George Knox, interviewed by Joan Brooks
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of six interviews done by Joan Brooks and Jack Beard focused on the history of the Airline Road (Rt. 9 from Bangor to Calais, ME) and the Airline community ca. 1900.
Dates
- 1976
Conditions Governing Access
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Extent
From the Collection: 6 items
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
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 Northern; the other George Knox; and how he met his wife. Text: 24 pp. partial transcript (34 pp. total). Recording: T 1052 121 minutes.
- Dowsers -- Maine Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Eddington (Me.) -- Social life and customs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Folk music Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Halloween Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Log driving -- Maine -- Penobscot River Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Poaching -- Maine Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Weather-lore Subject Source: Local sources
Repository Details
Part of the Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History Repository
5729 Raymond H. Fogler Library
University of Maine
Orono ME 04469-5729 United States
207.581.1686
