Edith "Edie" Mikina
Workers on the New Bedford Waterfront
These oral histories were produced in 2017 as part of the Workers on the Waterfront Oral History Project conducted by New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center with funding from an Archie Green Fellowship provided by the Library of Congress.
Millie Rahn
Edie Mikina was born in Angola, in West Africa, of Portuguese heritage and came to the US in 1970. She is the owner of Edie and Marie Boat Settlements in New Bedford, which handles accounting work for fishing vessels out of New Bedford and Fairhaven, which she describes as “one business handling 50 businesses.” She talks about her work and services to fishermen, especially to Portuguese clients, and contrasts past and present in the boat settlement business and in the industry. This is a lively and informative interview and conveys a great deal of historical and topical information about the New Bedford fishery.
This oral history was produced in 2017 as part of the Workers on the Waterfront Oral History Project conducted by New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center with funding from an Archie Green Fellowship provided by the Library of Congress.
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