Dorothy A. LeButt, interviewed by Lucia P. Smith

Series

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Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

A series of 51 interviews about the history of Portland, Maine with index and partial and full transcripts. The Victoria Society, fall 1992. Interviews concerning life in Portland during the 1930s to the 1940s, most interviewees are 75 years old or older.

Dates

1984-1988
1992

Creator

Smith, Lucia P. (Person)

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Extent

From the Collection: 36 items

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Abstract

NA3136 Dorothy A. LeButt, interviewed by Lucia P. Smith, 1984, Portland, Maine. LeButt, born on June 12, 1905, recalls growing up in Portland; Park Street School; Butler School; Portland High School; Largesse Hall Junior College in Lowell, Massachusetts; the Northeast Conservatory of Music; Waynflete; Rogers Hall Preparatory School; Jefferson Theatre; Keith vaudeville shows; Robert Glecker and Grace Carlisle; City Hall; John Phillp Sousa; Burnham Gymnasium; Mr. Wilson’s Dance School; the Mechanic Building; Mechanic Library; Sunday School at St. Luke’s; Christian Science Church, Williston, State Street Church; Armistice Day and Monument Square; Flu Epidemic 1918; Union Station; Fire of 1866. Text: 15 pp. index, transcript. Recording: C 0999, C 1000 90 minutes.

Subjects

Great Fire, Portland, Me., 1866 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919 -- United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Oral history Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Portland (Me.) -- History -- 20th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Portland (Me.) -- History -- Anecdotes Subject Source: Local sources
Portland (Me.) -- Social Life and Customs -- 20th century Subject Source: Local sources
Private schools -- History -- Maine Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Vaudeville Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings