
7 Items in This Collection
1) A Question of Survival: Washington County, Maine
Documentary examines poor economic conditions in Maine's Washington County. Interviews with residents about life, work, job opportunities, and the prospects for the future. Various indu...
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2) Machias Renaissance
NHF viewing notes: 'A Bulldog Production.' Revitalization of Machias. Maps of world, United States, Maine, with Machias highlighted on state map. Quick cuts include worker in blueberry...
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3) Machias Renaissance/Downtown Celebration
See description for 'Machias Renaissance' at Machias Memorial High School Coll./acc.0694.
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4) A Question of Survival: Washington County, Maine
Documentary examines poor economic conditions in Maine's Washington County. Interviews with residents about life, work, job opportunities, and the prospects for the future. Various indu...
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5) [Carlton Willey interviews] Carlton Willey/Portrait of Machias Memorial High School
NHF viewing notes: Student interviews with Carlton Willey, baseball player. (Willey was from Cherryfield, Me. Played eight seasons in the major leagues, Milwaukee Braves and New York Me...
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6) Batteau Machias
Student project about shop class constructing and using a river driving batteau in Machias, Me.
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7) Helen's Restaurant
Machias Memorial High School student video project. NHF Tape 1: Helen's Restaurant by Cathy Tower, 1991.
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Machias Memorial High School Collection


Primary Format and Extent
video (780 min.) : sd., b&w and col. ; 1/2 in.

Collection Date Range
1976 – 1992

Summary
Collection contains documentaries. "A Question of Survival: Washington County, Maine" depicts regional family history and one winter of life and work. Works by Machias Memorial High School students include "Machias Renaissance," concerning the revitalization of Machias, and "Batteau Machias," which records an industrial arts project to build and use a traditional batteau river boat. Collection also contains student-produced interviews and outtakes: "Carlton Willey," showing the retired player at age 60 discussing his career and aspects of baseball, and two videotapes of interviews with women who worked in one-room schools.

Biographical/Historical Notes
Machias Memorial High School is located in coastal Machias, Washington County; in 1991, the school had roughly 200 students. Carlton Willey was a major league baseball player from Cherryfield, named Rookie of the Year in 1958. The Batteau Machias project resulted from a 1988 classroom showing of "From Stump to Ship: A 1930 Logging Film." "A Question of Survival" was produced by William Kenda and the Maine Humanities Council.

Subject(s)
Transportation, Agriculture, Boats and boating, Cities and towns, Community Life, Fisheries, Handicraft, Logging, Native Americans, Outdoor Life, Paper Industry, Rural conditions, Sports, Students, Transportation, Women Post new comment
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