Name

Albert “Hap” Collins

Authors

Albert Hap Collins

Files

Biography

Albert “Hap” Collins was, except for a few years in the 1940s, a lifelong resident of the Blue Hill, ME area. He worked most of his adult life lobstering and operating a sawmill in the summer, and supplementing his income with masonry, blacksmithing, scalloping, logging, or a variety of other jobs in the Winter. But he was also much more: a painter, poet, story teller, fiddler, and boat builder. All of these arts were largely self-taught, and he was popular among local residents and tourists for his skill in all of them.

Date of Birth

1912

Date of Death:

1990

Keywords

storyteller, Blue Hill, Maine, sawmill, lobstering, painter, poet, fiddler, boat builder, “Mail Story”, Jeff Todd Titon

Disciplines

Folklore | Oral History

Works

“Mail Story” collected by Jeff Todd Titon

Recommended Citation

Collins, Albert Hap, "Albert “Hap” Collins" (1912). Maine Song and Story Sampler Artists. 1.
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/songstorysamplerartists/1

Location

Blue Hill, ME