George “Junior” Monk, Jr., interviewed by Stephen Ballew

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

Ballew, Stephen (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

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Extent

From the Collection: 12 items

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Abstract

NA1081 George “Junior” Monk, Jr., interviewed by Stephen Ballew, November 3, 1976, Princeton, Maine. Monk talks about how much money he made working for Albert Merrill cutting wood on the Little Musquash Lake operation; Joe Clancy’s alcoholism; the food at camp; how lunch was served in the woods; being a cookee himself before WWII; raw eggs in coffee; and scaling.” See NF XVIII: “Suthin’.” Text: 7 pp. catalog and journal. Recording: mfc_na1081_t1104_01. Time: 61 minutes.