Document Type

Oral History

Interviewee name

Clayton Landry

Interviewer

Albert Michaud

Interview date

10-6-1993

Interview location

Old Town, Maine

Time

00:12:05

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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

Ethnic group

Franco-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

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