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  MF018 Folksong Student Papers

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

  This collection contains a series of student projects on folksongs in America.

  NA0462 Barbara Harriman and Ned Smith for FO 134, spring 1968, Bangor, Maine. Diary of song collecting in the Bangor area - fragmentary collection. RESTRICTED. No donor paperwork on file. Text: 12 pp. diary.

  NA0471 Various, interviewed by Carol Heilsberg for FO 134, spring 1968, Ashland, Maine. Diary of unsuccessful search for French-Canadian songs or woods songs in the Ashland area. Text: 30 pp. diary.

  NA0495 Various, interviewed by Ruth Drake for FO 134, spring 1968, Bucksport, Orland, and Island of Verona, Maine. Paper deals with Amos Hanson, a songwriter and singer, and the collector’s attempts to gather material on this local songwriter; some data; some leads for future researchers. Text: 10 pp. paper.

  NA0496 Various, interviewed by Donna Davis for FO 134, spring 1968, Guilford, Maine. Field notes of an unsuccessful hunt for folksongs in the Guilford area and includes texts of two poems: "The Hoboes of Maine" and "The Drive on Cooper Brook." Text: 13 pp. paper.

  NA0497 Various, interviewed by James Hersey for FO 134, spring 1968, Bangor and Rumford, Maine. Paper deals with John McInnis, a songwriter and singer, also known as "Beaver Jack" and his songs. Accession includes a map of the area where his songs are known. Text: 25 pp. paper, map.

  NA0502 Doug Archer, Sue Files, Jim Kendricks, and Wayne Carpenter, interviewed by Stephen Files for FO 134, April 1969, UMaine, Orono, Maine. Accession includes a student paper, two mimeographed compilations of fraternity songs, and an accompanying tape reel. Archer, Files, Kendricks, and Carpenter sing bawdy songs and chants. The paper titled “Dirty Songs” is divided into three sections, the first giving words to songs collected at a party; the second presenting songs collected from Archer, Files, Kendricks and Carpenter; and the third containing two groups of mimeographed sheets of fraternity songs: “Stag Songs of Maine Alpha, Sigma Phi Epsilon” (bawdy songs) and "Official Lyrics of Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity" (non-bawdy songs). Most material was tape recorded. Songs include “Mini the Mermaid,” “The Chicken Song,” “Christofo Columbo,” “Brassiere,” “She Likes to Gang Bang,” “Roll Me Over in the Clover,” and many others. Text: 93 pp. partial transcript. Recording: T 0274 - T 0275 / PM 0089 3/4 hour.

  NA0519 Dale Potter, 1896-1976, interviewed by Ann Mooney and Linda Hannigan for FO 134, April 17, 1969, Mattawamkeag, Maine. Accession includes a student paper, five photographs, personal correspondence, and an accompanying tape reel. Their paper gives background about Mattawamkeag and the informant, transcribed interview sections and song lyrics, two lists of songs recorded from Potter in the 1950s by Prof. Horace Beck, and other brief correspondence. Potter talks about woodsman song-maker, Joe Scott, but mostly sings and plays harmonica dance tunes like “The Old Man and the Old Woman,” “Deacon Foster’s Pew,” “The Miller and The Major,” “ The Irish Immigrant,” “Clancy’s Wooden Wedding,” “The Irish Patriot,” “The Late Evening Dew,” and others. Text: 50 pp. transcript w/ brief catalog. Recording: T 0275 / PM 0091 / CD 0004 1 hour. Photos: P 1039 - P 1043.

  NA0521 Student paper, by Lynn Pelletier for FO 134, spring 1969. Paper deals with sources and background information on "John Roberts," an obituary poem (Laws C-3), collected from old newspapers. Text: 10 pp. paper. Recording: PM 0441.

  NA0522 Charles Nevells, Sr., interviewed by Thomas MacNaughton for FO 134, March 22, 1969, Stonington, Maine. Paper titled “Project for Folksong in America” which details the collecting of folk songs in Stonington and includes the text for one song, "Maine," by Charles Nevells. Text: 13 pp. paper.

  NA0524 Dock Boggs, interviewed by Frederick Seyford for FO 134, April 1, 1969, at his home in Needmore, Virginia. Tape contains interview plus dubbing of two Folkways LPs of Dock Boggs’ music. Paper gives background of the project and biographical information about Boggs and a transcript of the recorded interview. Boggs, an Appalachian banjo player, recording artist, and ex-coal miner, talks about his banjos; his work in the mines; auditioning to make phonograph records in the 1920s; white and black music in the southern mountains; playing for dances; one of Dock’s tunes called “Davenport”; his banjo style; new and old music; background of “Just an Old Coal Miner”; and a few songs such as “Sugar Blues” and “Papa’s in the Cold, Cold Ground.” RESTRICTED. Text: 38 pp. transcript, brief catalog, student paper. Recording: T 0277 - T 0278 / PM 0444 3/4 hour.

  NA0525 Ernest B. Lord, interviewed by Douglas Baston for FO 134, spring 1969, Wells, Maine. Paper deals with a collection of Lord’s songs, which he sings for his grandchildren; includes poems and rhymes, traditional songs by Charlie DeWitt. Text: 39+8 pp. text. Recording: PM 0445.

  NA0526 Student paper, by Zoa Hawes for FO 134, spring 1969, UMaine, Orono, Maine. Paper deals with lullabies; musical scores included. Text: 29 pp. paper. Recording: PM 0446. approx. 70 min. mfc_na0528_na0535_na0536_t0280_01, /mfc_na0528_na0535_na0536_t0280_02.

  NA0528 Catherine McGraw, Jacqueline Ballou, Charles Wong, Jane Levesque, Judy Ouillette, James Brown, Suzanne Woodward, John Burgess, Martha Saucier, Ronel Delano, Louis Ornstein, Desiree Rastrom, Charlotte LaRochelle, Roseanna Castonguay, Gregg Small, interviewed by Cynthia Kurland for FO 134, spring 1969, UMaine, Orono, Maine. Paper deals with songs sung by children of Jewish, French-Canadian, Swedish, and Chinese background. Text: 215 pp. transcript and manuscript. Recording: T 0280 - T 0281 / PM 0093 1 hour.

  NA0553 Jerry O'Brien, Millage Treadwell, Gilbert Royce, Blanche Royce, Fearman Chessie, interviewed by Belinda Boyce for FO 134, fall 1969, Springfield area, Prentiss, Lincoln, and Lakeville Plantation, Maine. O'Brien, Treadwell, G. Royce, B. Royce, and Chessie sing songs from the Springfield area; play harmonica tunes; discuss lumbering operations. Text: 35 pp. transcript w/ brief catalog. Recording: 1 1/2 hours T 0285 - T 0287 / PM 0107. Photos: P 0423 - P 0424.

  NA0564 Albert Bean and Virginia Bean, interviewed by Florence Ireland for FO 134, March 9, 1970, Hudson and Winslow, Maine. The Beans talk about John Young Miles, a local composer of songs and poetry, who was born in 1831 in Corinna and died in 1906 in Hudson. Accession includes student paper based on notes and a transcript of the interview, and an accompanying tape reel. The paper also contains additional notes about Guy Bubar, a legendary woodsman.; transcription of one of John Miles’ songs “Drowned at Pushaw Lake”; very brief mention of the poet Amos Hanson. Other informants for the paper include Harry Davis, Mrs. Annie Townsend, Barbara Townsend, Marion Marriott, Gertrude Davis, Clifton Mile. Text: 21 pp. transcript and manuscript. Recording: T 0287 1/2 hour. No digital audio file available.

  NA0568 Harry Harold Dyer, interviewed by Jeanne Milton, April, October, and November 1970, Caribou, Maine. Dyer, retired lumberman, his life as recorded and written by his granddaughter, discusses woods work in the early twentieth century; working for the Fraser Lumber Company; description of a lumber camp; walking to work; progression of the cutting; ice carts to ice roads; his responsibilities at age 14; hauling yards; labor-saving techniques; making a gum book; salt pork for lunch; sings “Johnny Doyle” and “The Bloody Waterloo;” and plays harmonica and trots the feet, “Devil’s Dream,” “Money Musk,” “Casey Jones,” and “Yankee Doodle.” Text: 44 pp. transcript. Recording: T 0288, T 0289 / PM 0109 / PM 0110 - PM 0112. Photos: P 1014 - P 1016. See also NA0581.

  NA0623 Clarence Kinney and Mac Kinney, interviewed by Dennis Tefft for FO 134, spring 1970, Mars Hill, Maine. The Kinneys sing songs. Paper includes description of the collecting session. Text: 57 pp. transcript with personal paper. Recording: T 0344 / PM 0536 1 1/4 hours.

  NA0753 Alice Watson, Marietta Golding, Theresa Golding, interviewed by Timothy Ward for FO 134, spring 1973, Linneus, Maine. Watson sings a miscellaneous collection of songs with some songs sung by her friend M. Golding and her daughter T. Golding. Text: 16 pp. personal paper and brief catalog. Recording: T 0593 1 hour.

  NA0759 Ashley S. Parlin and Elizabeth “Lib” (Nile) Parlin, interviewed by Gary Sweatt for FO 134, April 19, 1973, New Vineyard, Maine. The Parlins talk about country and western music; singing by the Parlins. Also included: map. Text: 27 pp. partial transcript. Recording: T 0601 - T 0602 1 hour.

  NA0760 Fred Smith and Cherry Noble (Mrs. Lucien) Frechette, interviewed by Jayne Lello for FO 134, April 22, 1973, Norway, Maine. 44 pp. Tape: 1/2 hr. w/ trans. Smith and Frechette (descendant of Maine fiddler, Mellie Dunham) talk about the Norway fire of 1894; the Norway Bum; and Joe Scott, song-maker. Paper titled “The Truth of the Norway Bum.” Text: 45 pp. transcript; 12 pp. personal paper. Recording: T 0603 1/2 hour.

  NA0814 Student paper, by Gail Purington for FO 134, spring 1973, Auburn, Maine. Paper titled "The Role of Music in a Middle-Class Family." Text: 14 pp. paper.

  NA0816 George Murphy, Cathy Johnson, Bob Harrington, and Jeff Putterman, interviewed by Cheryl Hudson for FO 134, spring of 1973, Maine. Murphy and Putterman (in separate interviews) talk about learning to play guitar; playing contemporary music (Beatles etc.); electric guitars; performing in public; playing contemporary folk music (Dylan and Peter, Paul, and Mary, etc.); developing their musical styles; attending Berklee School of Music (Putterman); getting paid to play; professional musicians. Harrington talks about learning to play at 19; influence to Neil Young; performing; getting paid to play; professional musicians. Johnson talks about learning to play guitar; folk music; performing not for pay; professional musicians. Text: 27 pp. transcript/index; 6 pp. introduction; 1 pp. interview questions. Recording: T 0739 1 hour.

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  MF019 Foxfire Bicentennial Project

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

  Part of a nationwide project coordinated by E. Wigginton, founder of Foxfire, of interviews with the elderly about their lives and their hopes and fears for the future of the nation.

  NA1052 Mary Turner, interviewed by Florence Ireland, Mary Ann Shopshire, and Melody Richardson, summer 1975, West Peru, Maine. Turner, 72, talks about her life and experiences as a self-sufficient farm wife.

  NA1053 Mr. and Mrs. Wilder Kimball and Evaline Kimball, interviewed by Florence Ireland and William Gates. Summer 1975, Rumford Point, Maine. The Kimballs talk about farming; oxen; hunting and trapping.

  NA1054 Florence Baker, interviewed by Colleen Colby and Florence Ireland, summer 1975, Fryeburg, Maine. Baker, 90, talks about early life; work; farming; making maple syrup.

  NA1642 Mary "Grammie" Turner, interviewed by Florence Ireland, spring 1982, West Peru, Maine. Made for showing on Channel 10 (WCBB) in 1976. RESTRICTED.

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  MF021 Morgiana Halley Projects

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

  Research materials assembled by Morgiana P. Halley (1942-2019) for her PhD “An Ethnography of Marine Convoys of World War II”, completed October 1995 at the University of Sheffield. The collection includes interviews conducted by Halley as part of her research related to marine convoys and those who played a part in them during the Second World War. 87 audiotapes copied September 1991. Tapes: C 0747 - C 0833. Text: 243 pp. paper. Thesis: 382 pp. paper.

  NA2140 By Morgiana P. Halley, summer 1989, Newfoundland. Trans. only. 385 pp. Thesis "Marine Disasters in Newfoundland Folk Balladry including a Classificatory System for Sea Disaster Narrative.” Text: 385 pp. thesis.

  NA2196 By Morgiana P. Halley, winter 1989 - 1990, Alabama, California, Arizona, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Washington, DC, and Nova Scotia. 240 pp. Tape: 86 tapes with catalog. Interviews made during research for a thesis on an ethnography of marine convoys of World War II. Text: 243 pp. Recording: C 0747 - C 0833.

  NA4289 Capt. Emerson E. Chodzko (1921-2008), interviewed by Morgiana Halley, November 24, 1989, Pacific Ave., Long Beach, California. Went to sea at age 16. Highest rank: Unlimited Master's, post-WWII. Rank during WWII: Chief Officer. Received probationary book after sailing on tankers for a year. Registered for draft on tankers. Shipped on the Mormac Gull, the Benjamin Rush, the George Ross, and the Carlos Carrillo. Topics include: training; diesel vs. steam turbine engines; traveling around the world; the size of convoys; cargo; liquor poisoned by "sympathizers" to kill U.S. sailors; famine and death rates; coming under attack by Stuka dive bombers. Brief interruption of interview by Doris Chodzko, Emerson's wife. Audiofiles: c0747, c0748 2 hr. Interview summary and obituary. Text: 12 pp.

  NA4290 Arrie W. "Artie" Grissom (1927-2010), interviewed by Morgiana Halley, November 1989, in his motorhome near Berth 177, Wilmington, California. Arrie "Artie" Wade Grissom, originally from Arkansas. Topics include: WWII convoys; jinxed cargo; human casualties; unloading cargo at Tacloban airstrip in the Philippines; the Pacific theater; becoming ill with a lung condition that saw him medically surveyed out of the Navy; getting papers to serve in the Merchant Marine in 1945; Merchant Marine ships lost during WWII; 11 months in the Korean War; Korean Air Lines Flight 007 (KAL 007) shot down by a Soviet Su-15 interceptor on Sept. 1, 1983; Navy pay compared to Merchant Marine pay; race relations aboard ship. Audiofiles: c749, 1 hr. Interview summary and obituary. Text. 4 pp.

  NA4291 John Marshall "Marsh" Dallas and Capt. Fred Anderson Steele (1913-2002), interviewed by Morgiana Halley, November 1989, in the home of husband and wife Fred and Madeleine J. (Beyrle) Steele (1918-1990), Arroyo Grande, California. Also present, Madeline "Pat" Dallas, wife of John Marshall Dallas. J.M. and Fred were schoolmates. Topics include: Dallas going to sea at age 14; shipping guano (nitrate) from South America; a gold strike in Chile causing the crew to desert the ship; breaking his back aboard ship at age 17; apprenticeship in a shipyard; Dallas family genealogy; investigation into the explosion of the ammunition ship USS Mt. Hood on Nov. 10 1944; and bombing of the USS Savannah. Audiofiles: c750, 1 hr. Interview summary. Text 3 pp.

  NA4292 Retired Rear Admiral George William Jahn (1915-1999), interviewed by Morgiana Halley, December 13, 1989, aboard the S.S. Jeremiah O'Brien, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA. Topics include: the S.S. Jeremiah O'Brien; the Murmansk Run; German night attacks lighting up the sky; heavy weather; surviving the Japanese torpedo attack on and sinking of the American Merchant vessel Manini; race relations aboard ship; and draft dodgers. Audiofile: c751, side A, 1 hr. Interview and obituary summary. Text: 3 pp.

  NA4293 Robert Edward Imbeau, (1923-2008), and John M. Lappin, interviewed by Morgiana Halley, December 13, 1989, in the Purser's Office aboard the S.S. Jeremiah O'Brien, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA. Topics include: convoy; German sub raiders; carrying troops aboard U.S. Army Transport ships; "eerie" things running at night; French sailors; age when went to sea; Matson Navigation; convoy lights; paravanes; superstitions; engineering; and recreation aboard ship. Audiofiles: c0751, side B, 1 hr. Interview summary. Text: 5 pp.

  NA4294 Robert Hiller, interviewed by Morgiana Halley, December 14, 1989, aboard the S.S. Jeremiah O'Brien, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA. Topics include: age going to sea; Pacific convoys; recreation aboard ship; cargo; mutiny and court martial of a ship's gun crew near New Guinea; anecdotes about shipmates; initiation of Greenhorns; race relations aboard ship; jinx and superstitions; kamikaze attacks. Audiofile: c752, 1 hr. Interview summary. Text: 2 pp.

  NA4295 Capt. Frank Clayton Waters, interviewed by Morgiana Halley, January 15, 1990, at Barnett Road, Medford, OR. Topics discussed: His first convoy; shipping in the Atlantic; weather; went to sea in 1906; being drafted into the Army in WWI; Army food; recreation aboard ship; initiation of Greenhorns; life after retirement. Audiofile: c753, 1 hr. Interview summary. Text: 3 pp.

  NA4296 William H. Aguilar, interviewed by Morgiana Halley, January 17, 1990, Napa, CA. Topics include: anecdote about apple pie; experiencing a torpedo attack in the North Atlantic; classmate Gordon Pollard found among prisoners in the South Pacific; social relationships, bickering, rivalry; race relations aboard ship; superstitions; initiation of Greenhorns; night bombings; and Seabees transported into Tarawa. Audiofile: c754, 1 hr. Interview summary. Text: 2 pp.

  NA4297 David H. Grover, interviewed by Morgiana Halley, January 17, 1990, Napa, CA. Grover served as a deck cadet for nine months, 1943-1944. Topics include: convoys and bad weather; ship-to-ship signal methods; witnessing wartime England; visiting various ports; superstitions; shakedown cruise out of Houston; initiation of Greenhorns and "Fool's errands" involving left-handed monkey wrench and golden rivet; social relationships aboard ship; race relations aboard ship; liquor and fighting; recreation aboard ship; and sensory experiences following a long ocean voyage. Audiofile: c755, 1 hr. Interview summary. Text: 4 pp.

  NA4298 Rudolph "Rudy" Jasen (1921-2014) and Anthony F. "Tony" Abela (1927-2011), interviewed by Morgiana Halley, January 20, 1990, aboard the S.S. Jeremiah O'Brien, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA. Topics include: descriptions of convoys in which Jasen sailed; carrying Seabees to the invation of Kwajalein; reacting to submarine attack; recreation aboard ship; Tokyo Rose; mail buoy "Fool's errand" and initiation of Greenhorns; crossing the Equator initiations; race relations aboard ship; and rough weather. Audiofile: c756, 1 hr. Interview summary. Text: 3 pp.

  NA4299 Joseph J. Milcic, 1928- , interviewed by Morgiana Halley, January 20, 1990, aboard the S.S. Jeremiah O'Brien, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA. Topics include: joined the Merchant Marine between age 15-16, lied about his age; speed of convoys in the North Atlantic; cargo carried; loss of human lives; rescuing torpedo attack survivors; rough weather; recreation aboard ship; initiation of Greenhorns and "Fool's errands," keys to the locks of the Panama Canal; crossing the Equator; ethnic relations aboard ship; sleeping fully-dressed and wearing lifejacket when in a war zone; and working after the war. Audiofile: c757, 1 hr. Interview summary. Text: 2 pp.

  NA4300 Al Rynberg, interviewed by Morgiana Halley, January 22, 1990, in the Chief Engineer quarters aboard the S.S. Jeremiah O'Brien, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA. Topics include: experience on convoys; being under attack in the South Pacific; recreation aboard ship; ethnic relations aboard ship; crossing the Equator ceremonies; initiation of Greenhorns and "Fool's errands"; Mitsubishi bombers; rough weather; and lifeboat drills. Audiofile: c758, 1 hr. Interview summary. Text: 1 pp.

  NA4301 William Krasnosky, (1914-2003), interviewed by Morgiana Halley, January 21, 1990, aboard the S.S. Jeremiah O'Brien, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA. Topics include: the Murmansk Run; anecdotes about humorous shipboard newspaper with far-fetched stories, divorce by 'pigeon post,' men wearing beards because the Navy couldn't afford mops; breaking down 2 days out from Scotland; being attacked off Norway; initiation of Greenhorns and "Fool's errands"; and superstition. Audiofile: c759, 1 hr. Interview summary. Text: 2 pp.

  NA4302 John Pottinger (1913-2003), interviewed by Morgiana Halley, January 21, 1990, aboard the S.S. Jeremiah O'Brien, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA. Topics include: experience on convoys; no one liked traveling in convoys--safer but more difficult; losses in East coast convoys; story of a torpedoed ship; story of employee of marine insurance company sending cargo manifests to Germany; humorous stories; recreation aboard ship; crossing the Equator ceremonies; initiation of Greenhorns and "Fool's errands" for the "key to the keelson," "bubbliator valve for the strudifier;" "hard luck ships;" and race relations aboard ship. Audiofile: c760, 1 hr. Interview summary. Text: 2 pp.

  NA4303 James E. Moore, interviewed by Morgiana Halley, January 21, 1990, aboard the S.S. Jeremiah O'Brien, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA. Served as a chief machinist's mate in the Navy during World War II. Topics include: story about a destroyer in Alaska; recreational activities aboard the destroyer; "Fool's errands;" variety of stories. Audiofile: c761, 1 hr. Interview summary. Text: 2 pp.

  NA4304 Jim Cunningham and Robert Leach, interviewed by Morgiana Halley, January 26, 1990, in Sailors Union of the Pacific Dispatch Hall, Harrison St., San Francisco, CA. Topics include: experience with convoy; running convoys from Dutch Harbor to Adak Island, in the Aleutians; Japanese torpedo boats at New Britain; cargo; "hard luck ships;" nicknames; "Fool's errands;" initiation of Greenhorns; deaths; the Murmansk Run; and social relationships. Audiofile: c762, 1 hr. Interview summary. Text: 5 pp.

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  NA4305 Max L. O'Starr, (1921-1993) interviewed by Morgiana Halley, January 27, 1990, Pacifica, CA. Topics include: having a malaria and a "nervous breakdown;" going ashore; meeting women; training as a cook; weather; discussion of various convoys, loss of human life and ships; Le Havre, France; seamen going to United Seamens Service rest camp for combat fatigue; crossing the Equator ceremonies; recreation aboard ship; race relations aboard ship; the Capt's cabin boy Ah Chong; the Norwegian Seamens' Association union. Audiofile: c763, 1 hr. Interview summary. Text: 2 pp.

  NA4306 Fred Lewis, interviewed by Morgiana Halley, January 28, 1990, Clovis, CA. Topics include: anecdotes from his service aboard the U.S.S. Daly; the deaths of three men in one attack on the Daly; being one of the youngest sailors aboard the Daly at age 17; recreation aboard ship; scarcity of reading material aboard ship; sleeping on deck; ethnic relations aboard ship; coming under attack; playing pranks and "Fool's errands;" crossing the Equator ceremonies; finding jobs after the war; an around-the-world trip aboard the tanker Brookfield; deciding to leave the sea and getting a high school diploma in order to get married; and running a port in Korea during the Korean War. Audiofile: c764, 1 hr. Interview summary. Text: 4 pp.

  NA4307 William "Bill" Kirby, interviewed by Morgiana Halley, January 29, 1990, Kirby Manufacturing, Co., Merced, CA. Topics include: discussion of a scrapbook; crossing the Equator ceremonies; loss of human life; cleaning bodies; socializing and recreation aboard ship; conflict aboard ship; the U.S.S. Daly as a "hard luck ship;" discussion of experience following an attack on the Daly; the deaths and recovery of Richard J. Mathieson, Alvin Crawford, and Henry Newburn; nicknames; race relations aboard ship; pranks and "Fool's errands;" and lonliness; anecdotes about being in the Philippines. Audiofile: c765, 1 hr. Interview summary. Text: 4 pp.

  NA4308 Henry K. "Hank" Adams, interviewed by Morgiana Halley, February 5, 1990, at the home of Fred Anderson Steele, Arroyo Grande, CA. Topics include: going to sea at age 15; traveling around the world on the S.S. President Wilson, 1933-1935; retiring at age 18; returned to sea during World War II; account of a 41 ship convoy coming under attack (Convoy SC7), losing 29 ships; surviving and waking up in the 5th Army Hospital in Belfast, Ireland; returning to sea after recouperating; Adam's prejudice against black shipmates; recreation aboard ship; emotional stress and suicide by sailors; alcohol, drinking, and drunkeness; shore leave; experiences in Italy, Ireland, and England. Audiofiles: c766, c767, 2 hrs. Interview summary. Text: 6 pp.

  NA4309 James B. North, III and James E. Higman, interviewed by Morgiana Halley, February 9, 1990, at North's home, Santa Barbara, CA. Topics discussed include: "Captain of Port of New York;" mental health aboard ship; going to sea at age 18 in 1935; crossing the equator; "Fool's errands;" pranks; personal hygiene; pubic lice; friendships; race relations aboard ship; recreation;money; gambling; superstitions; "abandon ship" kits; convoy experiences; alcohol and fights among men; learning about the atomic bombing of Japan and end of World War II. Audiofiles: c768, c769, 2 hrs. Interview summary. Text: 8 pp.

  NA4310 Frank J. Niedermeier, interviewed by Morgiana Halley, February 16 & 17, 1990, Yucaipa, CA. Topics include: becoming a cook; working in hotels; learning British English and American English; work history; meeting famous people including Charles Lindbergh, Igor Sikorsky, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello; cooking aboard ship; story of a Commander investigated for theft; German spies; convoy stories; shore leave; unloading cargo; race and ethnic relations aboard ship; gambling; sailing over the Arizona where the monument now stands; shore leave in Hawaii; encountering a sandstorm in the Red Sea; Suez Canal; crossing the Equator; recreation aboard ship; "We came close to mutiny one time" story ; souvenir shopping. Audiofiles: c770, c771, c773, c774, 4 hrs. Interview summary. Text: 12 pp.

  NA4311 Herbert E. Wilson, interviewed by Morgiana Halley, February 16, 1990, Banning, CA. Topics include: convoy stories; first shore patrol; crossing the Equator; "We came close to mutiny one time" story. Audiofile: c772, 1 hr. Interview summary. Text: 1 p.

  NA4312 Charles "Charlie" Baca, interviewed by Morgiana Halley, February 22, 1990, in the armed guard messroom of the S.S. Lane Victory, San Pedro, CA. Topics include: an encounter with a U.S. sub; being caught whistling aboard ship; nicknames; relationships aboard ship; Fool's errands;" getting bored on watch; playing with a .38; a bar fight. Audiofile: c772, 1 hr. Interview summary. Text: 1 p.

  NA4313 Clinton L. "Clint" Johnson, interviewed by Morgiana Halley, March 1, 1990, 1st Eng. cabin, S.S. Lane Victory, San Pedro, CA. Topics include: recreation aboard ship; alcohol and learning to drink; swimming in the port at Bahrein; maintenance issues; accidentally sinking an Australian corvette off New Guinea; homemade uniforms. Audiofiles: c776, c777, 2 hrs. Interview summary. Text: 2 pp.

  NA4314 William E. Finch, interviewed by Morgiana Halley, March 9, 1990, Ranch Peñasquitas, San Diego, CA. Topics include: Finch's career in the Merchant Marine; receiving his Shellback Certificate; recreation aboard ship; "Fool's errands;" race relations aboard ship; Seabees; working in the engine room; cargo; convoys; conditions at sea; and being aboard ship during a collision. Audiofiles: c778, c779, 2 hrs. Interview summary. Text: 7 pp.

  NA4315 Fred McRamy, interviewed by Morgiana Halley, March 10, 1990, San Jacinto, CA. Topics include: convoys; sailing as a carpenter and studying to become and engineer; nicknames; sailors' harassment of unpopular captain of the Davis; crossing the Equator; a French baker making "extra goodies"; Fools' errands; superstitions; shore leave; story about a kamikaze attack; and loss of human life. Audiofiles: c780, 1 hr. Interview summary. Text: 4 pp.

  NA4316 Capt. Richard G. Connelly, 1924-2008, interviewed by Morgiana Halley, March 14, 1990, Naples, Long Beach, CA. Topics include: going to sea at age 17; attitudes of "small minded Americans" toward World War II; convoys; weather; relationships aboard ship; Fools' errands; recreation aboard ship; crossing the Equator; coming under attack; shore leave; superstition; race relations aboard ship. Audiofiles: c781, 1 hr. Interview summary. Text: 3 pp.

  NA4317 James Timothy Murphy, interviewed by Morgiana Halley, March 25, 1990, Huntington Beach, CA. Topics include: Montana-class ships; the collision of ships bear the mouth of Chesapeake Bay; unions; running up and down the East Coast of the U.S.; recovering a lifeboat between Trinidad & Aruba; working both diesel and steam ships; friendships; recreation aboard ship; rescuing survivors of a torpedoed Brazilian passenger ship; whalers; superstitions; shore leave; and race relations aboard ship. Audiofiles: c782, 1 hr. Interview summary. Text: 4 pp.

  NA4318 Samuel Hakam, 1907-1995, interviewed by Morgiana Halley, March 25 and 26, 1990, Huntington Beach, CA. Topics include: loneliness of command; alcohol consumption; radio operations; being torpedoed off the African Coast; abandoning ship; sharks; getting picked up by an Australian patrol boat; contracting malaria in Takoradi, Ghana; story about running out of ammo while under attack; a poor Captain; Liberty ship S.S. Richard Henry Lee; Equator crossing; Fools' errand; superstition; weather conditions; experiences in Calcutta; Radio Ops socializing on air; meeting a Japanese man on air a year after the war; shore leave; experiences in Manila; the Murmansk run; marrying the same woman three times; experiences getting to and in Cassablanca; story about meeting a female spy. Audiofiles: c783-c785, 3 hr. Interview summary. Text: 8 pp.

  NA4319 Doyle E. Bales, 1918-2001, interviewed by Morgiana Halley, March 27, 2020, Bakersfield, CA. Topics include: first ship was a deep-sea tug; fishing for turtles; training to work in the engine room; convoys; getting blood poisoning; an acoustic mine hitting the engine room of the S.S. Francis Asbury on Dec. 3, 1944, injuries and loss of human life, and abandoning ship; witnessing his first German V-1 "buzz bomb"; arriving in NYC aboard a troop ship at Christmas time and getting home to Topeka, Kansas on New Years Day; story about a run to South America; cargo; transporting a ship full of zoo animals; adding quinine to beer to combat malaria and getting bad hangover; superstition; crossing the Equator; Fool's errands; Foreign nationals; nicknames; lack of bathing facilities. Audiofiles: c786-c787, 2 hr. Interview summary. Text: 6 pp.

  NA4320 Albert Anthony Precious, 1917-1995, interviewed by Morgiana Halley, March 29, 1990, Las Vegas, NV. Topics include: experiences in convoys; reaching Naples after the city was taken; recreation aboard ship; race relations aboard ship; crossing the Equator; superstitions; Fools' errands; nicknames. Audiofiles: c788, 1 hr. Interview summary. Text: 4 pp.

  NA4321 Jack E. McGinty, 1914-2000, interviewed by Morgiana Halley, March 31, 1990, Prescott Valley, AZ. Topics include: discussion of racist terminology; relationships between races; McGinty's effort to stow away aboard the Golden Dragon when a child, caught by mate; went to sea at age 14 aboard the fishing barge Star of Scotland; story about a cyclone; crew member's attempted suicide; nicknames; relationships aboard ship; recreation aboard ship; favorite job was standing watch; Equator crossing; Fools' errands; superstitions; and pay. Audiofiles: c789, 1 hr. Interview summary. Text: 4 pp.

  NA4322 John A. Forsberg, 1926-2015, Norman Law, Cliff Rehkopf, interviewed by Morgiana Halley, April 2, 1990, Apache Junction, AZ. Topics include: first World War II recipient of Navy Cross, Captain Joseph A. Gainard of the S.S. City of Flint, the first Merchant Marine vessel captured by Germans in WWII; recreation aboard ship; having photographs conficscated; sailing to Newcastle; convoys; contaminated food; the Murmansk Run; Operation Mulberry; youth and inexperience; loss of human life and bodies of soldiers floating near the Omaha Beachhead; retiring Liberty ships; women; German and Polish refuges resorting to sex work to survive in North Africa; food shortages; cigarettes as currency; crew safety; stories about friends and shipmates; Merchant Marine pay during WWII; Fool's errands; German Wolf packs; discovering a Japanese stowaway aboard ship; and Captains' relationships with the crew. Audiofiles: c790 and c791 2 hrs. Interview summary. Text: 6 pp.

  NA4323 Donald Gibbs, interviewed by Morgiana Halley, April 3, 1990, Tempe, AZ. Topics include: surplus marmalade and peanut butter aboard ship; going to sea as a coal-passer at age 19; sailing on the S.S. Glen White (American Collier, 1918), a "bucket of bolts" too far gone to waste a torpedo; the Murmansk Run; the Union; Equator crossing; Fools' errands; Mail buoy story; Tokyo Rose, propeganda, gossip, and misinformation; having health problems and being called a draft-dodger; discussion of Russian ranks, etiquette, crime, sex workers; recreation aboard ship; superstitions; Foreign nationals among the crew; nicknames; Convoy lingo; discussion of family discipline on children; American's who hunted war souvenirs and trophies. Audiofile: c792, 1 hr. Interview summary. Text: 3 pp.

  NA4324 Edward S. Stanko, interviewed by Morgiana Halley, April 3, 1990, Apache Junction, AZ. Topics discussed include: becoming a fireman/watertender; fire in the engine room; getting "shanghaied" in New York; brothers not allowed to sail together after the 5 Sullivan brothers were killed aboard the USS Juneau; social relationships aboard ship; encountering a dockworker's strike; convoys; sleeping with clothes on; life aboard ship; joining the war effort after CCC camp; a story about driving a truck; witnessing a hanging in Cherbourg; nicknames; shore leave; fight between the Capt. and Ch. Mate of the Carlisle in Tocapila, Chile; the ferocity of the Japanese; ramming of the Carlisle; marital issues; and Equator crossing ceremonies. Audiofile: c793, 1 hr. Interview summary. Text: 3 pp.

  NA4325 David Leary, (1913-2000), interviewed by Morgiana Halley, April 3, 1990, Apache Junction, AZ at the home of John Forsberg. Topics discussed include: convoy, Leary's promotion from fireman to oiler; story of being told by another oiler to not arrive early for watch--'If you get killed, do it on own watch, not mine'--and that oiler being killed in a torpedo attack the next morning while Leary was on afterdeck, waiting to report for his watch; wrote to the War Shipping Administration for a "torpedo pin" with details of the attack and was told, "You don't deserve it," has never accepted decoration since; "coffin corner"; witnessing the 1944 eruption of Vesuvius; commentary on "Kaiser-built ships"; rumors of Russian mountains "honeycombed" with caves that housed factories, hospitals, and underground dwellers; avoiding Russian women; weather at sea; relations between departments; having a German skipper; working with foreign nationals; story of throwing a Russian overboard at dock in Constanta, Romania; being attacked by a sailor with a butcher knife; superstitions; Fools' errands; buying a slave girl in Tunis to free her; and family history in New Bern, North Carolina. Audiofile: c794, 1 hr. Interview summary. Text: 4 pp.

  NA4326 Pat Brinkley, interviewed by Morgiana Halley, April 5, 1990, Albuquerque, NM. Topics discussed include: age when went to sea; convoy experiences; recreation aboard ship; relations between departments; prepping ships for retirement; superstitions; Equator crossing ceremony trauma; Ethnic relationships aboard ship; Fools' errands; stealing Garrand rifles from a Liberty ship cargo; washing clothes aboard ship; making wine over the boilers; story of attempting to swim from his tanker to a carrier to watch a double-feature; adventures in Palou; alcohol and drunkeness; Japanese farming practices; stories of a jumpy shipmate; the"coffin corner"; hauling aviation fuel and precautions against sparking an explosion; and nicknames. Audiofile: c795, 1 hr. Interview summary. Text: 4 pp.

  NA4327 Martin Thomas "Marty" Hrivnak, Sr., (1927-2019), interviewed by Morgiana Halley, April 6, 1990, Coors Road, Albuquerque, NM. Topics include: going to sea at age 16, stopped in 1946; sailing the Great Lakes; sailing through mine fields; rough weather on the Lakes; the Edmund Fitzgerald; convoy encountering heavy weather; discussion of "pelican hooks"; Destroyer escorts; listening to depth charges from the engine room; "Zoot suit" survival suits; the Murmansk Run; cargo; shore leave and souvenirs; witnessing buzz bombs in Antwerp; food supplies aboard ship; recreation aboard ship; torpedo watch; lack of credit given to the Merchant Marines; a "hungry ship is an unhappy ship"; story of a "problem" with Brits; convoy terminology; nicknames; ethnic make up of crews; drunkeness; leaving the sea and joining the Army Reserve; discussion of politics surrounding Merchant Marine and U.S. Coast Guard. Audiofile: c796, 1 hr. Interview summary. Text: 4 pp.

  NA4328 W.D. "Del" Alley, interviewed by Morgiana Halley, April 19, 1990, Key Allegro off Fulton-Rockport, TX. Topics of conversation include: joining the Naval Reserve January 1939, called to active duty June 1944; first convoy in 1944 took shell in the "vegetable box" directly below Alley's room; shuttled Naples/Anzio under constant shellfire; Unionism; relationships between departments; happy ship depends not on amount of food but preparation; recreation aboard ship; Equator crossing; trip to Russia aboard the Mormacray; running convoys at night; "Wolf packs"; attack in Bay of Biscay; account of days after German surrender; shore leave, sightseeing, and audience with the Pope; convoy terminology; and speed of convoys. Audiofile: c797, 1 hr. Interview summary. Text: 4 pp.

  NA4329 Harvey L. Watson, interviewed by Morgiana Halley, May 9, 1990, East Brewton, AL. Topics include: first went to sea Christmas Day, Dec. 1943; sailed on Liberty ships; recreation aboard ship; story about his only time in the wheelhouse; rigging hammock under a lifeboat where it was cool in the Indian Ocean; cargo; duties and tasks as a steward; one-time duty as a bedroom utility; Fools' errands; pulling a prank by whistling down a ventilator into the engine room; using spare inflation tubes to blow up bottles and jars as entertainment; shore leave; nicknames; Equator crossing; superstition aboard ship; colliding with a British ship during blackout; selling stolen bed sheets to make $500 to send to his mother; and ethnic relations aboard ship. Audiofile: c798, 1 hr. Interview summary. Text: 4 pp.

  NA4330 Raymond J. "Joe" Kennedy, interviewed by Morgiana Halley, May 16, 1990, at Savannah, GA. Topics discussed include: Army service in Africa, Sicily, and Great Britain; replacing troops manning the air station at Atkinson Field, Guyana; life aboard a troop transport; recounting humerous events; chow lines; officers' mess compared to enlisted mess; wearing helmet and lifejacket 24/7; recreation aboard ship; Equator crossing; pranks; flies in North Africa; C-rations and K-rations; and rough weather at sea. Audiofile: c799, 1 hr. Interview summary. Text: 3 pp.

  NA4331 Robert Owen, interviewed by Morgiana Halley, May 16, 1990, at Savannah, GA. Topics discussed include: going to sea at age 17 starting as unlicensed as a wiper, then oiler; getting licensed; recreation aboard ship--learned he couldn't play cards and couldn't fight, so took up reading; Fools' errands; Equator crossing; sleeping quarters aboard ship; politics relating to Maritime Marines and controversy about pay differences during World War II; convoys and maneuverability; building "monkey bridge"; construction of Liberty ships; nicknames aboard ship; lack of superstitions attributed to the young blood and lack of older sailors; story about a sleepwalker aboard ship; sailing with foreign nationals; Joe Ramsey (see na4332); running convoys in blackout; "Take a crap" story; and Unions and politics. Audiofile: c800, 1 hr. Interview summary. Text: 4 pp.

  NA4332 Joseph O'Brien Ramsey, interviewed by Morgiana Halley, May 16, 1990, Savannah, GA. Topics include: forming convoys; going to sea in 1932 at a wiper, O.S., or messboy before becoming a cadet; got licensed in 1939; the Murmansk Run aboard the Hog Islander Schoharie; comparing Liberty ships with Hog Islanders; recreation aboard ship; making souvenir bottles; relationship between departments; nicknames; superstitions; working with foreign nationals; Equator crossing; sailing to Liverpool with Marshall Plan cargo and passengers; family's seafaring history; Fools's errands; unionization; difference between a fairy tale and a sea story; social differences between British and Germans; ramming and sinking a Finnish ship off France; sleepwalker story; and union politics. Audiofile: c801, 1 hr. Interview summary. Text: 3 pp.

  NA4333 Capt. Stephen F. Browne, Jr., interviewed by Morgiana Halley, May 17, 1990 in the home of Robert Owen, Savanah, GA. Topics of discussion include Browne's training and early sailing history; Browne's career after World War II; operating commercial ships during Vietnam War; problems replenishing ship's stores in the Pacific during the war; "Soogee beef" and "Soogeeyaki"; Daly gunner story; maneuvering ships in convoy; memorable trip to Gdynia, Poland; brooms tied to buoys in Poland; story about an ATS quartermaster with gambling addiction; recreation aboard ship; one sailor building a washing machine on walking beam and charging to wash clothes; Fools' errands; relationships between departments aboard ship; worry accomplishes nothing; and experiences sailing the Mekong River. Audiofile: c802, 1 hr. Interview summary. Text: 3 pp.

  NA4334 Brief transcripts and summaries of Morgiana Halley's conversations with seven informants. No audio recordings. These include: Warren Smith aboard the Jeremiah O'Brien, January 25, 1990, 1 p. Isacc B. Givens aboard the S.S. Lane Victory on which he served as a cook during World War II, November 24, 1989, 1 p. Paul Buhman in Vancouver, WA, by telephone, January 13, 1990, 1 p. George Heidel in Redding, CA, by telephone, February 8, 1990, 2 pp. Bernard N. Meyer at MMP Hall, Wilmington, DE, 1 p. Rey Martinez aboard Lane Victory February 24, 1990, 1 p. James E. Davis aboard Lane Victory, February 24, 1990, 1 p.

  NA4335 Richard F. "Dick" Britton, interviewed by Morgiana Halley, May 19, 1990, in Charleston, SC. No transcript. Audiofile: c0804, 1 hr. Restricted. No release on file.

  NA4336 J. LeCato, interviewed by Morgiana Halley, May 19, 1990, in Charleston, SC. No transcript. Audiofile: c0805, 1 hr. Restricted. No release on file.

  NA4337 Theodore L. "Ted" Hostetter, interviewed by Morgiana Halley, May 19, 1990 in Charleston, SC. No transcript. Audiofile: c0806, 1 hr. Restricted. No release on file.

  NA4338 Edward Mathiasin, William Dennis, and E. Larsen, interviewed by Morgiana Halley, May 22, 1990, at Sealevel, NC. No transcript. Audiofile: c0807, c0808, 2 hrs. Restricted. No release on file.

  NA4339 R. M. DeWees, interviewed by Morgiana Halley, June 1990, Newport-News, VA. No transcript. Audiofile: c0809, 1 hr. Restricted. No release on file.

  NA4340 S. Willner, interviewed by Morgiana Halley, June 10, 1990, Virginia Beach, VA. No transcript. Audiofile: c0810, 1 hr. Restricted. No release on file.

  NA4341 V. Finan, interviewed by Morgiana Halley, June 14, 1990, Washington, D.C. No transcript. Audiofile: c0811, c0812, 2 hrs. Restricted. No release on file.

  NA4342 E. H. Richards, interviewed by Morgiana Halley, June 18, 1990, Suitland, MD. No transcript. Audiofile: c0813, c0814, 2 hrs. Restricted. No release on file.

  NA4343 Capt. John J. Klocko, interviewed by Morgiana Halley, June 20, 1990, Crofton, MD. No transcript. Audiofile: c0815, c0816, 2 hrs. Restricted. No release on file.

  NA4344 Jonny Johnson, interviewed by Morgiana Halley, June 26, 1990, Piney Point, MD. No transcript. Audiofile: c0817, c0818, 2 hrs. Restricted. No release on file.

  NA4345 Capt. Ed March, interviewed by Morgiana Halley, July 8, 1990, in Melville, DE. No transcript. Audiofile: c0819, c0820, 2 hrs. Restricted. No release on file.

  NA4346 Capt. P. Brick, interviewed by Morgiana Halley, undated, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. No transcript. Audiofile: c0821, 1 hr. Restricted. No release on file.

  NA4347 Richard Adhelm-White, interviewed by Morgiana Halley, August 3, 1990, in Halifax, Nova Scotia. No transcript. Audiofile: c0822, 1 hr. Restricted. No release on file.

  NA4348 Capt. E. S. Wagner, interviewed by Morgiana Halley, August 3, 1990, Halifax, Nova Scotia. No transcript. Audiofile: c0823, 1 hr. Restricted. No release on file.

  NA4349 Harry Kilmon, interviewed by Morgiana Halley, August 29, 1990, Wilmington, DE. No transcript. Audiofile: c0824, c0825, 2 hrs. Restricted. No release on file.

  NA4350 L. S. English, interviewed by Morgiana Halley, August 29, 1990, Wilmington, DE. No transcript. Audiofile: c0826, c0827, 2 hrs. Restricted. No release on file.

  NA4351 George Friesleben, interviewed by Morgiana Halley, undated, location unidentified. No transcript. Audiofile: c0828, 1 hr. Restricted. No release on file.

  NA4352 William Peter Kaiser, Jr., interviewed by Morgiana Halley. 1981, location unidentified, SIU Steward. No transcript. Audiofile: c0829, 1 hr. Restricted. No release on file.

  NA4353 Jack A. Holt, interviewed by Morgiana Halley. December 2, 1981, location unidentified. No transcript. Audiofile: c0830, 90 min. Restricted. No release on file.

  NA4354 Michael Orlando, interviewed by Morgiana Halley. June 26, 1981, location unidentified. SIU/Atlantic Fishermen's Union. No transcript. Audiofile: c0831, 90 min. Restricted. No release on file.

  NA4355 Daniel A. Zeller, interviewed by Morgiana Halley. November 17, 1981, location unidentified. SIU. No transcript. Audiofile: c0832, 90 min. Restricted. No release on file.

  NA4356 Ruel Nathan Lawrence, interviewed by Morgiana Halley. September 14, 1979, New York. PQ17. No transcript. Audiofile: c0833, 90 min. Restricted. No release on file.

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  MF022 ANT 325 Halloween Holiday Traditions Collection

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

  Material collected for ANT 325 (Oral History and Folklore: Fieldwork), fall 1985. Class materials collected pertaining to Halloween traditions in Maine. Eight-two individual accessions including tapes and transcripts and note cards containing citations of Halloween references in late 19th and early 20th century Maine newspapers. Interviewee ages range from 8 to 88 years old. Topics discussed include costumes; trick or treating; school and parties; Halloween treats; Finnish Easter; pranks; pumpkins/ jack o’ lanterns; Miscellaneous manuscript materials generated by the Halloween Project include letter describing Halloween in Scotland, interview questions, newspaper clippings and various items having to do with Halloween.

  NA1831 Isaac Kimball and Sam Kimball interviewed by Deo McKaig for ANT 325, fall 1985, Old Town, Maine. 13 pp. Tape: 3/4 hr. w/ cat. I. Kimball, age 8, and S. Kimball, age 6, about Halloween: costumes, trick or treating; school parties; popcorn balls; make-up; and Halloween treats.

  NA1832 Pat St. Louis, interviewed by Linda Zuch for ANT 325, fall 1985, Bangor, Maine. 25 pp. Tape: 40 min. approx. w/ cat. St. Louis, age 37, talks about her recollections of Halloween growing up in Millinocket, Maine; her children’s Halloween experiences; her own adult experiences.

  NA1833 Kathy Noble, interviewed by Georgia W. Prickitt for ANT 325, fall 1985, Cambridge, Maine. 17 pp. Tape: 20 min. w/ cat. Noble, age 14, talks about how she celebrates Halloween. Newspaper clippings are included.

  NA1834 Patsy Gourley, interviewed by Georgia W. Prickitt for ANT 325, fall 1985, Cambridge, Maine. 9 pp. Tape: 20 min. approx. w/ cat. Gourley, age 32, talks about her childhood Halloween experiences and how her children celebrate it today.

  NA1835 Brave Williams, interviewed by Georgia W. Prickitt, ANT 325, fall 1985, Cambridge, Maine. 6 pp. Tape: 1/4 hr. w/ cat. Williams talks about how he celebrates Halloween.

  NA1836 Darrah Kimball (Wagner), interviewed by Deo McKaig for ANT 325, fall 1985, Old Town, Maine. 9 pp. Tape: 1 hr. w/ cat. Kimball talks about her experiences of Halloween as a child and as a parent: costumes; popcorn balls; trick or treating; parties; pranks; and pumpkins/jack o’ lanterns.

  NA1837 David Carlson, interviewed by A. Manette Ansay for ANT 325, fall 1985, Orono, Maine. 15 pp. Tape: 50 min. w/ cat. Carlson, age 16, talks about Halloween memories and experiences.

  NA1838 Audrey Davis, interviewed by Georgia W. Prickitt for ANT 325, fall 1985, Cambridge, Maine. 19 pp. Tape: 1 hr. w/ cat. Davis talks about her memories of Halloween. Includes drawing of a hay fork.

  NA1839 Wayne Cook interviewed by Georgia W. Prickitt for ANT 325, Fall 1985, Parkman, Maine. 11 pp. Tape: 1 hr. w/ cat. Cook talks about his memories of Halloween.

  NA1840 Mary Noonan, Georgia W. Prickitt for ANT 325, fall 1985, Orono, Maine. 13 pp. Tape: 3/4 hr. w/ cat. Noonan talks about how she and her family celebrated Halloween.

  NA1841 Calla Pease and Gladys Packard, interviewed by Georgia W. Prickitt for ANT 325, fall 1985, Cambridge, Maine. 11 pp. Tape: 1/2 hr. approx. w/ cat. Pease and Packard talk about their memories of Halloween in the 1940s.

  NA1842 Muriel Brockway, interviewed by A. Manette Ansay for ANT 325, fall 1985, Orono, Maine. 8 pp. Tape: 20 min. approx. w/ cat. Brockway, age 76, talks about her memories of Halloween when her children were small in the 1940s.

  NA1843 Daniel Burson, interviewed by A. Manette Ansay for ANT 325, fall 1985, Orono, Maine. 9 pp. Tape: 10 min. approx. w/ cat. Burson, age 5, talks about how he spends Halloween. Includes Daniel’s drawing of a jack o’ lantern.

  NA1844 Edith Hersey, interviewed by Deo. McKaig for ANT 325, fall 1985, Old Town, Maine. 15 pp. Tape: 50 min. approx. w/ cat. Hersey, born in 1915, talks about her Halloween experiences as a child and as a parent: dressing up and visiting the family; snitching vegetables for the poor; going out with her female friends; recollections of the Fourth of July in Orono, ME.

  NA1845 Mike Trafton, interviewed by Valerie Felt McClead for ANT 325, fall 1985, East Corinth, Maine. 27 pp. Tape: 1 hr. w/ cat. Trafton, age 22, talks about his perceptions of Halloween: what he remembers as a child growing up; pranks; costumes; what went on at private Halloween parties; school parties; a progression of how Halloween changed as he grew up in East Corinth.

  NA1846 William Prosser interviewed by Elizabeth Dunn for ANT 325, Fall 1985, Orono, Maine. 8 pp. Tape: 15 min. approx. w/ cat. Prosser, assistant director of police services at UMaine, talks about Halloween from the perspective of a law enforcement official.

  NA1847 Clementina Smith interviewed by Elizabeth Dunn for ANT 325, Fall 1985, Hollis Center, Maine. 10 pp. Tape: 20 min. w/ cat. Smith, age 86, talks about her experiences with Halloween as a young girl, as a school teacher and as a wife and mother. Includes drawing of a pumpkin.

  NA1848 Mark Zollitsch, interviewed by Elizabeth Dunn for ANT 325, fall 1985, Orono, Maine. 8 pp. Tape: 15 min. w/ cat. Zollitsch, an 18 year old student at UMaine, talks about his experiences and observations of Halloween as a boy and in recent years.

  NA1849 Leslie Durgan, interviewed by Linda Zuch for ANT 325, fall 1985, Maine, Orono. 19 pp. Tape: 30 min. approx. w/ cat. Durgan, a 21 year old senior at UMaine, talks about her current as well as early memories of Halloween. Includes drawings of pumpkins.

  NA1850 Helen Belyea, interviewed by Elizabeth Dunn for ANT 325, fall 1985, Orono, Maine. 11 pp. Tape: 3/4 hr. approx. w/ cat. Belyea, age 55 from Old Town, talks about her experiences and observations of Halloween as a child and as a parent.

  NA1851 Christine Blackmer, interviewed by Valerie Felt McClead for ANT 325, fall 1985, Lucerne Village, Maine. 29 pp. Tape: 1 hr. w/ cat. Blackmer, age 74, talks about celebrating Halloween as a child in Massachusetts and how her children observed Halloween in Maine.

  NA1852 Jeremy Dresser, interviewed by Valerie Felt McClead for ANT 325, fall 1985, Bucksport, Maine. 19 pp. Tape: 3/4 hr. approx. w/ cat. Dresser, age 13, talks about celebrating Halloween and what he does when he goes out trick-or-treating: how his family observes Halloween; and changes he has noticed since his early childhood. Includes drawing of a pumpkin.

  NA1853 Gary Snow, interviewed by Valerie Felt McClead for ANT 325, fall 1985, East Corinth, Maine. 29 pp. Tape: 1 hr. w/ cat. Snow, a Lieut. and Commanding Officer for the Drug Enforcement Division of the Maine State Police, talks about how he celebrated Halloween as a child growing up in Maine; how his job affects his impressions of Halloween festivities; and how these impressions have changed over the years.

  NA1854 Crystal Dresser, interviewed by Valerie Felt McClead for ANT 325, fall 1985, Bucksport, Maine. 33 pp. Tape: 1 hour with catalog. Dresser talks about how she celebrated Halloween as a child and how her family observes Halloween now.

  NA1855 Rita Stanhope, interviewed by Valerie Felt McClead for ANT 325, fall 1985, East Corinth, Maine. 7 pp. Tape: 10 min. w/ cat. Stanhope talks about trick-or-treating customs when her children were young and how she and her family celebrated Halloween when she was a child.

  NA1856 Jamie Pullen, interviewed by Annalee K. Libby for ANT 325, fall 1985, Monson, Maine. 8 pp. Tape: 1/2 hr. w/ cat. Pullen talks about what he likes about Halloween.

  NA1857 Maila Korsman, interviewed by Annalee K. Libby for ANT 325, fall 1985, Monson, Maine. 10 pp. Tape: 1 hr. w/ cat. Korsman talks about her memories of Halloween. Includes an article about Finnish Easter, which is celebrated in much the same way as Halloween. Also includes a photocopy of a picture of Finnish men dressed as witches.

  NA1858 Berwin Storer, interviewed by Annalee K. Libby for ANT 325, fall 1985, Monson, Maine. 8 pp. Tape: 20 min. approx. w/ cat. Storer talks about his Halloween experiences.

  NA1859 Shirleen Stone, interviewed by Annalee K. Libby for ANT 325, fall 1985, Old Town, Maine. 8 pp. Tape: 20 min. approx. w/ cat. Stone talks about her Halloween experiences.

  NA1860 John Glover, interviewed by Annalee K. Libby for ANT 325, fall 1985, Monson, Maine. 10 pp. Tape: 30 min. approx. w/ cat. Glover talks about his memories of Halloween as a child and later as a parent.

  NA1861 Tim Korsman and Tom Hall, interviewed by Annalee K. Libby for ANT 325, fall 1985, Monson, Maine. 11 pp. Tape: 1/2 hr. approx. w/ cat. Korsman and Hall talks about their experiences of Halloweens past.

  NA1862 Leo Emerson, interviewed by Elizabeth Dunn for ANT 325, fall 1985, Orono, Maine. 9 pp. Tape: 1/2 hr. approx. w/ cat. Emerson, age 60, talks about his experiences with Halloween as a child growing up in Hampden, Maine and later as a father.

  NA1863 Diane Northam, interviewed by A. Manette Ansay for ANT 325, fall 1985, Orono Maine. 14 pp. Tape: 1/2 hour approx. w/ cat. Northam, age 21, talks about her memories and experiences of Halloween in Maine. Includes Diane’s drawing of a jack-o-lantern.

  NA1864 Joshua Burson, interviewed by A. Manette Ansay for ANT 325, fall 1985, Orono, Maine. 8 pp. Tape: 15 min. w/ cat. Burson, age 7, talks about how he spends Halloween. Includes Joshua’s drawing of a jack-o-lantern. RESTRICTED.

  NA1865 Stacy Miller and Evelyn Miller, interviewed by Anna L. Woloson for ANT 325, fall 1985, Orono, Maine. 16 pp. Tape: 1/2 hr. w/ cat. The Millers, both born in 1908, talk about the significance of Halloween and the celebrations they remember.

  NA1866 Betsy Marsano, interviewed by Anna L. Woloson for ANT 325, fall 1985, Orono, Maine. 20 pp. Tape: 1/2 hr. w/ cat. Marsano, born in 1950, talks about the significance of Halloween and how she has celebrated it over the years. Includes drawing of a pumpkin.

  NA1867 Heidi Stacey and Theresa Tenney, interviewed by Anna L. Woloson ANT 325, fall 1985, Orono, Maine. 15 pp. Tape: 1/2 hr. w/ cat. Interview with Stacey, born in 1964, and Tenney, born in 1960, in which they discuss the importance of Halloween when they were children and how they celebrate now.

  NA1868 Ben Moore, interviewed by Anna L. Woloson for ANT 325, fall 1985, Orono, Maine. 8 pp. Tape: 1/2 hr. approx. w/ cat. Moore talks about the significance of Halloween in his childhood growing up in Maine.

  NA1869 Mike Libby, interviewed by Annalee K. Libby for ANT 325, fall 1985, Old Town, Maine. 10 pp. Tape: 20 min. w/ cat. Libby talks about his experiences with Halloween.

  NA1870 Brownie Schrumpf, interviewed by A. Manette Ansay for ANT 325, fall 1985, Orono, Maine. 10 pp. Tape: 1/2 hr. approx. w/ cat. Schrumpf, age 82, talks about Halloween in Maine.

  NA1871 Walt Poole, interviewed by Valerie Felt McClead for ANT 325, fall 1985, Dedham, Maine. 17 pp. Tape: 25 min. w/ cat. Poole of Dedham, 60 years old, talks about how he celebrated Halloween as a child growing up in Downeast Maine during the Depression years and after; the pranks played by him and his friends.

  NA1872 Theresa Laliberte and Mary Stevens, interviewed by Valerie Felt McClead for ANT 325, fall 1985, Dedham, Maine. 28 pp. Tape: 1 hr. w/ cat. Laliberte and Stevens, teachers at the Dedham School, talks about the celebration of Halloween as children, parents and teachers.

  NA1873 Dana Noble, interviewed by Georgia W. Prickitt for ANT 325, fall 1985, Cambridge, Maine. 11 pp. Tape: 1/2 hr. w/ cat. Noble, age 46, in which he describes his memories of Halloween.

  NA1874 Julia Wickett interviewed by Gregory Chanis for ANT 325, Fall 1985, Old Town, Maine. 15 pp. Tape: 1/2 hr. w/ cat. Wickett, age 87, talks about Halloween in Old Town, ME.

  NA1875 Barbara Shane interviewed by Gregory Chanis for ANT 325, Fall 1985, Orono, Maine. 14 pp. Tape: 1/2 hr. w/ cat. Shane talks about how she celebrated Halloween in Portland, ME.

  NA1876 Sargeant Paul Paradis, interviewed by Deo McKaig for ANT 325, fall 1985, Old Town, Maine. 20 pp. Tape: 1 hr. w/ cat. Paradis, of the Old Town Police Dept. (born in 1953 and on the force for 10 years), talks about Halloween; stories from his youth in Virginia, California and New Jersey. Includes card titled “Tips for a Safe Halloween.”

  NA1877 John A. Robichaud, interviewed by Anna L. Woloson for ANT 325, fall 1985, Orono, Maine. 6 pp. Tape: Inaudible. Donor has provided brief catalog of her recollections of the interview. Robichaud, Fire Inspector with the Orono Fire Dept., discusses his memories of Halloween.

  NA1878 David Richardson, interviewed by Deo McKaig for ANT 325, fall 1985, Old Town, Maine. 27 pp. Tape: 80 min. approx. w/ cat. Richardson, born in 1947, talks about his memories of Halloween as a child and as a parent.

  NA1879 Police Chief David K. Dekanich, interviewed by A. Manette Ansay for ANT 325, Orono, Maine. 7 pp. Telephone interview summarized by Ansay. Orono Chief Dekanich, age 39, talks about Halloween.

  NA1880 Bill Matthews, interviewed by A. Manette Ansay for ANT 325, fall 1985, Bangor, Maine. 15 pp. Tape: 1 hr. w/ cat. Matthews, born in 1940, discusses his memories of Halloween in Maine.

  NA1881 Arnold “Bing” Gross, interviewed by Patricia Hutchins for ANT 325, fall 1985, Penobscot, Maine. 26 pp. Tape: 1 hr. w/ cat. Gross, born in 1930, talks about his Halloween experiences as a child and his school days.

  NA1882 Sherman Hutchins II, interviewed by Patricia Hutchins for ANT 325, fall 1985, Penobscot, Maine. 23 pp. Tape: 1 hr. w/ cat. Hutchins II, age 17, talks about his experiences on Halloween night.

  NA1883 Alma Perkins and Donna Perkins, interviewed by Patricia Hutchins for ANT 325, fall 1985, Penobscot, Maine. 17 pp. Tape: 1/2 hr. w/ cat. P. Perkins, born in 1905, talks about her Halloween experiences. Her daughter, D. Perkins, also participates.

  NA1884 By Valerie Felt McClead for ANT 325, fall 1985, Bangor, Maine. 48 pp. Miscellaneous material generated by the Halloween Project. Includes letter describing Halloween in Scotland, interview questions, newspaper clippings and various items having to do with Halloween.

  NA1885 Gretchen Faulkner, interviewed by Linda Zuch for ANT 325, fall 1985, Orono, Maine. 30 pp. Tape: 1/2 hr. w/ cat. Faulkner talks about past and present Halloweens.

  NA1886 Carol Laughlin, interviewed by Linda Zuch for ANT 325, fall 1985, Hampden, Maine. 40 pp. Tape: 45 min. w/cat. Laughlin talks about her memories of Halloweens past and present.

  NA1887 Scott Phelps, interviewed by Linda Zuch for ANT 325, fall 1985, Hampden, Maine. 31 pp. Tape: 1/2 hr. w/ cat. Phelps, age 16, talks about his recollections of Halloweens past and present. RESTRICTED.

  NA1888 Carolyn Perry, interviewed by Terrance McKay for ANT 325, fall 1985, Hampden, Maine. 8 pp. Tape: 20 min. w/ cat. Perry, age 53, talks about her Halloween experiences in Monroe, Maine. Text: 5 pp. catalog. Recording: T 1917 20 min.

  NA1889 Scott Wade, interviewed by Terrance McKay for ANT 325, fall 1985, Orono, Maine. 9 pp. Tape: 15 min. approx. w/ cat. Wade, age 19, discusses his Halloween experiences in Bangor and Millinocket, Maine. Text: 6 pp. catalog. Recording: C 0228 (Side A) 15 min. approx.

  NA1890 Kathleen Brangwynne, interviewed by Linda Zuch for ANT 325, fall 1985, Hampden, Maine. 27 pp. Tape: 1/2 hr. w/ cat. Brangwynne, born in 1897, discusses Halloweens past and present in New Brunswick and Maine; her early teaching experiences; and her work at BMHI.

  NA1891 Tricia Richardson, interviewed by David Richardson for ANT 325, fall 1985, Carmel, Maine. 12 pp. Tape: 45 min. approx. w/ cat. Richardson, age 17, talks about her Halloween memories: costumes; trick-or-treating; visiting a haunted house; and some unusual personal experiences which have occurred on Halloween.

  NA1892 Gary Brown, interviewed by David Richardson for ANT 325, fall 1985, Carmel, Maine. 10 pp. Tape: 1/2 hr. w/ cat. Brown discusses Halloween from the early 1950s through the mid-1960s as he was growing up in Carmel, Maine.

  NA1893 Hermon Elementary School children, interviewed by David Richardson for ANT 325, fall 1985, Carmel, Maine. 18 pp. Tape: 1 hr. approx. w/ cat. Group interview with thirteen and fourteen year olds at the school. The students discuss costumes; pranks; the fun of Halloween.

  NA1894 Bertha Richardson, interviewed by David Richardson for ANT 325, fall 1985, Carmel, Maine. 6 pp. Tape: 25 min. approx. w/ cat. Richardson, age 85, talks about her Halloween experiences as a child, as an adult, and mother of eight children.

  NA1895 Sandra Mitchell, interviewed by David Richardson for ANT 325, fall 1985, Carmel, Maine. 10 pp. Tape: 25 min. approx. w/ cat. Mitchell, age 30, recalls her experiences of Halloween as a child and later as a mother and a home owner in Carmel, Maine.

  NA1896 David Stinchfield and Victoria Stinchfield, interviewed by David Richardson for ANT 325, fall 1985, Carmel, Maine. 22 pp. Tape: 1 hr. w/ cat. The Stinchfields (husband and wife) regarding their Halloween experiences as youths and as parents; their memories of Old Town, Maine, and Brattleboro, Vermont; reflect upon changes in the Halloween tradition.

  NA1897 Amy Ranger, interviewed by Terrance McKay for ANT 325, fall 1985, Orono, Maine. 17 pp. Tape: 40 min. approx. w/ cat. Ranger, age 21, talks about her memories of the Halloweens she spent in Millinocket, Maine.

  NA1898 Rejane Butler, interviewed by Terrance McKay for ANT 325, fall 1985, Orono, Maine. 12 pp. Tape: 20 min. approx. w/ cat. Butler, age 20, talks about her memories of Halloweens spent in Los Angeles, CA and Laconia, NH.

  NA1899 Charles King, interviewed by Deo McKaig for ANT 325, fall 1985, Old Town, Maine. 16 pp. Tape: 1 hr. w/ cat. King, born in 1927, talks about Halloween pranks; parties; costumes; ghost stories; the history of Burnham Drug Store in Old Town; Fourth of July celebrations; his relationships to people in different areas of town during his childhood.

  NA1900 Royce Perkins, interviewed by Patricia Hutchins, ANT 325, fall 1985, Penobscot, Maine. 10 pp. Tape: 1/2 hr. approx. w/ cat. Perkins, who was born in 1936, talks about his Halloween experiences as a child and later as a father.

  NA1901 Helen Johnson, interviewed by Patricia Hutchins for ANT 325, October 28, 1985, Penobscot, Maine. 17 pp. Tape: 40 min. approx. w/ cat. Johnson, born in 1905, describes her Halloween experiences when she was a child growing up in Yonkers, New York; the holiday from the perspectives of mother, teacher, grandmother, and great-grandmother.

  NA1902 Virginia Blanchard, interviewed by Anna L. Woloson for ANT 325, fall 1985, Orono, Maine. 14 pp. Tape: 1/2 hr. w/ cat. Blanchard, age 18, discusses how she and her family have celebrated Halloween.

  NA1903 Richard Stitham, interviewed by Terrance McKay for ANT 325, fall 1985, Bangor, Maine. 10 pp. Tape: 15 min. w/cat. Stitham talks about his Halloweens spent in Presque Isle, Maine and his experiences later as a father in Bangor, Maine.

  NA1914 By Deo McKaig for ANT 325, fall 1985, Old Town, Maine. 49 pp. A collection of a variety of materials relating to Halloween. Includes two short papers on Halloween, one Halloween scrapbook, one article from “Psychology Today” about poisoned candy.

  NA1915 Mary Bodge, interviewed by Linda Zuch for ANT 325, fall 1985, Hampden, Maine. 26 pp. Tape: 1/2 hr. w/ cat. Bodge, a resident of Hampden for 52 years, describes her memories of Halloween.

  NA1916 Clayton Burgess, interviewed by Gregory Chanis for ANT 325, fall 1985, Orono, Maine. 10 pp. Tape: 20 min. w/ cat. Burgess, age 57, recalls how he spent Halloween as a child.

  NA1917 James Sproul, interviewed by Gregory Chanis for ANT 325, fall 1985, Old Town, Maine. 9 pp. Tape: 15 min. w/ cat. Sproul talks about Halloween in Maine. Includes two hand drawings of pumpkins.

  NA1919 James Dorsky, interviewed by Jeffrey DeHart for ANT 325, fall 1985, Orono, Maine. 8 pp. Tape: 20 min. w/ cat. Dorsky talks about how he spent Halloween in Falmouth, Maine when he was a child.

  NA1920 Richard Saunders, interviewed by Jeffrey DeHart for ANT 325, fall 1985, Orono, Maine. 9 pp. Tape: 20 min. w/ cat. Saunders talks about how he celebrated Halloween while he was growing up in Massachusetts.

  NA1921 Robert Metcalf, Jeffrey DeHart for ANT 325, fall 1985, Orono, Maine. 7 pp. Tape: 20 min. approx. w/ cat. Metcalf describes how he celebrated Halloween growing up in Orono, Maine.

  NA1922 Bill Mitchell, interviewed by Jeffrey DeHart for ANT 325, fall 1985, Orono, Maine. 12 pp. Tape: 20 min. w/ cat. Mitchell describes how he celebrated Halloween growing up in Dover-Foxcroft, Maine.

  NA1932 By A. Manette Ansay for ANT 325, fall 1985, Orono, Maine. Photographs and related material, including newspaper clippings, greeting card and announcements, collected as part of the Halloween Project.

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  MF023 “Hancock County Elders” Hancock County Cooperative Extension Service / Roberta Chester

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

  A series of interviews by Roberta Chester sponsored by the Hancock County Cooperative Extension Service. Interviews discuss family, farm, and community life.

  NA1699 Doris B. Johnson, interviewed by Roberta Chester, September 19, 1983, North Orland, Maine. Johnson tells of her life and family in the early 1900s; the practice of ladies calling on each other; grange meetings; changes over time in socialization, mindsets, and values; the community bonds and taking care of neighbors; traditional medicine; her advice to people; and recollections of her grandparents.

  NA1700 Dorothy P. Duffy and Harry (Bob) C. Duffy, interviewed by Roberta Chester, August 25, 1983, Blue Hill, Maine. Bob shares, with occasional additions from Dorothy, how he interacted with his grandparents; the intergenerational closeness of family in the early 1900s; farming, bartering and selling their crops; taking care of the elderly and sick; and the concept of neighboring.

  NA1701 Edith Towle, interviewed by Roberta Chester, August 26, 1983, Hancock, Maine. Towle talks about Hancock community life in the early twentieth century, social activities and neighboring; early days of the Royal Nursing Home; recollections of her grandparents’ lives and interactions in Hancock; the coming of movies in Ellsworth; life as a seaman’s daughter; friendships and visiting between women; and her grandfather’s role as a leader and advisor in town.

  NA1702 Lilla Bowden, interviewed by Roberta Chester, August 31, 1983, Blue Hill, Maine. Bowden talks about her childhood in the late nineteenth century in Blue Hill; traditional medicine; the upper class of Blue Hill; sewing clubs; children’s recreational activities; interaction with elders in the community; calling on neighbors; continuing social involvement in her nineties; and Meals for Me.

  NA1703 Emery Jordon, interviewed by Roberta Chester, September 23, 1983, Osborn, Maine. Jordon talks about his childhood in early twentieth-century Osborn; how the elderly were cared for; his education; the lack of retirement; his grandfather’s role in the organization of Osborn; life in a lumbering community; Ellsworth as a big town; religious life; and outdoor activities.

  NA1704 Beatrice Knowlton, interviewed by Roberta Chester, September 20, 1983, Deer Isle, Maine. Knowlton talks about of growing up on Deer Isle in the 1890s and early 1900s; community sings; making horse nets; her mother’s role as a housewife; the poor farm; grandparents’ involvement with their grandchildren; and how Deer Isle had changed by 1983.

  NA1705 Ethel Johnson, interviewed by Roberta Chester, September 20, 1983, Hancock, Maine. Johnson discusses her childhood in the early 1900s in Hancock; families who adopted non-relatives of all ages; family care for elderly; berry picking; community programs and suppers; and her education.

  NA1706 Marion Spurling, interviewed by Roberta Chester, August 28, 1983, Cranberry Island, Maine. Spurling, with added comments from her husband, tells of her childhood on Cranberry Island in the early 1900s; lack of retirement; the grange; familial closeness; Coast Guard on Cranberry Island until 1945; stories about Russians who anchored aboard Asenbrea in 1878; Thimble Club sewing group; use of Elizabethan English; traditional medicine; playing cards; and what they ate, with the importance of seafood.

  NA1708 Iva Morey, interviewed by Roberta Chester, August 30, 1983, Deer Isle, Maine. Morey talks about her childhood in Deer Isle during the late 1800s and early 1900s; life with her grandmother in the house; recollections of her grandmother; wood chopping matches; and assisting with births.