Lumbermen -- Maine -- Social life and customs
Found in 62 Collections and/or Records:
Adin R. McKeown, interviewed by Edward D. "Sandy" Ives
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.”
Alphonse Martin, interviewed by Elizabeth Warner and Jack Beard
Asa Flagg, interviewed by Rhoda Mitchell
David S. Brown, interviewed by Kenneth Whitney
Don Parker, interviewed by Joan Brooks
Earl Bonness, interviewed by Edward D. "Sandy" Ives
Edward C. Peverley, interviewed by Edward D. “Sandy” Ives
Emile Leavitt, interviewed by Edward D. “Sandy” Ives and members of the Fall 1973 Class of FO 107
Emile Leavitt, interviewed by Mark LaFond
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 and members of the Fall 1973 Class of FO 107
Ernest Kennedy, interviewed by Kenneth Whitney
Everett Smith, interviewed by Edward D. “Sandy” Ives
Faunce Bryant and Clarence Berry, interviewed by Muriel Watts
0418 Faunce Bryant and Clarence Berry, interviewed by Muriel Watts for CP 180, fall 1963, Crawford, Eastport, and Perry, Maine; Oak Bay, New Brunswick. Paper deals with George Magoon stories; Wilbur Day, poacher; bear stories; forerunner; haunted house; devil stories; ghost stories: headless ghost; jokes: latest Quoddy story; songs. Text: 49 pp. paper.
Felix Cote, interviewed by Mark LaFond
Francis Healy, interviewed by Edward D. "Sandy" Ives
Frank Dowling, interviewed by Edward D. "Sandy" Ives
George Scully, Susan Scully, and Gordon Winslow, interviewed by Susan Scully
Goldie Averill, interviewed by Dona Brotz
Grover Morrison, interviewed by Joan Brooks
Harold Stuart, interviewed by Edward D. "Sandy" Ives
0679 Harold Stuart, interviewed by Edward D. “Sandy” Ives on July 27, 1971 in Machias, Maine. Interview with Harold Stuart about life in the lumber woods along the Union and Machias Rivers; work in lumber mills; stories about George Magoon, and Wilbur Day, poachers, and Calvin Graves. Text: 72 pp. transcript. Recording: T 0386 - T 0388 / CD 2052 - CD 2054 2 hours
Harry Twitchell, interviewed by Leslie "Dusty" Carr
Herbert Hanscom, Sr., interviewed by Edward D. “Sandy” Ives
Irving Bangs, interviewed by Edward D. "Sandy" Ives
Ivan Daigle, interviewed by Dona Brotz
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.”