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.
John Mitchell, Joey Evangelista, Jamie Campbell, and Steven Kenney are high school students from Mount Desert Island, ME, who were part of the Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries’ Eastern Maine ...
listen & learn moreJohn Cox, a clam manager in Jonesboro, ME, gives his opinion on topics relevant to someone working on flats. Through a thick Downeast accent, Cox talks about the business acumen that fishermen ...
listen & learn moreJessica Echard and Rebecca Weil, from Cooperstown, NY, both work for the Northeast Center for Occupational Health and Safety as a research assistant and research coordinator, respectively. Their ...
listen & learn moreHerbert Carter Jr., a commercial shellfish harvester from Deer Isle, ME, speaks about the impacts of high levels of soot in the water around Deer Isle caused by mussel dragging. Carter describes ...
listen & learn moreHallie Arno, a student at College of the Atlantic (COA) in Bar Harbor, ME, speaks about her experiences moving to Maine and beginning to work around the ocean. She has a deep interest for ...
listen & learn moreEdwin and Freda McKie talk about what it means to go lobstering on Prince Edward Island (PEI), Canada, touching upon the gear they use, the regulations in place, and the different social dynamics ...
listen & learn moreIn this interview, Dave Cousens—a lobsterman from Waterman's Beach, South Thomaston, ME—and Edwin McKie—a lobsterman from Bay of Fortune, Prince Edward Island, Canada—speak about the social...
listen & learn moreDaniel Devereaux, from Brunswick, ME, is harbor master, clam warden, and cofounder of Mere Point Oyster Company in Maquoit Bay. In this interview, he talks about the problems that his new farm is ...
listen & learn moreDana Morse, from Walpole, ME, describes his work at his day job as an extension agent for Maine Sea Grant and his side job as an oyster farmer on the New Meadows River. He tells the story of the ...
listen & learn moreCormac Hondros-McCarthy, from Lowell, MA, is part of a team of engineers at LobsterLift LLC developing ropeless lobster traps to reduce the risk of whale entanglement. In this interview, he ...
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