered, from France, a cast iron stairway and pedestal, a copper dome, and the ultimate in illumination, a Fresnel lens."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 2 of 2

"The Order of Knights of Pythias is an international, non-sectarian fraternal order, established in 1864 in Washington, DC."

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

"… and John would sometimes sell his possessions in order to get money for food and other essentials. He mentions eating rice soup, bean soup, and…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"… Falmouth through North Yarmouth to Brunswick was ordered. At this point North Yarmouth was becoming a more permanent settlement; in 1727 ownership…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Redmen's Hall

"… Island Historical Society The Improved Order of Red Men was a national fraternal organization that became popular on Swan's Island in the early…"

Early Maine Photography - Art - Page 1 of 2

"… 1845 he rented a room in Portland’s City Hall in order to make crayon portraits of local residents. That year his sitters included Stephen…"