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UMAINE TODAY'S TOP HEADLINES The Maine Folklife Center at the University of Maine is seeking former
Eastern Fine Paper Inc. workers to discuss their experiences for an oral history
project. The purpose of the project is to document and
preserve the history and culture of the mill and its workers through a series of
tape-recorded interviews. Starting immediately, the Folklife Center is looking
to interview men and women who worked at the Brewer mill in any capacity to
share their experiences. Interviewers would like to hear workers’ accounts of
the jobs they performed and how they learned their skills, stories they may have
about the mill, its people or events that occurred in the mill, including
rituals and pranks, and feelings workers had about their jobs, both before and
after the mill’s closing. The information will be included in an exhibit titled
“The Writing on the Wall: The Twentieth Century Culture of a Maine Paper Mill,”
which will open in the Brewer mill and then travel throughout the state, so that
Mainers can learn more about the culture of paper mills and the lives of mill
workers. Anyone interested in assisting the Folklife Center with this important
project or getting more information may contact Amy L. Stevens at the Maine
Folklife Center, 5773 South Stevens Hall, Orono, ME 04469-5773; or call (207)
581-1891. |
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The
City of Brewer