Prostitution -- Maine
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Ernest Kennedy interviewed by Edward D. “Sandy” Ives
Series
Abstract
1114 Ernest Kennedy (b. 1889) interviewed by Edward D. “Sandy” Ives, summer, 1977, at Kennedy’s home in Argyle, Maine. Kennedy, 88, talks about his life working in the woods, on river drives, and on the Argyle Boom. Kennedy was the principle informant for “Argyle Boom,” Northeast Folklore, XVII (1976) which explained the workings of the sorting boom on the Penobscot River where the logs from the river drives were sorted for delivery to the various saw mills. In this series of interviews he...
Dates:
1959-2008
NA 3746, text, Box 30 of 30, 1871-1999
Item — Text NA 3746
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Maine Folklife Center founder, Edward D. “Sandy” Ives, was prolific in his work. Due to the volume of material, his work has been divided between two collections, this one and MF 167 (previously all under MF 027). This collection contains the materials that were given to the center both upon Ives’s retirement and his death. MF 167 consists of fieldwork from 1955 to 1999 done by Ives and a variety of interviews which he conducted. Thus far, all of the material listed here has been...
Dates:
1871-1999
Waldo Berry, interviewed by Hugh T. French
Series
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection includes twenty-eight interviews with thirteen Eastport residents, plus manuscript material collected as part of French’s research. In addition to the general history of Eastport, major topics discussed include the sardine industry and community holiday celebrations.
Dates:
1979-1980