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MF 119 “Us and Them” Summer Estates
Collection
Number of
Interviews: 23
Dates when interviews were conducted: 1980-82
Time period covered: ca. 1880-1980
Principal interviewers: Pamela Dean
Finding Aides: tape indexes or logs
Access Restrictions: none
Description: This collection consists of a series of
interviews done by Pamela Dean, 1980-1984, as research for her was
master’s thesis in history at the University of Maine, 1984,
entitled “Us and Them: An Oral History of Life on the Summer Estates
in Coastal Hancock County, Maine.” The period covered by the
interviews is approximately 1880-1980. The major focus is on the
relations between the summer people who owned estates in Northeast
Harbor and Blue Hill, Maine, and the native Mainers who worked for
them on the estates. Dean’s grandparents and aunts and uncles had
worked for summer people in various capacities and her interest in
the topic began with interviews with her aunt, Ethel Anthony,
conducted for Edward D. “Sandy” Ives’s fieldwork course in the fall
of 1980. See also Collection 043: Northeast Harbor Library, which
includes several interviews with summer people copied from the
holdings of the Northeast Harbor Library. The collection also
includes numerous photographs. Other areas discussed include
Bartlett’s Island; Great Head, Mount Desert Island; and Isleford,
Little Cranberry Island. See Dean’s M.A. Thesis Us and Them: An
Oral History of Life on the Summer Estates in Coastal Hancock
County, Maine. (University of Maine, 1984).
1456 Dean, Pamela. (AY 125) Fall 1980. Maine: Bar Harbor. 138
pp. Tape: 5 hours w/ cats. Series of interviews with Ethel
Anthony about her childhood on the farm; education; life on
Bartlett’s Island; work in Washington, D.C. and at Jackson Lab; fire
of 1947. P5013 - P5016, P5018 - P5023, P5027 - P5028. T1559 -
T1561
1548 Dean, Pamela. (AY 198) Fall 1981. Maine: Bar Harbor. 12
pp. Tape: 1 hr. w/ cat. Interview with Ethel Anthony about
her father who worked as caretaker for wealthy summer people on
Bartlett’s Island, Maine. T1650
1549 Dean, Pamela. (AY 198) Fall 1981. Maine: Bar Harbor. 23
pp. Tape: 2 hrs. w/ cat. Interview with Frank Anthony about
working for wealthy summer people at Great Head on Mount Desert
Island from 1910 to 1940. T1651
1561 Dean, Pamela. (AY 199) Spring 1982. Maine: Northeast
Harbor. 27 pp. Tape: 1 hr. w/ cat. Interview with Robert Pyle
about his experiences with members of the Northeast Harbor summer
community. T1662
1562 Dean, Pamela. (AY 199) Spring 1982. Maine: Blue Hill. 36
pp. Tape: 1 1/4 hrs. w/ cats. Interviews with Brad Emerson
about his ancestors; history of the Blue Hill summer community; his
experiences working as a gardener on the estate of Alida Camp in
East Blue Hill. T1663, T1835
1563 Dean, Pamela. (AY 199) Spring 1982. Maine: Bar Harbor.
66 pp. Tape: 2 hrs. w/ cat. Interview with Frederick Salisbury
about his experiences working as a caretaker and superintendent for
the Saterlees, Great Head, for Mabel Ingalls and Mrs. Gerrish
Milliken, Northeast Harbor. T1664
1564 Dean, Pamela. (AY 199) Spring 1982. Maine: Northeast
Harbor. 34 pp. Tape: 1 hr. w/ cat. Interview with Roy and Marion
Salisbury about their experiences with the summer community at
Northeast Harbor. Roy Salisbury was harbor master. T1665
1707 Dean, Pamela. (AY 199) Spring 1982. Maine: Northeast
Harbor. 29 pp. Tape: 1 hr. w/ cat. Interview with Louise Libby
discussing summers as a child on Islesford, Little Cranberry Island,
Maine; relations between the summer people and the native Mainers;
two stories about Nelson Rockefeller and the natives. T1829
1710 Dean, Pamela. (AY 199) Spring 1982. Maine: Northeast
Harbor. 32 pp. Tape: 1 1/3 hrs. w/ cat. Interview with Frank
Peabody, a long time summer resident of Northeast Harbor, about
how his family came to the area; importance of boats in his youth;
growing agreement between the summer and native communities on
further development of the town. T1831
1711 Dean, Pamela. (AY 199) Spring 1982. Maine: Northeast
Harbor. 26 pp. Tape: 3/4 hr. w/ cat. Interview with Schofield
Andrews, a summer person from Northeast Harbor, about his
relations with native Mainers and the changes in those
relationships. T1832
1712 Dean, Pamela. (AY 199) Spring 1982. Maine: Blue Hill. 57
pp. Tape: 1 3/4 hrs. w/ cat. Interview with William Parr,
cook/butler for Alida Camp, about how he came to Maine; how he came
to work for Mrs. Camp; his attitude toward his job; his duties; his
ministerial work with the Jehovah Witnesses. T1833
1713 Dean, Pamela. (AY 199) Spring 1982. Maine: Northeast
Harbor. 23 pp. Tape: 1 hr. w/ cat. Interview with Haline Jones
about her experience working for summer people in Northeast Harbor,
including Lydia Lyman, Mr. Bullit, and Miss Kimball of the Kimball
Shop. T1834
1714 Dean, Pamela. (AY 199) Spring 1982. Maine: Somesville.
18 pp. Tape: 1 hr. w/ cat. Interview with Adelaide Cousens
about her experiences working for summer people as a chamber maid.
She worked for the Potter Palmers and the Ludingtons in the 1930’s
and 1940’s. T1836
1715 Dean, Pamela. (AY 199) Spring 1982. Maine: Blue Hill. 36
pp. Tape: 1 1/4 hrs. w/ cat. Interview with Jeff Torrey about
his experiences working as caretaker for Alida Camp at her estate
Blueberry Hill; his father’s work there before his; his relations
with Camp and her family; general summer people/native Mainer
relations. T1837
1716 Dean, Pamela. (AY 199) Spring 1982. Maine: Northeast
Harbor. 5 pp. Notes on unrecorded interview with Carl Hardy
at the Gerrish Milliken, Jr. estate about his work for the Millikens
as caretaker; the relation of the summer community to the year-round
community in Northeast Harbor.
1717 Dean, Pamela. (AY 199) Spring 1982. Maine: Bar Harbor. 7
pp. Notes on unrecorded interviews with Frank Anthony about
his work for the Saterlees at their estate on Great Head, Mount
Desert Island; his relationship with the family.
1718 Dean, Pamela. (AY 199) Spring 1982. Maine: Northeast
Harbor. 7 pp. Notes on unrecorded interview with Helen Thompson
and her daughter Polly McIlhenny about their experiences as
long time summer residents of Northeast Harbor, and their relations
with the local residents.
1719 Dean, Pamela. (AY 199) Spring 1982. Maine: Northeast
Harbor. 7 pp. Notes on unrecorded interview with Lydia Lyman
about her experiences as a long time summer resident; daily summer
activities as a child; her relations with both summer and native
communities as a year-rounder.
1720 Dean, Pamela. (AY 199) Spring 1982. Maine: Northeast
Harbor. 5 pp. Notes on unrecorded interview with Lindsey
Smallidge about the history of Northeast Harbor and
contributions of the summer people to the community.
1721 Dean, Pamela. (AY 199) Spring 1982. Maine: Northeast
Harbor. 6 pp. Notes of unrecorded telephone conversation with
Mabel Ingalls, summer resident of Bar Harbor and Northeast
Harbor, about her experience as a long time summer resident of the
area; her youth on her parent’s estate at Great Head.
1771 Dean, Pamela. (AY 199) Spring 1982. Maine: Blue Hill 40
pp. Tape: 1 hr. w/ cat. Interview with Alida Camp about her
relations with the native Mainers and others in her employ at her
year-round estate in Blue Hill, Maine. T1870
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