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MF 101 1998 Ice Storm Oral History
Project
Number of
Interviews:
Dates when interviews were conducted: 1998
Time period covered: January, 1998
Principal interviewers: Edward D. “Sandy” Ives, Pauleena
MacDougall, Elizabeth Hedler, and Mary Ellen Barnes
Finding Aides: transcripts
Access Restrictions: none
Description: A series of short (10-30 minute) interviews with
Maine residents about their experiences of the “Ice Storm of ‘98,”
which caused statewide power failures in January, 1998. These
interviews were conducted at the 1998 Maine Festival held at Thomas
Point Beach in Brunswick, ME August 7, 8, and 9, 1998; and at the
Common Ground Fair held at Unity, Maine, September 25, 26, & 27,
1998.
2534 Maine Folklife Center. Summer 1998. Maine: Brunswick.
Tape: 6 cassettes (6 hrs). Personal stories, narratives, and
anecdotes about the great 1998 ice storm collected from festival
goers who visited the Maine Folklife Center tent at the 1998 Maine
Festival held at Thomas Point Beach in Brunswick, ME August 7,8,9,
1998. Interviewers were MFC staff including Sandy Ives, Pauleena
MacDougall, Elizabeth Hedler, and Mary Ellen Barnes. 1998 Ice Storm
Oral History Project. C1623 - C1628
2543 Maine Folklife Center. September, 1998. Maine: Unity.
Tape: 5 cassettes (5 hours). Personal stories, narratives, and
anecdotes about the great 1998 ice storm collected from over
thirty-five festival goers at the Common Ground Fair held at Unity,
Maine, September 25, 26, & 27, 1998. Interviewers were members of
MFC staff including Sandy Ives and Pauleena MacDougall. 1998 Ice
Storm Oral History Project. C1634 - C1638
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