Anita Turgeon

Contributing Institution

Bates College

Repository

Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library

View at Contributing Institution

https://bates-archives.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/archival_objects/31284

Digitization Status

Not Digitized / Non numérisé(e)

Collection/Part of

The Experience of the Great Depression in Lewiston-Auburn, Maine Oral History Collection

Title

en Anita Turgeon

Description

en Born 1920, the only child of French Canadian immigrants. Left school at age 15 to work. Spent 27 years at Pepperell Mill, then 17 years in shoe shop. Got her GED in 1989. From the Collection: This collection is the work of two separate classes taught by Anne William, Professor of Economics at Bates College: First Year Seminar FYS 187 during the winter term of 1996, and Economics s37 during the short-term session in the spring of 1998. Together, the two projects comprise 45 interviews with 50 individuals

Author/Creator

Turgeon, Anita

Date(s)

1998

Genre

en video recordings

en interviews

en oral histories (literary works)

Topic & Theme

Daily Life/Vie quotidienne

Family and Home Life/Famille et vie domestique

Work/Travail

Shoemaking/Fabrication de chaussures

Textile Manufacturing/Industrie textile

Geography

Lewiston ME

familyName

Turgeon

Source Language

English

Copyright Statement and Conditions governing use

Requests for permission to reproduce and publish materials from this collection should be addressed in writing to the Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library.

Conditions Governing Access

Transcripts are available in the reading room of the Muskie Archives.

Existence and Location of Originals

Part of the Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library Repository, 70 Campus Avenue, Lewiston, Maine 04240 United States of America

Biography, Administrative History and Provenance

en Provenance: Gift of Anne Williams, Professor of Economics, 1998.

Extent

1 vhs_videocassette

Arrangement

en From the Series Volume I, 1996

Recommended Citation

Anita Turgeon. The Experience of the Great Depression in Lewiston-Auburn, Maine Oral History Collection, GDOH. Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library. https://bates-archives.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/archival_objects/31284

State/Province

Maine

Country

United States