Maine Memory Network

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and his dog Trap, ca. 1894

Contributed by: NPS, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site Date: circa 1864 Location: Cambridge Media: Albumen print

MacMillan with puppy on 'Bowdoin,' 1939

Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1939 Media: Photographic print

Lincoln, Maine - Newspapers

"I've wanted a puppy for a while and I have not been able to find the right puppy. My name has been in the News under the perfect attendance for…"

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.

My Journey: Training Service Dogs in Prison
by Anonymous (Maine State Prison)

Inmates at Maine State Prison train dogs as service and companion animals. This is one story.

My father, Earle Ahlquist, served during World War II
by Earlene Chadbourne

Earle Ahlquist used his Maine common sense during his Marine service and to survive Iwo Jima