"Anna May: Eighty-Two Years in New England” Julie Hunter Collection

Anna Sevigny, interviewed by Julia Hunter, 1977, Hanover, New Hampshire. Series of interviews with about her life history. Topics covered include Irish immigrant ancestry; education levels; misunderstandings of different cultures; living conditions as a new arrival to the United States; disposition of parents. Also included is information about North Hartland, VT - description of social life and mills in the region as well as tenants; learning women's roles; chores; marriage; sewing and clothmaking; food preparation; winemaking; entertainment; pets and livestock owned; travel and transportation over time; schooling; playing pranks; holiday celebrations; community church;lumbering; tensions with tourists; the introduction of electric light and telephones. There is also information about Franklin, NH - working in a hosiery mill; meeting her husband and courtship practices; training to be a nurse in Manchester, NH; living conditions with first marriage; strikes in the mills; moving to Boston, MA; her husband's drinking problems; prohibition; entertainment and nursing in Boston, getting separated and moving to Woodstock, VT. Also covers social life during the Depression; her first car; getting divorced and living alone in Lebanon, NH; being a nanny; the Chicago World's Fair; working in Florida during World War II; her second marriage; hobbies and volunteer work; travels; shoulder accident; life after Mr. Sevigny's death; living in White River Junction, VT; learning to fly; and aging and living in a nursing home. See also Northeast Folklore XX: "Anna May: Eighty-Two Years in New England." Text: no transcript. Recording: C0020 - C0037 / CD0374 - CD0404. 27 hours. Photos: P05838 - P05856.