Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 1 of 2

"… summers in the region since Charles was a young boy. The place was important to him, and he wanted to share the experience with his classmates."

Mercy Hospital - The Spanish Flu

"… Manola Gilman of Cumberland Mills noted “you boys are about as safe in France now tho [sic] as the people are around here."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"… college preparatory boarding and day school for boys and girls in grades six through high school. When Hannibal Hamlin was still young, he really…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Church on the Hill

"… out with crinoline petty coats underneath; the boys looked polished in their new ties, pants, and shiny shoes."

Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community

"The Superintendent of the Boys Training Center in South Portland wrote Sister Annunciata to say “thank you for permitting the Singing Nuns from the…"

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.