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.

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell's Volunteer Fireman's Budget

"Webber, Sr., an individual partner The Hallowell's Fire Department's budget, volunteer program, and daily functioning have changed over the years."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - People

"People Explore essays pertaining to individuals, communities, and key players across the Pejepscot and Kennebec Proprietors, and the Northeast…"

Historic Hallowell - The Boston Flint Company

"Webber, Sr., an individual partner The Sandpaper Mill was built onto the other part of the Boston Flint Company in 1880."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Police Department

"Webber, Sr., an individual partner Maggie Harrigan, Kaylee Marston & Liam Walp In the middle to late 1800's and into the middle 1900's, police were…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - A word of thanks

"… like to thank the following organizations and individuals for the help and support they provided to Team Biddeford and the Biddeford Heritage…"

Eliot Baha'i Archives

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Welcome to the Western Foothills

"We invite you to explore our exhibits that celebrate the individuals and events that formed the communities that we are today."

Architecture & Landscape database - Database Collections

"Please search for individual names using the database. Maine Historical Society Coombs Brothers, Lewiston Stevens Architects (John Calvin Stevens et…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rusticators come to MDI

"There were many well known individuals, including George Dorr and Charles Eliot, MD Who chose MDI for their vacation homes."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Welcome and Introduction

"… school students, historical organizations, and individuals undertook a pilot project to create an online version of Mount Desert Island's history."

Historic Hallowell - Joppa

"1885Courtesy of Sumner A. Webber, Sr., an individual partner South on Water Street between the business section and Loudon Hill is a part of the…"

Historic Hallowell - Industry on Bombahook

"Webber, Sr., an individual partner One belief is that the stream was called Bombahook by its original occupants, the Abenaki Indians."

Lubec, Maine - Exhibits

"… Committee Exhibits: Team members created individual exhibits (web pages) exploring some of the unique aspects of Lubec’s history."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - Artists and Inventors of Biddeford

"… booming, Biddeford has produced real originals, individuals whose impact has reached far beyond the banks of the Saco River."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Duchess Anjoulene apple, Bangor, 1866

"… "Curiosity 1866." He drew an apple tree and an individual apple. Below the tree Martin wrote, "1866 This tree produced ten apples, color & size as…"

Historic Hallowell - Kennebec Wire Company

"1932Courtesy of Sumner A. Webber, Sr., an individual partner Later, the Hallowell Light and Power Company took over the building."

Abplanalp Library, UNE

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Early Maine Photography - Occupational Photography

"In mid nineteenth century Maine music was popularized through the efforts of individual musicians and local musical groups, especially bands."

Cumberland Historical Society

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Early Maine Photography - Art

"Individuals and families used the photographic medium to copy a silhouette or a portrait of a relative, often to share with family members and…"

Early Maine Photography - Family Groups

"… sons, and two daughters – to accentuate their individual personalities, expressions, and postures, creating a balanced but dynamic composition."

Historic Hallowell - The Fuller Foundry

"1930Courtesy of Sumner A. Webber, Sr., an individual partner In 1878, Mr. George Fuller was given exclusive control of the company, and the name was…"

Historic Hallowell - The Stevens Training Center Serenaders

"Nothing is known of the individual singers. The Serenaders from 1965. X Listen to The Serenaders sing. Click on the titles."