John French, Sr.- Oral History Interview

Oral History

Walsh History Center - Camden Public Library

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

WHC 2013.1.19

Scope and Content

Inerview with John French, Sr. of Camden, Maine. Interview conducted by volunteers Barbara Dyer and Paul Putnam. Discusses serving in on Coast Guard weather ship then as lighthouse keeper on Matinicus Rock in the late 1950s for 18 months. He and his wife Bessie later became the lightkeepers on Curtis Island in Camden.

Collection

Oral History, Oral History Collection

Cataloged By

Heather Bilodeau

Acquisition

Accession

WHC 2013.1

Source or Donor

Walsh History Center

Acquisition Method

Produced by Staff

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Disk, Magnetic

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Data Processing Media

Nomenclature Class

Data Processing T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Lighthouse keepers, Lighthouses

Search Terms

Camden, Curtis Island, Curtis Island Lighthouse, Maine, Matinicus Rock

Oral History Details

Interviewee

John French, Sr.

Interviewer

Putnam, Paul, Barbara Dyer and Paul Putnam

Interview Date

Nov 6, 2006

Interview Place

Location

4 Union Street Camden

Length of Interview

49 minutes

Recording Media

Magneto-Optical Disc

Date Transcribed

May 15, 2007

Transcriber

Production Transcripts, Inc.

Oral History Notes

Date(s): 11/06/2006 Copies: Transcript on server Creator: Dyer, Barbara Location of Originals: Printed transcript in vertical file 1 minidisc in vertical file Date Reviewed by Interviewee: 2007-05-30 Location of Transcript: WHC Director Vertical File

Parts

Count: 1 minidisc

Location

Drawer

Cabinet

WHC Director Vert. File

Building

Walsh History Center

Date

October 21, 2025

Condition

Overall Condition

Excellent

Date Examined

Jan 30, 2013

Examined By

Heather Bilodeau

Notes

Word doc migrated to latest version.

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Jan 30, 2013

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

French, John (Sr.)

Person or Organization

French, Bessie

General Notes

Note

Status: OK Status By: Heather Bilodeau Status Date: 2013-01-30

Created By

[email protected]

Create Date

January 30, 2013

Updated By

Administrator (Heather)

Update Date

January 30, 2013