Sam Eliot
Sam Eliot, one of the first College of the Atlantic (COA) staff members, shares his experience at COA. He played many roles throughout the college’s history, also teaching literature and serving...
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Sam Eliot, one of the first College of the Atlantic (COA) staff members, shares his experience at COA. He played many roles throughout the college’s history, also teaching literature and serving...
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Cushman McGiffert, reverend and founding trustee of College of the Atlantic (COA), describes his involvement with COA from the early, formative years, through the present. He describes his first ...
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Elmer Beal, former anthropology faculty member at College of the Atlantic (COA), describes his arrival to COA, including details about his hiring, as well as COA’s founding within the context of...
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John Biderman, College of the Atlantic (COA) alum, shares his experience as a COA student in the college’s early years. He describes the structure of early COA, touching on committee structure, ...
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This interview with Kim Colbeth, a lifelong resident and former schoolteacher of Swan’s Island, Maine, provides a comprehensive insight into the island’s history, community, and ...
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On May 12, 2023, Tiegan Paulson and Katie Culp interviewed Angela Johnston at the College of the Atlantic for the Frenchman Bay Oral History Project. Angela Johnston, a marine tour guide with 25 years...
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In 1968, an unknown interviewer interviewed Elmer Hoffses for the Beals Heritage Museum. The interview location is unknown. Hoffses, a longtime resident of the Beals Island area in Maine, shares ...
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On February 9, 2006, Charlie Alley and Ray Beal interviewed Clinton Beal at his home on Beals Island for the Jonesport Historical Society. Beal, born on April 15, 1923, grew up on Beals Island, Maine....
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On October 25, 2019, Galen Koch interviewed Chris Petersen in Hancock, Maine, for The First Coast’s Bar Harbor Collection. Petersen is a faculty member at College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor, ...
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On March 13, 2004, Charlie Alley and Bill Plaskon interviewed Adelmar “Tuddy” Urquhart in Jonesport, Maine, for the Jonesport Historical Society. Urquhart, born in South Portland, Maine, in 1926, ...
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