William Joseph Griffin oral history interview, 1958.
Collection Number: 1968

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
William Joseph Griffin oral history interview, 1958.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
1968
Abstract:
Reminiscences concerning Griffin's life as a lumber camp worker, sawmill operator, farmer, and maple syrup cooperative president, and concerning the hardships of his Irish immigrant parents in the 1840s and 1850s. Interview conducted by Charles D. Bonsted.
Creator:
Griffin, William Joseph.
Bonsted, Charles D.
Quanitities:
1 volumes.
Language:
Collection material in English

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Reminiscences concerning Griffin's life as a lumber camp worker, sawmill operator, farmer, and maple syrup cooperative president, and concerning the hardships of his Irish immigrant parents in the 1840s and 1850s. Interview conducted by Charles D. Bonsted.

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:

William Joseph Griffin oral history interview, #1968. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

SUBJECTS

Places:
Ireland -- Emigration and immigration.
Oswegatchie (N.Y.)
Subjects:
Maple sugar industry.
Lumber trade.
Lumber camps.
Agriculture, Cooperative.
Form and Genre Terms:
Oral histories.

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