Oral Histories

The Presque Isle Historical Society has been conducting oral history interviews to obtain stories of Presque Isle's past.

The following is a list of oral history interviews that have been conducted. The Presque Isle Historical Society is working with the University of Maine at Presque Isle and the Mark and Emily Turner Library to make these oral histories available There are CD's and transcripts of the Floyd Harding, the Audrey Thibodeau, and the Voscar interviews at the Mark and Emily Turner Library. Others will be made available soon.

Steve Vance is digitizing some 1972 Aroostook Oral History Project interviews and is putting them on the Maine School and Library Network. Check the sounds at http://resources.presqueisle.lib.me.us/.

NAME INTERVIEWERS DATE PHOTO
Emery Skillins Brian Sipe

February 27, 2008

Commerce on the Corner of Main and State Streets

photo unavailable

Floyd Harding

Richard Rand

Kim Sebold

May 15, 2008

A WWII Prisoner Story, and Legislative Stories

Floyd Harding

Audrey Thibodeau

Richard Rand

Seven Vance

June 13, 2008

Early Years in Caribou and Presque Isle

Audrey Thibodeau

Harold Quass

Richard Rand

Kim Sebold

August 6, 2008

Presque Isle Air Force Base and NMCC

Harold Quass

Larry Park

Richard Rand

Steven Vance

January 30. 2009

February 6, 2009

February 13, 2009

Larry Park

Mary Schneider, Theresa Manney, Don, Guy, Gerald, and Pat Gallagher

Richard Rand

Brian Sipe

September 24, 2009

Listen to a champion potato picker story and two potato beetle stories.

 

Gallaghers

Don and Dolores Laveway

Richard Rand

Janet Snow

January 7, 2010

Early telephones and Chapman Street Stories.

Laveways

Oscar Nelder (Voscar)

Richard Rand

Steven Vance

February 19, 2010 Voscar

Marilynn Parkhurst Bonenfant

Becky Bonenfant Duprey

Dr. Kenneth Bonenfant

Steven Vance May 28, 2010 bonenfants

Ed Hews

Richard Rand

Steven Vance

June 12, 2010 Ed Hews Image

George and Paul Higgins tell about their flying experiences Steve Vance

November 16, 2010

George Higgins
Paul Higgins

Richard Gillen of Blaine and William Robinson of Mars Hill tell about harvesting the National Christman Tree in 1959

Richard Rand

Steven Vance

June 7, 2011

Listen to stories of the Christmas Tree harvest

Gillen and Robinson

Robert Cormier

Richard Rand

Steven Vance

September 2, 2011

Barbershopper Singing

Bob Cormier Photo

Joe and Gloria Olore

Richard Rand

Steven Vance

February 12, 2013

From Italy to Presque Isle

Joe and Gloria Olore