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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Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"Customs office. Finished at an estimated cost of $939,000, construction came in below budget. Clayton MacDougal of the Maine Highway Commission and…"

Historic Hallowell - Shipping

"1 bag of cotton 1 barrel of lemons 6 loves of sugar 1 cash of vinegar 10 bundles 3 barrels 1 gallon of rum 6 pounds of butter 1 barrel of molasses 1…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - "A Society Lady of 1889," Bangor

"… day. The material for dress in this case is not costly but shows that the wearer is a person of fine taste which a poor person has the priviledge…"

Historic Hallowell - Johnson Brothers and Their Shoe Factory

"They had to buy some raw material too, which cost $1,000,000 additionally. With shoes today, they have more style and patterns."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools

"Atterbury on Warren Mountain in the Dark Harbor section, and was surrounded by twenty-one acres of scenic grounds."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"The cost for an automobile was $1.00 and the cost for a passenger was $0.25. On May 29, 1957, an act authorizing ferry service for North Haven…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Summary: The Future: Recycle or Start from Scratch?

"… buildings and recycling of existing building materials? View South of Northeast Harbor From Asticou Brook, April 2013Northeast Harbor Library…"

Patten Free Library

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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland Community Library

"However that proved to be too costly an endeavor, particularly as the two story building would have required an elevator."

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"With steel in short supply, none was used in the construction, and over the years the building has needed extensive repair because of the lack of…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village

"… authorities will remedy it before a bill of cost is made up against the town. April 27, 1871: The new street passing to the depot from Broadway is…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"This reproduction of the original map was drawn by Lois Johnson and first appeared in "200 Years of Lubec History, 1776 - 1976"."

Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"Gilman gives the torturous details of the efforts to establish the cartel (p. 66-81). What finally emerged in 1903 was an entity called “Seacoast…"