Ivan Daigle, interviewed by Dona Brotz

Series

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

Ten interviews totaling 23 hours conducted for a course at University of Maine taught by Edward D. "Sandy" Ives in 1976 about a pulpwood operation at Little Musquash Lake run by Grover Morrison. This project included the publication of Northeast Folklore: “Suthin,” XVIII. These interviews were the basis of “Suthin:” It’s the Opposite of Nothin’: An Oral History of Grover Morrison’s Wood’s Operation at Little Musquash Lake, 1945-1947 (Northeast Folklore XVIII: 1977 ). Collection includes the text of the poem, “Suthin’”; other poems; information about daily work in the woods and with the portable sawmill; life in the woods camp; and notes, letters, sketches, and journals from the class’s field trip to Little Musquash Lake.

Dates

Creation: 1976

Creator

Brotz, Dona (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

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Extent

From the Collection: 12 items

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Abstract

NA1079 Ivan Daigle, interviewed by Dona Brotz, November 13, 1976, Lee, Maine. Daigle talks about starting to work in lumber camps in 1934, when he was 29 years old; working for Grover Morrison before the Little Musquash Lake operation; the layout of the Little Musquash camp; Jim McKinnon; the scalers on the job; logging teams; log cutting competitions; how the camps have changed over the years; the Hovel; and dinner etiquette at camp. The transcript includes a rough sketch of the Hovel and a rough sketch of the first chain saws seen in the logging camps. See NF XVIII: “Suthin’.” Text: 9 pp. catalog, notes. Recording: (T 1102) Time: 1.25 hours