Toward an oral history of Cape Ann : Snow, Reginald

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The following names and terms were used in this interview: Upper Whitehead, Nova Scotia, Break a watch, Pat McHugh, Beam trawling, Sis and sis, Grimsby boats, Atlantic Fisherman's Union.

Linda Brayton and David Masters, principal oral historians; Interviewer(s):David Masters (6/8/1978).

TRACKS:Born June 20, 1898 in Upper Whitehead, Nova Scotia -- Hard times in Nova Scotia -- Done every kind of fishing -- Unionization - the six and six - six hours below and six hours on deck -- Canada and the U. S. - fishing and the 200 mile limit -- Fighting down the wharf -- Skippering -- Trouble on the high seas -- Storms and swells -- Fellow mates aboard ship over the years -- It is the feeling of movement on the seas that made him go to sea. I couldn't live ashore -- I'd rather Gloucester.

Originally issued on sound cassettes and transferred to compact discs.

Institution: Gloucester Lyceum & Sawyer Free Library

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

Snow, Reginald, Interviewee

Masters, David, Interviewer

06-08-1978

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[Gloucester, Mass] : Sawyer Free Library

Emigration and immigration

Seafaring life

Fisheries

Oral history

Anecdotes

Manners and customs

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1 sound disc : digital, stereo

4 3/4 in.

Gloucester Oral History Collection

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