In this interview Calvin Carroll Alley and Edna E. (Bagley) Alley speak about their early life (without electric power) in Jonesport, Southwest Harbor, Ilseford (Little Cranberry Island), life on their farm, a career in the Coast Guard, and running a restaurant together in Southwest Harbor.
Description: In this interview Calvin Carroll Alley and Edna E. (Bagley) Alley speak about their early life (without electric power) in Jonesport, Southwest Harbor, Ilseford (Little Cranberry Island), life on their farm, a career in the Coast Guard, and running a restaurant together in Southwest Harbor.
David Spurling interviewing Ralph Stanley about his life. Interview 1: Stories of boatbuilding, family life, voyages, and historical events. Interview 2: Details of shipbuilding, historic events, details of lost seamen, and Southwest Harbor specific historical events. Interview 3A: Stanley family history, details of other Southwest Harbor families, specific vessel details, and stories of foreign voyages including being on the pepper trade from India. Interview 3B: Stories of sailing, navigating a dangerous rock at Cranberry Island using dories, stories about Admiral Byrd of Arctic exploring fame, stories of rum running, and a story about Christopher Lawler. Interview 4: Stories of the Robinson and Nickerson families, a story about Emily Robinson. Interview 4: A story about a Cole Robinson sailing disaster and reading of several newspaper accounts of Mount Desert Island citizens.
Description: David Spurling interviewing Ralph Stanley about his life. Interview 1: Stories of boatbuilding, family life, voyages, and historical events. Interview 2: Details of shipbuilding, historic events, details of lost seamen, and Southwest Harbor specific historical events. Interview 3A: Stanley family history, details of other Southwest Harbor families, specific vessel details, and stories of foreign voyages including being on the pepper trade from India. Interview 3B: Stories of sailing, navigating a dangerous rock at Cranberry Island using dories, stories about Admiral Byrd of Arctic exploring fame, stories of rum running, and a story about Christopher Lawler. Interview 4: Stories of the Robinson and Nickerson families, a story about Emily Robinson. Interview 4: A story about a Cole Robinson sailing disaster and reading of several newspaper accounts of Mount Desert Island citizens. [show more]
In these interviews, Richard Carroll recollects his own childhood on the Carroll homestead as well as describes the Carroll family's journey from Ireland and their establishment in Southwest Harbor.
Description: In these interviews, Richard Carroll recollects his own childhood on the Carroll homestead as well as describes the Carroll family's journey from Ireland and their establishment in Southwest Harbor.