Pea Cove Boom. Penobscot River. Old Town (Me.)
Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:
Alex Rouleau, interviewed by Mary Beth O'Conner
Alphonse Martin, interviewed by Elizabeth Warner and Jack Beard
David S. Brown, interviewed by Kenneth Whitney
David S. Brown, interviewed by Kenneth Whitney
Emile Leavitt, interviewed by Mark LaFond
Ernest Kennedy, interviewed by Ann Pierter and Bessie Dam
Ernest Kennedy, interviewed by Ann Pierter & Bessie Dam for AY 198, May 4, 1976, Argyle, Maine. Kennedy talks about on the log-sorting booms on the Penobscot River. Topics covered include checking, prize logs, the stray raft, boom stick, scaling and marking logs, wintering logs, shingling logs, jail booms, the “high mark,” Pea Cove Boom, rafting logs, Mexico Boom. Interview was part of a project that led to the issue of Northeast Folklore, XVII: "Argyle Boom."
Ernest Kennedy, interviewed by Edward D. “Sandy” Ives and members of the Fall 1973 Class of FO 107
Felix Cote, interviewed by Mark LaFond
Harry Kennedy, interviewed by Mark LaFond
Harry Kennedy, interviewed by Mark LaFond for FO 107, November 12, 1973, Pea Cove, Maine. Kennedy talks about the Argyle log-sorting boom on the Penobscot River; rafting and dropping off logs; stray rafts; jillpoking; checking; Pea Cove and Nebraska booms; Gene Mann and Billy Mann; Walter Buzzell; Irish workers; Greenville; endway rafts; the trip. The interview is part of a project that led to an issue of Northeast Folklore, XVII: “Argyle Boom.”
Harry Twitchell, interviewed by Leslie "Dusty" Carr
Leon Bussell, interviewed by Edward D. “Sandy” Ives and members of the Fall 1973 Class of FO 107
Leon Bussell, interviewed by Ralph Cook
Stephen R. "Rex" Buzzell, interviewed by Edward D. "Sandy" Ives
Stephen "Rex" Buzzell, interviewed by Ann Pierter and Susan Tibbetts
Stephen "Rex" Buzzell, interviewed by Ann Pierter and Susan Tibbetts for AY 198, May 11, 1976, Old Town, Maine. Buzzell talks about the log-sorting booms on the Penobscot River. Topics covered include marking and scaling logs; Argyle, Pea Cove, and Sheepshank (Greenbush) booms; wintering methods, diagrams. Interview was part of a project that led to the issue of Northeast Folklore, XVII: "Argyle Boom."
William McLaughlin, interviewed by Edward D. "Sandy" Ives and Susan Tibbetts
William McLaughlin, interviewed by Edward D. “Sandy” Ives & Susan Tibbetts, April 26, 1976, Old Town, Maine. McLaughlin talks about log-sorting booms on the Penobscot River. Topics covered include dropping off; rafting; sorting gap; Greenbush trip; Pea Cove; fin booms. Interview was part of a project that led to the issue of Northeast Folklore, XVII: “Argyle Boom.”