Interviews from The First Coast project in Deer Isle and Stonington, Maine. Recorded in March and April 2018.
This is an interview by Galen Koch of Robin Alden of Stonington. Alden was a major part of the foundation of several commercial fishery newspapers, the Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries and served as...
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The interview with Mae Gove provides an oral history of her life growing up in Stonington, Maine. Gove discusses her experiences working in the sardine factory, her youth spent baiting traps, and the ...
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The interview with Liz Monahon and her partner, Rufus Nicoll, provides insights into Liz’s journey to becoming a diesel mechanic and her experiences as a woman in a male-dominated field. The ...
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On April 6, 2018, Galen Koch interviewed Helen Austin in Deer Isle, Maine, for The First Coast Deer Isle and Stonington project. Helen Austin was born in 1940 in South Penobscot, Maine, and grew up in...
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In this interview, Max St. Amand discusses his life as a young lobsterman in Stonington. St. Amand shares how he started fishing at a young age doing purse seining, lobstering, and clamming. Koch and ...
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This interview by Galen Koch of Travis Fifield of Stonington, Fifield shares about his extensive family history and sense of place on Deer Isle. He shares how he ended up back in Stonington because of...
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