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Welsh, William "Bill" Oral History Interview, Don Nicoll
Welsh, William "Bill" Oral History Interview, Don Nicoll
Edmund S. Muskie Oral History Collection
William Brownlee Welsh was born in Munfordville, Kentucky, on September 18, 1924. His mother, Mary Cox Welsh, was in charge of dining halls at Berea College in Kentucky. His father, Benjamin Tibbetts Welsh, worked in a labor program in Berea. William grew up around Berea and eventually attended Berea College. However, Welsh split time during his childhood between Kentucky and Boothbay Harbor, Maine, where his grandfather worked on a dairy farm. Welsh spent every summer of his youth in Boothbay Harbor with his grandfather, until he went away to fight in World War II for three or four years. Welsh …
Kneeland, Doug Oral History Interview, Andrea L'Hommedieu
Kneeland, Doug Oral History Interview, Andrea L'Hommedieu
Edmund S. Muskie Oral History Collection
Douglas E. Kneeland was born in Lincoln, Maine, on July 27, 1929 to Bruce and Sally Kneeland. Through the Great Depression his family moved many times before settling in Somerville, Massachusetts. They lived in Somerville from the time Kneeland was in seventh grade until the beginning of his senior year in high school. After high school, Kneeland went into the Army for a couple years, and then went on to the University of Maine at Orono for four years. His father, Bruce Kneeland, had several odd jobs including working at the Bangor Daily News. When Doug was in school …
Hobbins, Barry Oral History Interview, Andrea L'Hommedieu
Hobbins, Barry Oral History Interview, Andrea L'Hommedieu
Edmund S. Muskie Oral History Collection
Barry J. Hobbins was born May 17, 1951 in Biddeford, Maine and grew up in Saco, Maine. Aside from two years that he spent at St. Michael’s College, he has lived in Saco all of his life. Hobbins became involved with politics in 1972 when he was elected to the Maine state legislature. He ran for the U.S. Congress in 1984, and served in the state senate from 1988 to 1990. He was also the state chairman at one time. He worked on Ed Muskie’s presidential campaign in 1972 and his senatorial campaign in 1976. At the time of this …
The Bates Spudent - [Volume 132 Number 21] - May 13, 2003, Bates College
The Bates Spudent - [Volume 132 Number 21] - May 13, 2003, Bates College
The Bates Student
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The Bates Student - Volume 132 Number 17 - March 18, 2003, Bates College
The Bates Student - Volume 132 Number 17 - March 18, 2003, Bates College
The Bates Student
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The Bates Student - Volume 132 Number 15 - March 4, 2003, Bates College
The Bates Student - Volume 132 Number 15 - March 4, 2003, Bates College
The Bates Student
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Nelson, Robert Oral History Interview, Andrea L'Hommedieu
Nelson, Robert Oral History Interview, Andrea L'Hommedieu
Edmund S. Muskie Oral History Collection
Robert L. Nelson was born August 10, 1931 in Dover, New Hampshire to Albert and Alice Nelson. He grew up in Dover, and spent his summers in South Freeport, Maine where his mother was born. He attended MCI prep school for one year, then went on to Bates College. After two years at Bates, the Korean War began and Robert spent two years in the army. He then returned to Bates and graduated in 1956. He attended Georgetown Law School, and worked at the Library of Congress. Just before graduating he began working on the Commission on Civil Rights. He …