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Mf009 Rum Running / Bootlegging, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine
Mf009 Rum Running / Bootlegging, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine
Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History Finding Aids
Collection of interviews with informants about rum-running, bootlegging, and illegal alcohol during Prohibition in Maine. A box of supplemental material for NA2487 William Cavallini is located in the library annex. Access restrictions are in place for several series in this collection.
Mf046 Eastport History / Hugh French Collection, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine
Mf046 Eastport History / Hugh French Collection, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine
Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History Finding Aids
In 1979-1980 Hugh French received a National Endowment for the Humanities "Youth Grant" to curate an exhibit on the history of the Eastport, Maine, waterfront, 1890-1920. Edward D. “Sandy” Ives of the Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History (now Maine Folklife Center) at the University of Maine acted as academic sponsor for this project. French subsequently worked with SALT, a documentary program in Portland, Maine, and founded the Tides Institute in Eastport, Maine.
This collection includes twenty-eight interviews with thirteen Eastport residents, plus manuscript material collected as part of French’s research. In addition to the general history of Eastport, …