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Great Northern Paper Company

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Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Emile Leavitt, interviewed by Mark LaFond

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Abstract Emile Leavitt, interviewed by Mark LaFond for FO 107, October 25, 1973, Old Town, Maine. Leavitt talks about the Argyle log-sorting boom on the Penobscot River; construction of boom piers; checking, rafting, dropping off and other aspects of boom operation; use of wedges in assembling rafts; use of pickeroon; swings; the back way drive; meals and living conditions; Pea Cove and Nebraska booms; his work building dams for Great Northern Paper Co. The interviews are part of a project that led to...
Dates: 1973-1975
Found in: Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History / MF003, Argyle Boom Collection

George Knox, interviewed by Joan Brooks

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Abstract 1039 George Knox, interviewed by Joan Brooks, May 7, 1976, Holden, Maine. Knox talks about moving to Eddington, Maine, in 1902; raising their own meat; Frank Davis, a local market hunter; the route the old Airline r oad took; peddling in Bangor; trapping; poaching; Cal Graves; moose meat; going to dances; card games; what weddings were like; Halloween pranks; dowsing; weather lore; working in the woods; camp songs; men who made up songs in the area; working as a river driver; working for Great...
Dates: 1984
Found in: Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History / MF095, Dowsing and Dowsers Collection

George Knox, interviewed by Joan Brooks

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Abstract 1039 George Knox, interviewed by Joan Brooks, May 7, 1976, Holden, Maine. Knox talks about moving to Eddington, Maine, in 1902; raising their own meat; Frank Davis, a local market hunter; the route the old Airline road took; peddling in Bangor; trapping; poaching; Cal Graves; moose meat; going to dances; card games; what weddings were like; Halloween pranks; dowsing; weather lore; working in the woods; camp songs; men who made up songs in the area; working as a river driver; working for Great...
Dates: 1959-2008
Found in: Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History / MF181, Hunting, Trapping, Poaching, and Recreational Fishing

Fred Alliston Gilbert Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0202
Abstract Papers relating to the logging industry in Maine and the Great Northern Paper Company.
Dates: 1900-1973
Found in: Raymond H. Fogler Library Special Collections / Fred Alliston Gilbert Papers

Amos A. Graffte Lumber Contracts

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Identifier: SpC MS 1760-sc
Scope and Contents Lumber contracts between Amos A. Graffte and Great Northern Paper Company, also includes one building contract between Graffte and Moose River Plantation.
Dates: 1899-1915
Found in: Raymond H. Fogler Library Special Collections / Amos A. Graffte Lumber Contracts

Great Northern Paper Company Records

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Identifier: SpC MS 0210
Abstract Collection includes correspondence, subject files, publications, contracts for material and labor, maps and plans, photographs and production records.
Dates: 1889-1992
Found in: Raymond H. Fogler Library Special Collections / Great Northern Paper Company Records

Marc A. Johnson Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 1630
Abstract Maps, plans, aerial photographs and other materials collected by Johnson to document forest land use and logging in Maine, especially in areas near the Kennebec River and Moosehead Lake.
Dates: 1890-1994
Found in: Raymond H. Fogler Library Special Collections / Marc A. Johnson Collection

Penobscot Paddle and Chowder Society Records

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0399
Abstract The collection contains records of the Penobscot Paddle and Chowder Society, an organization in Bangor, Maine, for people interested in canoeing, kayaking and other outdoor activities. The materials center on environmental advocacy activities of the group in the 1970s.
Dates: 1974-1976
Found in: Raymond H. Fogler Library Special Collections / Penobscot Paddle and Chowder Society Records

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