Beatrice Caron was a mill worker from 16 to 63 years old. She discusses her family’s transition from Canada to the U.S. and the Quebecois who worked at the mills. The seniority structure of the mill, including how people moved around jobs, is recounted as well....
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.
Danny was a mill worker from the 1970s to the 1990s. He discusses his family history of working at the mills and the community that resulted from working there. He also recounts how people adapted as the mills began closing down, and the different positions he had...
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...
