Maine Memory Network

Lincoln, Maine - Jeremy Nelson

"… answering the question.” Why was Jeremy Nelson so important to Lincoln? Jeremy Nelson was the very first teacher in Lincoln."

Historic Hallowell - The Opening & Closing of Hallowell's Shoe Companies

"… Shoe Company, and then in 1932, it was the Nelson-Weiner Shoe Company. Later on, it was the Hy-Style Shoe Company."

Early Maine Photography - War - Page 2 of 2

"Sgt. Nelson W. Jones, 3rd Maine Infantry, ca. 1862Maine Historical Society Examples of standing soldiers include an ambrotype of Captain Harrison G."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Elizabeth Akers Allen, née Chase

"Moulton. p. 18. Leonard, John William; Marquis, Albert Nelson (1908). Who's who in America. Marquis Who's Who."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Stores

"Nelson Morse, Swan's Island village, ca. 1940sSwan's Island Historical Society These village stores carried just about anything needed: canned…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Bath Savings Institution and Hyde Block

"… Anderson, Justin Collander, Dylan Crowell, Matt Nelson, and Lauren Quimby 7th grade students at Bath Middle School With images from the Patten Free…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 3 of 3

"Second Row: Charles F Thompson, Philip D Stubbs, Nelson Walker, Percy M Brown, Llewellyn Hartwell, Frank H Smith, Richard E Burns, Frank E Howard, C."

Western Maine Foothills Region - A Man's Life in a Suitcase

"… and Fannie Bishop and their three sons Kola, Nelson, and Edward. He seemed to care a lot for his family and had a good childhood."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 4 of 5

"… acquired over thirty diaries from the former Nelson Rose farm, located near Aunt Hannah’s Brook. One entry laments: 1865: I went to Mr."

Life on a Tidal River - Bass Park: A History of Fillies, Fame, and Fun

"Back in 1890, Bass Park brought Nelson, a world-class stallion, to the racetrack. During this time, Nelson raced one mile on the half-mile track in…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Bryants and Rockefellers: Two Seal Harbor Families

"Desert Island upon the birth of his eldest son, Nelson, in 1908, Mr. Rockefeller developed a passion for the landscape and immediately involved…"

Lincoln, Maine - Aaron Huntress

""Elections in Lincoln 1829 To 1850." 1-46. Print. Nelson, Christine. "Lincoln- In the beginning." Lincoln Historical Society Lincoln History (Black…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 3 of 4

"At the turn of the 20th century, Postmaster Nelson Walker was also the town’s undertaker. At that time, licensing and embalming were not required…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"… 2 yoke more, they having been sent to my aid by Nelson Rose who had gone ahead with my wife up as far as Ayers."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Tuscan Opera House

"One piece of evidence, a diary written by Nelson Rose who lived in Dixfield in 1901, stated that the predecessor of the current Opera House burned to…"

Music in Maine - Music Makers

"Elise moved to Nelson, British Columbia, where she lived for ten years before returning to Skowhegan, Maine with her two young sons."

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.