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Lumbermen -- Maine -- Social life and customs

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 62 Collections and/or Records:

Willard Jalbert, interviewed by Frederick Pratson

 Series
Abstract 0713 Willard Jalbert, interviewed by Frederick Pratson, September 16 -17, 1972, Round Pond, Maine. Jalbert, with additional input from his son, talks about life and work in northern Maine through the early and mid-twentieth century; fighting in lumberjack camps; experiences as a lumberjack foreman; interactions with wildlife; chopping trees and tending sled; lumberjack camp food and the prevalence of beans; 1961 trip on the Allagash River with Supreme Court Justice Douglas; experiences as an...
Dates: 1959-2008
Found in: Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History / Hunting, Trapping, Poaching, and Recreational Fishing

William McLaughlin, interviewed by Elizabeth "Betsy" Warner

 Series
Abstract William McLaughlin, interviewed by Elizabeth “Betsy” Warner for AY 125, November 22, 1975, Old Town, Maine. McLaughlin talks about the Argyle log-sorting boom on the Penobscot River; dropping off and running crews; marks; sorting logs; rafting logs; Nebraska and Pea Cove booms; White Squaw Island; friends Darky Willet, Harvey Cutliff, Dave Seymore, Cody Martin, Harry Cutliff; living conditions and meals; construction of piers; use of steam boats; mills. Interview was part of a project that...
Dates: 1973-1975
Found in: Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History / Argyle Boom Collection

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