SERIES
Interview with Leon Bussell
Identifier
NA 780 (local)
Date
1973 - 1975 (Date created)
Summary
Interviews with Leon Bussell conducted by Ralph Cook in October and November, 1973, and by Susan Tibbetts in October and November, 1975, for class projects. Topics covered include hanging and taking in the booms; his own work along the shore; making rafts of the logs; kinds of rafts; dropping off; equipment and clothing; Captain Kidd’s buried treasure; steamboats and their use in river drives; rescues and drownings; work of boom scalers; Pea Cove and other booms; and boom-related buildings on White Squaw Island. Photos, P416—P419, P425, P461, P490, P495, P508—P510, P524, P566 / T655-
171 pp
Language
Dialects)
Other Subject Headings
Hanging and taking in the booms
Making rafts of the logs
Kinds of rafts
Dropping off
Equipment and clothing
Captain Kidd’s buried treasure
Steamboats and their use in river drives (Art & Architecture Thesaurus (AAT))
