Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Protect and Serve - Hallowell Fire and Police

"Crimes of violence and serious property offenses were the responsibility of the Lincoln County Sheriff and his Deputies in Pownalborough until 1799…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 1 of 3

"There was also poverty, violence, ethnic strife and rancorous politics. Staff of Biddeford Telephone Exchange, ca."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 1 of 6

"… that resulted occasionally gave way to violence and became bound up in escalating imperial competition between the English and the French."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 4 of 5

"… Historical Society Growing border tension and violence from 1827 to 1841, especially arising from the Rebellions in Lower and Upper Canada in…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - III. An undercurrent of danger: Colonial Biddeford

"The lumber industry was also thriving despite the violence in Biddeford, and a fledgling shipbuilding industry was growing as well."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - I. Canoes and Clamshells: The Pre-European Settlement Years

"… Swan’s Island has no record or tradition of violence between native tribes and European settlers, perhaps due to the fact that it was settled…"

Lincoln, Maine - Aroostook War

"… Maine defended itself, it did not have to use violence or combat to do it. All in all, the outcome of this situation was perhaps the most positive…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"… off of much of their traditional land by disease, violence, and European (American and Canadian) encroachment."

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.