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.
This 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 moreIn this interview by Galen Koch with Alice Spencer of Stonington, Spencer shares stories about a trip to the White House, close calls with death, mischief her children and herself got into, ...
listen & learn moreThis interview is a collection of stories of the memories of Alice Spencer’s time in Deer Isle and Isle au Haut. Her husband, Richard, and daughter also join the conversation at times sharing ...
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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In this interview of Sanford Kelly, by Galen Koch, he recalls his early youth in the Jonesport area during the Depression and World Wars. He shares memorable events of his life through his time in ...
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Galen Koch interviews Richard P Alley, who recalls his family history and its connections to the islands and original settlers as he talks about his childhood. He shares the changes he has seen in ...
listen & learn moreGay Crowley, operator of a local bait shop on Beals Island, talks about the ins-and-outs of bait selling. Crowley discusses the process of packaging worms, how she got started in the business, and ...
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.
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