Dr. Alice A. (Skolfield) Whittier, interviewed by Didi Stockly

Series

Staff Only

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

Stockly, Didi (Person)

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Extent

From the Collection: 36 items

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Abstract

NA3156 Dr. Alice A. (Skolfield) Whittier, interviewed by Didi Stockly, January 2, 1985, Portland, Maine. Whittier, born in 1898, talks about the history of her relatives; her husband; attended medical school in Brunswick and Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania; father building commissioner at Bowdoin and Bowdoin gym, Hyde Hall; infirmary and athletic field named for him; the Saturday Club; Skofield-Whittier House; her mother’s activities in art and sewing; mother was a League of Women Voters member; the Prohibition. Text: 14 pp. index, transcript. Recording: C 1026 60 minutes.