Helen Austin
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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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 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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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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In 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. He ...
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This interview is with Ernest and Marilyn Kelley, residents of Jonesport. The couple discusses the history of their family and the various fisheries Ernest has participated in. Ernest fished as a ...
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Sonny Beal, a lobsterman on Beals Island, discusses his work with the greater lobstering community. Beal talks about the Lobstering Union, the Jonesport-Beals Co-op, and the Maine Lobster Marketing ...
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