Interview of Kenneth Trail, 1983

Archive

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Groton Public Library

Name/Title

Interview of Kenneth Trail, 1983

Entry/Object ID

2025.001.053

Scope and Content

Oral history interview with Kenneth Trail (1914-1987) conducted September 7, 1983. The interview cuts in without an introduction. Kenneth was born in Groton in 1914 and grew up on South Road, the son of Ira and Faye Trail. He discusses his reminiscences of Groton including the railroad through Groton, the Midway Yard ice house, Smith Lake, the Winthrop House at Bluff Point, Bushy Point, Prohibition, 1938 Hurricane, Harvard-Yale Regatta. 2 recordings.

Collection

Oral History Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2025.001

Source or Donor

Found in Collection

Acquisition Method

Found in Collection

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Audiocassette

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Audiotape

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Sound Communication Media

Nomenclature Class

Sound Communication T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication

Search Terms

Midway, Midway Yard, Blueberry Hill, Railroads, South Rd., South Yard, Bluff Point, Winthrop House, Bushy Point, Hurricane of '38, Mystic Island, Ram Island, Mouse Island, Prohibition, Groton Iron Works, Atlantic Coast Fisheries, Midway Hotel, Pfizer Inc., Harvard-Yale Regatta, Griswold Hotel, Victory Yard, Electric Boat

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

MP3

Archive Details

Creator

Kenneth Trail

Date(s) of Creation

1983

General Notes

Note

Notes: original file name: #46 - Trail, Kenneth - 1,2of3 - Sept 7 1983 #47 - Trail, Kenneth - 3of3 - Sept 7 1983