Jeannine Roy was a shoe worker in Lewiston as a stitcher in the shoe shops. She discusses what she did there and the shops that she worked at. She also discusses places in Lewiston and her family’s immigration to Maine.
Betty Dutil worked at shoe mills starting at the age of 16. She discusses the community at the shoe mills, how work was completed and pay was earned, as well as the evolution of the shoe mills and their departure from Maine.
Vernon Daigle moved to Lewiston at 7 years old in 1943 from Fort Kent, ME. His dad was a lumberjack and his mom was a cook, but they moved to Lewiston to work for the BIW. He explains what it was like growing up in Lewiston; his neighborhood, the stores he went to,...
Lucy Belanger, born in Canada and raised in Lewiston, Maine after a brief period in New Hampshire, speaks in this interview on her and her family’s experience in working with the mills. She talks about growing up and going with her father to work, and becoming a...
Roger Nadeau, born and raised in Lewiston, Maine, talks in this interview about his family, affiliation with the mills, his friendships growing up, and dropping out of high school during his sophomore year of high school to work in the shoe industry. He touches on...
