Oral History & Folklife Research, Inc.

Interviewee Collection Sort descending Description Interviewer Date of Interview Location of Interview Affiliation
Myrtress Harrington The Last Sardine Cannery - Prospect Harbor, Maine

Myrtress Harrington was eighteen when she started canning sardines at Stinson Seafood 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.
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.
Susan Knight Calder The Last Sardine Cannery - Prospect Harbor, Maine

Susan grew up in an Irish Catholic family. She started working in canneries when she was 16 years old.

Keith Ludden Whiting, 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.
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.
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.
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.
Wayne Wilcox The Last Sardine Cannery - Prospect Harbor, Maine

Wayne Wilcox worked in the shipping room of the B.H. Wilson Sardine Factory in Eastport, Maine.

Keith Ludden Eastport, ME Oral History & Folklife Research, Inc.