Toward an oral history of Cape Ann : Swan, Marshall

2 sound files, digital, MPEG3 file

The following names and terms were used in this interview:Richard Tarr, Roger Babson, Richard Henry Dana, Mrs. Erkkila,John Cooley, Fulbright commissions, Burundi, wave steps.

Linda Brayton and David Masters, principal oral historians; Interviewer(s):Linda Brayton and Richard Mateja (5/4/1978).

TRACKS: 1. Mr. Swan's background and connections with Cape Ann -- 2. Mr. Swan's current project, writing a history of Rockport sources being used -- 3. Cape Ann's physical structure, its effect on Cape Ann history and the character of its people -- 4. Sources for history project (cont'd), examples of information gleaned -- 5. Mr. Swan's career in the U.S. Foreign Service -- 6. Career in the U.S, Foreign Service (cont'd) -- 7. Reasons for Swedish immigration, Sweden's reactions, new wave of immigrants to Sweden -- 8. Comments on foreign service experience, life style, etc. -- 9. U.S.A. in comparison to other countries, especially in regards to human rights -- 10. Mr. Swan's comments on oral history.

Originally issued on sound cassettes and transferred to compact discs.

Institution: Gloucester Lyceum & Sawyer Free Library

Massachusetts--Essex (county)--Ann, Cape

Swan, Marshall, Interviewee

Brayton, Linda, Interviewer

Mateja, Richard, Interviewer

05-04-1978

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eng

[Gloucester, Mass] : Sawyer Free Library

Anecdotes

Manners and customs

Swedish Americans

Oral history

Emigration and immigration

United States -- Politics and government

sound recording-nonmusical

Sound recordings

1 sound disc : digital, stereo

4 3/4 in.