Herbert Hanscom, Sr., interviewed by Edward D. “Sandy” Ives

Series

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Record Group:

Material collected by Maine Folklife Center (MFC) and Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History (NAFOH) founder Edward D. “Sandy” Ives or about him (for the latter, also see NA1636, NA2290, NA2301, NA2312, NA2390, NA2539).

This record group includes Ives’s other interviews, folklore collections, and miscellaneous accessions include several that focus on moose poacher George Magoon (George Magood and the Down East Game War: History, Folklore, and the Law. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1988), and Wilbur Day (Wilbur Day (1864-1924), Hunter Guide, and Poacher: An Autobiography. Northeast Folklore 26 (1986). Others are recordings of various performances; interviews on woodswork; Veazie history; and songmakers; and material reflecting Ives’s research interests and his student’s projects. These accessions are numbered consistently with the rest of the MFC’s collections.

Dates

1971 - 1999

Creator

From the Record Group: Ives, Edward D. (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

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Extent

From the Record Group: 70 items

Language of Materials

From the Record Group: English

Additional Description

Abstract

1059 Herbert Hanscom, Sr., interviewed by Edward D. “Sandy” Ives, May 3, 1976, at Hanscom’s home in Machias, Maine. Hanscom talks about life on the river drives and in the woods; hunting; poaching; George Magoon; Wilbur Day; poachers; the scene of logging from the mills up into Machias along East Machias, Big Machias, and Middle River; hunting with dogs to catch deer and bear; working on a shipyard. Also present: Barbara Hunter, a UMaine student. Text: 6 pp. catalog. Recording: mfc_na1059_t1070_01, mfc_na1059_t1070_02 [T 1070]. 73 minutes

Subjects

Day, J. Wilbur, Hunting Guide, 1864-1924
Deer -- Driving Subject Source: Local sources
Hunting -- Maine Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Log driving -- Maine -- Machias River Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Lumber trade -- Maine -- Machias Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Lumbering -- Maine -- Machias Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Magoon, George, 1851-1929
Poaching -- Maine Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings