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MF 064 Veazie History and Architecture
Project
Number of
Interviews: 35
Dates When Interviews Were Conducted: 1974-1978
Time Period Covered: late nineteenth and twentieth centuries
Principal Interviewer: various
Finding Aides: brief indexes
Access Restrictions: none
Description: This collection consists of a series of
interviews about the local history, geography, and domestic
architecture of Veazie, Maine. Many of these were the result of a
fieldwork course taught by University of Maine professor Sandy Ives
in 1977 and 1978, AY 125. The collection also includes architectural
survey forms, photos, and floor plans of pre-1940 houses in Veazie.
842 AY 125 Classes, 1977-1978. Fall 1977, 1978. Maine: Veazie
& Burlington. Survey of domestic architecture carried out by field
work students. Includes survey forms with full descriptions and
photographs of all houses built before 1920, many with floor plans.
969 Ives, Edward D. Summer 1975. Maine: Veazie. 79 pp. Tape:
2 hrs. w/ brief cat & trans. Interview with Addie Weed, age
92, about life history and history of her home and property in
Veazie. T968 - T969
997 George, Colleen. (IDL 105) Fall 1974. Maine: Veazie. 28
pp. Tape: 1 hr. w/ brief cat. & trans. Interview with Addie Weed
about her work at the University of Maine: Orono, beginning in 1908,
travel experiences from 1910-1950’s, family background. T1009
1000 Beebe, Jeff W. Fall 1975. Maine: Veazie. 6 pp. Tape: 1/2
hr. w/ brief cat. Interview with Addie Weed for Beebe’s
Maine Campus article about her and her reminiscences of Rudy
Vallee. T1012
1107 Sullivan, Edward. 1975 - 1977. Maine: Veazie. 19 pp.
Letters from Edward Sullivan to E. D. Ives about life in
Veazie and stories he had written about the area; photo of Lawrence
(Larry) Conners, log driver and lumberman, P936.
1120 Brown, Bruce. (AY 125) Fall 1977. Maine: Veazie. 9 pp.
Tape: 1 hr. w/ brief cat. Interview with William Jordan about
life in Veazie during the early 1900’s, town history, businesses,
people, events, etc. Veazie History and Architecture Project.
T1172 - T1173
1121 Brotz, Dona. (AY 125) Fall 1977. Maine: Veazie. 13 pp.
Tape: 3 hrs. w/ brief cat. Interview with Grace Marden about
Veazie history, houses, transportation, churches, the mill, houses
of ill repute; photos, P1710 - P1728. Veazie History and
Architecture Project. T1174 - T1175
1122 Brown, Bruce. (AY 125) Fall 1977. Maine: Veazie. 41 pp.
Tape: 4 hrs. w/ brief cats. Series of interviews with Addie Weed
about Veazie history, people, entertainment, houses. Veazie History
and Architecture Project. T1176 - T1178
1123 Chaney, Michael. (AY 125) Fall 1977. Maine: Veazie. 28
pp. Tape: 3 hrs. w/ brief cat. Interview with Frank Todd
about Veazie history, his home, social activities, Fort Hill, French
and Indian settlement, theatrical groups, Bijou Cottage; genealogy
of Hathorn family, pew certificate, photos, P2249 - P2250, P2254
- P2259, P2279 - P2297. Veazie History and Architecture Project.
T1179 - T1180
1124 Brotz, Dona. (AY 125) Fall 1977. Maine: Veazie. 8 pp.
Tape: 1 1/2 hrs. w/ brief cat. Interview with Isabelle King about
Veazie history, her early life there, Aunt Hat, schools, churches,
boarding houses; map and photos, P1909 - P1911, P1914 - P1921.
Veazie History and Architecture Project. T1181 - T1182
1125 Pierter, Ann. (AY 125) Fall 1977. Maine: Veazie. 29 pp.
Tape: 1 1/2 hrs. w/ brief cat. Interview with Mrs. Stewart
Hodgman about Veazie history, General Veazie, sawmill
operations, ice business, canoe factory, cigar operation, childhood
pranks, family history, old town families, Aunt Hat, town
characters; copy of "History of Veazie Congregational Church";
photos, P2289 - P2297. Veazie History and Architecture
Project. T1183 - T1184
1126 Hansen, Jill. (AY 125) Fall 1977. Maine: Veazie. 7 pp.
Tape: 1 1/2 hrs. w/ brief cat. Interview with Mrs. Avon Lancaster,
65, about her childhood in Bangor, moving to Veazie 37 years ago,
recollections of Veazie from 1939 to date. Veazie History and
Architecture Project. T1185
1129 Chaney, Michael. (AY 125) Fall 1977. Maine: Veazie. 21
pp. Tape: 3 1/2 hrs. w/ brief cat. Interview with Mr. & Mrs. Ralph
Drinkwater about Veazie history, Aunt Hat, Herbie Reed, hijacking,
prohibition, Bangor Hydro; photos, P1883 - P1903, P1879.
Veazie History and Architecture Project. T1189 - T1190
1132 Ruston, Arthur, (AY 125) Fall 1977. Maine: Veazie. 17
pp. Tape: 2 hrs. w/ brief cat. Interview with John B. Skinner
about Veazie history, older houses, notable people, sections of
town, family, genealogy, his life as a photographer. Veazie History
and Architecture Project. T1195
1133 Brown, Bruce. (AY 125) Fall 1977. Maine: Veazie. 4 pp.
ms. Brief journal of unrecorded interview with Ralph Parks
about the house he lives in Veazie. Veazie History and Architecture
Project.
1135 Brown, Bruce. (AY 125) Fall 1977. Maine: Veazie. 8 pp.
Tape: 1 hr. w/ brief cat. Interview with Ruby Meehan about
Veazie history and her life in Veazie. Veazie History and
Architecture Project. T1197
1137 Hansen, Jill. (AY 125) Fall 1977. Maine: Orono. 25 pp.
Tape: 2 hrs. w/ brief cat. Interview with O’Dillion Turner,
82, about Veazie history and folklore, people, places, Dingbat
Prouty, Aunt Hat, ferry to Eddington, marriage, customs, treatment
of Canadians; map. Veazie History and Architecture Project. T1199
1138 Chaney, Michael. (AY 125) Fall 1977. Maine: Veazie. 12
pp. Tape: 1 1/2 hrs. w/ brief cat. Interview with John Davis
about Davis property holdings, dairy farm, farming, Aunt Hat,
Dingbat Prouty, Depression; map. Veazie History and Architecture
Project. T1200
1139 Hansen, Jill. (AY 125) Fall 1977. Maine: Veazie. 15 pp.
Tape: 1 hr. w/ brief cat. Interview with Grace Mack about
Veazie history, "Main-roaders," villagers, lifestyles, home,
holidays, family. Veazie History and Architecture Project. T1201
1140 Pierter, Ann. (AY 125) Fall 1977. 19 pp. Tape: 3 hrs. w/
brief cat. Interview with Charles "Dunk" Jordan about Veazie
history, Aunt Hat, schools, community sliding and skating, town
divisions, work and travel in Merchant Marine, Indians, gardens,
home brew, Prohibition, Pig’s Ear, Doutyvilles. Veazie History and
Architecture Project. T1202 - T1203
1142 Hansen, Jill. (AY 125) Fall 1977. Maine: Veazie. 9 pp.
Tape: 3/4 hr. w/ brief cat. Interview with Irving Lancaster
about Veazie history, Depression, Prohibition, Lancaster’s Market,
river drives, life on the Penobscot River. Veazie History and
Architecture Project. T1205
1144 Ruston, Arthur. (AY 125) Fall 1977. Maine: Veazie. 8 pp.
Tape: 1 hr. w/ brief cat. Interview with Irene Guay about
Veazie history, Dunghy Lane section, childhood memories. Veazie
History and Architecture Project. T1207
1145 Ruston, Arthur. (AY 125) Fall 1977. Maine: Veazie. 8 pp.
Tape: 1/2 hr. w/ brief cat. Interview with Francis Webster
about Veazie History, dairy farming, working in Bucksport mill.
Veazie History and Architecture Project. T1208
1146 Brotz, Dona. (AY 125) Fall 1977. Maine: Veazie. 12 pp.
Tape: 1 hr. w/ brief cat. Interview with Blanch Smith about
Veazie history, her family, houses in town; photos, P2275 -
P2278, P2338 - P2339. Veazie History and Architecture Project.
T1209
1147 Murkland, Patricia. (AY 125) Fall 1977. Maine: Orono. 18
pp. Tape: 1 1/2 hrs. w/ brief cat. Interview with Lyndon
Sidelinker about his life in Veazie up to 1937. Veazie History
and Architecture Project. T1210
1149 Murkland, Patricia. (AY 125) Fall 1977. Maine: Veazie.
14 pp. Tape: 1 hr. w/ brief cat. Interview with Jennie Flanders
and Elliot Sidelinker (her brother) about growing up in
Veazie in a family of 14 children, Veazie history. Veazie History
and Architecture Project. T1212
1175 Murkland, Patricia. (AY 125) Fall 1977. Maine: Veazie.
10 pp. Tape: 1 hr. w/ brief cat. Interview with Jessie Fraser
about her childhood in Veazie and her home. Veazie History and
Architecture Project. T1237
1192 Glassie, Henry. Spring 1978. Maine: Orono (NAFOH). 8 pp.
Tape: 3 hrs. w/ brief cat. Recording of seminar by Henry Glassie
held February 24, 1978 in connection with the AY 125 class on Veazie
History and Architecture. T1253
1197 Ruston, Arthur. (AY 125) Fall 1977. Maine: Veazie. 12
pp. Tape: 1 hr. w/ brief cat. Interview with Irene Guay about
Veazie history, childhood memories. Veazie History and Architecture
Project. T1257
1207 Winsor, Sarah. (AY 125) Fall 1978. Maine: Veazie. 13 pp.
Tape: 1/2 hr. w/ cat. Interview with Kenneth Hayes about his
house in Veazie. Veazie History and Architecture Project. T1265
1208 Cross, Marilyn. (AY 125) Fall 1978. Maine: Veazie. 8 pp.
Tape: 1 hr. w/ brief cat. Interview with Mr. & Mrs. S. Byrd
Pomeroy about their house in Veazie. Veazie History and
Architecture Project. T1266
1209 Weisberger, Randi. (AY 125) Fall 1978. Maine: Veazie. 12
pp. Tape: 1 hr. w/ cat. Interview with William Aldrich about
his house and the history of Veazie. Veazie History and Architecture
Project. T1267
1211 Walsh, Sherry. (AY 125) Fall 1978. Maine: Veazie. 11 pp.
Tape: 1 hr. w/ brief cat. Interview with Clyde and Ekaterine
Crowe and Frances Denaco about the Crowe’s house, the
Veazie Elms Tourist Lodge, and Veazie history. Veazie History and
Architecture Project. T1268
1212 Richard, Stephen. (AY 125) Fall 1978. Maine: Veazie. 13
pp. Tape: 1/2 hr. w/ cat. Interview with Blanche Smith about
her house and Veazie history. Veazie History and Architecture
Project. T1269
1255 Milam, Anna. (Ay 125) Fall 1978. Maine: Veazie. 12 pp.
Tape: 1 hr. w/ brief cat. Interview with Donna and Spencer King
about their house in Veazie and Veazie history. Veazie History and
Architecture Project. T1317
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