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.

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Wabanaki Agency in the Proprietor Records - Page 3 of 5

"Just as multiple rivers converge in Casco Bay and Merrymeeting Bay, so multiple communities converge in Wabanaki kinship networks."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Site Navigation Tips

"These multiple pages are numbered, for example, 31, 31a, 31b, 31c and so forth until the transcription of the entire original page is completed."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 2 of 5

"Both men served on multiple border commissions, and their impact was extended since each was assisted (and followed) by a son in similar official…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 1 of 3

"… Spring and Captain Moses Bradbury built homes and multiple saw mills on what became known as Spring's Island in the 1790s."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - The Tea Room

"… Island Tea Room, but it once served as a home for multiple generations. It was owned by Alvah Barbour from 1910 to 1915, and Merton and Goldie…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1930-1940 - Page 2 of 4

"… is a study in subtle cut and fit, from unexpected multiple-pieced sleeves to the loose bodice pleat and other features."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1850-1870 - Page 3 of 4

"… gathers, knife pleats, arrangements of double and multiple box pleats or some combination. Dresses from the MHS collection likely worn with cage…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 7 of 7

"… and lawsuits from rivals, and some even paid multiple sets of proprietors for their land to avoid eviction."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 3 of 6

"In addition to the many instances where multiple colonists claimed Native title to the same tract, seventeenth-century Indian deeds often described…"

Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 2 of 3

"They had multiple fields full of cattle, pigs, and lambs. Most of their cattle came from the Pennsylvania stockyards into Dover and were trucked up…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Buckfield

"There were multiple general stores, including the General Store and the Old Twin Brick Store Buildings."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 2 of 6

"… of landownership could lead them to bestow multiple parties with rights to a single place. The eighteenth-century proprietors, however, insisted…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Plymouth Company (Kennebec Proprietors) records, ca. 1625-1824

"… it is paged once every two months and usually for multiple days at a time. While MHS has provided extensive preservation and conservation work for…"

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Memorial Library

"In the 1920s-1980s there were multiple librarians; some were Mary Buzzell, Sadie Adams, Evelyn Jenkins, and Polly Lyons."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Project Background

"… progressively deeper study of Maine history from multiple perspectives. The Plymouth Company records—also known as the Kennebec Proprietors (Coll."

Historic Hallowell - The Vaughan Stream & Sawmills

"… & Page Dam.Hubbard Free Library There were multiple mills on the Vaughan Brook. Some were powered by dams like the Wire Mill Dam."

Historic Hallowell - Shipbuilding

"… massive decks would most likely collapse without multiple knees. Knees were huge braces shaped in a sort of L shape and placed so that the top was…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Maps

"… to get from one point to another (or among multiple points). We have used it to create tours."

Blue Hill, Maine - The Musical Culture of Blue Hill

"After the Library was established, there were multiple large donations that made it necessary to upgrade to a larger building."

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 1 of 5

"Club, and many more. The new building had multiple sections in it, like the original. The top floor had the Odd Fellows Hall and the Masonic Temple."

Lincoln, Maine - Gateway Motors

"… are different is, Gateway Motors changed its name multiple times but Buck Motors never did. Cole-Whitney Ford, Main Street photo courtesy of Roger…"

Winter Harbor Historical Society

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"… teachers of the time, had to be flexible to teach multiple grade levels at the same time due to the lower student population."