Captain Erland Quinn, interviewed by John Bannon

Series

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

A series of interviews with residents of the Penobscot Bay Islands. Interviewees discuss local history; economic aspects of island life; food supplies; summer people; fishing; farming; sail, steam, and motor boats; health care; and schools. Specific islands discussed include: Hog Island, Pond Island, Western Island, Pickering’s Island; Eagle Island, Opechee Island, Bear Island, and Butter Island.

Dates

Creation: 1975

Conditions Governing Access

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Extent

From the Collection: 7 items

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Abstract

0991 Captain Erland Quinn, interviewed by John Bannon, summer 1975, Camden, Maine. Description of Butter Island resort and the Harriman brothers who ran the resort. Information about Eagle Island, food ways, trawl fishing, drying fish, youth occupations, summer people, ice cream socials. Mention of Hardie family from Bear Island. 16 pp. Tape: 1 1/2 hrs. w/ brief cat. Text: 10 pp. catalog. Recording: T 0994 - T 0997 / CD 0848, CD 1194 - CD 1195 1 1/2 hours.