Maine Memory Network

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.

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… were largely uninhabited by the time the first white settlers arrived--these foundations proved vitally important to these early pioneers."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"The building itself “proved to be a white elephant”. It was converted to a hotel, which was never very prosperous."