NAFOH: War

Here we have finding aids for collections of accessions focused on war. As some of these collections were created around a theme (rather than based on a single donation or a class), there is some overlap in the collections.

Related: If you find the finding aids on this page interesting, you may want to check out some of the following resources.

• Veteran oral history resources: Franco-American Oral Histories and American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress’s Veteran History Project.

 

MF 040 Maine Women During the Depression and World War II
Number of accessions: 73
Dates when interviews were conducted: 1981 – 1982, 1987 – 1988, 1990
Time period covered: 1930s – 1950s
Principal interviewers: Rita Breton, Linda Zuch, Kathleen A. “Kathy” Morris, Margaret Lanoue, Eric Allen, Nan Lincoln, Lizabeth MacDonald, Patrick Dunn, Anne-Marie Martin, Steven Sullivan, Suzanne Winkelman
Finding aides: catalog
Access restrictions: none
Description: This collection began with the research done by Rita Breton as part of her graduate work in history at the University of Maine. Breton conducted approximately twenty interviews with Maine women about their lives and work during the Great Depression and WWII. In addition, in the fall of 1982, students in Edward D. Ives’ class AY 125 were asked to locate and interview people on the topic of womens’ lives during the Depression and World War II. The semester project yielded forty-five accessions. Collection also contains numerous photographs. Some of the interviews relate to Winkelman’s M. A. Thesis “Work is What Keeps You Going: The Life and Times of Bertha Moore Lord: An Experiment in Biography,” University of Maine, 1986.

MF 070 UMaine during the Vietnam War era/ Laura Finkel Collection
Number of accessions: 17
Dates when interviews were conducted: 1994, 1996 – 1998
Time period covered: Vietnam era (1964-1973)
Principal interviewer: Laura Finkel
Finding aides: transcripts
Access restrictions: NA2557
Description: A series of fifteen interviews recorded between 1994 – 1997 by Laura Finkel concerning anti-war movement, protests, and activities on the campus at the University of Maine during the Vietnam War era (1964 – 1973).

MF 087 Vietnam Veterans Oral History Project/ Davida Kellogg
Number of accession: 26
Dates when interviews were conducted: 1975, 1989 – 1992, 1997, 1998, 2002
Time period covered: 20th century
Principal interviewers: Davida Kellogg
Finding aides: transcripts
Access restrictions: NA2063, 2064, 2065, 2070, 2071, 2345, 2346, 2347, 2348, 2349, 2350
Description: Series of interviews by Davida Kellogg with Vietnam War veterans.

MF 120 Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in Acadia National Park
Number of accessions: 29
Dates when interviews were conducted: summer 2000 and 2001
Time period covered: 1934-1947
Principal interviewers: Anu Dudley, James Moreira, Pamela Dean
Finding aides: indexes, transcripts
Access restrictions: none
Description: A series of interviews conducted by MFC staff with men who were enrolled in the Civilian Conservation Corp. in the 1930s and served at one of the three camps run by ANP: the Eagle Lake or Bar Harbor camp (on the site of the current park headquarters), the Long Pond or Southwest Harbor camp (off Clark Point Road); and the Ellsworth camp (on the Buttermilk Road). Also included are interviews with women who married men from the camps and other local residents who remember the camps. Included are 226 photographs (P08475-P08701).

MF 144 Women in the Military
Number of accessions: 60
Dates interviews were conducted: 2000-2003
Time period covered: 20th century
Principal interviewers: various
Finding aides: transcripts
Access restrictions: none
Description: The Maine Women Veterans Oral History Project collected oral interviews with women veterans through a collaborative effort of the Maine commission on women veterans, the Maine Studies program at UMaine, and the Women Studies program at UMaine.

MF 182 World War II Collection
Number of accessions: 151
Time period covered: World War II
Description: This is an arbitrary collection of accessions created in June 2014 to bring together interviews that focus on World War II.

MF 183 Vietnam War Collection
Number of accessions: 63
Dates when interviews were conducted: various
Time period covered: Vietnam War
Principal interviewers: various
Finding aides: some indexes and transcripts
Description: This is an arbitrary collection of accessions created in June 2014 to bring together interviews that deal with the Vietnam War. A number of the accessions come from MF 087 Vietnam Veterans Oral History Project / Davida Kellogg and MF 070 UMaine during the Vietnam War era/ Laura Finkel Collection.

MF 184 World War I Collection
Number of accessions: 31
Dates when interviews were conducted: various
Time period covered: World War I
Principal interviewers: various
Finding aides: some indexes and transcripts
Access restrictions: NA0700
Description: This is an arbitrary collection of accessions created in June 2014 to bring together interviews that deal with World War I.