Steamboats -- Maine -- Penobscot Bay
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
John Costigan, interviewed by Mark LaFond
Series
Abstract
John Costigan, interviewed by Mark LaFond for FO 198, April 22, 1974, Costigan, Maine. Costigan talks about the techniques of shoring logs after they had been sorted at the booms on the Penobscot Rive; the use of steam boats and bateaux to haul the rafts of logs to the appropriate spot on the shore; diagrams. Also included: two diagrams. The interview is part of a project that led to an issue of Northeast Folklore, XVII: “Argyle Boom.”
Dates:
1973-1975
Lem Robbins, interviewed by John Bannon
Series
Abstract
0992 Lem Robbins, interviewed by John Bannon, summer 1975, Ellsworth, Maine. Robbins talks about islands owned by the Robbins family; how Calf Island changed to Opechoe Island; description of buildings on Opechee Island, fishing weirs, fishermens' camps; parents' names and occupations; transportation, steam yachts, what was needed from the mainland; freezing of the bay; educational history of Mr. Robbins. Tape: 1 1/2 hrs. w/ brief cat. Text: brief catalog, 4 pp. Recording: T 0998 / CD 1196 -...
Dates:
1975
Steamboat Collection
Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0835-sc
Abstract
A collection of photographs, postcards, and clippings about steamboats sailing in Penobscot Bay, Maine.
Dates:
1858-1945
