Irving Bangs, interviewed by Edward D. "Sandy" Ives
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
1905 Irving Bangs, interviewed by Edward D. “Sandy” Ives, March 8, 1986, Machias, Maine. Bangs discusses his experiences working in the woods along the Machias River beginning in the late 1930s; driving logs using a splash-dam; driving boom logs; how he began scaling; surveying work as mediating a fight; building roads to transport pulpwood; French-Canadians as good workers; no need to replant because seedlings were left standing; skidders as wasteful; introduction of chain saws and problems with early chain saws; and handling poached meat. Text: 30 pp. transcript Recording: C 0234 1 hour
- Booms (Log transportation) -- Maine -- Machias Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Chain saws Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Forest roads -- Design and construction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Log driving -- Maine -- Machias River Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Poaching -- Anecdotes -- 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
