Maine Memory Network

Pejepscot Historical Society

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Scarborough Historical Society & Museum

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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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.

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 1 of 2

"With his father, Harvard President Charles William Eliot, in Europe, young Charles had use of the family yacht (the Sunshine) and camping gear."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 4 of 4

"Upon his death, provisions in his will led to the building of Greely Institute, which opened on September 28, 1868 and held its first public…"

Early Maine Photography - War - Page 2 of 2

"Friends at home, in return, send their portraits to the soldiers…Most of these are taken on the (tintype) plate for the reason that it is light…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 4 of 6

"… Asticou, Charles came into his own during the 1950s with many like-minded community partners and summer friends who shared his vision and tastes."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - II. Ripples of change: European exploration & settlement at Winter Harbor - Page 1 of 2

"… 1605McArthur Public Library Gorges engaged his friend Richard Vines to lead a settlement over the winter of 1616-1617, specifically to prove that…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Sources For A Short History Of Performing Arts On MDI

"… Abbe Museum, The Bar Harbor Historical Society, Friends of Island History, Mount Desert Island Historical Society, and Mr. Raymond Strout."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Notable Residents

"… at the corner of Robinson and Main Street to a friend and business acquaintance of Henry Knox, Benjamin Bussey of Boston, MA."

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… their lives were established amidst family and friends—a place already labeled on a map—to arrive somewhere without these foundations and struggle…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox

"… of the District of Maine," as he wrote to his friend Joseph Peirce in 1795. And indeed, he was involved in several local projects – logging, lime…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 4 of 4

"Scarborough, ME: Friends of Scarborough 350th, 2007. http://www.businessweek.com/lifestyle/content/healthday/636419.html…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 3 of 3

"In the winter she stayed with friends in Lewiston. The Rangeley Record ran her obituary ending with this message: “Rangeley has lost one of its most…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 17 of 17

"But truth struck the family members and friends of those who would not return home. By the year 1866, the majority of Biddeford were mourning loved…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection

"On the advice of his friend President Warren G. Harding, Hale hired a new manager, and reorganized the entire layout of the paper, much to the dismay…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 3 of 6

"… for tea and family celebrations, calling on friends, and the weekly dance or social at the Inn."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Politics and Enforcement

"Cyrus Sturdivant, the Prisoner's Friend (New York: William McDonald & Co., 1879). Collections of Maine Historical Society B St 96 A native of…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 1 of 4

"He was friendly with settlers, but his wife was not. Incorporation Strong was part of Massachusetts, and this northwestern section was called…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 5 of 6

"Young Charles was no doubt friendly with the eccentric Curtis both at the Inn and on the hiking trails at Asticou."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Drinking: Elegance and Debauchery

"According to the Eastern Argus of August, 1836, "A Correspondent who signs himself Ben Pump complains of the serenades of the Night Band, and…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 1 of 4

"MacMillan, a school friend of his. In 1897, he played one of his violins, made from parts of an old schoolhouse that had been on Ross Road, at the…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - About Us

"Great Harbor Maritime Museum Friends of Island History X Mount Desert Island Historical Society, Mount Desert, (207) 276-9323 The Mount Desert…"