Maine Memory Network

Scarborough Historical Society & Museum

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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

"As the town grew, the downtown business district began to thrive. Farmington became a busy hub for noted doctors and attorneys."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - More on the Old Ell

"This framing technique probably helped the small structure stay intact through three moves. Boston newspapers from 1878 were used as underlayment for…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Brick Inn

"Small lots with road frontage were sold piece-meal, often referencing Belcher's Field. That field was later known as Pratt's Field and was used by…"

Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"The Inn offered the public performances of a small orchestra on Saturday evenings. The performances caused an intermingling of town residents and the…"

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

"… him with a massive solid silver watch-chain, as a small token of their appreciation of him as a man and master workman."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"(Joan Small, UMF Librarian) A brief article in the Franklin Journal says The Normal School held classes on the second floor of Beale's block on…"

Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax

"… had in fact planted the so-called “magic”- the small quantities of gold extracted by the accumulators – in them."

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

"… entrepreneurs who shared the idea of canning small herring they called “sardines” to compete with real sardines from Europe."

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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