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Machias River Project

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Identifier
MF 033 (local)
Date
March 8 1986 (Inclusive dates)
October 6 1986 (Inclusive dates)
Summary

This collection consists of nineteen interviews totaling approximately thirty-two hours conducted by Edward D. “Sandy” Ives in 1986 with men who worked in the woods and on the riverdrives along the Machias River. In part it grew out of the “Stump to Ship” project in which the 1930 logging film was revived and shown around the state. Many of the interviewees in the Machias River Project came from the audiences for the film.

 
Creator and/or Contributor
Orris W McKeown (interviewee), Richard Gaddis (interviewee), Newell Beam (interviewee), Maurice Berry (interviewee), Francis Healy (interviewee), Robert Wright (interviewee), Adin R. McKeown (interviewee), Gilbert Andrews (interviewee), Lowell Vose (interviewee), Philip Armstrong (interviewee), Maxwell E Gray (interviewee), Charles Cunningham (interviewee), Victor Archer (interviewee), Donald McLellan (interviewee), Francis Handy (interviewee), Charles Dowling (interviewee), Earl Bonness (interviewee), Edward D Ives (interviewer), Frank Dowling (interviewee), Irving Bangs (interviewee)
Language
English (Languages)
Languages)
Other Subject Headings
Lumbering (Ethnographic Thesaurus (ET))
Log driving--Maine (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Occupational folklore (Ethnographic Thesaurus (ET))
Temporal Coverage
circa 1850 - 1986
Geographic Coverage
Machias River (Geonames)
West Branch Machias River (Geonames)
East Machias River (Geonames)
Washington County, Maine (Geonames)
Related Entities:
Orris W McKeown (interviewee)
Richard Gaddis (interviewee)
Newell Beam (interviewee)
Maurice Berry (interviewee)
Francis Healy (interviewee)
Robert Wright (interviewee)
Adin R. McKeown (interviewee)
Gilbert Andrews (interviewee)
Lowell Vose (interviewee)
Philip Armstrong (interviewee)
Maxwell E Gray (interviewee)
Charles Cunningham (interviewee)
Victor Archer (interviewee)
Donald McLellan (interviewee)
Francis Handy (interviewee)
Charles Dowling (interviewee)
Earl Bonness (interviewee)
Edward D Ives (interviewer)
Frank Dowling (interviewee)
Irving Bangs (interviewee)
Related Objects
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Picture taken of a sticking ground for sawed lumber on Salem street in Machias with Fremont street going up the hill. The planing mill is in the lower left corner and saw mill behind. The white house on Fremont street is the Dodge House.

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