Documentary. Interviews with veterans of the logging industry including former loggers, former lumber company office worker, working forester. Includes Alfred Ames's 1930 logging footage of his Machias Lumber Company in Washington County, Maine, some of which was used in the production, 'From Stump to Ship.' Ames sold his land to the Seaboard Paper Company which became St. Regis and then Champion International Corporation. // Production underwritten by the Maine Humanities Council and Champion International Corporation in 1985. // Box labels tape as 'Edit Master.' Created 05/31/1989. // NOTE: Typed transcripts of interviews are available.
NHF Tape 1: SP-Dub of 'Modern Times' production made from Ggroerer/Creativideo production master. The program is a retrospective look at social and technological change in Maine and the United States during the period 1890-1930 and contains NHF archival footage. This version may/not contain a tag. This if NHF's best quality copy. NHF Tape 2: 3/4 in. dub of 'Modern Times' [from production master?] with long tag added 4/9/96. The long tag has MHC/Twentieth Century Project contact info plus NHF contact info. NHF Tape 3: 3/4 in. dub of Tape 2, with the long tag modified for broadcast purposes. The tag was modified by omitting the MHC/Twentieth Century Project segment. Use this version for broadcast requests, although it is second generation.
This video explores the growth of the paper industry and hydroelectric utilities; Maine's role in American expansionism; immigration and the decline of agriculture; urban problems and Maine's contributions to progressive reform; the growing national interest in the outdoors; the effects of World War I; and the peculiar self-centeredness of the 1920s, fueled by automobiles, movies and radio. The story of Modern Times in Maine and America is told through original music, narration, rare moving images, many still photographs never publicly seen before, and interviews with Mainers who still sharply remember what life was likein the early years of the century.' ONSITE REFERENCE ONLY.
Dated 4/26/82. A live one-hour call-in program. The series producers and community representatives open the telephone lines to take questions from viewers. Among the topics to be discussed: what it means to be a Franco-American today, and options for the future; how did the television series do in covering the Franco-American scene today. FOR REFERENCE ONLY.
Dated 3/22/82. Several Maine politicians discuss what it means to them to be Franco-American and the political realities for Franco-Americans in Maine today. Professor James Gallagher, University of Maine sociologist, comments. FOR REFERENCE ONLY.
Dated 9/28/95 [sic]. Immigration movement of French-Canadians to New England at the turn of the century. Two puppets comment on the program after it is over. FOR REFERENCE ONLY.
Dated 1/25/82. Visits with artists and performers from around Maine and New England including Julien Olivier, storyteller, Gilbert Roy, artist, Buck McHenry, wood sculptor, Josee Vachone [sic], singer. FOR REFERENCE ONLY.
Dated 11/23/81. Interviews with Franco-Americans, young and old, about growing up in an authoritarian, closed and rigid society. Among matters discussed: the effects of being surrounded by an English-speaking society with different values, customs and traditions. FOR REFERENCE ONLY.
Dated 10/26/81. Eugene Paradis recalls his earlier years in Old Town, Maine, when life was simper and run by bells, whistles and horns. Visits with other Old Town residents who speak of their lives today. FOR REFERENCE ONLY.
Dated 12/28/81. Facts and fictions of being bilingual in a monolingual atmosphere, An interview with Antonine Maillet, Acadian author and recipient of top honors for her many novels about Acadian life. FOR REFERENCE ONLY.
Reflets et Lumiere II, dated 2/22/82: Visits with traditional groups in the Augusta and Lewiston areas to discuss why they were created in the 1900s and if their goals have changed for the 1980s. Looks at the new local, regional and national organizations to compare and contrast their reasons for being. Professor James Gallagher, a University of Maine sociologist, discusses the reasons why ethnic groups form closed social clubs and the new reality of the 1980s. FOR REFERENCE ONLY.
Demo tape for New Sweden Group (John and Richard Heid) for Humanities and Public Policy showing. Two 3/4-inch tapes, one with subtitles (approx 50 mins.). FOR REFERENCE ONLY.
