MF003 Argyle Boom Collection

Authors

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

Files

Description

The Argyle Boom was one of several locations at which logs that were cut upriver and floated or “driven” down the Penobscot River were sorted before being sent on to the lumber mills in Old Town, Orono, Veazie, Bangor, and Brewer, Maine, from approximately 1900 to 1930. See also: Argyle Boom , Northeast Folklore, XVII (1976) and SpC MS 0398 Penobscot Lumbering Association, 1854-1953.

Publication Date

2020

Keywords

Lumbering, Lumber camps, Log driving, Loggers, Lumber trade

Disciplines

Folklore | Oral History

Size of Collection

31 items

Dates of Collection

1973-1975

Recommended Citation

Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University of Maine, "MF003 Argyle Boom Collection" (2020). Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History Finding Aids. Number 2.
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/ne_findingaids/2