Oral history interviews, 1980.

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Oral history interviews, 1980.

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Interviews with Deering, at Biddeford Pool, Me., about the river drives on the Saco River and the Deering Lumber Company.

1 audiotape (2 hr.)

Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History, Maine Folklife Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 8056022

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Chaney, Michael P., 1957-

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Businessman, civic leader, and philanthropist, of Saco, Me.; b. Joseph Godfrey Deering II, son of Frank Cutter Deering and Annie Grey Wiggin Deering; manager and later president of J.G. Deering & Son which later became known as Deering Lumber Company (sold in 1958). President of York National Bank, Dyer Library Association, and Sweetser Home for Boys; treasurer of Laurel Hill Cemetery Association and served many years on Maine Parks and Recreation Commission; officer and member of many local...

Deering Lumber Company

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Lumber company in Biddeford, Me., founded by Joseph G. Deering in 1866; son Frank Cutter Deering joined the business and it become known as J.G. Deering & Son; in 1920 Joseph Godfrey Deering, grandson of the original founder was general manager, becoming president in 1939; Godfrey Company (owned by Joseph G. Deering personally) was formed in 1958 after the sale of J.G. Deering & Son to Thomas Armstrong; at this time J.G. Deering & Son was renamed Deering Lumber Company; Godfrey Compa...

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