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Albert Morin And Bernice Morin, Interviewed By Amy Bouchard Morin, Part 1, Albert Morin, Bernice Morin
Albert Morin And Bernice Morin, Interviewed By Amy Bouchard Morin, Part 1, Albert Morin, Bernice Morin
MF026 Islands and Bridges: Communities of Memory in Old Town, Maine
Albert Morin and Bernice Morin, interviewed by Amy Bouchard Morin, August 27, 1993, at their home in Old Town, Maine. For the "Islands and Bridges" project. Also present, Benoit Bouchard. The Morins talk about family history; parent's immigration from Canada to French Island; schools; neighbors; children's entertainment; holidays; work, at lumber mill, and factories; Great Depression and WPA work; funerals and weddings; boxing and softball; LaBree's bakery and other French Island businesses; WWII; automobiles and roads; women's textile crafts; arrival of electricity; prices; clothing; peddlers; and the 1918 flu epidemic.
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Albert Morin And Bernice Morin, Interviewed By Amy Bouchard Morin, Part 2, Albert Morin, Bernice Morin
Albert Morin And Bernice Morin, Interviewed By Amy Bouchard Morin, Part 2, Albert Morin, Bernice Morin
MF026 Islands and Bridges: Communities of Memory in Old Town, Maine
Albert Morin and Bernice Morin, interviewed by Amy Bouchard Morin, August 27, 1993, at their home in Old Town, Maine. For the "Islands and Bridges" project. Also present, Benoit Bouchard. The Morins talk about family history; parent's immigration from Canada to French Island; schools; neighbors; children's entertainment; holidays; work, at lumber mill, and factories; Great Depression and WPA work; funerals and weddings; boxing and softball; LaBree's bakery and other French Island businesses; WWII; automobiles and roads; women's textile crafts; arrival of electricity; prices; clothing; peddlers; and the 1918 flu epidemic.
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Albert Michaud And Rita England Michaud, Interviewed By Carol Nichols, Part 1, Albert Michaud, Rita England Michaud
Albert Michaud And Rita England Michaud, Interviewed By Carol Nichols, Part 1, Albert Michaud, Rita England Michaud
MF026 Islands and Bridges: Communities of Memory in Old Town, Maine
Albert Michaud and Rita England Michaud, interviewed by Carol Nichols, July 27, 1993, at their home in Old Town, Maine. For the "Islands and Bridges" project. The Michauds discuss early memories of French Island; children's entertainment and games; why French Island was once called Skin Island; city dump; Shuffle Inn; softball; boxers; schools; meals; gardens; Mardi Gras and Lent; community and neighboring; Great Depression; 1936 flood; bootlegging; hunting, raising, selling, and eating rabbits and deer; and stores on the Island.
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Albert Michaud And Rita England Michaud, Interviewed By Carol Nichols, Part 2, Albert Michaud, Rita England Michaud
Albert Michaud And Rita England Michaud, Interviewed By Carol Nichols, Part 2, Albert Michaud, Rita England Michaud
MF026 Islands and Bridges: Communities of Memory in Old Town, Maine
Albert Michaud and Rita England Michaud, interviewed by Carol Nichols, July 27, 1993, at their home in Old Town, Maine. For the "Islands and Bridges" project. The Michauds discuss early memories of French Island; children's entertainment and games; why French Island was once called Skin Island; city dump; Shuffle Inn; softball; boxers; schools; meals; gardens; Mardi Gras and Lent; community and neighboring; Great Depression; 1936 flood; bootlegging; hunting, raising, selling, and eating rabbits and deer; and stores on the Island.
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Patrick “Leo” Lagasse, Interviewed By Carol Nichols, Part 3, Patrick Lagasse
Patrick “Leo” Lagasse, Interviewed By Carol Nichols, Part 3, Patrick Lagasse
MF026 Islands and Bridges: Communities of Memory in Old Town, Maine
Patrick “Leo” Lagasse, interviewed by Carol Nichols, June 4 or 6, 1993, at his home in Westbrook, Maine. For the "Islands and Bridges" project. Lagasse talks about his memories of French Island in Old Town; nicknames; French and the French Island school; factory and mill work; Great Depression; dairy farming and milk as part of the daily diet; cutting ice from the Penobscot River; lumberyard on Hildreth Street; polio; Benoit Bouchard and Herbert Gray School; children's and adult's entertainment; grocery stores; Great Depression and WPA work; Old Town airport; Monday wash day; boxing matches; plumbing and the first bathtub on …
Patrick “Leo” Lagasse, Interviewed By Carol Nichols, Part 2, Patrick Lagasse
Patrick “Leo” Lagasse, Interviewed By Carol Nichols, Part 2, Patrick Lagasse
MF026 Islands and Bridges: Communities of Memory in Old Town, Maine
Patrick “Leo” Lagasse, interviewed by Carol Nichols, June 4 or 6, 1993, at his home in Westbrook, Maine. For the "Islands and Bridges" project. Lagasse talks about his memories of French Island in Old Town; nicknames; French and the French Island school; factory and mill work; Great Depression; dairy farming and milk as part of the daily diet; cutting ice from the Penobscot River; lumberyard on Hildreth Street; polio; Benoit Bouchard and Herbert Gray School; children's and adult's entertainment; grocery stores; Great Depression and WPA work; Old Town airport; Monday wash day; boxing matches; plumbing and the first bathtub on …
Clayton Landry, Interviewed By Albert Michaud, Part 2, Clayton Landry
Clayton Landry, Interviewed By Albert Michaud, Part 2, Clayton Landry
MF026 Islands and Bridges: Communities of Memory in Old Town, Maine
Clayton Landry, interviewed by Albert Michaud, October 6, 1993, at his home in Old Town, Maine. For the "Islands and Bridges" project. Landry discusses moving to French Island; boxing matches; neighbors; the Shuffle Inn; grocery stores; cutting ice from the Penobscot River; entertainment and children's games; changing French names to English; St. Joseph's school; children's economic activities; community garbage disposal; pulpwood river drives; heating (or not) with wood stoves; holidays; Catholic Order of Foresters; Ku Klux Klan; and his service in WWII.
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Patrick “Leo” Lagasse, Interviewed By Carol Nichols, Part 1, Patrick Lagasse
Patrick “Leo” Lagasse, Interviewed By Carol Nichols, Part 1, Patrick Lagasse
MF026 Islands and Bridges: Communities of Memory in Old Town, Maine
Patrick “Leo” Lagasse, interviewed by Carol Nichols, June 4 or 6, 1993, at his home in Westbrook, Maine. For the "Islands and Bridges" project. Lagasse talks about his memories of French Island in Old Town; nicknames; French and the French Island school; factory and mill work; Great Depression; dairy farming and milk as part of the daily diet; cutting ice from the Penobscot River; lumberyard on Hildreth Street; polio; Benoit Bouchard and Herbert Gray School; children's and adult's entertainment; grocery stores; Great Depression and WPA work; Old Town airport; Monday wash day; boxing matches; plumbing and the first bathtub on …
Clayton Landry, Interviewed By Albert Michaud, Part 1, Clayton Landry
Clayton Landry, Interviewed By Albert Michaud, Part 1, Clayton Landry
MF026 Islands and Bridges: Communities of Memory in Old Town, Maine
Clayton Landry, interviewed by Albert Michaud, October 6, 1993, at his home in Old Town, Maine. For the "Islands and Bridges" project. Landry discusses moving to French Island; boxing matches; neighbors; the Shuffle Inn; grocery stores; cutting ice from the Penobscot River; entertainment and children's games; changing French names to English; St. Joseph's school; children's economic activities; community garbage disposal; pulpwood river drives; heating (or not) with wood stoves; holidays; Catholic Order of Foresters; Ku Klux Klan; and his service in WWII.
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Albert Michaud, Walter Simon, Rand Trembly, And Ernest Dubay, Interviewed By James Bishop, Part 4, Albert Michaud, Walter Simon, Rand Trembly, Ernest Dubay
Albert Michaud, Walter Simon, Rand Trembly, And Ernest Dubay, Interviewed By James Bishop, Part 4, Albert Michaud, Walter Simon, Rand Trembly, Ernest Dubay
MF026 Islands and Bridges: Communities of Memory in Old Town, Maine
Albert Michaud, Walter Simon, Rand Trembly, and Ernest Dubay, interviewed by James Bishop, February 25, 1994, in Old Town, Maine. For the "Islands and Bridges" project. The group talks about their experiences and memories of growing up on French Island: sports and games, especially softball, boxing (the fights); scrounging donuts under the Milford bridge; swimming in the Penobscot River; conflict between St. Joseph's school children and the Island school children and between Islanders and Old Town; religious curriculum at St. Joseph's school; basketball; nicknames; Helen Hunt Junior High; newspapers; stores and taverns on the Island; work & factory jobs; food …
Albert Michaud, Walter Simon, Rand Trembly, And Ernest Dubay, Interviewed By James Bishop, Part 2, Albert Michaud, Walter Simon, Rand Trembly, Ernest Dubay
Albert Michaud, Walter Simon, Rand Trembly, And Ernest Dubay, Interviewed By James Bishop, Part 2, Albert Michaud, Walter Simon, Rand Trembly, Ernest Dubay
MF026 Islands and Bridges: Communities of Memory in Old Town, Maine
Albert Michaud, Walter Simon, Rand Trembly, and Ernest Dubay, interviewed by James Bishop, February 25, 1994, in Old Town, Maine. For the "Islands and Bridges" project. The group talks about their experiences and memories of growing up on French Island: sports and games, especially softball, boxing (the fights); scrounging donuts under the Milford bridge; swimming in the Penobscot River; conflict between St. Joseph's school children and the Island school children and between Islanders and Old Town; religious curriculum at St. Joseph's school; basketball; nicknames; Helen Hunt Junior High; newspapers; stores and taverns on the Island; work & factory jobs; food …
Albert Michaud, Walter Simon, Rand Trembly, And Ernest Dubay, Interviewed By James Bishop, Part 3, Albert Michaud, Walter Simon, Rand Trembly, Ernest Dubay
Albert Michaud, Walter Simon, Rand Trembly, And Ernest Dubay, Interviewed By James Bishop, Part 3, Albert Michaud, Walter Simon, Rand Trembly, Ernest Dubay
MF026 Islands and Bridges: Communities of Memory in Old Town, Maine
Albert Michaud, Walter Simon, Rand Trembly, and Ernest Dubay, interviewed by James Bishop, February 25, 1994, in Old Town, Maine. For the "Islands and Bridges" project. The group talks about their experiences and memories of growing up on French Island: sports and games, especially softball, boxing (the fights); scrounging donuts under the Milford bridge; swimming in the Penobscot River; conflict between St. Joseph's school children and the Island school children and between Islanders and Old Town; religious curriculum at St. Joseph's school; basketball; nicknames; Helen Hunt Junior High; newspapers; stores and taverns on the Island; work & factory jobs; food …
Yvonne Shorette Currier, Interviewed By Carol Nichols And Adeline “Connie” St. Louis, Part 2, Yvonne Shorette Currier
Yvonne Shorette Currier, Interviewed By Carol Nichols And Adeline “Connie” St. Louis, Part 2, Yvonne Shorette Currier
MF026 Islands and Bridges: Communities of Memory in Old Town, Maine
Yvonne Shorette Currier, interviewed by Carol Nichols and Adeline “Connie” St. Louis, November 22, 1993, at her home in Old Town, Maine. For the "Islands and Bridges" project. Currier, born on French Island in 1908, discusses St. Joseph's school and the Island school; friends and family; children's games; French at home and English at school; parent's work; traditional foods; Silver Slipper dance hall; changes on the Island; Christmas; family names of French Islanders; movie theaters; peddlers, including the ice man; nicknames; homebrew and bootlegging.
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Albert Michaud, Walter Simon, Rand Trembly, And Ernest Dubay, Interviewed By James Bishop, Part 1, Albert Michaud, Walter Simon, Rand Trembly, Ernest Dubay
MF026 Islands and Bridges: Communities of Memory in Old Town, Maine
Albert Michaud, Walter Simon, Rand Trembly, and Ernest Dubay, interviewed by James Bishop, February 25, 1994, in Old Town, Maine. For the "Islands and Bridges" project. The group talks about their experiences and memories of growing up on French Island: sports and games, especially softball, boxing (the fights); scrounging donuts under the Milford bridge; swimming in the Penobscot River; conflict between St. Joseph's school children and the Island school children and between Islanders and Old Town; religious curriculum at St. Joseph's school; basketball; nicknames; Helen Hunt Junior High; newspapers; stores and taverns on the Island; work & factory jobs; food …
Yvonne Shorette Currier, Interviewed By Carol Nichols And Adeline “Connie” St. Louis, Part 1, Yvonne Shorette Currier
Yvonne Shorette Currier, Interviewed By Carol Nichols And Adeline “Connie” St. Louis, Part 1, Yvonne Shorette Currier
MF026 Islands and Bridges: Communities of Memory in Old Town, Maine
Yvonne Shorette Currier, interviewed by Carol Nichols and Adeline “Connie” St. Louis, November 22, 1993, at her home in Old Town, Maine. For the "Islands and Bridges" project. Currier, born on French Island in 1908, discusses St. Joseph's school and the Island school; friends and family; children's games; French at home and English at school; parent's work; traditional foods; Silver Slipper dance hall; changes on the Island; Christmas; family names of French Islanders; movie theaters; peddlers, including the ice man; nicknames; homebrew and bootlegging.
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Patrick Crowley, Interviewed By Alan Comeau, Part 4, Patrick Crowley
Patrick Crowley, Interviewed By Alan Comeau, Part 4, Patrick Crowley
MF026 Islands and Bridges: Communities of Memory in Old Town, Maine
Patrick Crowley, interviewed by Alan Comeau, September 21 and October 20, 1993, at the Shuffle Inn in Old Town, Maine. For the "Islands and Bridges" project. Crowley talks about life on French Island; family reunions and genealogy; businesses on the Island; St. Joseph's school; crossing the ice; swimming and the booms on the Penobscot river; changes in winter weather; children's work and recreation; neighborhood relationships; getting married; Christmas; mother's divorce; feelings about his religion; working at the University; Saturday baths; Father John's tonic; lighting a candle to pray; bars on French Island.
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Patrick Crowley, Interviewed By Alan Comeau, Part 3, Patrick Crowley
Patrick Crowley, Interviewed By Alan Comeau, Part 3, Patrick Crowley
MF026 Islands and Bridges: Communities of Memory in Old Town, Maine
Patrick Crowley, interviewed by Alan Comeau, September 21 and October 20, 1993, at the Shuffle Inn in Old Town, Maine. For the "Islands and Bridges" project. Crowley talks about life on French Island; family reunions and genealogy; businesses on the Island; St. Joseph's school; crossing the ice; swimming and the booms on the Penobscot river; changes in winter weather; children's work and recreation; neighborhood relationships; getting married; Christmas; mother's divorce; feelings about his religion; working at the University; Saturday baths; Father John's tonic; lighting a candle to pray; bars on French Island.
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Patrick Crowley, Interviewed By Alan Comeau, Part 2, Patrick Crowley
Patrick Crowley, Interviewed By Alan Comeau, Part 2, Patrick Crowley
MF026 Islands and Bridges: Communities of Memory in Old Town, Maine
Patrick Crowley, interviewed by Alan Comeau, September 21 and October 20, 1993, at the Shuffle Inn in Old Town, Maine. For the "Islands and Bridges" project. Crowley talks about life on French Island; family reunions and genealogy; businesses on the Island; St. Joseph's school; crossing the ice; swimming and the booms on the Penobscot river; changes in winter weather; children's work and recreation; neighborhood relationships; getting married; Christmas; mother's divorce; feelings about his religion; working at the University; Saturday baths; Father John's tonic; lighting a candle to pray; bars on French Island.
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Patrick Crowley, Interviewed By Alan Comeau, Part 1, Patrick Crowley
Patrick Crowley, Interviewed By Alan Comeau, Part 1, Patrick Crowley
MF026 Islands and Bridges: Communities of Memory in Old Town, Maine
Patrick Crowley, interviewed by Alan Comeau, September 21 and October 20, 1993, at the Shuffle Inn in Old Town, Maine. For the "Islands and Bridges" project. Crowley talks about life on French Island; family reunions and genealogy; businesses on the Island; St. Joseph's school; crossing the ice; swimming and the booms on the Penobscot river; changes in winter weather; children's work and recreation; neighborhood relationships; getting married; Christmas; mother's divorce; feelings about his religion; working at the University; Saturday baths; Father John's tonic; lighting a candle to pray; bars on French Island.
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Eva Collins, Interviewed By Carol Nichols And Adeline “Connie” St. Louis, Part 2, Eva Collins
Eva Collins, Interviewed By Carol Nichols And Adeline “Connie” St. Louis, Part 2, Eva Collins
MF026 Islands and Bridges: Communities of Memory in Old Town, Maine
Eva Collins, interviewed by Carol Nichols and Adeline “Connie” St. Louis, November 22, 1993, in Old Town, Maine. For the "Islands and Bridges" project. Collins discusses moving to French Island after her marriage; LaBree's bakery; other stores and businesses; speaking French; neighbors; adult's and children's entertainment; holidays; blood sausages (boudin); boxing; Great Depression; Prohibition and homebrew; changes on the Island.
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Eva Collins, Interviewed By Carol Nichols And Adeline “Connie” St. Louis, Part 1, Eva Collins
Eva Collins, Interviewed By Carol Nichols And Adeline “Connie” St. Louis, Part 1, Eva Collins
MF026 Islands and Bridges: Communities of Memory in Old Town, Maine
Eva Collins, interviewed by Carol Nichols and Adeline “Connie” St. Louis, November 22, 1993, in Old Town, Maine. For the "Islands and Bridges" project. Collins discusses moving to French Island after her marriage; LaBree's bakery; other stores and businesses; speaking French; neighbors; adult's and children's entertainment; holidays; blood sausages (boudin); boxing; Great Depression; Prohibition and homebrew; changes on the Island.
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Lucienne Cloutier, Interviewed By Carol Nichols And Adeline “Connie” St. Louis, Part 1, Lucienne Cloutier
Lucienne Cloutier, Interviewed By Carol Nichols And Adeline “Connie” St. Louis, Part 1, Lucienne Cloutier
MF026 Islands and Bridges: Communities of Memory in Old Town, Maine
Lucienne Cloutier, interviewed by Carol Nichols and Adeline “Connie” St. Louis, August 2, 1993, in Old Town, Maine. For the "Islands and Bridges" project. Cloutier talks about living on French Island; neighbors; animals; stores; meeting her husband and moving onto French Island; emigration from Canada to the Lewiston mills, then to a farm in Old Town; Great Depression; names; Pea Cove school; woolen mill in Old Town; children's entertainment; peddlers; holidays; traditional foods; boxing and baseball games; changes on the Island.
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Lucienne Cloutier, Interviewed By Carol Nichols And Adeline “Connie” St. Louis, Part 2, Lucienne Cloutier
Lucienne Cloutier, Interviewed By Carol Nichols And Adeline “Connie” St. Louis, Part 2, Lucienne Cloutier
MF026 Islands and Bridges: Communities of Memory in Old Town, Maine
Lucienne Cloutier, interviewed by Carol Nichols and Adeline “Connie” St. Louis, August 2, 1993, in Old Town, Maine. For the "Islands and Bridges" project. Cloutier talks about living on French Island; neighbors; animals; stores; meeting her husband and moving onto French Island; emigration from Canada to the Lewiston mills, then to a farm in Old Town; Great Depression; names; Pea Cove school; woolen mill in Old Town; children's entertainment; peddlers; holidays; traditional foods; boxing and baseball games; changes on the Island.
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Norman Brilliant, Interviewed By Amy Bouchard Morin, Part 2, Norman Brilliant
Norman Brilliant, Interviewed By Amy Bouchard Morin, Part 2, Norman Brilliant
MF026 Islands and Bridges: Communities of Memory in Old Town, Maine
Norman Brilliant, interviewed by Amy Bouchard Morin, August 25, 1993, at his home in Old Town, Maine. For the "Islands and Bridges" project. Also present, Benoit Bouchard. 18 page transcript. Brilliant discusses life on French Island; father's work; neighbors; businesses; swimming in the Penobscot River; St. Joseph's school and coming home for lunch; food; Christmas; children's and adult's entertainment; Fourth of July; Helen Hunt school; English and French at home and school; WWII in the Pacific; outhouses; weddings on Mondays; funerals; LaBree's bakery.
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Norman Brilliant, Interviewed By Amy Bouchard Morin, Part 1, Norman Brilliant
Norman Brilliant, Interviewed By Amy Bouchard Morin, Part 1, Norman Brilliant
MF026 Islands and Bridges: Communities of Memory in Old Town, Maine
Norman Brilliant, interviewed by Amy Bouchard Morin, August 25, 1993, at his home in Old Town, Maine. For the "Islands and Bridges" project. Also present, Benoit Bouchard. 18 page transcript. Brilliant discusses life on French Island; father's work; neighbors; businesses; swimming in the Penobscot River; St. Joseph's school and coming home for lunch; food; Christmas; children's and adult's entertainment; Fourth of July; Helen Hunt school; English and French at home and school; WWII in the Pacific; outhouses; weddings on Mondays; funerals; LaBree's bakery.
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John Bouchard And Benoit Bouchard, Interviewed By Amy Bouchard Morin, Part 3, John Bouchard, Benoit Bouchard
John Bouchard And Benoit Bouchard, Interviewed By Amy Bouchard Morin, Part 3, John Bouchard, Benoit Bouchard
MF026 Islands and Bridges: Communities of Memory in Old Town, Maine
John Bouchard and Benoit Bouchard, interviewed by Amy Bouchard Morin, October 19, 1993, at Benoit's home in Old Town, Maine. For the "Islands and Bridges" project. The Bouchard brothers talk about French Island: neighbors; businesses; school on the Island and teacher's names; interior layout of the school; school yard games; recipe for homemade lemon, onion, and honey cough medicine; family relationships and mother's death; watching fights between Orono and French Island young men; boxing; children's work and play; relationships with neighbors; John's brush with tuberculosis; time at Maine Maritime Academy and joining the Coast Guard.
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John Bouchard And Benoit Bouchard, Interviewed By Amy Bouchard Morin, Part 1, John Bouchard, Benoit Bouchard
John Bouchard And Benoit Bouchard, Interviewed By Amy Bouchard Morin, Part 1, John Bouchard, Benoit Bouchard
MF026 Islands and Bridges: Communities of Memory in Old Town, Maine
John Bouchard and Benoit Bouchard, interviewed by Amy Bouchard Morin, October 19, 1993, at Benoit's home in Old Town, Maine. For the "Islands and Bridges" project. The Bouchard brothers talk about French Island: neighbors; businesses; school on the Island and teacher's names; interior layout of the school; school yard games; recipe for homemade lemon, onion, and honey cough medicine; family relationships and mother's death; watching fights between Orono and French Island young men; boxing; children's work and play; relationships with neighbors; John's brush with tuberculosis; time at Maine Maritime Academy and joining the Coast Guard.
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John Bouchard And Benoit Bouchard, Interviewed By Amy Bouchard Morin, Part 2, John Bouchard, Benoit Bouchard
John Bouchard And Benoit Bouchard, Interviewed By Amy Bouchard Morin, Part 2, John Bouchard, Benoit Bouchard
MF026 Islands and Bridges: Communities of Memory in Old Town, Maine
John Bouchard and Benoit Bouchard, interviewed by Amy Bouchard Morin, October 19, 1993, at Benoit's home in Old Town, Maine. For the "Islands and Bridges" project. The Bouchard brothers talk about French Island: neighbors; businesses; school on the Island and teacher's names; interior layout of the school; school yard games; recipe for homemade lemon, onion, and honey cough medicine; family relationships and mother's death; watching fights between Orono and French Island young men; boxing; children's work and play; relationships with neighbors; John's brush with tuberculosis; time at Maine Maritime Academy and joining the Coast Guard.
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Benoit Bouchard, Bernard “Bing” Bouchard, Albert “Bert” Morin, Walter Nadeau, And Beatrice Morin, Interviewed By Amy Bouchard Morin, Part 3, Benoit Bouchard, Bernard Bouchard, Albert Morin, Walter Nadeau, Bertrice Morin
Benoit Bouchard, Bernard “Bing” Bouchard, Albert “Bert” Morin, Walter Nadeau, And Beatrice Morin, Interviewed By Amy Bouchard Morin, Part 3, Benoit Bouchard, Bernard Bouchard, Albert Morin, Walter Nadeau, Bertrice Morin
MF026 Islands and Bridges: Communities of Memory in Old Town, Maine
Benoit Bouchard, Bernard “Bing” Bouchard, Albert “Bert” Morin, Walter Nadeau, and Beatrice Morin, interviewed by Amy Bouchard Morin, February 18, 1994, at Albert and Amy Morin's home in Old Town, Maine, for the "Islands and Bridges" project. The group reminisces about life on French Island: family relationships; where specific families lived; stores; carpenter work; Great Depression; prices; homebrew, bootlegging, and Prohibition; nicknames; music and dances; cutting and storing ice from the river; coal and grain from the railroad; cellar flooding; property ownership and land use on the island; drainage and sewers; food packaging, barrels and boxes of pickles, crackers, molasses, …
Benoit Bouchard, Bernard “Bing” Bouchard, Albert “Bert” Morin, Walter Nadeau, And Beatrice Morin, Interviewed By Amy Bouchard Morin, Part 4, Benoit Bouchard, Bernard Bouchard, Albert Morin, Walter Nadeau, Bertrice Morin
Benoit Bouchard, Bernard “Bing” Bouchard, Albert “Bert” Morin, Walter Nadeau, And Beatrice Morin, Interviewed By Amy Bouchard Morin, Part 4, Benoit Bouchard, Bernard Bouchard, Albert Morin, Walter Nadeau, Bertrice Morin
MF026 Islands and Bridges: Communities of Memory in Old Town, Maine
Benoit Bouchard, Bernard “Bing” Bouchard, Albert “Bert” Morin, Walter Nadeau, and Beatrice Morin, interviewed by Amy Bouchard Morin, February 18, 1994, at Albert and Amy Morin's home in Old Town, Maine, for the "Islands and Bridges" project. The group reminisces about life on French Island: family relationships; where specific families lived; stores; carpenter work; Great Depression; prices; homebrew, bootlegging, and Prohibition; nicknames; music and dances; cutting and storing ice from the river; coal and grain from the railroad; cellar flooding; property ownership and land use on the island; drainage and sewers; food packaging, barrels and boxes of pickles, crackers, molasses, …