Log driving -- Maine -- Machias River
Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:
Charles Dowling, interviewed by Edward D. "Sandy" Ives
1937 Charles Dowling, interviewed by Edward D. “Sandy” Ives, 1986, Bangor, Maine. 4 pp. Tape: 1 hr. Dowling describes his experiences on the Machias River drives and working in the woods. Also some talk of hunting and fishing. Text: 1 pp. brief index, no transcript found. Recording: T 1944 1 hour.
Charles Dowling, interviewed by Edward D. "Sandy" Ives
1937 Charles Dowling, interviewed by Edward D. “Sandy” Ives, 1986, Bangor, Maine. 4 pp. Tape: 1 hr. Dowling describes his experiences on the Machias River drives and working in the woods. Also some talk of hunting and fishing. Text: 1 pp. brief index, no transcript found. Recording: T 1944 1 hour
Francis Healy, interviewed by Edward D. "Sandy" Ives
Frank Dowling, interviewed by Edward D. "Sandy" Ives
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: mfc_na0679_na0680_t0388_01, mfc_na0679_na0680_t0388_02, mfc_na0679_t0387_01, mfc_na0679_t0387_02 [T 0386 - T 0387 / CD 2052 - CD 2054]. 2 hours
Herbert Hanscom, Sr., interviewed by Edward D. “Sandy” Ives
Herbert Hanscom, Sr., interviewed by Edward D. “Sandy” Ives
Irving Bangs, interviewed by Edward D. "Sandy" Ives
Irving Bangs, interviewed by Edward D. "Sandy" Ives
Lowell Vose, interviewed by Edward D. "Sandy" Ives
Maxwell E. Gray, interviewed by Edward D. "Sandy" Ives
Maxwell E. Gray, interviewed by Edward D. "Sandy" Ives
Philip Armstrong, interviewed by Edward D. "Sandy" Ives
1925 Philip Armstrong, interviewed by Edward D. “Sandy” Ives, May 23, 1986, Calais, Maine. Armstrong describes working in the woods and river drives along the Machias; driving skid-team; filing saws; trigging in order to pile logs; moving logs on lakes with a capstan; building a tennis court; risks of river-driving; sleeping arrangements during a river drive; city camps (depot camps); and hunting stories. Text: 42 pp. transcript. Recording: C 0245 – C 0246 1 hour 10 mins.
Philip Armstrong, interviewed by Edward D. "Sandy" Ives
1925 Philip Armstrong, interviewed by Edward D. “Sandy” Ives, May 23, 1986, Calais, Maine. Armstrong describes working in the woods and river drives along the Machias; driving skid-team; filing saws; trigging in order to pile logs; moving logs on lakes with a capstan; building a tennis court; risks of river-driving; sleeping arrangements during a river drive; city camps (depot camps); and hunting stories. Text: 39 pp. transcript Recording: C 0245 – C 0246 1 hour 10 mins