MF063 UM Augusta Communication Course Interviews

Authors

Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University of Maine

Files

Description

The collection consists of a series of interviews done for a University of Maine at Augusta course in Speaker-Audience Communications, Fall 1977. Topics covered include: the Farnsworth Museum; the Robert Abbe Museum; Lucy Farnsworth; Rockland, Maine, in the early 1900s; Northport in the War of 1812; Waldoboro News Stand; Knox Arboretum in Warren, Maine; lace mills and the lace business in St. George, Maine; lime kilns; Clark Island Quarry and quarry stone cutting; farm life in Vassalboro in the 1930s and 1940s; the Children's Aid Society; Sweetser Children's Home in Saco, Maine; Fleming's Upholstery Shop in Rockland; Stockton Springs; work as a town clerk; Rockland, Thomaston, and Camden Street Railway; teaching in Warren and Northport; Butler's Boatyard; Snow's Shipyard; Graffam Island; lobstering; Belfast, Maine; recreational activities in Thomaston, Maine, in the 1930s; sawmills; school systems; transportation of blueberries to market; and the Christmas tree business.

Publication Date

2024

Keywords

Farnsworth Family, Rural Maine

Disciplines

Folklore | Oral History

Size of Collection

20 items

Dates of Collection

1975, 1977, 1978

Manuscript Number

MF063

Recommended Citation

Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University of Maine, "MF063 UM Augusta Communication Course Interviews" (2024). Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History Finding Aids. Number 94.
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/ne_findingaids/94