Argyle Boom Collection
Scope and Contents
The Argyle Boom Collection consists of approximately seventy-five hours of tape recorded interviews (now digitized). The interviews deal with Argyle Boom, which was one of several locations at which logs that had been cut upriver and floated or “driven” down the Penobscot River were sorted before being sent on to the lumber mills in Old Town, Orono, Veazie, Bangor, and Brewer, Maine, from approximately 1900 to 1930. The material includes interviews with people who had worked on the boom and essays on various aspects of boom construction and operation and the daily lives of the workers.
Dates
- 1973-1975
Creator
- Ives, Edward D. (Interviewer, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
For digitized items free from access restrictions, we are working to upload this material (pdfs, mp3s, jpgs) for public access, but it is an ongoing project. If you don’t find what you are looking for here, contact Special Collections (um.library.spc@maine.edu).
Conditions Governing Use
Rights assessment remains the responsibility of the researcher. No known restrictions on material.
Historical Note
The Argyle Boom Collection consists mostly of interviews conducted by students in classes taught by Edward D. “Sandy” Ives at the University of Maine in 1973 and 1975. Argyle Boom was one of several locations at which logs that had been cut upriver and floated or “driven” down the Penobscot River were sorted before being sent on to the lumber mills in Old Town, Orono, Veazie, Bangor, and Brewer, Maine from approximately 1900 to 1930. These interviews, along with associated photographs, maps, and diagrams, were the basis for "Argyle Boom," Northeast Folklore, XVII (1976). Under Ives’ direction, the students consulted existing manuscript sources, sought out potential informants who had worked on the boom, conducted interviews, and wrote essays on various aspects of boom construction and operation and the daily lives of the workers. Ives then edited and rewrote these essays for publication. For more information see "Argyle Boom."
Extent
31 items
Language of Materials
English
Existence and Location of Originals
Located at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress: AFC 2012/047 https://lccn.loc.gov/2013655211.
Materials Specific Details
Audio files are the primary source material. Transcriptions are the transcriber's best effort to convert audio to text, but should be considered secondary to the audio.
- Argyle (Me.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Bangor (Me.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Booms (Log transportation) -- Maine -- Penobscot River Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Brewer (Me.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Log driving -- Maine Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Logging -- History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Lumber trade -- Maine -- History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Old Town (Me.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Oral histories Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Orono (Me.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Penobscot River (Me.) -- History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Veazie (Me.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Guide to the Argyle Boom Collection
- Status
- Digital Objects Available
- Date
- 2017
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English.
Repository Details
Part of the Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History Repository
5729 Raymond H. Fogler Library
University of Maine
Orono ME 04469-5729 United States
207.581.1686
