Deering Lumber Company Project

Collection

Identifier: MF016

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Collection consists of fourteen interviews with employees of the Deering Lumber Company.

Dates

Creation: 1980-1989

Creator

Chaney, Michael P., 1957- (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.

Extent

14 items

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

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.

Collection note

This project undertaken by Michael Chaney in the summer of 1980 which led to the publication of "White Pine on the Saco: An Oral History of River Driving in Southern Maine" (Northeast Folklore XXIX: 1990).