Interviews from the Jonesport Historical Society’s collection of oral histories.
In this interview, Clinton Beal talks about his childhood and schooling on Beals island and jobs in the town. He describes how he and his friend tried to get a job with the Coast Guard and then ...
listen & learn moreThis interview is with Adelmar “Tuddy” Urquhart, lifelong weir and stop seine fisher. Charlie Alley interviews Tuddy, or “Tudd”, as he calls him, as an old friend, there are many moments of...
listen & learn moreIn this interview, Willis Beal discusses boat building on Beals Island. He talks about building his shop in 1966 and the process of building boats in the winter and lobster fishing in the summer. ...
listen & learn moreThis interview is with Barna B. Norton, a native of Jonesport, Maine. Norton discusses his life's work, sharing stories of his fishing adventures with his father, as well as his experiences working...
listen & learn moreErnest Kelley and Tuddy Urquhart guide us through a day in the life of a stop-seining fisherman, with many interjections from Charlie Alley, who was also a stop-seiner.
... listen & learn moreThis is an interview with Lillian Huntley. She describes the story of herself and her family, from before she was born, to her life growing up on Beals Island.
... listen & learn moreCharlie Alley and BIll Plaskon ask Ernest Kelley and Tuddy Urquhart about the process of getting permission to build a herring weir in the waters surrounding Jonesport, Maine, and about specifics ...
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