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Anita Best The Working Waterfront Festival Community Documentation Project

On September 21, 2007, Millie Rahn interviewed Anita Best as part of The Working Waterfront Festival Community Documentation Project. Anita Best grew up in a family deeply connected to the fishing trade. Her father and brothers were fishermen and she discusses the seasonal aspects of fishing, lumbering during Christmas time, and the family-oriented nature of fishing. Anita's family had strong traditions of storytelling, and she recalls watching her father and uncles repair nets, sing songs, and share stories.

Millie Rahn New Bedford, MA Working Waterfront Festival
Armando Estudante The Working Waterfront Festival Community Documentation Project

On September 24, 2005, Millie Rahn interviewed Armando Estudante as part of the Working Waterfront Festival Community Documentation Project. Armando is a fisherman and entrepreneur. Born in Portugal, he immigrated to the United States in 1978 when he was in his 50s. While he was initially visiting his parents in Philadelphia, he took a trip to New Bedford and discovered the city's vibrant fishing community. He decided to settle there permanently. Armando already had experience in the fishing industry as he was in charge of a fleet of boats in Portugal.

Millie Rahn New Bedford, MA Working Waterfront Festival
Arne Ole Andersen The Working Waterfront Festival Community Documentation Project

On November 9, 2006 Millie Rahn interviewed Arne Ole Andersen as part of the Working Waterfront Festival Documentation Project. Arne shares memories from his childhood growing up in a fishing and farming village in Denmark. He began his maritime career at fourteen, working on Baltic traders and later on larger ships, including Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish vessels. He sailed on American ships during the Korean War and settled in New Bedford, where he fished primarily out of the port.

Millie Rahn Fairhaven, MA Working Waterfront Festival
Arnold "Woody" Bowers The Working Waterfront Festival Community Documentation Project

On September 25, 2004 Millie Rahn interviewed Woody Bowers, who was joined by his daughter and son-in-law, Sue & Rodney Murray, as part of the Working Waterfront Festival Documentation Project. Woody discusses his life as a commercial fisherman in New Bedford, Massachusetts, and his experiences in the Merchant Marines during World War II. Sue Murray, Woody’s daughter, shares what it was like growing up with a father who was often out at sea. Rodey Murray, Sue’s husband, serves as a captain of a scallop boat.

Millie Rahn New Bedford, MA Working Waterfront Festival
Barbara Merry The Working Waterfront Festival Community Documentation Project

On September 23, 2007, Millie Rahn interviewed Barbara Merry as part of the Working Waterfront Festival Documentation Project. Barbara describes her childhood, noting that she’d been surrounded by boats her whole life. Her father owned a wholesale/retail marine company, and she grew up on a wooden cruising boat. She gravitated toward tying knots and starting selling her macramé to make a little extra money. Once macramé went out of fashion, she tried several other crafts before finding Ahsley’s Book of Knots and began knotting.

Millie Rahn New Bedford, MA Working Waterfront Festival
Bob Mitchell The Working Waterfront Festival Community Documentation Project

On September 23, 2005, Millie Rahn interviewed Bob Mitchell as part of the Working Waterfront Festival Community Documentation Project. Bob was born and raised in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, into a family of Fairhaven natives. He shares pieces of his family’s history, his father’s founding of R.A. Mitchell Company in 1954, and his pursuit of further education in England at the Lister Engine Factory School. Returning to the United States in 1962, Bob resumed his role in the family business.

Millie Rahn New Bedford, MA Working Waterfront Festival
Carlos Rafael The Working Waterfront Festival Community Documentation Project

On September 26, 2004, Millie Rahn interviewed Carlos Rafael as part of the Working Waterfront Festival Community Documentation Project.  Carlos talks about his childhood in the Azores, and the influences that led him to immigrate to America, where he settled in New Bedford in 1968. He chronicles his career, which started when he was 17 and lied about his age to start working as a doffer in a textile mill, and details his entrance into the fishing industry. After years of work, he built a company, Carlos Seafood, Inc.

Millie Rahn New Bedford, MA Working Waterfront Festival
Dan Orchard The Working Waterfront Festival Community Documentation Project

On September 23, 2006, Millie Rahn interviewed Dan Orchard as part of the Working Waterfront Festival Community Documentation Project.  Dan shares his experiences the Travis and Natalie out of Point Judith, Rhode Island. He’s worked on a variety of boats, including smaller boats, engaged in inshore dragging, scuba diving for steamers, and bull raking for little necks.

Millie Rahn New Bedford, MA Working Waterfront Festival
Deb and Ron Shrader The Working Waterfront Festival Community Documentation Project

On September 26, 2004, Millie Rahn interviewed Deb and Ron Schrader as part of the Working Waterfront Festival Community Documentation Project. Ron was raised in a fishing family, and knew he wanted to be a fisherman from an early age, and made his way along the coast from North Carolina to New Bedford, MA, where he achieved his goal of becoming a captain. Deb grew up in New Bedford, but it wasn’t until she met Ron that she became involved in the local fishing industry.

Millie Rahn New Bedford, MA Working Waterfront Festival
Donald Clattenberg, 2006 The Working Waterfront Festival Community Documentation Project

Donald Clattenburg is an 81-year-old retired boat owner from Fairhaven, Nova Scotia. Born in Port Midway, Nova Scotia, he moved to New Bedford in 1941 with his three brothers. His father owned four fishing boats in New Bedford, and DC began his career in the fishing industry at the age of fifteen, working in Homers Filet House. He was drafted into the Navy at eighteen during WWII and participated in the invasion of the beach at Okinawa. After the war, he returned to fishing, working with his uncle on the Two Brothers and later on his father's boat.

Millie Rahn New Bedford, MA Working Waterfront Festival