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Nicoll, Don Oral History Interview, Jeremy Robitaille
Nicoll, Don Oral History Interview, Jeremy Robitaille
Edmund S. Muskie Oral History Collection
Donald Eugene "Don" Nicoll was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on August 4, 1927, and grew up in the West Roxbury section of the city. He is the son of George and Mary Nicoll. He attended Robert Gould Shaw Junior High School and Boston English High School and graduated from Colby College in Waterville, Maine in 1949, majoring in History with a minor in Government. Don met his future wife, Hilda Farnum, also a Colby student, when they worked in the resort town of Ocean Park, Maine, in the summer of 1944. Nicoll began his graduate work at Pennsylvania State College …
Henderson, James S. "Jim" Oral History Interview, Nicholas Christie
Henderson, James S. "Jim" Oral History Interview, Nicholas Christie
Edmund S. Muskie Oral History Collection
Jim Henderson was born in St. Albans, New York in 1941. He moved to Anson, Maine when he was five. His father was appointed sheriff of Somerset County by Muskie. His mother, a big Muskie supporter, shared his Polish heritage. He attended Skowhegan schools and graduated in 1960. He began college studying physics at Carnegie Mellon University, then graduated from University of Maine with a degree in Political Science. He taught at the University of Maine and Texas University. He was elected to the Bangor city counsel, then the Maine State Legislature (D), where he was on the Judiciary Committee. …
Cabot, Jane Fenderson Oral History Interview, Don Nicoll
Cabot, Jane Fenderson Oral History Interview, Don Nicoll
Edmund S. Muskie Oral History Collection
Jane Fenderson Cabot was born on April 30, 1943 in Biddeford, Maine. Her parents were Janet (Hazelton) and Charles Fenderson. Her mother was a homemaker, and her father was a store superintendent at the Porteous, Mitchell and Braun Department Store in Portland, Maine. Jane lived in Biddeford until her family moved to Saco, Maine, in the late 1940s. Her family was fairly political, influenced by her uncle Paul Hazelton, who was a Bowdoin College professor, and a campaign manager for Ed Muskie. Cabot graduated from Thornton Academy in 1960. She then attended Mount Holyoke College, graduating in 1964. During her …
Webber, Curtis Oral History Interview, Marisa Burnham-Bestor
Webber, Curtis Oral History Interview, Marisa Burnham-Bestor
Edmund S. Muskie Oral History Collection
G. Curtis Webber was born August 29, 1933 in Lewiston, Maine and grew up in Auburn. He attended Edward Little H.S., class of 1950 and one year of prep school at the Loomis School in Windsor, Connecticut. Like his father, he attended Bowdoin College and Harvard Law School. In 1958 he joined Frank Linnell’s law firm and continues in the current firm: Linnell, Choate & Webber. In 1965 he was Auburn city solicitor.
Eastman, Joel Oral History Interview, Mike Richard
Eastman, Joel Oral History Interview, Mike Richard
Edmund S. Muskie Oral History Collection
Joel Eastmen was born in Bridgton, Maine on March 11, 1939. His father graduated from Bowdoin College and taught at Berwick Academy, then went on to work for the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) as an educational advisor. His mother was a homemaker. Joel has four siblings. He grew up in a Congregationalist, Republican family and was the first Democrat in the family. He lived in Fryeburg, then Salisbury Cove on Mt. Desert Island, then Portland (during WWII), and then Buxton, Maine. He worked for a year after high school, and then attended the University of Maine where he spent his …
Nute, Alice Oral History Interview, Don Nicoll, Marisa Burnham-Bestor
Nute, Alice Oral History Interview, Don Nicoll, Marisa Burnham-Bestor
Edmund S. Muskie Oral History Collection
Alice Nute was born July 25, 1915 in Houlton, Maine. Her father was a forester; her mother was a teacher who graduated from Bates. Nute went to Ricker Junior College and worked in the Kerry Library in Houlton. She moved to Augusta after college and worked in the state law library from November 15, 1943-May 12, 1978. When she retired, her title at the library was “Deputy Law Librarian.” She married Floyd Thomas Nute, who was Muskie’s press secretary around 1954 when Muskie was governor of Maine.