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Mf067 "Wildfire Loose" Oral History Project / Joyce Butler, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine
Mf067 "Wildfire Loose" Oral History Project / Joyce Butler, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine
Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History Finding Aids
The “Wildfire Loose” Collection consists of a series of 37 interviews conducted by Joyce Butler in preparation for her book of the same title about the fires in Maine in October 1947. The interviews cover geographic areas in York, Oxford, and Hancock Counties including the communities of Kennebunk, Cape Porpoise, Goose Rocks, Kennebunkport, Saco, Biddeford, East Waterboro, Brownfield, Somesville, and Bar Harbor. Donated in 1979. When possible, obituaries for informants were collected by Special Collections staff as additional documentation of informants.
Coverage Of Bar Harbor Fire Of 1947, Wlbz Radio
Coverage Of Bar Harbor Fire Of 1947, Wlbz Radio
WLBZ Radio Station Records
WLBZ announcers John Wellington and Ellis O'Brien interview several individuals involved in disaster recovery efforts toward the end of the Bar Harbor fire of 1947. Wellington interviews Mr. Zwickert, Deputy Manager of the North Atlantic Area for the Red Cross. O'Brien interviews Deputy Fire Chief Asa Wasgatt, New England Telephone and Telegraph Company Manager John Conte, Bar Harbor resident Maurice Gilley, and chairman of the Bar Harbor Board of Selectmen Seth E. Libby.
Coverage Of Maine Forest Fires, October, 1947, Wcsh Radio
Coverage Of Maine Forest Fires, October, 1947, Wcsh Radio
WLBZ Radio Station Records
W. W. Chaplin on NBC's News of the World with several reports of the 1947 Maine Forest Fires. His final report describes the situation in Bar Harbor, shared from Ellsworth over the facilities of WLBZ.