Women -- Employment -- Maine -- History -- 20th century
Found in 26 Collections and/or Records:
Abbie Andrew, interviewed by Martha A. Timothy
Alice C. Willman, interviewed by Elizabeth M. McCann and Martha A. Timothy
Barbara Cloutier, interviewed by Lucia P. Smith
Cathy Murray, interviewed by Susan Stewart
Cecile Dionne, interviewed by Marcella Sorg and Steffan Duplessis
1681 Cecile Dionne, interviewed by Marcella Sorg and Steffan Duplessis, February 18, 1981, Lewiston, Maine. Dionne talks about her childhood in the 1910s and 20s on a farm in Auburn, Maine; her job drawing-in at Bates Mill; working in the shoe shops; speaking French and English; and working while raising a family. Partially in French. Text: 17 pp. transcript, French sections not transcribed. Recording: T 1802 CD 2520 1-1/2 hours.
Dorothy Mason Craig, interviewed by Margaret M. Crane
Dr. Alice A. (Skolfield) Whittier, interviewed by Didi Stockly
Dr. Doris Twitchell Allen, interviewed by Maryann Hartman
Elinor M Lewis, interviewed by Michael Chaney
1178 Elinor Lewis, interviewed by Michael Chaney, spring 1978, Wiscasset, Maine. 8 pp. Tape: 1/2 hr. w/ brief cat. Lewis talks about Joe Leighton and his wife, at the Lincoln County Courthouse. Text: brief catalog. Recording: T 1240 1/2 hour.
Elizabeth Ring, interviewed by Martha Timothy
Elizabeth Savage, interviewed by Tami Rawcliffe
Faye Jordan, interviewed by Marcella Sorg and Steffan Duplessis
Florida Charest, interviewed by Marcella Sorg and Steffan Duplessis
1678 Florida Charest, interviewed by Marcella Sorg and Steffan Duplessis, January 29, 1981, Lewiston, Maine. 34 pp. Tape: 1 1/2 hrs. w/ handwritten trans. French. Charest talks about her life as a Franco-American. Text: transcript (handwritten). Recording: T 1799 CD 2517 1 1/2 hours French.
Frances Pelletier, interviewed by Beverly McLaughlin
Harold Andrews and Winnie Andrews, interviewed by Mary Ellen Barnes
2483 Harold Andrews and Winnie Andrews, interviewed by Mary Ellen Barnes, March 16, 1996, at their home in North Chatham, New Hampshire. The Andrews discuss his family’s background; logging; working at mills; dairy farming; working out; trapping; searching for minerals; growing up "near the end of the road" (southern part of Evans North); Winnie’s training and work as a nurse. Text: 50 pp. transcript. Recording: mfc_na2483_c1559.1_01&02, mfc_na2483_c1559.2_01 116 minutes
Harry Putnam, interviewed by Tami Rawcliffe
Helen Erskine, interviewed by Michael Chaney
1179 Helen Erskine, interviewed by Michael Chaney, spring 1978, Wiscasset, Maine. 9 pp. Tape: 1 1/2 hrs. w/ brief cat. Erskine talks about Joe Leighton; Alna and Wiscasset area history. Text: brief catalog. Recording: T 1241 1 1/2 hours.
Iolanta Biderman, interviewed by Pauleena MacDougall
Jeanne d’Arc Turgeon, interviewed by Raymond Pelletier and Mark Silber
1671 Jeanne d’Arc Turgeon, interviewed by Raymond Pelletier and Mark Silber, May 13, 1981, Lewiston, Maine. Turgeon talks about her life as a Franco-American; exclusive use of French in daily life as a child; working in the shoe shop and mill during the 1940s; movement of Franco-Americans out of Lewiston’s “Little Canada”; social activities; and the value of sacrifice. Partially in French. Text: 13 pp., partial transcript (excludes French portion). Recording: T 1790, CD 2091 1 hour.
Mildred A. Cameron, interviewed by Josephine P. Marr
Mira L. Dolley, interviewed by Anne Powell
Natalie "Nat" Irene (Mink) Gushee, interviewed by Chris Roberts
Ninetta Runnals, interviewed by Ellen Beach
0884 Ninetta Runnals, interviewed by Ellen Beach, October 30, 1974, Dover-Foxcroft, Maine. Runnals discusses her childhood in the late nineteenth century; the first time she voted; common childhood illnesses; her education; clothing of her childhood; social life when she was in college; her involvement with women’s groups when teaching at Colby College; and traditional jobs of women in the early 1900s. Text: 23 pp. transcript. Recording: T 0854 1 hour.
Terry-Ann Lunt Aucoin, interviewed by Michele Byrnes
1013 Terry-Ann Lunt Aucoin, interviewed by Michele Byrnes for IDL 105, fall 1975, Bangor Community College, Maine. 38 pp. Tape: 1 hr. w/ brief cat. and trans. Aucoin, director of the Maine Human Rights Commission, talks about her life and education; politics; Kennedy’s assassination; Kent State; Vietnam War; Nixon and Watergate; ERA; women in the job market. Text: brief catalog and transcript. Recording: T 1024 1 hour.