Log driving -- Maine -- Penobscot River
Found in 29 Collections and/or Records:
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.”
Alphonse Martin, interviewed by Elizabeth Warner and Jack Beard
David S. Brown, interviewed by Kenneth Whitney
David S. Brown, interviewed by Kenneth Whitney
Don Mitchell, interviewed by Roger Mitchell
Emile Leavitt, interviewed by Edward D. “Sandy” Ives and members of the Fall 1973 Class of FO 107
Emile Leavitt, interviewed by Mark LaFond
Emile Leavitt, interviewed by Mark LaFond
Emile Leavitt, interviewed by Mark LaFond for FO 198, March 27, 1974, Old Town, Maine. Leavitt talks about log sorting booms on the Penobscot River. Topics covered include shoring, mill drives, scaling, and the boom in general. Argyle Boom Collection. The interview part of a project that led to an issue of Northeast Folklore, XVII: “Argyle Boom.”
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 Edward D. “Sandy” Ives
Ernest Kennedy, interviewed by Edward D. "Sandy" Ives
Ernest Kennedy, interviewed by Edward D. "Sandy" Ives and Susan Tibbetts
Ernest Kennedy, interviewed by Kenneth Whitney
George Knox, interviewed by Joan Brooks
George Knox, interviewed by Joan Brooks
Harry Kennedy, interviewed by Mark LaFond
Harry Kennedy, interviewed by Mark LaFond for FO 107, November 12, 1973, Pea Cove, Maine. Kennedy talks about the Argyle log-sorting boom on the Penobscot River; rafting and dropping off logs; stray rafts; jillpoking; checking; Pea Cove and Nebraska booms; Gene Mann and Billy Mann; Walter Buzzell; Irish workers; Greenville; endway rafts; the trip. The interview is part of a project that led to an issue of Northeast Folklore, XVII: “Argyle Boom.”
J. Kenneth LaFlamme, interviewed by Ralph Cook
J. Kenneth LaFlamme, interviewed by Ralph Cook for FO 107, October 10, 1973, Hancock, Maine. LaFlamme talks about the Argyle log-sorting boom on the Penobscot River; his work at age 12 and 13 on the boom rafting logs; PLA; bosses; pay; lice and wet clothes; cook house and bunk house; music. Accession also includes correspondence and handwritten notes from LaFlamme. The interview is part of a project that led to an issue of Northeast Folklore, XVII: “Argyle Boom.”
John Costigan, interviewed by Jack Beard
John Costigan, interviewed by Jack Beard for AY 198, April 14, 1976, Costigan, Maine. Costigan talks about the log-sorting booms on the Penobscot River; rafting; sacking; tools, especially sacking dogs; use of horses to sack or twitch logs; marks; the last drive on Sunkhaze Stream; operations around Chamberlain and Telos Lakes; diagrams of sacking dogs. Interview was part of a project that led to the issue of Northeast Folklore, XVII: “Argyle Boom.”
John Costigan, interviewed by Mark LaFond
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.”
Leon Bussell, interviewed by Jack Beard
Leon Bussell, interviewed by Jack Beard for AY 198, April 14, 1976, Costigan, Maine. 8 pp. Tape: 1/2 hr. w/ brief cat. Bussell talks about the log-sorting booms on the Penobscot River; building endways or hedgehog rafts; use of scull oar to propel rafts. Interview was part of a project that led to the issue of Northeast Folklore, XVII: “Argyle Boom.”
Leon Bussell, interviewed by Ralph Cook
Maine Legislative Acts Incorporating the Penobscot Boom Corporation and the Penobscot Lumbering Association
Copies of the Maine legislative acts incorporating the Penobscot Boom Corporation and the Penobscot Lumbering Association and additional acts concerning the corporation and association from 1832 to 1883.
NA 3746, text, Box 25 of 30, June 21, 1977-November 14, 1978
Series VI. Box 25. Home Papers. Ernest Kennedy Research. Includes NAFOH Accession NA1114, transcripts and summary documents. Text: typed and handwritten, 605 pp. Date: June 21, 1977-November 14, 1978. NA3746_MF027_Ives_Collection_Box25of30_Series_VI_Home_Papers_Ernest_Kennedy_Research
Nick Ranco, interviewed by Lucinda Lamb
J. T. O'Reilly Record of West Branch Drive, North Twin
Daily record of a log drive on the West Branch of the Penobscot River from April 13 to August 5, 1905.
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."
Wallace “Del” Soule, interviewed by Lucinda Lamb
Wallace “Del” Soule, interviewed by Lucinda Lamb for AY 198, spring 1976, Costigan, Maine. Soule talks about the Nebraska and Argyle log-sorting booms on the Penobscot River; running; rafting; shoring; hanging and taking in booms; the work of bateaux crews and steamboats. Interview was part of a project that led to the issue of Northeast Folklore, XVII: “Argyle Boom.”