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.

Hartland Historical Society

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Haystack Historical Society

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Pittsfield Historical Society

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Bangor Police Museum

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - About Us - Page 2 of 3

"The team has uploaded narratives and artifacts from the wood products industry, history of town schools, groups and organizations, and the story of…"

Surry by the Bay - Resources

"Photographs, early postcards, and artifacts from the collections of the Surry Historical Society. Surry Town Reports: 1951, 1966, 1977, 1980, 1981…"

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

"… accomplished by sharing family photos, personal artifacts, oral histories, and stories. It has been a labor of love and all who have participated…"

Margaret Chase Smith Library

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Bangor Historical Society

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Stanley Museum

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Blue Hill, Maine - Project Sources

"Images, artifacts,and documents from the personal collection of Denny Robertson, Linda Elder, and Cordell Snow."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - About the Team

"… into his lesson plan a session on historical artifact recording and documentation. This was no easy trick given the incredibly tight schedules and…"

Maine Historical Society

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Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 4 of 4

"… photo X “Spudger:" A very important type of artifact not in the collection of Lubec Landmarks. Hall saw them in use to “break up” the salt and…"

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 3 of 4

"Natalie Havens, who used to work at McCurdy’s, made an important point in 2001: Each person working in the Shed did everything: skinning, gutting…"

Rumford Area Historical Society

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… history is well documented and many significant artifacts have been preserved. In 1846, Judge Thomas Parker wrote the first history of Farmington…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"Many artifacts were collected over the years and found their way into private collections as well as the Islesboro Historical Society."