Document Type
Oral History
Interviewer
Albert Michaud
Interview date
10-6-1993
Interview location
Old Town, Maine
Time
00:31:33
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Abstract
Clayton Landry, interviewed by Albert Michaud, October 6, 1993, at his home in Old Town, Maine. For the "Islands and Bridges" project. Landry discusses moving to French Island; boxing matches; neighbors; the Shuffle Inn; grocery stores; cutting ice from the Penobscot River; entertainment and children's games; changing French names to English; St. Joseph's school; children's economic activities; community garbage disposal; pulpwood river drives; heating (or not) with wood stoves; holidays; Catholic Order of Foresters; Ku Klux Klan; and his service in WWII.
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Disciplines
Oral History | United States History
Birth date
December 24, 1924
Location
Ellsworth, Hancock County, Maine
Death date
October 11, 2014
Location
Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine
Nation of origin
United States
Home state/Territory
Maine
Gender
Male
Ethnicity
European-American
Occupation
Cobbler (Shoemaker)
Branch of service
U.S. Army
Service Unit
87th Infantry Division
Dates of service
1943-1945
Date of entry
April 9, 1943
Service entry
Enlisted
Location of Service
European Theatre
Wars & Conflicts
World War II
Entry Rank
E-1 Private
Names
Maurice Duplessa; Henry Lavasseur
Locations
France; Germany
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
NA2769
Recommended Citation
Landry, Clayton, "Clayton Landry, interviewed by Albert Michaud, Part 1" (2023). MF026 Islands and Bridges: Communities of Memory in Old Town, Maine. 31.
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mf026/31
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