Maine Memory Network

Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden

"You’re a noble boy, you’re our pride and joy, we love you, yes we do, You have won every heart, we’ll be with you at the start, At the finish we’re…"

Lincoln, Maine - Newspapers

"… to the Lincoln News every Thursday because she loves to read it when she is bored. She tries to find a dog that I might be able to get that is…"

Lincoln, Maine - World War I

"Their children who love them a lot and miss them when they are gone out fighting are being affected."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Of The Arts Era

"… into human life and human feeling.” Audiences loved her. In an editorial written at the time, Draper and her manager Helen Arthur were praised for…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… acclaimed Peg's Gift Shop, operated by the much loved Nellie Earle. A plethora of other stores and businesses appeared throughout the island from…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"Many of us loved this gallant officer for his personal qualities. The bullet that removed him from the world took from it a frank, brave, and…"

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.