Lombard Auto Tractor Truck

Abstract 0987 Guy E. Swan, interviewed by Edward D. “Sandy” Ives, November 1, 1974, in kitchen of sister-in-law’s home in Bryant Pond, Maine. Swan, age 99, talks about the Grand Trunk railroad wreck of January 18, 1901 in Bethel, Maine: wreck of train near to Bryant Pond on Long; song about the wreck; wreck's consequences for his job; doing different jobs after being on the railroad; towing of logs in spring; describing pictures about his job in New Hampshire; different roads for going into the...

Abstract 1069 Lawrence Robinson, interviewed by Edward D. “Sandy” Ives, fall 1976, Bangor, Maine. 4 pp. Tape: 2 hrs. No cat. or trans. Robinson talks about the Sherman Lumber Company, Sherman, Maine. He identifies a series of 93 photographs, mostly of lumbering in Sherman area, 1910 - 1940 and Lombard log haulers at work, donated to the Archives by his daughter, Frances Robinson Mitchell, Orono. Text: no catalog or transcript. Recording: mfc_na1069_t1082_01, mfc_na1069_t1082_02. [T 1082]....

Abstract 1908 Newell Beam, 1903 - 1995, interviewed by Edward D. “Sandy” Ives, March 10–May 25, 1986, Cutler, Maine. Beam talks about his experiences working in the woods along the Machais River; breaking through heavy snow; a block of land owned by two companies; logging around Fifth Lake in the early 1920s; pay fluctuations and what the company provided; description of photographs; construction of camp buildings and beds; lice and ridding the camp of lice; superiority of selective cutting; camp...