Vaughan Homestead Oral History Project: Community Members
This collections contains interviews of residents of Hallowell, Maine. They recall growing up in the small city of just over 2,000 people along the Kennebec River in Central Maine. Some of the interviews were conducted in 2013 and later uploaded to Storycorps (all permissions collected).
Collection: Vaughan Homestead Oral History Project: Community Members
This collections contains interviews of residents of Hallowell, Maine. They recall growing up in the small city of just over 2,000 people along the Kennebec River in Central Maine. Some of the interviews were conducted in 2013 and later uploaded to Storycorps (all permissions collected).
Joan Hague and Janis Cross, lifelong friends and residents of Hallowell, Maine, talk about growing up in Hallowell. They are interviewed by Vaughan Homestead volunteer Anne Young on January 30, 2013. The interview was uploaded to Storycorps in December of...
Dick and Jean Hayes recall their lives in and around Hallowell, Maine. They are interviewed by Vaughan Homestead volunteer Karen Simpson in 2013. The interview was uploaded to Storycorps in December of 2022.
Dick and Jean Hayes interview continued (see Part 1). Re: growing up in Hallowell, Maine
Hallowell Historian and retired history teacher Sam Webber recalls memories of growing up in Hallowell, Maine. He is interviewed by Vaughan Homestead volunteer Anne Young on February 25, 2013. The interview was uploaded to Storycorps in December of 2022.
Hallowell, Maine resident and City Historian, Sumner "Sam" Webber describes Hallowell’s iconic downtown in his childhood in the 1940s through the 1960s. He outlines the fight to save it from a highway expansion and the early years of historic preservation...
Robert "Bob" Stubbs (90) talks about his life in Hallowell, in particular his years as mayor in the 1970s and his role in saving Hallowell's downtown district from being torn down for a highway.
Bucky Lord, lifelong resident of Hallowell, Maine, discusses growing up on his family's farm. He is interviewed by Vaughan Homestead volunteer Karen Simpson in 2013. His wife may be heard adding tidbits in the background.