Identifier
MF 048 (local)

Repository
Maine Folklife Center

Date
1975 (Date created)

Summary
 A series of interviews with residents of the Penobscot Bay Islands. Interviewees discuss local history; economic aspects of island life; food supplies; summer people; fishing; farming; sail, steam, and motor boats; health care; and schools. Specific islands discussed include: Hog Island, Pond Island, Western Island, Pickering’s Island; Eagle Island, Opechee Island, Bear Island, and Butter Island.

Creator and/or Contributor
John Bannon (contributor), Lisa Schneider (contributor), Clara Orcutt (creator), Erland Quinn (creator), Lem Robbins (creator), Wolcott Hardie (creator), Vida Sylvester (creator), Abby Weed (creator), Laura Brown (creator)

Language
Dialects)

Other Subject Headings
Local history of Penobscot Bay Islands (Local)

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