Maine Memory Network

Lincoln, Maine - Jeremy Nelson

"… can connect my life with Jeremy Nelson because my mother is a teacher, I am a student, and I am in the school district that he started."

Lincoln, Maine - Carney's Store

"… in 1951 Peter passed away, and Milton and his mother Flora took over the business. In 1968, the business was incorporated as “Carney Inc." and a…"

Lincoln, Maine - Solomon's Store

"… run out the door and all the way home to show my mother.   Dalton Neal Interview on prices at Solomon's Part 2 of 2   Dalton Neal Interview…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 1 of 4

"… he felt it was his duty to care for his invalid mother, it wasn’t until he was sixty-one that he married Stella Langford of Rochester, New…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 4 of 4

"His mother, an amateur watercolorist, was Homer’s first teacher. After Homer’s graduation from high school, his father arranged an apprenticeship for…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 1 of 4

"… (known as Indian Jane or Jane Hannup), and her mother Nagasqua, be allowed to live on the land. The settlement was named Dunstan, a corruption of…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 1 of 2

"Martin's mother, Anna Stratton, lost her parents when she was young. Dr. Moses Adams of Ellsworth and his wife, Mary, took her in and educated her…"

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 2 of 3

"Mother McAuley modeled the Sisters of Mercy coat of arms on the original Order insignia. Students were housed at the school, and between 1920 and…"

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 3 of 3

"Burr’s father was a doctor at Madigan, and his mother was the director of nurses at the hospital. Burr attended the parish school, and remembered…"

Otisfield Historical Society

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Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Floods

"Webber, Sr., an individual partner Mother nature took away other things also. Ice harvesters had to say goodbye to their ice fields when they were…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Brick Inn

"… to note that Arthur made sure, in his will, his mother was taken care of; and his family members were adequately supported, also."

Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"Mothers with children would come and visit Maine while the father would stay at home working. The father would take a train on Friday evening and…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 3 of 5

"Many years later in 1857, due to Mother Nature, the bridge had been destroyed again. On April 11, 1987 it was washed away for the third time."

Lincoln, Maine - World War I

"… people were fathers and grandfathers and maybe mothers. They gave their lives for the people of the United States to make sure they were safe."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 2 of 2

"… remember wearing coats and snowsuits their mothers made from the salvaged wool, which was tan or gray on one side and checked on the other."

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 1 of 4

"… of a young man thrust into supporting his mother and siblings at the early age of thirteen, upon the accidental death of his father. Hugh J."

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

"… Avon in 1850 and lived in Strong with his widowed mother by 1860. On December 11, 1863, he enlisted at age 18 in Company F, 2nd Maine Cavalry, and…"

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

"… daughter of an Italian painter and German-Jewish mother, and lived in Italy until the end of World War I."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"… to run the family farm while his father and mother took care of his brother. The second time he was forced to stop studying was when his father…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"… into the Norton Family and would become the mother of a famous Opera Diva into the late 19th century."

Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden

"Willard’s mother gave him those middle names in exchange for a baby lamb from their neighbor, Mr. Winslow."

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… Lincoln in the 1960s—caused not by the hand of Mother Nature, but by human intervention. The people of Lincoln called on their perseverance 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.