Document Type
Oral History
Interviewer
Alan Comeau
Interview date
9-21-1993
Interview location
Old Town, Maine
Time
00:31:42
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Abstract
Patrick Crowley, interviewed by Alan Comeau, September 21 and October 20, 1993, at the Shuffle Inn in Old Town, Maine. For the "Islands and Bridges" project. Crowley talks about life on French Island; family reunions and genealogy; businesses on the Island; St. Joseph's school; crossing the ice; swimming and the booms on the Penobscot river; changes in winter weather; children's work and recreation; neighborhood relationships; getting married; Christmas; mother's divorce; feelings about his religion; working at the University; Saturday baths; Father John's tonic; lighting a candle to pray; bars on French Island.
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Disciplines
Oral History | United States History
Nation of origin
United States
Home state/Territory
Maine
Gender
Male
Ethnicity
European-American
Ethnic group
Irish / Franco-American
Headings
Maine History; Old Town Maine History; Franco-Americans History; Franco-américains Histoire
Collection name
Islands and Bridges: Communities of Memory in Old Town, Maine / French Island Collection
Collection number
MF026
Item number
NA2766
Recommended Citation
Crowley, Patrick, "Patrick Crowley, interviewed by Alan Comeau, Part 1" (2023). MF026 Islands and Bridges: Communities of Memory in Old Town, Maine. 21.
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mf026/21
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