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Interviewee | Interviewer | Date of Interview | Interviewer's Affiliation | Location of Interview | Description | Collection Name |
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Lanny Nelms | Unknown | The Port of Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA |
Oral history interview with Lanny Nelms. |
Port of Los Angeles Centennial Oral History Project | |
Virginia Brownell | Unknown | The Port of Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA |
Oral history interview with Virginia Brownell. |
Port of Los Angeles Centennial Oral History Project | |
John Papadakis | Unknown | The Port of Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA |
Oral history interview with John Papadakis. |
Port of Los Angeles Centennial Oral History Project | |
Raymond Stargill Pringle, Jr. | Michael Jepson | 05-27-1993 | Florida Humanities Council, Florida Institute of Saltwater Heritage, Florida Maritime Museum | Cortez, FL |
Raymond Pringle, Jr. discusses family life, fishing with various others, seine and gill netting. He expresses bitterness about all the regulations imposed on commercial fishing. |
Vanishing Culture Project |
Stancil Jones | Unknown | The Port of Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA |
Oral history interview with Stancil Jones. |
Port of Los Angeles Centennial Oral History Project | |
Jim Pitman | Unknown | The Port of Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA |
Oral history interview with Jim Pitman. |
Port of Los Angeles Centennial Oral History Project | |
Violet Parkhurst | Unknown | The Port of Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA |
Oral history interview with Violet Parkhurst. |
Port of Los Angeles Centennial Oral History Project | |
Pearson Jackson | Unknown | The Port of Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA |
Oral history interview with Pearson Jackson. |
Port of Los Angeles Centennial Oral History Project | |
Charles Carevich | Unknown | The Port of Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA |
Oral history interview with Charles Carevich. |
Port of Los Angeles Centennial Oral History Project | |
Melody Hall | Unknown | The Port of Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA |
Oral history interview with Melody Hall. |
Port of Los Angeles Centennial Oral History Project | |
Alcee Taylor | Michael Jepson, Wayne Nield | 01-21-1993 | Florida Humanities Council, Florida Institute of Saltwater Heritage, Florida Maritime Museum | Cortez, FL |
Alcee Taylor is a native of Cortez, Florida, a historic fishing village known for its rich maritime heritage. Born into a family of boat builders, Taylor's father was known for building skiffs, a versatile type of boat that was adapted to the shallow waters of Florida's bays and estuaries. Taylor himself has a deep connection with the fishing industry, having bought fish in North Carolina and worked with the Florida Shrimp Exchange. He also served in the military, after which he engaged in fishing activities in North Carolina. |
Vanishing Culture Project |
Roy Coats | Unknown | The Port of Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA |
Oral history interview with Roy Coats. |
Port of Los Angeles Centennial Oral History Project | |
Emilei Noceti | Unknown | The Port of Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA |
Oral history interview with Emilei Noceti. |
Port of Los Angeles Centennial Oral History Project | |
George Griffith | Unknown | The Port of Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA |
Oral history interview with George Griffith. |
Port of Los Angeles Centennial Oral History Project | |
Anthony Misetich | Unknown | The Port of Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA |
Oral history interview with Anthony Misetich. |
Port of Los Angeles Centennial Oral History Project | |
John Guest | Unknown | The Port of Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA |
Oral history interview with John Guest. |
Port of Los Angeles Centennial Oral History Project | |
William Gravett | Unknown | The Port of Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA |
Oral history interview with William Gravett, |
Port of Los Angeles Centennial Oral History Project | |
Julian Jimenez | Unknown | The Port of Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA |
Oral history interview with Julian Jimenez. |
Port of Los Angeles Centennial Oral History Project | |
Mike Godward | Unknown | The Port of Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA |
Oral history interview with Mike Godward. |
Port of Los Angeles Centennial Oral History Project | |
Don Taub | Unknown | The Port of Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA |
Oral history interview with Don Taub. |
Port of Los Angeles Centennial Oral History Project | |
Maureen Kenny | Molly Graham | 12-06-2019 | NOAA Heritage Program, National Weather Service | Silver Spring, MD |
Captain Maureen Kenny was born in 1953 in Richmond, California. She graduated from Michigan State University in 1975 with a degree in Mathematics, and immediately joined the NOAA Corps when she was twenty-two. After training at Kings Point Maritime Academy, Captain Kenny reported to the NOAA Ship Davidson in Anchorage, Alaska. Her assignments took her all over the country throughout her career. She also attended Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, and earned her master's in Oceanography/Hydrography. |
NOAA Heritage Oral History Project |
David Kuhn | Unknown | 08-03-2007 | University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, Oshkosh Public Museum | Unknown |
David Kuhn is interviewed about sturgeon spearing, decoy making, and spear construction. Interviewer identity unknown. |
People of the Sturgeon: Wisconsin's Love Affair with an Ancient Fish |
Bill McAloon | Dick Ristow | 09-13-2006 | University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, Oshkosh Public Museum | Unknown |
Bill McAloon discusses his experiences as a leading member of Sturgeon for Tomorrow and as a sturgeon spearer in an interview conducted by Dick Ristow. He talks about the early days on the Wolf River, helping to train wardens for DNR, illegal fishing practices and negative impact on the lakes, successful decoys, and sharing of fishing tradition with son and grandson. |
People of the Sturgeon: Wisconsin's Love Affair with an Ancient Fish |
Bill McAloon | Eugene Herubin | 01-30-2007 | University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, Oshkosh Public Museum | Unknown |
Bill McAloon is interviewed on January 30, 2007 by Eugene Herubin about his experiences sturgeon fishing. McAloon primarily fishes on Wolf River, but also on Lake Winnebago. McAloon discussed his experiences as a youth when it was common for people to fish sturgeon out of the river, as well as the shift in legality of these methods as well as local mindset regarding such practices. Tape recording ends abruptly and early in interview. |
People of the Sturgeon: Wisconsin's Love Affair with an Ancient Fish |
James Nadler | Unknown | 08-09-2007 | University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, Oshkosh Public Museum | Stockbridge, WI |
James Nadler discusses lake sturgeon spearing construction with the interviewer. James also discusses his experiences sturgeon spearing and changes in spearing over time. Interviewer identity unknown. |
People of the Sturgeon: Wisconsin's Love Affair with an Ancient Fish |
Jerry Neumueller | Dick Ristow | 03-10-2006 | University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, Oshkosh Public Museum | Oshkosh, WI |
Jerry Neumueller talks about his experiences with sturgeon spearing and shares some of his knowledge about the sport. He explains how to find a spot, cutting holes, moving shanties, using decoys, and throwing the spear straight. He also talks about how things have changed over the years. |
People of the Sturgeon: Wisconsin's Love Affair with an Ancient Fish |
Donald Petersen, Sr. | Dick Koerner | 10-12-2007 | University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, Oshkosh Public Museum | Neenah, WI |
Interviewed by Dick Koerner, Donald Petersen, Sr. (also known as Old Timer or O.T.) discusses his experiences with sturgeon spearing. He talks about changes in the sport, his spearing history, and preferences for recipes, spearing locations, and spears. |
People of the Sturgeon: Wisconsin's Love Affair with an Ancient Fish |
Gordon Priegel | Ronald M. Bruch | 10-25-2007 | University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, Oshkosh Public Museum | Baraboo, WI |
Ronald M. Bruch interviews Gordon Priegel, former DNR fish manager in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Priegel, who worked in Oshkosh from 1959 to 1970, was instrumental in many of the conservation practices and development of available knowledge on Lake Winnebago’s sturgeon population, both of which are still of great importance today. Priegel discusses research he conducted and memories from his working life. |
People of the Sturgeon: Wisconsin's Love Affair with an Ancient Fish |
Don Reiter | Kathleen Schmitt Kline | 08-25-2008 | University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, Oshkosh Public Museum | Unknown |
Kathleen Schmitt Kline interviews Don Reiter, the Tribal Fish and Wildlife Manager for the Menominee Tribe of Wisconsin. Don discusses his history with sturgeon and the Menominee Tribe, particularly in relation to restricted Menominee access to sturgeon spearing in the past. |
People of the Sturgeon: Wisconsin's Love Affair with an Ancient Fish |
Julian Culbreath | Michael Jepson, Wayne Nield | 04-01-1993 | Florida Humanities Council, Florida Institute of Saltwater Heritage, Florida Maritime Museum | Cortez, FL |
This interview has two tracks, one an interview with Julian Culbreath and the other some music played on his fiddle with Leo Gale on guitar. The interview discusses Culbreath's family history and fishing. Culbreath's family was musical. A lot is about his musical career and the formation of The Cortez Grand Old Opry. The music tape has "The Cortez Rag" and "The Orange Blossom Special." |
Vanishing Culture Project |
Leroy Remme | Dominic Carmona | 01-17-2007 | University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, Oshkosh Public Museum | Appleton, WI |
Leroy Remme, while only sturgeon spearing for around six years, caught one of the largest fish ever recorded on Lake Winnebago in 1990. In his interview with Dominic Carmona, he talks about seeing the fish, spearing it, and the trouble it took to get the fish out of the water, out of the shanty, and into his truck. He talks about feeling bad for killing a fish that was suspected of being 100 years old. Leroy also relates some changes in the sport. |
People of the Sturgeon: Wisconsin's Love Affair with an Ancient Fish |
Mike Remme | Dominic Carmona | 01-25-2007 | University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, Oshkosh Public Museum | Fremont, WI |
Mike Remme describes his personal fishing history in and around Green Bay in an interview conducted by Dominic Carmona. Mike began fishing at around age 13 and tells of his biggest catch. Also tells of his father, Leroy Remme, catching the largest sturgeon one season, the death of a friend on the ice, and of the accidental destruction of a friend's shanty by fire |
People of the Sturgeon: Wisconsin's Love Affair with an Ancient Fish |
Todd Schaller | Kathleen Schmitt Kline | 08-26-2008 | University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, Oshkosh Public Museum | Oshkosh, WI |
Todd Schaller, Convservation Warden Supervisor in Oshkosh, is interviewed by Kathleen Schmitt Kline regarding his involvement with the Sturgeon Guard program and public attitudes toward sturgeon due to Sturgeon for Tomorrow. |
People of the Sturgeon: Wisconsin's Love Affair with an Ancient Fish |
George Schmidt | Dick Ristow | 04-07-2009 | University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, Oshkosh Public Museum | Appleton, WI |
George Schmidt is a woodcarver from Appleton who over the years has carved around 40 sturgeon decoys. In his interview with Dick Ristow, he begins with how he got started carving decoys, and then talks about how the pattern of his decoys evolved. This is followed by a brief explanation of the process and the materials used in making decoys. He continues very briefly with his limited sturgeon spearing experience. George also teaches a few classes a year on carving. |
People of the Sturgeon: Wisconsin's Love Affair with an Ancient Fish |
Mary Lou Schneider | Pat Braasch | 04-09-2007 | University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, Oshkosh Public Museum | Unknown |
Mary Lou Schneider is interviewed by Pat Braasch about how sturgeon spearing has impacted her life. Mary Lou discusses the process for creating decoys, from acquisition of materials to finishing touches. She also discusses large fish she has seen over the years, her own spearing track record, and the people she spends the most time with during spearing season. |
People of the Sturgeon: Wisconsin's Love Affair with an Ancient Fish |
Vic Schneider | Richard Braasch | 04-09-2007 | University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, Oshkosh Public Museum | Fond du Lac, WI |
Richard Braasch interviews Vic Schneider about exceptional sturgeon spearing stories and changes in the sport over time. |
People of the Sturgeon: Wisconsin's Love Affair with an Ancient Fish |
Pete Schuh | Dick Koerner | 06-06-2007 | University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, Oshkosh Public Museum | Menasha, WI |
Pete Schuh is interviewed by Dick Koerner about his experiences spear fishing, changes in regulations over time, and superstitions. |
People of the Sturgeon: Wisconsin's Love Affair with an Ancient Fish |
Al Schumacher | Bill Casper | 04-06-2007 | University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, Oshkosh Public Museum | Hilbert, WI |
Bill Casper interviews Al Schumacher of the Stockbridge area on sturgeon fishing and related experiences in Schumacher’s life. At the time of the interview, Schumacher was 88 or 89 years old, and had lived in the same farmhouse since about the age of ten. Stories surround the use of horses for moving fishing equipment, surviving the Depression, Schumacher’s family history, local decoy makers, and local landmarks such as the Fishtail Inn and the Calumet County Park. |
People of the Sturgeon: Wisconsin's Love Affair with an Ancient Fish |
Art Sonnenberg | Dick Ristow | 03-29-2006 | University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, Oshkosh Public Museum | Van Dyne, WI |
Dick Ristow interviews Art Sonnenberg on experiences as a sturgeon fisher and decoy maker. Born in 1916, Sonnenberg tells of using horse and sleigh for fishing. He tells poaching stories, talks of his involvement with Sturgeon for Tomorrow, and of his craft as a decoy maker. |
People of the Sturgeon: Wisconsin's Love Affair with an Ancient Fish |
Ron Vanderzanden | Dick Koerner | 10-15-2007 | University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, Oshkosh Public Museum | Menasha, WI |
Ron Vanderzanden is interviewed by Dick Koerner about increased regulations and fines in modern day spearing, including the half day season, and the impact it has on poaching. Ron also tells tales of his past experiences sturgeon spearing. |
People of the Sturgeon: Wisconsin's Love Affair with an Ancient Fish |
Thomas "Blue" Fulford | Michael Jepson, Wayne Nield | 01-22-1993 | Florida Humanities Council, Florida Institute of Saltwater Heritage, Florida Maritime Museum | Cortez, FL |
Commonly known as "Blue", Thomas Fulford talks about his fishing with "Tink" Fulford, fishing on the Anna Dean, growing up in Cortez, 'Hogging' stop netting, feud with gill netters, union formation attempts, net care and conflict with sport fishermen. |
Vanishing Culture Project |
Clement M. Van Gompel | Eugene Herubin | 12-05-2006 | University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, Oshkosh Public Museum | Menasha, WI |
Clem Van Gompel describes growing up in Lake Winnebago area, working for Kimberly-Clark during World War II, and experiences fishing sturgeon. He made his own decoys with resources from his work. Clem discusses methods of attracting sturgeon and illuminating the lake bottom to see fish better, as well as benefits of Sturgeon for Tomorrow in maintaining sturgeon population and increasing it in other lakes and rivers. |
People of the Sturgeon: Wisconsin's Love Affair with an Ancient Fish |
Gerald Van Straten | Ronald M. Bruch , Kathleen Schmitt Kline | 05-27-2008 | University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, Oshkosh Public Museum | Unknown |
Kathleen Schmitt Kline and Ronald M. Bruch interview Gerald Van Straten about cooking sturgeon, spear fishing, and poachers using snag lines. Gerald also discusses family stories of fishing, particularly from his grandfather. |
People of the Sturgeon: Wisconsin's Love Affair with an Ancient Fish |
Estelle Wagner | Kathleen Schmitt Kline | University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, Oshkosh Public Museum | Unknown |
Estelle Wagner is interviewed by Kathleen Schmitt Kline about her history in the Lake Winnebago area of Wisconsin, including sturgeon spearing and its connection with her immigrant family. They listen to and discuss historical recordings she has about sturgeon culture from her father. Identities of other speakers on recording are unknown. |
People of the Sturgeon: Wisconsin's Love Affair with an Ancient Fish | |
Cynthia Wendt | Dick Ristow | 03-13-2006 | University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, Oshkosh Public Museum | Fond du Lac, WI |
Cynthia Wendt is interviewed by Dick Ristow about her personal involvement in sturgeon spearing on Lake Winnebago. She tells about the challenges and enjoyment of sturgeon spearing, sharing her most memorable experiences. She talks about the people she has come to know through spearing and those that she met during the years that she owned Wendt’s On the Lake. |
People of the Sturgeon: Wisconsin's Love Affair with an Ancient Fish |
Tom Wirth | Ronald M. Bruch | 02-21-2008 | University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, Oshkosh Public Museum | Unknown |
Ronald M. Bruch interviews Tom Wirth about sturgeon population management, spawning, and other research and management projects. Recording ends abruptly right after 27 minutes. |
People of the Sturgeon: Wisconsin's Love Affair with an Ancient Fish |
Daniel Wollersheim | Unknown | 08-03-2007 | University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, Oshkosh Public Museum | Unknown |
Daniel Wollersheim is interviewed about building ice saws and spears. Daniel tells stories about his days sturgeon spearing and explains the cleaning and cooking process for sturgeon. Interviewer identity unknown. |
People of the Sturgeon: Wisconsin's Love Affair with an Ancient Fish |
Howard Wruck | Dominic Carmona | 10-12-2006 | University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, Oshkosh Public Museum | Oshkosh, WI |
Dominic C. Carmona interviews Howard Wruck about his own and his family's history with sturgeon spearing. Howard discusses cooking methods for sturgeon and spearing stories. |
People of the Sturgeon: Wisconsin's Love Affair with an Ancient Fish |
Ann Marie Wendt Ziemer | Dick Ristow | 04-03-2006 | University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, Oshkosh Public Museum | Lake Winnebago, WI |
Ann Marie Wendt Ziemer talks about her experiences with sturgeon spearing on Lake Winnebago. She recalls experiences from her childhood and explains why she wants her children to have similar experiences. She works at Wendt's on the Lake, and talks about some of the changes that she has seen over the years. |
People of the Sturgeon: Wisconsin's Love Affair with an Ancient Fish |
Mike Will | Ronald M. Bruch, Kathleen Schmitt Kline | 05-27-2008 | University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, Oshkosh Public Museum | Lake Winnebago, WI |
Mike Will was born in 1951 and started sturgeon fishing at the age of 14. He used primarily set lines to catch sturgeon although he has participated in approximately 9 spearing seasons. He enjoys caviar, but does not make it himself. Mike believes that the sturgeon are getting bigger, and he likes the system they have in place now. Most people from his area sell the sturgeon, rather than eat it themselves. |
People of the Sturgeon: Wisconsin's Love Affair with an Ancient Fish |
Mike Wendt | Dick Ristow | 03-20-2006 | University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, Oshkosh Public Museum | Van Dyne, WI |
Mike Wendt is interviewed by Dick Ristow about Wendt's on the Lake, his family history in the Lake Winnebago area, shanties and decoys. He reminisces about being allowed to fish for other species of fish during sturgeon spearing season in the past as well. Mike discusses spearing in Michigan one season. |
People of the Sturgeon: Wisconsin's Love Affair with an Ancient Fish |
Shawn Wendt | Dick Ristow | 04-03-2006 | University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, Oshkosh Public Museum | Van Dyne, WI |
Shawn Wendt was born and raised at Wendt’s on the Lake. His grandfather, also a sturgeon spearer, started the restaurant. They also run a shanty rental business that his grandfather started. Shawn is active in the sturgeon spearing community and has been treasurer of the Southwest Chapter of Sturgeon for Tomorrow for about 13 years. He recounts stories of his first catch at age 15 and a comical story about some shanty renters. |
People of the Sturgeon: Wisconsin's Love Affair with an Ancient Fish |
Linda Wendt | Dick Ristow | 04-03-2006 | University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, Oshkosh Public Museum | Van Dyne, WI |
Linda Wendt, the owner of Wendt’s On the Lake, talks about her experiences with sturgeon spearing and the impacts of sturgeon spearing on her business. She tells one of her favorite stories and talks about being awarded Wisconsin’s restaurateur of the year. |
People of the Sturgeon: Wisconsin's Love Affair with an Ancient Fish |
Ronald M. Bruch | Kathleen Schmitt Kline | 08-15-2008 | University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, Oshkosh Public Museum | Unknown |
Ronald M. Bruch is interviewed by Kathleen Schmitt Kline about historical sturgeon research, the importance of sturgeon sexing and size restrictions for population management, and adaptability of sturgeon. |
People of the Sturgeon: Wisconsin's Love Affair with an Ancient Fish |
Bill Buksyk | Dick Koerner | 04-18-2007 | University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, Oshkosh Public Museum | Unknown |
Bill Buksyk is interviewed by Dick Koerner about his experience sturgeon fishing. They discuss his first sturgeon spearing experience with his brothers, his most memorable experience, and his worst experience, which involved taking his pregnant wife out to fish with him. Bill also explains some of his favorite ways to eat sturgeon, catching more than your allotment, favorite coaxers, and the number of sturgeon he has caught. |
People of the Sturgeon: Wisconsin's Love Affair with an Ancient Fish |
Ben Burg | Ronald M. Bruch, Kathleen Schmitt Kline | 05-28-2008 | University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, Oshkosh Public Museum | Unknown |
Ben Burg, Don Burg, and Bob Wilson are interviewed by Ronald M. Bruch and Kathleen Schmitt Kline about their histories with sturgeon spearing. Don and Ben Burg discuss their family's history of spearing with the Stockbridge Tribe and using decoys created by Native Americans. All three men tell stories of sturgeon spearing in extreme weather conditions. |
People of the Sturgeon: Wisconsin's Love Affair with an Ancient Fish |
William Casper | Paul Muche | 04-11-2007 | University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, Oshkosh Public Museum | Fond du Lac, WI |
Paul Muche interviews Bill Casper about his family history with fishing and sturgeon spearing, as well as his starting Sturgeon for Tomorrow, a sturgeon conservation organization. |
People of the Sturgeon: Wisconsin's Love Affair with an Ancient Fish |
William Casper | Kathleen Schmitt Kline | 04-20-2007 | University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, Oshkosh Public Museum | Unknown |
Kathleen Schmitt Kline interviews Bill Casper about memorabilia, books, track records and other associated paperwork associated with Sturgeon for Tomorrow. |
People of the Sturgeon: Wisconsin's Love Affair with an Ancient Fish |
Eric Cheslock | Unknown | 08-02-2007 | University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, Oshkosh Public Museum | Unknown |
Eric Cheslock is interviewed about his experience sturgeon spearing. Eric talks about the sled saw he owns, a story about taking his dog out on the ice with him, and why he prefers fishing on Lake Poygan. Interviewer identity unknown. |
People of the Sturgeon: Wisconsin's Love Affair with an Ancient Fish |
Russell Collar | Ronald M. Bruch, Kathleen Schmitt Kline | 05-27-2008 | University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, Oshkosh Public Museum | Shiocton, WI |
Russell Collar describes his experiences fishing for sturgeon using snag lines. He explains his “closest call with a warden”, how to tie sturgeon, when his father was pulled in, and what happened to his albino sturgeon. He also describes his earliest memory of sturgeon fishing, and how he thinks the river has changed. |
People of the Sturgeon: Wisconsin's Love Affair with an Ancient Fish |
Dennis and Barb Cook | Kendal Kamke | 06-04-2008 | University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, Oshkosh Public Museum | Chilton, WI |
Barb and Dennis Cook and Art and Dorothy Levknecht are interviewed by Kendal Kamke regarding how both couples became involved in sturgeon spearing, and how they came to fish together as a group of four. They tell stories from their past fishing explorations, discuss eating fish, and talk about passing the tradition on to their kids. |
People of the Sturgeon: Wisconsin's Love Affair with an Ancient Fish |
David Vallee | Molly Graham | 11-08-2019 | NOAA Heritage Program, National Weather Service | Scarborough, ME |
David Vallee is the Hydrologist-in-Charge of the National Weather Service’s Northeast River Forecast Center. The center provides detailed water resource and life-saving flood forecasting services to National Weather Service Forecast Offices and the hundreds of federal, state and local water resource entities throughout the Northeast and New York. David has worked for the National Weather Service for 30 years, serving in a variety of positions including Senior Service Hydrologist at the Taunton Weather Forecast Office from 1993-2000 and as Science and Operations Officer from 2001-2006. |
NOAA Heritage Oral History Project |
John Bonnell | Betty Richards | 03-28-1978 | The William Brewster Nickerson Cape Cod History Archives | Orleans, MA |
Born in 1892, Bonnell describes his experiences living on Cape Cod including bullraking, digging clams, and tautog fishing; transportation to the Cape by train, early automobiles and motorcycles; early electric lights and kerosene lanterns; dentistry on the Cape in the early 20th century; Billingsgate Island; rum runners, and being the captain of a charter fishing boat. |
Tales of Cape Cod |
Emma Marshall | Betty Richards | 02-28-1978 | The William Brewster Nickerson Cape Cod History Archives | Provincetown, MA |
February 28, 1978 interview with Emma Marshall of Provincetown, born July 1893. |
Tales of Cape Cod |
Judge Henry L. Murphy | Frank Rudd | 06-29-1978 | The William Brewster Nickerson Cape Cod History Archives | Centerville, MA |
Judge Murphy was born in Hyannis in 1907. His father and brothers owned Murphy Brothers Bakery for over 40 years. Judge Murphy as a child started at 5:00 am in the bakery, then school and then back to the bakery in the late afternoon. The bakery delivered fresh baked goods each morning via horse and wagon. He remembers graduating from law school during the depression and finding it difficult to find work in Boston. |
Tales of Cape Cod |
Joshua Atkins Nickerson, Part 1 | Betty Richards | 10-19-1977 | The William Brewster Nickerson Cape Cod History Archives | East Harwich, MA |
Tales of Cape Cod interview with Joshua Atkins Nickerson of East Harwich, October 19, 1977. Notes: The Tales of Cape Cod Oral History Collection is housed at the William Brewster Nickerson Archives in the Wilkens Library at Cape Cod Community College in West Barnstable, Massachusetts. For more information about the collection, please contact the Nickerson Archives, http://www.nickersonarchives.org/. |
Tales of Cape Cod |
Joshua Atkins Nickerson, Part 2 | Betty Richards | 10-25-1977 | The William Brewster Nickerson Cape Cod History Archives | East Harwich, MA |
Tales of Cape Cod interview with Joshua Atkins Nickerson of East Harwich, October 25, 1977. Notes: The Tales of Cape Cod Oral History Collection is housed at the William Brewster Nickerson Archives in the Wilkens Library at Cape Cod Community College in West Barnstable, Massachusetts. For more information about the collection, please contact the Nickerson Archives, http://www.nickersonarchives.org/. |
Tales of Cape Cod |
Otto E. Nickerson | Betty Richards | 09-22-1977 | The William Brewster Nickerson Cape Cod History Archives | Eastham, MA |
Mr. Nickerson was born in Eastham in 1896. His father was a selectman of Eastham and he has 10-11 generations of Cape relatives. His grandmother was a Mayflower descendent. He recalls working in cranberry bogs as a teenager and describes the use of cedar swamps to create and develop cranberries. He describes the development and care of a cranberry bog. He remembers riding on school barges (horse drawn wagons) to get to elementary school. There would be straw on the wagon floor to keep your feet warm in the winter. Mr. |
Tales of Cape Cod |
Joseph Oliver | Betty Richards | 04-25-1978 | The William Brewster Nickerson Cape Cod History Archives | Provincetown, MA |
Captain Oliver describes trap fishing, early twentieth century Provincetown, the Shaw Fund for Mariner's Children, and his experiences taking Ernie Pyle out fishing. Notes: The Tales of Cape Cod Oral History Collection is housed at the William Brewster Nickerson Archives in the Wilkens Library at Cape Cod Community College in West Barnstable, Massachusetts. For more information about the collection, please contact the Nickerson Archives, http://www.nickersonarchives.org/. |
Tales of Cape Cod |
Mildred B. Paine | Renée Magriel | 09-06-1977 | The William Brewster Nickerson Cape Cod History Archives | Harwich, MA |
Part 1: Born in 1893, Mrs. |
Tales of Cape Cod |
Louise H. Kelley | Renée Magriel | 11-09-1977 | The William Brewster Nickerson Cape Cod History Archives | Dennisport, MA |
Part 1: Born in 1907, Mrs. Kelley talks about her ancestors first on her father’s side and then on her mother’s side. |
Tales of Cape Cod |
Beatrice M. Lapham | Frank Rudd | 05-12-1978 | The William Brewster Nickerson Cape Cod History Archives | Marstons Mills, MA |
Born in 1898, Mrs. |
Tales of Cape Cod |
John G. Lewis | Frank Rudd | 06-06-1978 | The William Brewster Nickerson Cape Cod History Archives | Osterville, MA |
John G. Lewis interview with Tales of Cape Cod, June 06, 1978 in Osterville, MA. Born on July 29, 1907 in Osterville, Mr. Lewis recalls that his father was a laborer and his mother was a paper hanger and house cleaner. His father cut ice on Joshua Pond in the winter and also worked for Mr. Crosby who had oyster plots in the village. Mr. |
Tales of Cape Cod |
Walter N. Lewis | Frank Rudd | 06-02-1978 | The William Brewster Nickerson Cape Cod History Archives | Osterville, MA |
Born in 1906, in Ostrerville, Mr. Lewis recalls that his paternal grandfather was a peddler and grandmother was a nurse who worked for wealthy summer residents. She was a Bliss and her family owned substantial land in Centerville. His father was a carpenter and shell fisherman. His mother took in washing and ironing. Mr. |
Tales of Cape Cod |
Mary E. Madeiros | Frank Rudd | 05-25-2018 | The William Brewster Nickerson Cape Cod History Archives | Cotuit, MA |
Madeiros describes her experiences living on Cape Cod in Cotuit in the 1920's, including bootleggers, silent movies, the Barnstable Fair, travelling medicine shows, the one room schoolhouse in Santuit, MA, travelling peddlers and local businesses, doctors and medical care, and Christmas celebrations. |
Tales of Cape Cod |
Mary Mandell | Susan Greene | 04-21-1978 | The William Brewster Nickerson Cape Cod History Archives | Barnstable, MA |
Born in 1905, Mary recalls how she and her family traveled from Baltimore, Maryland to summer on Cape Cod each year. She describes her experiences as a child living in Barnstable Village during the summers, rowing to Sandy Neck to buy lobsters, walking down Millway to Main Street and visiting the stationary store, garage and blacksmith shop, Phinney’s General Store and the hardware store. She also describes the Cummaquid Golf Course, and the houses on Scudder Lane, where her family lived. Mary tells a story her father told her about Leander Lewis who lived on Scudder |
Tales of Cape Cod |
Mary Carreiro | Betty Richards | 05-15-1978 | The William Brewster Nickerson Cape Cod History Archives | Provincetown, MA |
Mary Carreiro interview with Tales of Cape Cod, May 15, 1978 in Provincetown, MA. Born in 1903, Mary recalls how her father came to Provincetown as a stowaway on a fishing vessel from the Azore Islands and working off the cost of passage after he was brought to the customs office.She describes Provincetown before World War I. Tells of trains and boats coming to Provincetown in the summer and the large boat the Dorothy Bradford carried 1200-1300 people. She tells of her first jobs at 13 where she was paid $1.50 per week washing silverware and glasses at the Atlant |
Tales of Cape Cod |
Elsie Chadwick | Frank Rudd | 05-02-1978 | The William Brewster Nickerson Cape Cod History Archives | Osterville, MA |
Born in 1903, Ms. Chadwick describes her experiences growing up on Main Street in the village of Osterville. She describes the stores on Main Street in 1912; her school experiences at grammar school, Hyannis high school and two years at the State Normal School. She relates her experiences at holidays and describes Dr. Higgins, who had the first automobile in town. |
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Bernard Collins | Frank Rudd | 09-19-1977 | The William Brewster Nickerson Cape Cod History Archives | Eastham, MA |
Born in 1896, Mr. |
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Kenneth Coombs | Ernestine Gray | 07-31-1978 | The William Brewster Nickerson Cape Cod History Archives | Mashpee, MA |
"So many things go with the people, and you think they’re going to live forever, and they’re gone, and you never know what they do know." |
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Mary Hinckley Crane | William Steere | 10-31-1977 | The William Brewster Nickerson Cape Cod History Archives | Barnstable, MA |
Born in 1914, Mrs. Crane talks about her ancestors coming to Situate and moving down to Barnstable in 1639. |
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Carleton R. Crosby | Renée Magriel | 11-14-1977 | The William Brewster Nickerson Cape Cod History Archives | East Harwich, MA |
Dr. Crosby was born in Brookline in 1895. He reads from the introduction to his unpublished memoirs for approximately 10 minutes. This section deals primarily with the train trip from Boston to Buzzards Bay and then on to the Chatham depot, the ride from the depot to their summer home in East Harwich, and his earliest memories as a child during the summer with his family and relatives. Dr. |
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Eleanor Small | Renée Magriel | 11-17-1977 | The William Brewster Nickerson Cape Cod History Archives | Chatham, MA |
Eleanor Small interview with Tales of Cape Cod, November 17, 1977. Born in 1909, Ms. Small describes her ancestors from Harwich. Her grandmother was related to Jonathon Walker, of "the branded hand" who married an Indian woman and went down south to help the slaves. He was captured and branded for helping slaves escape. She lived on the Cape with her grandmother and recalls several stories of local residents. She recalls the great Dennisport fire and Dr. Ginns block burned. Also remembers Ernie Cole, the blacksmith in Harwich Port and the Catholic church in Harwich Center burning. |
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Helen F. Snow | Betty Richards | 11-15-1977 | The William Brewster Nickerson Cape Cod History Archives | Truro, MA |
Mrs. Snow was born in Orleans in 1896. She is a Mayflower descendant from Nicholas Snow who came on the ship Ann to Plymouth in 1623 and who married ConstanceHopkins who came on the Mayflower as a child. |
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Robert A. Welsh | Betty Richards | 06-06-1978 | The William Brewster Nickerson Cape Cod History Archives | Dennisport, MA |
Track 1: Born in 1903, Mr. Welsh, a retired judge, describes his experiences growing up in Provincetown, Massachusetts. He talks about how is father became a lawyer and judge in Provincetown. He describes his youth and life in Provincetown in the early 1900’s, his experiences with the artist Charles W. |
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Horace & Malcolm Crosby | Betty Richards | 06-13-1978 | The William Brewster Nickerson Cape Cod History Archives | Osterville, MA |
Malcolm “Max” Crosby age 85 (born 1893) and Horace M. Crosby Jr. |
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Helen Pulcifer Doland | William Steere | 10-26-1977 | The William Brewster Nickerson Cape Cod History Archives | Yarmouth Port, MA |
Born in 1894 at 382 Main Street, Yarmouth Port, Mrs. |
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Mabelle Howes Eagar | William Steere | 10-27-1977 | The William Brewster Nickerson Cape Cod History Archives | Dennis, MA |
Born in 1898, Mrs. |
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Dorothy Fawcett | Frank Rudd | 05-08-1978 | The William Brewster Nickerson Cape Cod History Archives | West Hyannisport, MA |
Ms. |
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Eugenia Fortes | Frank Rudd | 07-20-1978 | The William Brewster Nickerson Cape Cod History Archives | Hyannis, MA |
Tales of Cape Cod Interview with prominent Civil Rights activist Eugenia Fortes (1911-2006), who founded the Cape Cod chapter of the NAACP in 1961. Mrs. Fortes describes the Cape Verdean community on Cape Cod, school segregation, and her participation in the Civil Rights Movement. |
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Cecil I. Goodspeed | Frank Rudd | 04-07-1978 | The William Brewster Nickerson Cape Cod History Archives | Osterville, MA |
Born in 1898, in West Barnstable, Mr. |
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William L. Grozier | Betty Richards | 11-15-1977 | The William Brewster Nickerson Cape Cod History Archives | North Truro, MA |
Mr. Grozier was born in North Truro in 1904. His paternal grandfather John Paine Grozier was born in Truro. His grandfather’s occupation was a teamer, one who collected cargo from shipwrecks on the beaches and then reloaded it on ships. His father John Franklin Grozier was a road man who worked for the town of Truro for 32 years. Mr. |
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Dudley Winthrop Hallett | William Pride | 03-29-1978 | The William Brewster Nickerson Cape Cod History Archives | Falmouth, MA |
Born in 1902, Mr. Hallett describes his childhood experiences from 1907-1909 while vacationing in South Dennis, Massachusetts. He also describes his experiences living as a summer resident in Silver Beach, North Falmouth, Massachusetts from 1910 to the 1920. He describes the costs of rentals and food in 1907, his experiences with Captain Howard Kelley family in South Dennis; his great uncle Joyce Taylor in Hyannis who was a prominent realtor and business man; Mr. Hallett's life as a child and teenager in Silver Beach, North Falmouth and the affluent neighbors who were summer residents. |
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Marjorie Hamblin | Susan Shaw | 07-24-1978 | The William Brewster Nickerson Cape Cod History Archives | Marstons Mills, MA |
Born in 1899, Mrs. |
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Donald E. Higgins | Susan Shaw | 06-29-1978 | The William Brewster Nickerson Cape Cod History Archives | Cotuit, MA |
Born in 1904, Dr. |
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L. Thomas Hopkins | Betty Richards | 04-25-1978 | The William Brewster Nickerson Cape Cod History Archives | Truro, MA |
Born in 1889, Mr. Hopkins describes his experiences growing up in Truro, Massachusetts. He was the 6th of 8 children and was delivered by a midwife. At 88 he attributes his longevity to good genes and cod liver oil. |
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Leilani Luhrs | Kim Sparks , Anna Lavoie, Jean Lee, Kitty Sopow | 06-11-2017 | Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission, NOAA Fisheries, Alaska Fisheries Science Center , Bristol Bay Native Association , Preserve America | Togiak, AK |
Leilani Luhrs is a commercial and subsistence fisherwomen who fishes out of Togiak, AK. In this interview, Leilani talks about learning how to fish from her Dad and her experiences as being one of the few young girls fishing in Togiak Bay when she was growing up. Leilani also talks about environmental changes she?s witnessed, and how her family has adapted to the uncertainty of fishing. Leilani also speaks to her own identity as fishing as a way of life and her deep connection to the ocean. |
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Elizabeth Woodman | William Steere | 02-14-1978 | The William Brewster Nickerson Cape Cod History Archives | Dennisport, MA |
February 14, 1978 interview with Elizabeth Woodman, who describes her experiences in the Lighthouse Service. One track towards the end of the tape is distorted, but it is still audible. Notes: The Tales of Cape Cod Oral History Collection is housed at the William Brewster Nickerson Archives in the Wilkens Library at Cape Cod Community College in West Barnstable, Massachusetts. For more information about the collection, please contact the Nickerson Archives, http://www.nickersonarchives.org/. |
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Theodore A. Young | Susan Greene | 07-11-1978 | The William Brewster Nickerson Cape Cod History Archives | Eastham, MA |
"My generation – we’ve lived through the horse and buggy days right up to mechanized machinery and people going to the moon and landing on the moon and like that. You can't visualize anything that could advance to that, but I suppose it will be." Biographical Sketch |
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Walter Blogoslawski | Fred Calabretta | 08-09-2016 | NOAA-NMFS, Northeast Fisheries Science Center | Milford, CT |
Walter Blogoslawski was born in New Britain, Connecticut on February 8, 1943. He received his Bachelor's from Fairfield University, a Master's in Marine Science at Long Island University, and later a PhD. at Fordham University in 1971. He began working at Milford Laboratory in 1971 as a microbiologist and is retiring this year. |
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