Document Type
Oral History
Interviewer
Albert Michaud
Interview date
12-3-1993
Interview location
Eddington, Maine
Time
00:31:33
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Abstract
Estelle Voter and Henrietta Taylor, interviewed by Albert Michaud, December 3, 1993, in Eddington, Maine. For the "Islands and Bridges" project. The two sisters discuss life on French Island in Old Town, Maine: family relationships and history; children's entertainment; childbirth; schools; 1936 flood; funerals and mourning customs; holidays, especially New Year's Eve, Christmas, Mardi Gras, dating customs; Skin Island; woolen mill; boxing; and blood stoppers.
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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
NA2782
Recommended Citation
Voter, Estelle and Taylor, Henrietta, "Estelle Voter and Henrietta Taylor, interviewed by Albert Michaud, Part 1" (2023). MF026 Islands and Bridges: Communities of Memory in Old Town, Maine. 59.
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mf026/59
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