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MF 007 Canada Road Survey
Number of
Interviews: 8
Dates when interviews were conducted: 1994-98
Time period covered: late 19th through 20th centuries
Principal interviewers: Barry Rodrigue
Finding Aides: none
Access Restrictions: Accession 2527
Description: Series of interviews by historian Barry Rodrigue
on immigration into Maine from Quebec along the route known as the
Canada Road, which includes Route 201. The Canada Road ran from the
Quebec border through Dennistown, Jackman, Moose River, West Forks,
The Forks, and Caratunk, to Moscow and Bingham, Maine.
2373 Rodrigue, Barry H. July 1995. Maine: Rangley. 3pp. Tape:
2 w/ no transcript. Interview with Alan Philbrick and
Phyllis Quimby Philbrick about French Canadian family migration
from St. Georges-de-Beauce, Quebec to Stratten, Maine c.1881, and
Yankee family migration up the Carrabasset Valley, Maine. Alan
Philbrick supplemented his Aunt Phyllis’s commentary by saying that
the maiden name of his great-grandmother from Quebec was Pepin and
her husbands was Touchette (approximate spelling). Also, two
lobstering stories from Alan. The story of migration from Quebec
concerns the little known Lac Magantic Trail. Canada Road Survey.
C1422 - C1423.
2374 Rodrigue, Barry H. August 1994. Maine: Jackman, Moose
River, Dennistown, Sandy Bay Township, and just over the Canadian
border. 6pp. Tape: 4 w/ no transcript. Canada Road Survey, interview
#1. This is a driving survey with three local informants along new
and old Routes 201 between Jackman and the Canadian border. It is a
discussion of old house sites, people and events in the 19th and
20th centuries. The three informants were Ruth Reed, Elaine Moore
and Clayton Holden. Barry Rodrigue participated and conducted the
interview on August 10, 1994 from his car. Canada Road Survey.
C1383 - C1386
2375 Rodrigue, Barry H. August 1994. Maine: Moose River
Valley. Tape: 2 w/ no transcript. Canada Road Survey, interview #2.
Two one hour tapes of a driving and still interviews about the early
settlement of Moose River and vicinity. Interviews include Barry
Rodrigue, Ruth Reed, Hope Earley, Clayton Holden, Ruel Tapley and
Ruth Tapley. Interviews took place on August 19, 1994. Part of
the interviews was made from the car in Jackman and Moose River and
part was made in the Tapley’s yard and driveway in Moose River.
Canada Road Survey. C1387 - C1388.
2501 Rodrigue, Barry. 1997. Maine: Caratunk. 3pp. Tape: 2 w/
no transcript. Interview with Howard Mitchell recorded by
Barry Rodrigue while travelling in a car in 1997. Interview deals
with history of various sites in the Caratunk and Forks regions of
Maine. Canada Road Survey Project. C1580 - C1581
2504 Rodrigue, Barry. 1997. Maine: Jackman. 3pp. Tape: 1 w/
no transcript. Interview with Eldred (Did) Doyon which
includes information about his life, history of the Moose River
region, the Canada Road, Dyerville, and a World War II prisoner of
war (POW) camp. Canada Road Survey. C1584.
2506 Rodrigue, Barry. 1997. Maine: Pleasant Ridge and
Concord. 3pp. Tape: 4 w/ no transcript. Interview with George
Platt, with some commentary by David, Lynn and Carolyn
Corrigan at the end. Consists of both a driving and walking
interview. Canada Road Survey. C1587 - C1590.
2511 Rodrigue, Barry. Fall 1998. Maine: Concord, Bingham,
Pleasant Ridge, Bowtow and Pierce Pond. 3pp. Tape: 4 w/no
transcript. Interviews with George Pratt and Harry Melcher
about history of region, logging in area, and Canada Road Survey.
C1596 - C1599.
2527 Rodrigue, Barry. February 1998. Maine: Old China Road.
1p. Tape: 1 w/ no transcript. A dubbing of Maine Public Radio’s,
"Maine Things Considered," August 30, 1994. Barry Rodrigue talks
about the Canada Road. RESTRICTED: Copyright Maine Public Radio.
C1622.
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