Document Type
Oral History
Interviewer
Albert Michaud
Interview date
11-1-1993
Interview location
Milford, Maine
Time
00:30:47
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Abstract
Gloria Thornton and Doris Nadeau, interviewed by Albert Michaud, November 1993, at the Thornton's home in Milford, Maine. For the "Islands and Bridges" project. The two sisters reminisce with their younger brother, Albert Michaud, about growing up on French Island in Old Town: schools; swimming and boating on the Penobscot river; bathing suits; Fourth of July; river drives of logs and pulpwood; New Year's celebration; businesses on the Island; Prohibition and bootlegging; nicknames; prejudice against the French; ice skating and sledding; Lent and saying the rosary; sewing circles; taking in boarders; neighborhood relationships; changing French names to English; and the Shuffle Inn.
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Disciplines
Oral History | United States History
Nation of origin
United States
Home state/Territory
Maine
Gender
Female
Ethnicity
European-American
Ethnic group
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
NA2775
Recommended Citation
Thornton, Gloria and Nadeau, Doris, "Gloria Thornton and Doris Nadeau, interviewed by Albert Michaud, Part 1" (2023). MF026 Islands and Bridges: Communities of Memory in Old Town, Maine. 44.
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mf026/44
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