Identifier
NA 792 (local)

Repository
Maine Folklife Center

Date
1973 (Date created)

Summary
Interviews with Leon Bussell (November 8, 1973),Emile Leavitt (November 15, 1973), Ernest Kennedy (November 20, 1973), andStephen “Rex” Buzzell (November 27, 1973). The interviews took place in Room B South Stevens Hall, UM. There was a model of Argyle Boom on the table, tools of the trade, maps, aerial photographs, and a number of Archives photographs available for the respondents to comment on. Topics covered include the construction and operation of piers, gaps, and headworks; tools and techniques for sorting, rafting, and dropping off logs; wedges and mallets; stray pen; prize logs; beats; joints; swings; jigger and trapeze line; endways rafts; backway drive; jail boom; jobbers marks; living conditions and meals; Pea Cove, Nebraska, and Cuba booms; Black Island; Freese Island; Foster Island; Sunkhaze; Old Town; Gene Mann and Billy Mann. Photo, P425 / T693-T698
236pp

Creator and/or Contributor
Emile Leavitt (creator), Leon Bussell (creator), Stephen R Buzzell (creator)

Language
Dialects)

Other Subject Headings
construction and operation of piers, gaps, and headworks Tools and techniques for sorting, rafting, and dropping off logs Wedges and mallets Stray pen Prize logs Beats Joints Swings Jigger and trapeze line Endways rafts Backway drive Jail boom Jobbers marks (Local)

Materials Designation
sound tape reels (analog)
manuscripts
photographic prints

Part Of
Argyle Boom Collection

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