Letter from Julia to Marie August 11, 1942

In this letter Julia talks about the company they have had and the different things that have happened to their company

Wendy Wallace moving on gracefully

Wendy Wallace has been the associate director and head of contemporary dance at the New Zealand School of Dance, in Wellington for over eight years. She is now moving to Auckland to become rehearsal director for Black Grace. Sue Cheesman talks to her about her time with the school and her new role with the company

MF016 Deering Lumber Company Project

A project undertaken by Michael Chaney in the summer of 1980 which led to the publication of White Pine on the Saco: An Oral History of River Driving in Southern Maine (Northeast Folklore XXIX: 1990). Collection consists of fourteen interviews with employees of the Deering Lumber Company. NA1401 Clyde Smith, interviewed by Michael Chaney, summer 1980, Hollis Center, Maine. Smith talks about local history; Indian lore of the Saco River Valley; 1947 fire; family history. Deering Lumber Project. NA1402 Joseph G. Deering, interviewed by Michael Chaney, fall 1980, Biddeford Pool, Maine. Deering talks about the river drives on the Saco River; the Deering Lumber Company. NA1403 Ken Blaney, interviewed by Michael Chaney, fall 1980, Cornish, Maine. Blaney talks about his work for the Joseph Deering Lumber Company as a scaler. NA1404 Leo Bell, interviewed by Michael Chaney, fall 1980, Fryeburg, Maine. Bell talks about his work in the woods and on the Saco River for the Deering Lumber Company. NA1405 Ed Burrill, interviewed by Michael Chaney, fall 1980, Cornish, Maine. Burrill talks about his life on the Saco River as a river driver for the Deering Lumber Company. NA1406 Clarence Brown, interviewed by Michael Chaney, fall 1980, West Buxton, Maine. Brown talks about river drives on the Saco River; his father, Frank Brown, who was a boss for the Deering Lumber Company. Text: catalog. NA1407 Charlie Foran, interviewed by Michael Chaney, fall 1980, Saco, Maine. Foran talks about working for the Deering Lumber company as yard and mill foreman. NA1423 Ralston Bennett, interviewed by Michael Chaney, November 17, 1980, Lovell, Maine. Mrs. Bennett was also present. Bennett talks about working as a trucker for the Deering Lumber Company; starting to haul logs for Deering in November 1940; landing the logs on the river bank for the drive; working to haul sawn lumber from portable mills in the woods to Biddeford; finished working for Deering in 1956. NA1424 Roy Smith, interviewed by Michael Chaney, November 18, 1980, Lovell Town Dump, Lovell, Maine. Smith talks about his work on the river as a river driver and in the woods as a cutter for Jos. G. Deering & Sons; working for A.C. Cunningham; driving on the last river drive in 1943. NA1425 Robert Littlefield, interviewed by Michael Chaney, November 18, 1980, his home, Lovell, Maine. Littlefield talks about his work as a river driver on the Saco River: working on the drive 1920-1925 and in 1934; men he worked with; places on the river; details about drive and sluicing; boarding houses; tally of lumber in various mills, including Diamond and Brown; working for Deering Lumber Company on the river; two artifacts he has: a Saco River Rule and a spruce gumbook made in 1877 by Mrs. Littlefield’s grandfather. NA1426 Chester “Chet” Leonard, interviewed by Michael Chaney, November 18, 1980, Fryeburg, Maine. Also present: Mrs. Leonard. Leonard talks about his work as a sawyer and portable mill foreman for the Diamond, Deering Lumber Company, and Clark mills; his father, who was a sawyer; beginning work in a mill in New Hampshire in 1933, where he worked for Ellery Clark for 10 years; working at the Clark Mill in Hollis Center, run by nephews of Clark; the fires in the area that put the mill out of business; taking a job in the early 1950s as a portable mill foreman for a Deering portable mill in Lovell for six months; portable mills; job at the Diamond finishing mill in Fryeburg. NA1427 By Michael Chaney, fall 1980, Saco, Maine. Collection of 43 photographs, news clippings, and other written material pertaining to Joseph G. Deering & Son Lumber Manufacturers and the Saco River Driving Company. NA2010 Ralph Morin, interviewed by Michael P. Chaney, 1987, Sanbornville, New Hampshire. Morin talks about his work in the sawmill at the Deering Lumber Co., Biddeford, Maine, his work as a salesman for the company in the 1950s - 1960s; his work in the 1970s in the retail department. Other material includes letter to Edward D. “Sandy” Ives, list of interviewees with additional info, maps of layout of plant, 43 photocopied photos on file at NAFOH. NA2194 Phyllis F. Deschambeault, interviewed by Michael Chaney, fall 1989, Saco, Maine. Deschambeault talks about her work for J. G. Deering & Son and Deering Lumber Company since the 1940s.https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/ne_findingaids/1013/thumbnail.jp

Joel Thingvall

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Joel Thingvall is a Caucasian male born on September 16th, 1953. He lived with his father and mother in the Longfellow neighborhood. His father worked for Glenwood Inglewood Springwater Company. His mother worked at a female-run company conducting market research. He was an only child. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Thingvall talks about his parents history with the home they grew up in and how neighbors stayed in the neighborhood. He talks about odd jobs he did for money and chores he had growing up. Thingvall talks about the different churches around the city growing up. He mentions his thoughts about joining the ministry and why he decided against it. Thingvall talked about how activities at the time were centered around the church and the parks and schools events. He talks about his love of comics and people he knew from the industry. He talks about the tight knit nature of the community at the time. Lastly, Thingvall talks about big events that happened at the time: space landing, Minneapolis race riots, and diversity of the neighborhoods.https://digitalcommons.csp.edu/tc-ohp_interviews_mpls/1003/thumbnail.jp

Catherine Wines: ‘International remittances help people directly’

The co-founder of WorldRemit talks about how the company disrupted the market by using mobile money technolog

Eleanor Hein Interview

Eleanor Hein talks about her family\u27s migration to Roslyn, Washington (family name: Blazina). She talks about her grandfather\u27s work as watchman for the Northwestern Improvement Company No. 9 Mine in Roslyn, and speaks about African American families in town. She describes businesses and recreation in Cle Elum, as well as the Milwaukee Railroad and Depot. She talks about her school days in Lester, as well as wildlife and recreation in Lester (she mentions Lester Hot Springs Hotel). The cover image shows the Hot Springs Hotel in Lester, Washington, 1910, with several large sheep corrals in the foreground.https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/roslyn_history/1041/thumbnail.jp

Interview with Jim Gibson, Head of Knox County Historical Museum

Jim Gibson talks about the Mount Vernon Bridge Company and some of the history of Knox countyhttps://digital.kenyon.edu/lak_interviews/1027/thumbnail.jp

Alumnus Profile: Double Demon Leads Business Simulation Company

Reda Chafi and business alumnus with an MBA talks about Capsim Management Solutions Inc., a Chicago-based company that delivers online business simulations and learning environments for academic and corporate clients

Oral History Interview: Bruno Aluise

This interview is one of a series conducted concerning the history of various businesses in West Virginia. In this interview, Bruno Aluise, the owner of the Newberry Cable Splicing Company, discusses the origin and history of this long-standing Huntington business. He talks about the company\u27s founder, John Newberry, and the nature and use of the products which the company has been producing since 1918.https://mds.marshall.edu/oral_history/1285/thumbnail.jp

Interview with Mary Fernandez Figueroa

In a brief interview, a woman talks about picking coffee in Kona as a young girl, later marriage to a Honokaa Sugar Company worker, and her plantation home in Haina.coffee picker; Puerto Rican; femaleInterview conducted in English.State, Federa