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Interviewee Sort descending | Collection | Description | Interviewer | Date of Interview | Location of Interview | Affiliation |
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Alton West | The Last Sardine Cannery - Prospect Harbor, Maine |
Al West was a supervisor at the Stinson Cannery in Prospect Harbor, Maine. |
Keith Ludden | Steuben, ME | Oral History & Folklife Research, Inc. | |
Arlene and Keith Hartford | The Last Sardine Cannery - Prospect Harbor, Maine |
Arlene and Keith "Pete" Hartford both worked for the Stinson Seafood cannery in Prospect Harbor, Maine. |
Keith Ludden | Gouldsboro, ME | Oral History & Folklife Research, Inc. | |
Cary Lewis | The Last Sardine Cannery - Prospect Harbor, Maine |
Cary Lewis captained a sardine carrier, delivering sardines to the canneries on the Maine coast. |
Keith Ludden | Southwest Harbor, ME | Oral History & Folklife Research, Inc. | |
Charlie Stinson | The Last Sardine Cannery - Prospect Harbor, Maine |
Charles Stinson was the owner of the Stinson Cannery in Prospect Harbor, which was established by his grandfather. |
Keith Ludden | Prospect Harbor, ME | Oral History & Folklife Research, Inc. | |
Clarence Suddy | The Last Sardine Cannery - Prospect Harbor, Maine |
Clarence "Buck" Suddy helped operate Raye's Mustard Mill in Eastport for many years. The mill provided the mustard many of the canneries used to can sardines. |
Keith Ludden | Eastport, ME | Oral History & Folklife Research, Inc. | |
Clell Genthner | The Last Sardine Cannery - Prospect Harbor, Maine |
Clell Genthner captained sardine carriers, fishing off the coast of Maine in the 1950's through the 1990's. He supplied fish to the sardine canneries that dotted the coast of Maine. |
Keith Ludden | Damariscotta, ME | Oral History & Folklife Research, Inc. | |
Diana Young | The Last Sardine Cannery - Prospect Harbor, Maine |
Diana Young worked as the bookkeeper at the Stinson Cannery in Prospect Harbor, Maine. |
Keith Ludden | Prospect Harbor, ME | Oral History & Folklife Research, Inc. | |
Elaine Lowell | The Last Sardine Cannery - Prospect Harbor, Maine |
Elaine Lowell was born in Stueben, Maine, in 1915. She and her husband George raised three children in Prospect Harbor. Elaine worked for the Stinson Canning Company in Prospect Harbor, Maine. She had several jobs at the former cannery: cutting and packing sardines, cleaning the offices at night, transporting injured employees to the hospital, and getting up at four o’clock in the morning to call the cannery employees if there was herring to come in to cut and pack. |
Keith Ludden | Prospect Harbor, ME | Oral History & Folklife Research, Inc. | |
Jeanne and Robert Peacock | The Last Sardine Cannery - Prospect Harbor, Maine |
Robert Peacock's family operated canneries in Eastport, Lubec and Portland, Maine. |
Keith Ludden | Eastport, ME | Oral History & Folklife Research, Inc. | |
Lela Anderson | The Last Sardine Cannery - Prospect Harbor, Maine |
Lela Anderson, born on June 6, 1931, in Sullivan, Hancock County, worked at the Stinson Cannery from 1956 for 54 years. She grew up in Corea, Maine, and her mother had also worked at the cannery in the 1940s. Lela's family had a history of involvement with the cannery, as her mother, aunt, and older sister also worked there. |
Keith Ludden | Corea, ME | Oral History & Folklife Research, Inc. |