MF227 John Young, Hometown Poet

Authors

Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University of Maine

Files

Description

Compiled collection of interviews and student research related to the life of John Young, a well-known poet and local character in Old Town, Maine. John Franklin Young was born in 1883, the son of John and Alberta "Martha" Young of Lowell, Maine. Following her husband's death in 1899, Alberta and son John, relocated to Old Town around 1903, where she married George Grover. John Young was generally accepted to have cognitive delays but worked as a manual laborer chopping wood and mowing lawns, as well as selling his poetry door-to-door. Brief mention of John Young may also be found in the following interviews: NA0579, NA1147, and NA1389.

Publication Date

2025

Keywords

Languages and Literature, Social Life and Customs

Disciplines

Folklore | Oral History

Size of Collection

5 items

Dates of Collection

1969, 1997

Manuscript Number

MF227

Recommended Citation

Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University of Maine, "MF227 John Young, Hometown Poet" (2025). Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History Finding Aids. Number 120.
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/ne_findingaids/120