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.

Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"Notice that most the workers have soldering irons, the essential tool of their trade. Judging from the description of who did what in the can-making…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"… Hill, following the swell of land that we still notice today. This route was certainly taken by Walnut Hill's six original North Yarmouth settlers."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Soldiers Of The Civil War

"Isaiah had noticed the commander’s horse get killed, and he brought his horse to his commander. Then Isaiah ran into the woods, and he slept in…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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