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MF 067 “Wildfire Loose” Oral History
Project
Number of
Interviews: 37
Dates When Interviews Were Conducted: 1977-1980
Time Period Covered: 1947
Principal Interviewers: Joyce Butler
Finding Aides: transcripts
Access Restrictions: none
Description: The “Wildfire Loose” Collection consists of a
series of interviews conducted by Joyce Butler in preparation for
her book of the same title about the fires in Maine in October 1947.
See Joyce Butler, Wildfire Loose: The Week Maine Burned
(Various Publishers, 1978, 1987, 1997).
1219 Butler, Joyce. February 1977. Maine: Camden. 31 pp.
Tape: 1 hr. w/ trans. Interview with J. Malcolm Barter. T1286
1220 Butler, Joyce. July 1977. Maine: Kennebunk. 19 pp. Tape:
1 hr. w/ trans. Interview with Earl Bibber. T1287
1221 Butler, Joyce. July 1977. Maine: Kennebunk. 15 pp. Tape:
1 hr. w/ trans. Interview with G. Robert Butler. T1287
1222 Butler, Joyce. March, 1977. Maine: Brownfield. 44 pp.
Tape: 1 1/2 hrs. w/ trans. Interview with Esther W. Boynton.
T1288 - T1289
1223 Butler, Joyce. January 1977. Maine: Cape Porpoise. 21
pp. Tape: 1 hr. w/ trans. Interview with Carolyn Craig. T1289
1224 Butler, Joyce. May 1977. Maine: Kennebunkport. 29 pp.
Tape: 1 hr. w/ trans. Interview with Thelma Burrows. T1290
1225 Butler, Joyce. December 1977. Maine: Alfred. 34 pp.
Tape: 1 hr. w/ trans. Interview with Lloyd Davis. T1291
1226 Butler, Joyce. November 1977. Maine: Parsonsfield. 21
pp. Tape: 1 hr. w/ trans. Interview with Kenneth Day. T1292
1227 Butler, Joyce. July, 1977. Maine: Saco. 27 pp. Tape: 1
hr. w/ trans. Interview with Lawrence T. Dolby, State Fire
Inspector. T1293 - T1294
1228 Butler, Joyce. September 1977. Maine: Kennebunkport. 13
pp. Tape: 1/2 hr. w/ trans. Interview with Frank Hanlan. T1294
1229 Butler, Joyce. June 1977. Maine: South Waterboro. 44 pp.
Tape: 1 hr. w/ trans. Interview with Champ and Elizabeth Gould.
T1295
1230 Butler, Joyce. December 1977. New York: Ithaca. 24 pp.
Tape: 1 hr. w/ trans. Interview with John Kelley. T1296
1231 Butler, Joyce. August 1977. Maine: Kennebunk. 18 pp.
Tape: 1/2 hr. w/ trans. Interview with Mabel Emery. T1297
1232 Butler, Joyce. November 1977. Maine: Waterboro. 13 pp.
Tape: 1/2 hr. w/ trans. Interview with Esther Smith. T1297
1233 Butler, Joyce. April 1977. Maine: Bar Harbor. 12 pp.
Tape: 1/2 hr. w/ trans. Interview with Josephine Higgins. T1298
1234 Butler, Joyce. December 1977. Maine: Somesville. 8 pp.
Tape: 1/2 hr. w/ trans. Letter from Mrs. S. V. Morris that
appeared in the Bar Harbor Times dated October 30, 1947.
T1298
1235 Butler, Joyce. December 1977. Maine: Saco. 7 pp.Tape:
1/2 hr. with cat. Interview with Charles Smith. T1298
1236 Butler, Joyce. June 1977. Maine: Newfield. 51 pp. Tape:
2 hrs. w/ trans. Interview with Dr. Arthur Moulton. T1299
- T1300
1237 Butler, Joyce. March 1977. Maine: Augusta. 55 pp. Tape:
1 1/2 hrs. w/ trans. Interview with Austin Wilkins, Maine
Forestry Department Commissioner. T1301 - T1302
1238 Butler, Joyce. August 1977. Maine: Kennebunk. 23 pp.
Tape: 1 hr. w/ trans. Interview with Louise and Raymond Russell.
T1302
1239 Butler, Joyce. July 1977. Maine: Dayton. 31 pp. Tape: 1
hr. w/ trans. Interview with Coyle Meserve. T1303
1240 Butler, Joyce. July 1977. Maine: Kennebunkport. 23 pp.
Tape: 1 hr. w/ trans. Interview with Desmond O’Hara and
"Dick" Schmaltz. T1304
1241 Butler, Joyce. February 1977. Maine: Saco. 20 pp. Tape:
1 hr. w/ trans. Interview with Bessie Ricker. T1305
1242 Butler, Joyce. August 1977. Maine: Alfred. 20 pp. Tape:
1 hr. w/ trans. Interview with Betty and Stanley Littlefield.
T1306
1243 Butler, Joyce. July 1977. Maine: Saco. 25 pp. Tape: 1
hr. w/ trans. Interview with Arthur Roberts. T1307
1244 Butler, Joyce. April 1977. Maine: Mt. Desert Island. 28
pp. Tape: 1 hr w/ trans. Interview with Mr. & Mrs. Allen
Salisbury. T1308
1245 Butler, Joyce. January 1977. Maine: Goose Rocks Beach.
27 pp. Tape: 1 hr. w/ trans. Interview with Dorothea Smith. T1309
1246 Butler, Joyce. September 1977. Maine: Kennebunkport. 17
pp. Tape: 1/2 hr. w/ trans. Interview with Althea Beard. T1310
1247 Butler, Joyce. September 1977. Maine: Cape Porpoise. 17
pp. Tape: 1/2 hr. w/ trans. Interview with Arnold Stinson. T1310
1248 Butler, Joyce. February 1977. Maine: Clarks Mills. 27
pp. Tape: 1 hr. w/ trans. Interview with Mr. & Mrs. Warren
Walker. T1311
1249 Butler, Joyce. April 1977. Maine: Bar Harbor. 28 pp.
Tape: 1 hr. w/ trans. Interview with Charlotte Stuart. T1312
1250 Butler, Joyce. May 1977. Maine: Bar Mills. 30 pp. Tape:
1 hr. w/ trans. Interview with Violette and Linwood Wallace.
T1313
1251 Butler, Joyce. June 1977. Maine: West Newfield. 20 pp.
Tape: 1 hr. w/ trans. Interview with Clayton Weymouth. T1314
1252 Butler, Joyce. April 1977. Maine: Kennebunkport. 25 pp.
Tape: 1 hr. w/ trans. Interview with Martin V. B. Wildes.
T1315
1253 Butler, Joyce. April 1977. Maine: Mt. Desert Island,
Salisbury Cove. 20 pp. Tape: 1 hr. w/ trans. Interview with
Bernard Hawkes. T1316
1254 Butler, Joyce. January 1979. Maine: Bar Harbor. 25 pp.
Tape: 1/2 hr. w/ trans. Two letters written by Dorothy Stanley
on October 26, 1947 and by Mrs. Frank Rowell. T1316
1422 Butler, Joyce. Fall 1980. Maine: Kennebunk. 21 pp. Tape:
1/2 hr. w/ trans. Interview with Jane Cormier Obermeyer.
T1550
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