John Kelly Jr. Collection
Scope and Contents
A collection of five accessions, mostly interviews conducted by John Kelly, Jr., in 1971 and 1974 mostly dealing with Kelly's family and with life and fishing in Long Harbor, Newfoundland; and rum running in Quincy, MA.
Dates
- 1970-1974
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
5 items
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
NA0583 John Kelly, Sr., interviewed by John Kelly, Jr., December 1970, Quincy, Massachusetts. Kelly, Sr., talks about life in Newfoundland; fishing on trawlers, etc. in a series of interviews. Also included: illustrations and photos.
Text: 202 pp. transcript
Recording: mfc_na0583_t0324_01-mfc_na0583_t0327_02 8 hours
Photos: P01011 - P01013
NA0661 Thomas Fulham and Capt. John J. Whalen, interviewed by John Kelly, June 1971. Fulham, owner of the Triton, a fishing boat, and Capt. Whalen, a fishing vessel skipper born in Newfoundland, talk about their lives. Also included: personal correspondence.
Text: 107 pp. transcript, 4 pp. questions
Recording: mfc_na0661_t0355_01, mfc_na0661_t0355_02 3 hours
NA0662 Anna Anderson, interviewed by John Kelly, June 1971, Quincy, Massachusetts. Anderson (b. June 27, 1885), donor’s wife’s Swedish grandmother, talks about her life.
Text: 9 pp. outline; 140 pp. transcript
Recording: mfc_na0662_t0356_01-mfc_na0662_t0357_02 4 hours
NA0663 Eric P. Peterson, interviewed by John Kelly, September 1971, Boston, Massachusetts. Peterson, donor’s wife’s paternal grandfather, who came to Boston from Sweden in 1911, talks about his life. Also included: personal correspondence.
Text: 59 pp. transcript
Recording: mfc_na0663_t0358_01, mfc_na0663_t0359_01 2 hours
NA0858 Peter Kelly and Captain John Kelly, interviewed by John Kelly Jr. (nephew/son), August 11, 14, 21, and 24, 1974, Quincy, Massachusetts. P. Kelly talks about “Uncle” Tom Kelly and rum running in Quincy, MA. Captain Kelly talks about his experiences as a fisherman; fishing during the Depression. Also included: there a few notes from John Kelly to Edward D. “Sandy” Ives.
Text: 29 pp. brief catalogs for each
Recording: mfc_na0858_t0809_01-mfc_na0858_t0814_01 3 hours
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.
- Fishing Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Folklore Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Massachusetts Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Newfoundland and Labrador Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Oral histories Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Title
- Guide to John Kelly Jr. Collection
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Thomas Libby
- Date
- May 2018
- 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
