Original Source Material

Life of the Maine Lobsterman Project.  (MF 037)  Nineteen recorded interviews with lobstermen, including topics such as equipment, boats, history, clamming, trawling, and shad fishing. Descriptions available on Maine InfoNet. Tapes available at Maine Folklife Center, University of Maine, Orono. www.umaine.edu/folklife/

Penobscot Bay Fisheries and Industries Project (MF 047).  Thirteen interviews by David Taylor, conducted in 1973-74, covering fishing and related industries on Penobscot Bay and Penobscot River. Includes salmon, smelt, lobsters, captaining a lobster smack, eels, ship and boat building, and Friendship sloops. Series includes taped interviews, brief indexes, and transcripts. Descriptions available on Maine InfoNet. Tapes and photographs available at Maine Folklife Center, University of Maine, Orono. www.umaine.edu/folklife/