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Description
This collection was created in 1980-84 by Pamela Dean in the course of doing research for her master's thesis in history at the University of Maine 1984, entitled "Us and Them: An Oral History of Life on the Summer Estates in Coastal Hancock County, Maine." The period covered by the interviews is approximately 1880-1980. The major focus is on the relations between the summer people who owned estates in Northeast Harbor and Blue Hill, Maine, and the native Mainers who worked for them on the estates. Dean's grandparents and aunts and uncles had worked for summer people in various capacities and her interest in the topic began with interviews with her aunt, Ethel Anthony, conducted for Sandy Ives' fieldwork course in the fall of 1980. (See also Collection MF043 Northeast Harbor Library, which includes several interviews with summer people copied from the holdings of the Northeast Harbor Library.)
Publication Date
2024
Keywords
Recreation and Tourism, Social Life and Customs
Disciplines
Folklore | Oral History
Size of Collection
21 items
Dates of Collection
1980-1983
Manuscript Number
MF119
Recommended Citation
Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University of Maine, "MF119 "Us and Them" Summer Estates Collection" (2024). Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History Finding Aids. Number 108.
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/ne_findingaids/108