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Description
Oral history of the multi-generational Johnson-Mink Farm, later known as Mink Dairy Farm, then Deer Foot Farm, Appleton, Maine. Chris Roberts interviews his grandparents Keith and Grace Mink, his mother Sue Ellen Mink-Roberts, and great-aunt Natalie Irene (Mink) Gushee about the family farm and its operation through the first three generations of ownership. The property was acquired in 1897 and became a truck farm producing produce, eggs, and dairy.
Publication Date
2023
Keywords
Agriculture, Social Life and Customs
Disciplines
Folklore | Oral History
Size of Collection
3 items
Dates of Collection
March 2003
Manuscript Number
MF215
Recommended Citation
Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University of Maine, "MF215 Guide to Farming Deer Foot Farm" (2023). Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History Finding Aids. Number 69.
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/ne_findingaids/69