Maine -- Biographies

Abstract 0969 Addie M. Weed, interviewed by Edward D. “Sandy” Ives, June 17, 1975, Veazie, Maine. Weed, age 92, talks about life history and history of her home and property in Veazie: her friends; ways of transportation; uses of fields; hired men for working fields; sandy plains; Irish families; The Morris Canoe Factory; first electric cars on Veazie; uncle Samuel Gilman; mills of Veazie; Addie’s neighbors and friends; Edward Hathorn; massive purchase of houses; crashed train; meeting places on...

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A photocopy of a handwritten autobiography of a Maine resident who lived in the first half of the 19th century. Included also is a genealogical record and list of marriages performed by William Butterfield as Justice of the Peace.

Abstract Papers of a prominent family living in Saco, Maine in the first half of the nineteenth century. Included is a pamphlet by George Addison Emery titled Colonel Thomas Cutts : Saco's most eminent citizen in the country's early days, published in 1917 in Saco, Maine. Also included are farmer's almanacs, most of them by Robert B. Thomas, for the years 1813-1820, 1822, 1829, 1832-34, and 1850. The almanacs are interleaved with diary entries. Thomas Cutts was probably the author of the diary...

Abstract 0988 Edward C. Peverley, interviewed by Edward D. “Sandy” Ives, November 2, 1974, at Peverley’s home in South Paris, Maine. Peverley, age 88, talks about the Grand Trunk Wreck of Jan. 18, 1901: song about the wreck written by Joe Scott; recovered supplies; people jumping before the crash; it being a difficult fire to stop; biographical material; his family’s trades; his burned house; his teaching machinist trade in high school; how government mistreats veterans; customs and sorts of...

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2565 Edward D. “Sandy” Ives, interviewed by Laura Finkel, September 27, 1994, Orono, Maine. Ives talks about his life and career teaching and studying folklore. Deposited by Finkel in August 1998. Recording: mfc_na2565_c1670_01, mfc_na2565_c1670_02 [C 1670]. 68 minutes

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1285 Frank S. Dowling, interviewed by Edward D. “Sandy” Ives, August 1979, Jacksonville, Maine. 18 pp. Tape: 2 hrs. w/ cat. Dowling, 90, talks about George Magoon and Wilbur Day; labor conditions along the Machias River; getting old; his own life and childhood. Text: catalog. Recording: mfc_na1285_t1356_01, mfc_na1285_t1356_02 [T 1356]. 2 hours

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The autobiography of a Maine doctor. Includes descriptions of his hunting, fishing, and medical experiences.

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The research papers contain materials collected by James Vickery concerning Maine and Bangor, Maine history including biographies and family information. Types of materials include research notes and photocopies of clippings, reprints, business and municipal records, and reports.