Sawmills -- Maine

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Consists of business and personal papers of several generations of the family as well as materials concerning the town of New Gloucester, Maine.

Abstract NA1073 Earl Gould and Harold Williams, interviewed by Stephen Ballew, October 27 and November 3, 1976, Princeton, Maine. Gould and Williams discuss their jobs in the Little Musquash Lake logging camp; how good the food was; a map drawn by Jim McKinnon of the camp’s layout; the poem, “Suthin’” and the men referenced in it; and getting logs to the sawmill. Gould talks about the location of the Little Musquash Lake logging camp; building a Pickerel Sled; the difference in pay scales between his...

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An account of an 18th century mill in the area of Baileysville, Maine for work, goods, and services performed by James Dyer.

Abstract NA1071 Grover Morrison, interviewed by Joan Brooks, October 9 and October 29, 1976, in Lincoln, Maine. Interviews about poem “Suthin’” and related woods operation at Little Musquash Lake, 1945-1946. Morrison talks about putting a road up around Matagamon Lake in order to farm the lumber there for Diamond Match Company; building lumber camps; getting snowed in at Trout Brook Farm; the meaning of the poem, “Suthin’;” where many of the surviving workers of his woods operation are living now;...

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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

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The collection contains personal papers and business records of members of the Hill family, early residents of Kittery and Berwick, Maine.

Abstract A volume from an unidentified business, probably a general store, in Surry, Maine. The first part of the volume was used as a daybook to record purchases from the store, 1812-1817. Entries for 1816-1817 are headed Ellsworth (Maine). Merchandise purchased includes gingham, rum, twine, corn, etc. The rest of the volume was used to record transactions from an unidentified logging or lumber business and dates from 1824-1830. Information includes lumber sawed and shipped from Reeds mill and "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 NA1080 Lawrence Sawtelle, interviewed by Stephen Ballew, November 3, 1976, Princeton, Maine. Sawtelle talks about working for Diamond Match; working for Grover Morrison in the sawmill; Morrison’s family who worked in the camp; clerk, Joe Clancy; trucking in the spring and hauling in the winter; the location of the Little Musquash Lake camp; moving the sawmill; Ivan Daigle and the horse; drinking in the camp; and people and terms in the poem, “Suthin’.” See NF XVIII: “Suthin’.” Text: 7 pp....

Abstract 1924 Lowell Vose, interviewed by Edward D. “Sandy” Ives, May 18, 1986, Harrington, Maine. Vose discusses his driving experience on the Machias River; hiring on with the Machias Lumber Company and walking upriver; location of the Main River camp; working in the rear; two-log rafts; moving logs in booms on lakes; clothing and getting wet; camping along the river at night; predominance of local men, including Indians (Native Americans); his brief time working in the mill; specific jobs in the...

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Records, 1861-1869, of lumber mill operator in Carmel, Maine. Contains accounts including type of wood received as well as board feet produced. Name on back cover, James Garland, may indicate him as the owner/operator of the saw mill. Also includes several tax collector receipts, 1898-1902.

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Financial records of Oliver Moulton's sawmills in the area of Pittston, Maine.

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1151 Ruth Bryant, Raymond Emerson, Charles Reay, interviewed by Michael Chaney, spring 1978, North Newcastle, Maine. 121 pp. Tape: 2 hrs. w/ trans. Bryant, Emerson, and Reay talk about various portable sawmill operations in the Sheepscot-Newcastle area and Joe Leighton. Discussion of Leighton photographs and identification of people in them. Text: transcript. Recording: T 1216 - T 1217 2 hours.