Oral History & Folklife Research, Inc.
Interviewee | Collection Sort descending | Description | Interviewer | Date of Interview | Location of Interview | Affiliation |
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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. |