Maine Sound + Story collects, catalogs, and preserves oral histories related to Maine’s history, peoples, and landscape. Compiled here is a database of first hand accounts from a range of projects and contributors. Search records (metadata, abstracts, and transcripts) by simply doing a keyword(s) search. For a more advanced search, you can use multiple keywords and/or you can filter by collection, interviewer, format, affiliation, and/or location. Search results can be sorted by relevance and date of interview. Send reference questions and requests by email anytime to mainesoundandstory@gmail.com.
Patrick Shepard works for the Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries and was born in Stonington, ME. He talks about his experiences growing up in a fishing family and lobstering with his brother from a...
listen & learn moreMerritt Carey, from Tennent’s Harbor, ME, grew up summering in Maine and is now a key member of the Maine Aquaculture Co-op. In this interview, she recounts her experiences working Maine, ...
listen & learn moreMarina Cucuzza, a marine researcher from Boston, MA, is currently working on her thesis which assesses the capacity for sustainability in coastal communities. She discusses buzz words such as ...
listen & learn moreMarcia Beal Brazer, from Ogunquit, ME, shares a personal story about her husband Norman Brazer, a lobsterman, who got tangled in a lobster buoy rope and fell overboard while fishing near Boon ...
listen & learn moreThe interview with Leif Albertson provides insights into his family's legacy in commercial fishing, his personal experiences as a recreational fisherman, and his deep ties to the Sebasco Harbor ...
listen & learn moreKrista Tripp, a lobsterman from Spruce Head, ME, speaks about her childhood experiences fishing, going through the lobster apprenticeship program, and how her grandfather supported her desire to ...
listen & learn moreJohn Peabody is an offshore lobsterman, although he maintains licenses for many species, out of Point Judith, RI. He is an owner/operator of a boat that goes out on multi-day fishing trips. He ...
listen & learn moreGlenn Robbins is a herring and lobster fisherman out of Rockland, ME. He has extensive experience on the sea as he started fishing when he was 12 years old. He compares purse seining and trawling ...
listen & learn moreFrank Heller and Jack Collins, two friends and prospective aquaculturists from Brunswick, ME, share anecdotes from their life including how Heller broke his leg while walking on Popham Beach, was ...
listen & learn moreJohn McMillan, the owner of McMillan Offshore Survival Training and resident of Belfast, ME, and Don Wagner, one of his employees, offer the Drill Conductor Course to lobstermen. Both focus on the ...
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