Adelbert “Del” Clewley, interviewed by Jack Beard and Joan Brooks
Scope and Contents
This is an arbitrary collection of accessions created in June 2014 containing interviews that focus on hunting, trapping, poaching, and recreational fishing. There are 123 series in NAFOH that relate to the topic, but 18 belong solely to this collection.
Dates
- 1959-2008
Conditions Governing Access
For digitized items free from access restrictions, we are working to upload this material (pdfs, mp3s, jpgs) for public access but it is an ongoing project. If you don’t find what you are looking for here, contact Special Collections (um.library.spc@maine.edu).
Extent
From the Collection: 18 items
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Abstract
1034 Adelbert “Del” Clewley, interviewed by Jack Beard and Joan Brooks, April 10, 1976, Eddington, Maine. Also present: Mrs. Clewley, his wife. Clewley talks about being from Eddington; using a pung as transport; going to school in Eddington Village; hunting for deer and the two deer maximum; how his family stored food through the winter; hauling ice from Eddington Pond; the first car in the area; the local mills; the baseball team; dances held around the area; skating and sledding; taxes; homemade clothes; not being affected by the Depression; playing cards; local stages; working days in fall, winter, spring, and summer; what he ate for meals throughout the day; his family; children’s jobs on the farm; ways to predict the weather; the local socials; village medicine; blacksmith’s shops; orphans; poor farms; pulling contests; moose meat; newspapers; chivarees; peddling turnips in Bangor; and snow shoeing. Text: 7 pp. catalog, interviewer’s notes, interview summary, 58 pp. transcript (74 pp. total) Recording: T 1047 103 minutes. Photos: P 0678 - P 0682
- Food -- Preservation -- History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Horse-drawn vehicles Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Hunting -- Anecdotes -- Maine Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Hunting lodges -- Maine Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Ice industry -- Maine Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Trapping -- Maine Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
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
