Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"They eventually shipped fish to markets in Boston and New York and to Europe. So they built their own ships. There was plenty of timber on the island…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… included coal and flour from Boston, as well as sugar, molasses, rum, guano, coffee, fruit and spices from the West Indies."

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.

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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