Log brands -- Maine
Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:
Alex Rouleau, interviewed by Mary Beth O'Conner
Alfonse Martin and David Seymour, interviewed by Mary Beth O'Conner
Alphonse Martin, interviewed by Ann Pierter
Alphonse Martin, interviewed by Ann Pierter for AY 198, March 13, 1976, Old Town, Maine. Martin talks about the Argyle log-sorting boom on the Penobscot River; the structure and operation of the sorting gap; scaling; log marks; wintering over; bosses Gene Mann, Billy Mann, Walter Drake, Harry Bowlee; diagrams of the gap. Interview was part of a project that led to the issue of Northeast Folklore, XVII: “Argyle Boom.”
Dennysville, Maine Sawmill Records
Ernest Kennedy, interviewed by Ann Pierter and Bessie Dam
Ernest Kennedy, interviewed by Ann Pierter & Bessie Dam for AY 198, May 4, 1976, Argyle, Maine. Kennedy talks about on the log-sorting booms on the Penobscot River. Topics covered include checking, prize logs, the stray raft, boom stick, scaling and marking logs, wintering logs, shingling logs, jail booms, the “high mark,” Pea Cove Boom, rafting logs, Mexico Boom. Interview was part of a project that led to the issue of Northeast Folklore, XVII: "Argyle Boom."
Ernest Kennedy, interviewed by Elizabeth Warner and Jack Beard
Ernest Kennedy, interviewed by Kenneth Whitney
Felix Cote, interviewed by Mark LaFond
Leon Bussell, interviewed by Ralph Cook
Log Marks Used on the Penobscot River Drives
A list of log marks used on the Penobscot River drives in Maine. Included are names of owners of the log marks, date the marks were used, and reproductions of the log marks.
Newell Beam, interviewed by Edward D. "Sandy" Ives
Penobscot Lumbering Association Records
The Penobscot Lumbering Association records consist primarily of legal, financial, and lumbering records maintained by the Association from the time of its incorporation in 1854 through the early 20th century. The collection is arranged in seven series: Organization and Administration, Financial, Purchasing, Labor, Lumbering Operations, Miscellaneous, and Ancillary Companies.
Stephen "Rex" Buzzell, interviewed by Ann Pierter and Susan Tibbetts
Stephen "Rex" Buzzell, interviewed by Ann Pierter and Susan Tibbetts for AY 198, May 11, 1976, Old Town, Maine. Buzzell talks about the log-sorting booms on the Penobscot River. Topics covered include marking and scaling logs; Argyle, Pea Cove, and Sheepshank (Greenbush) booms; wintering methods, diagrams. Interview was part of a project that led to the issue of Northeast Folklore, XVII: "Argyle Boom."
Victor Shorette, interviewed by Leslie "Dusty" Carr
Victor Shorette, interviewed by Leslie “Dusty” Carr for FO 107, October 2, 1973, Bradley, Maine. Shorette talks about log-sorting booms on the Penobscot River; logging companies; sorting long logs from pulp and spruce from hemlock and poplar, etc.; hanging and taking in booms. The interview is part of a project that led to an issue of Northeast Folklore, XVII: “Argyle Boom.”