MF067 "Wildfire Loose" Oral History Project / Joyce Butler

Authors

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

Files

Description

The “Wildfire Loose” Collection consists of a series of 37 interviews conducted by Joyce Butler in preparation for her book of the same title about the fires in Maine in October 1947. The interviews cover geographic areas in York, Oxford, and Hancock Counties including the communities of Kennebunk, Cape Porpoise, Goose Rocks, Kennebunkport, Saco, Biddeford, East Waterboro, Brownfield, Somesville, and Bar Harbor. Donated in 1979. When possible, obituaries for informants were collected by Special Collections staff as additional documentation of informants.

Publication Date

2023

Keywords

Wildfires, Firefighting, Natural disasters, The Fires of 1947

Disciplines

Folklore | Oral History

Size of Collection

37 items

Dates of Collection

1976-1980

Manuscript Number

MF 067

Recommended Citation

Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University of Maine, "MF067 "Wildfire Loose" Oral History Project / Joyce Butler" (2023). Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History Finding Aids. Number 62.
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/ne_findingaids/62