George Knox, interviewed by 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
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Extent
From the Collection: 18 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
- Graves, Calvin P., Carpenter, 1842-1924
- Great Northern Paper Company
- Halloween Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Hunting Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Hunting -- Anecdotes -- Maine 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
- Trapping 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