Edmund S. Muskie Oral History Collection: Paul A. Cote [1]

Contributing Institution

Bates College

Repository

Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library

View at Contributing Institution

https://scarab.bates.edu/muskie_oh/101/

Digitization Status

Digitized / Numérisé(e)

Identifier/Call Number

MOH 129

Collection/Part of

Edmund S. Muskie Oral History Collection, 1985-2025

Title

en Edmund S. Muskie Oral History Collection: Paul A. Cote [1]

Description

en Interview includes discussions of: 1969-1972 presidential campaign; Republican Party in Maine; Democratic Party in Maine; Lewiston community history; political career of Rose Marie; Cote was last municipal court judge in Lewiston before it became full-time state district court; Governor’s Council; ethnic tensions growing up (French vs. Irish); anecdote about Governor Jim Longley; Old Lewiston City Charter; Paul A. Cote, Jr.’s rise to district court judgeship; Louis Jalbert’s move to eliminate September voting in Maine; 1968 Republican National Convention in Miami; Great Depression--Lewiston (Bates Mill Strikes); WGAN; and Adrian Cote (sister): first female boxing judge in the world.

Author/Creator

Cote, Paul A.

Richard, Mike (interviewer)

Date(s)

1999-08-04

Genre

en sound recordings

en interviews

en oral histories (literary works)

Topic & Theme

American Experience/Américanité

Government/Gouvernement

Politics/Politique

Geography

Maine

Lewiston ME

familyName

Cote

Carbonneau

Couturier

Despins

Doucette

Dufresne

Gagne

Jalbert

Lessard

Malenfant

Rancourt

Source Language

English

Copyright Statement and Conditions governing use

Copyright Bates College. This transcript is provided for individual Research Purposes Only; for all other uses, including publication, reproduction and quotation beyond fair use, permission must be obtained in writing from: The Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library, Bates College, 70 Campus Avenue, Lewiston, Maine 04240-6018.

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 Paul A. Cote was born in Lewiston, Maine on January 13, 1930. He attended St. Patrick’s parochial schools and Lewiston High School, Colby College and Boston University Law School. He blonged to the Young Republicans, and became a municipal court judge under Governor John H. Reed, 1960-1965. He was Chair of the school board in 1962, nominated by Georges Rancourt, and Chair of the failed Charter Commission in 1970. He died October 12, 2003.

Extent

23 pages, summary sheet and transcript

Materials Specific Details

Listening copies on CD are available for in-building use only at the Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library, Bates College.Digital preservation master WAV files are available for staff use only at the Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library, Bates College.Transcripts and some audio files are also available online. http://digilib.bates.edu/gsdl/cgi-bin/library?site=localhost&a=p&p=about&c=muskieor&l=en&w=utf-8

Recommended Citation

Richard, Mike, "Cote, Paul A. oral history interview" (1999). Edmund S. Muskie Oral History Collection. 101. https://scarab.bates.edu/muskie_oh/101

State/Province

Maine

Country

United States