2024-03-29T00:22:53Z
http://api.mainememory.net/oai
oai:mainememory.net:69702
2018-10-18T08:35:34Z
contributor:folklife
1930-08-12
Brewer, Penobscot County, ME, USA
1930-08-12
This aerial view of Eastern Fine Paper shows how large the complex was by 1930. Note the location of Eastern on the Penobscot River.
The photographer of this photo is unidentified.
Photographic print
20.32 cm x 25.4 cm
http://www.mainememory.net/item/69702
Photo# 11626
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Eastern Fine Paper, Inc.
Penobscot River (Me.)
Rivers--Maine
Aerial photographs
Paper mills--Maine--Brewer
Pulp mills--Maine--Brewer
Aerial View of Eastern Fine Paper, Brewer, 1930
Image
oai:mainememory.net:69703
2018-10-18T08:35:34Z
contributor:folklife
1921
Brewer, Penobscot County, ME, USA
Howard Wesson Co.
1921
Howard Wesson Co. of Worcester, Massachusetts, drew this picture of Eastern Fine Paper Co. of Brewer in 1921.
The drawing shows the pulp and paper mill, various buildings, and wood yards. Note the size of the property, which relates to the scale of operations at Eastern.
Drawing
20.3 cm x 25.4 cm
http://www.mainememory.net/item/69703
Photo# 10090
Eastern Fine Paper
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Eastern Fine Paper, Inc.
Pulp mills--Maine--Brewer
Eastern Manufacturing Company (Brewer, Me.)--Buildings
Paper mills--Maine--Brewer
Drawing of Eastern Fine Paper, Brewer, 1921
Image
oai:mainememory.net:69704
2018-10-18T08:35:34Z
contributor:folklife
1993
Brewer, Penobscot County, ME, USA
1993
Joseph Torras is pictured speaking at the October 1993 employee retirement dinner at Eastern Fine Paper Co. in Brewer. Torras, owner of Preco Inc., purchased Eastern Fine Paper Inc. in 1989.
Photographic print
12.7 cm x 10.2 cm
http://www.mainememory.net/item/69704
Photo# 11724
Eastern Fine Paper
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Eastern Manufacturing Company (Brewer, Me.)
Paper mills--Maine--Brewer
Pulp mills--Maine--Brewer
Eastern Fine Paper, Inc.
Speeches, addresses, etc.
Dinner parties--Maine--Brewer
Retirements
Torras , Joseph
Joseph Torras, Brewer, 1993
Image
oai:mainememory.net:69705
2018-10-18T08:35:34Z
contributor:folklife
circa 1920
Brewer , Penobscott County, ME, USA
circa 1920
Four unidentified men unload large bales of rags on wheeled hand carts from a boxcar at Eastern Manufacturing Co. in Brewer.
The tracks are located between two brick buildings that are connected with a covered walkway, pictured in the back.
Photographic print
19 cm x 24.1 cm
http://www.mainememory.net/item/69705
Photo# 10091
Eastern Fine Paper
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Eastern Manufacturing Company (Brewer, Me.)--Equipment and supplies
Employees--Maine--Brewer
Eastern Manufacturing Company (Brewer, Me.)
Pulp mills--Maine--Brewer
Paper industry--Maine--Brewer
Paper mills--Maine--Brewer
Unloading rags, Eastern Manufacturing, Brewer, ca.1920
Image
oai:mainememory.net:70171
2018-10-18T08:35:43Z
contributor:folklife
circa 1951
Brooklyn, Kings County, NY, USA
circa 1951
This photo shows several unknown men working on a green machine with rolls of brightly colored paper. Royal was purchased by Eastern Manufacturing Company of Brewer in 1949.
Photographic print
12.7 cm x 17.8 cm
http://www.mainememory.net/item/70171
Photo# 11839
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Paper industry--New York--New York City
Eastern Manufacturing Company (Brewer, Me.)
Employees--Maine--New York--New York City
Paper mills--Maine--New York--New York City
Employees--Maine--New York--New York City
Royal Lace Paper workers, Brooklyn, N.Y., ca. 1951
Image
oai:mainememory.net:70278
2018-10-18T08:35:43Z
contributor:folklife
1942
Brewer, Penobscot County, ME, USA
1942
Unidentified men and women are working near a a wrapping machine in the Finishing Department at Eastern Fine Paper in Brewer.
Photographic print
20.3 cm x 25.4 cm
http://www.mainememory.net/item/70278
Photo# 10014
Eastern Fine Paper
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Employees--Maine--Brewer
Pulp mills--Maine--Brewer
Paper mills--Maine--Brewer
Eastern Manufacturing Company (Brewer, Me.)--Equipment and supplies
Employees--Maine--Brewer
Eastern Manufacturing Company (Brewer, Me.)
Paper industry--Maine--Brewer
Women--Employment--Maine--Brewer
Eastern Paper Finish Department workers, Brewer, 1942
Image
oai:mainememory.net:70279
2018-10-18T08:35:43Z
contributor:folklife
circa 1960
Brewer, Penobscot County, ME, USA
circa 1960
Three women are sorting large sheets of paper at the Eastern Fine Paper Co. in Brewer.
These and other employees ensured that all of the paper met Eastern's high standards before it was cut and packaged.
Photographic print
17.1 cm x 24.7 cm
http://www.mainememory.net/item/70279
Photo# 10020
Eastern Fine Paper
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Employees--Maine--Brewer
Mills--Maine--Brewer
Brewer (Me.)
Eastern Corporation (Bangor, Me.)
Paper industry--Maine--Brewer
Paper--Maine--Brewer
Women--Maine--Brewer
Women sorters at Eastern Fine Paper, Brewer, ca. 1960
Image
oai:mainememory.net:70280
2018-10-18T08:35:43Z
contributor:folklife
circa 1920
Brewer, Penobscot County, ME, USA
circa 1920
In this long room inside the mill twenty-five women are shown sorting rags into large barrels. Such rags were used for some of the higher quality paper at Eastern. The women are capped and are wearing aprons. Notice that they are overseen by a man in a suit and tie at the far end of the room.
Photographic print
19.7 cm x 24.1 cm
http://www.mainememory.net/item/70280
Photo# 10210
Eastern Fine Paper
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Employees--Maine--Brewer
Pulp mills--Maine--Brewer
Paper mills--Maine--Brewer
Eastern Manufacturing Company (Brewer, Me.)--Equipment and supplies
Employees--Maine--Brewer
Eastern Manufacturing Company (Brewer, Me.)
Paper industry--Maine--Brewer
Women--Employment--Maine--Brewer
Women sorting rags, Brewer, ca. 1920
Image
oai:mainememory.net:70281
2018-10-18T08:35:43Z
contributor:folklife
circa 1920
Brewer, Penobscot County, ME, USA
circa 1920
Two unidentified women are cutting up rags inside the Eastern Fine Paper mill so that they can be used for making paper. The women are supervised by an unidentified one-armed man.
In the foreground of the image is a large bale of shredded rags.
Photographic print
19 cm x 24.1 cm
http://www.mainememory.net/item/70281
Photo# 10213
Eastern Fine Paper
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Eastern Manufacturing Company (Brewer, Me.)
Eastern Manufacturing Company (Brewer, Me.)--Equipment and supplies
Employees--Maine--Brewer
Paper industry--Maine--Brewer
Paper mills--Maine--Brewer
Pulp mills--Maine--Brewer
Women--Employment--Maine--Brewer
Women cutting rags, Eastern Fine Paper, Brewer, ca. 1920
Image
oai:mainememory.net:75133
2018-10-18T08:36:26Z
contributor:folklife
circa 1950
Brewer, Penobscot County, ME, USA
circa 1950
This photo shows two unnamed men and one unnmaed woman working with lab equipment in an enclosed room at Eastern Fine Paper Co. There are sheets of paper hanging from a clothesline above them. The photo is taken from outside the room on the opposite side of the large window.
Photographic print
10.1 cm x 12.7 cm
http://www.mainememory.net/item/75133
Photo# 10041
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Brewer (Me.)
Eastern Corporation (Bangor, Me.)
Millers--Maine--Brewer
Mills--Maine--Brewer
Paper industry--Maine--Brewer
Paper--Maine--Brewer
Employees working the lab at Eastern, Brewer, ca. 1950
Image
oai:mainememory.net:75135
2018-10-18T08:36:26Z
contributor:folklife
1938
Brewer , Penobscot County, ME, Usa
1938
This photo shows two unnamed women and three unnamed men working in an office at Eastern Fine.
Photographic print
20.3 cm x 25.4 cm
http://www.mainememory.net/item/75135
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Eastern Corporation (Bangor, Me.)
Brewer (Me.)
Paper industry--Maine--Brewer
Paper--Maine--Brewer
Employees--Maine--Brewer
Group portraits
Photographs
Office workers at Eastern, Brewer, ca. 1938
Image
oai:mainememory.net:75136
2018-10-18T08:36:26Z
contributor:folklife
circa 1942
Brewer, Penobscot County, ME, USA
circa 1942
This photo shows unnamed men and women working at a wrapping machine in the Finishing Department at Eastern Fine.
Photographic print
20.3 cm x 25.4 cm
http://www.mainememory.net/item/75136
Photo# 10014
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Paper--Maine--Brewer
Paper industry--Maine--Brewer
Brewer (Me.)
Eastern Corporation (Bangor, Me.)
Mills--Maine--Brewer
Milling machines--Maine--Bewer
Millers--Maine--Brewer
Women in the Finishing Department, Brewer, ca. 1942
Image
oai:mainememory.net:75138
2018-10-18T08:36:26Z
contributor:folklife
circa 1920
Brewer, Penobscot County, ME, USA
Brewer, Penobscot County, ME, USA
circa 1920
A group of about 18 unidentified women stand together in front of a building in Brewer below the "Eastern Manufacturing" sign.
While papermaking was primarily a job for men, some women did work at the mill.
Photographic print
17.8 cm x 25.4 cm
http://www.mainememory.net/item/75138
Photo# 10087
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Mills--Maine--Brewer
Eastern Corporation (Bangor, Me.)
Brewer (Me.)
Paper industry--Maine--Brewer
Paper--Maine--Brewer
Millers--Maine--Bewer
Group portraits
Photographs
Women outside of Eastern Manufacturing, Brewer, ca. 1920
Image
oai:mainememory.net:75140
2018-10-18T08:36:27Z
contributor:folklife
circa 1920
Brewer, Penobscot County, ME, USA
circa 1920
This photo was taken in a large, windowed room inside mill. It shows paper machines, paper on rollers, chains hanging from ceiling, and two carts filled with paper scraps (”broke”).
Photographic print
http://www.mainememory.net/item/75140
Photo# 10088
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Eastern Corporation (Bangor, Me.)
Brewer (Me.)
Paper industry--Maine--Brewer
Paper--Maine--Brewer
Mills--Maine--Brewer
Milling machines--Maine--Bewer
Paper machines and scrap paper, Brewer, ca. 1920
Image
oai:mainememory.net:75142
2018-10-18T08:36:27Z
contributor:folklife
1919-05-03
Brewer, Penobscot County, ME, USA
1919-05-03
This photo shows several unidentified women sitting in the reading room of Eastern Fine Paper Co. in Brewer.
Photographic print
http://www.mainememory.net/item/75142
Photo# 10302
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Mills--Maine--Brewer
Eastern Corporation (Bangor, Me.)
Brewer (Me.)
Paper industry--Maine--Brewer
Paper--Maine--Brewer
Millers--Maine--Brewer
Reading rooms--Maine--Brewer
Reading room at Eastern Fine, Brewer, 1919
Image
oai:mainememory.net:75145
2018-10-18T08:36:27Z
contributor:folklife
1917
Orono, Penobscot County, ME, USA
1917
This photograph shows the Orono pulp and paper mill that was purchased by Eastern in 1930. The photo also shows two large apartment buildings.
Photographic print
6.4 cm x 8.9 cm
http://www.mainememory.net/item/75145
Photo# 10119
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Buildings--Maine--Orono
Mills--Maine--Orono
Orono (Me.)
Eastern Corporation (Bangor, Me.)
Orono Pulp and Paper, Orono, 1917
Image
oai:mainememory.net:75146
2018-10-18T08:36:27Z
contributor:folklife
circa 1950
Brewer, Penobscot County, ME, USA
circa 1950
Three unnamed men are using long poles to feed pulpwood logs into a stacking conveyor from the pulpwood pond. Visible in the background are a large wood pile, smokestacks, and “Eastern Atlantic.”
Photographic print
http://www.mainememory.net/item/75146
Photo# 11813
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Milling machines--Maine--Bewer
Mills--Maine--Brewer
Eastern Corporation (Bangor, Me.)
Brewer (Me.)
Paper industry--Maine--Brewer
Paper--Maine--Brewer
Wood--Maine--Brewer
Millers--Maine--Brewer
Pulp wood moving from pond to wood pile, Brewer, ca. 1950
Image
oai:mainememory.net:75141
2019-01-15T09:38:06Z
contributor:folklife
1943-09-20
Brewer, Penobscot County, ME, USA
1943-09-20
This pay-stub is made out to Charles F. Mitchell. It shows that Charles worked a 47 hours that week and received a net pay of $28.40 for the week.
Paper
http://www.mainememory.net/item/75141
Photo# 11936
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Eastern Corporation (Bangor, Me.)
Brewer (Me.)
Paper industry--Maine--Brewer
Paper--Maine--Brewer
Employees--Maine--Brewer
Wages--Maine--Brewer
Mitchell, Charles F.
Eastern Fine pay stub, Brewer 1943
Physical Object
oai:mainememory.net:75139
2019-01-17T09:47:04Z
contributor:folklife
circa 1943
Brewer, Penobscot County, ME, USA
circa 1943
This newspaper clipping is of a want ad for a woman to drive a light delivery truck for the Eastern Corporation in So. Brewer, a paper mill.
Newspaper
7.6 cm x 5 cm
http://www.mainememory.net/item/75139
Photo# 12001
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Advertisements
Paper--Maine--Brewer
Brewer (Me.)
Paper industry--Maine--Brewer
Employees--Maine--Brewer
Eastern Corporation (Bangor, Me.)
Want ad for female truck drivers, Brewer, ca. 1943
Text
oai:mainememory.net:75161
2022-06-29T05:42:40Z
contributor:folklife
1974–2004
Brewer, Penobscot County, ME, USA
Amy Stevens
2006-02-17
Amy Stevens, a former graduate student from the University of Maine, interviews Dola Hinckley who worked for Eastern Fine Paper from 1974 until it closed in 2004, about her experiences working for the company. Dola worked on the floor with men and she speaks of how her male coworkers treated her.
Compact disc
http://www.mainememory.net/item/75161
NA3574 cd2429
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Eastern Corporation (Bangor, Me.)
Mills--Maine--Brewer
Paper industry--Maine--Brewer
Paper--Maine--Brewer
Women--Maine--Brewer
Hinckley, Dola
Stevens, Amy
A woman working with men, Brewer, 2006
Sound Recording
oai:mainememory.net:75220
2022-06-29T05:42:43Z
contributor:folklife
2004
Brewer, Penobscot County, ME, USA
Pauleena MacDougall
2006-01-23
In 2006 Pauleena MacDougall, the director of The Maine Folklife Center, interviewed Phyllis Beaulieu, who worked for Eastern Fine Paper from 1968 to 2004, about her experiences working for the company.
In this clip Phyllis gives her thoughts on why Eastern closed in 2004.
Compact disc
http://www.mainememory.net/item/75220
NA3393 cd2375
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Dismissal of employees--Maine--Brewer
Eastern Corporation (Bangor, Me.)
Mills--Maine--Brewer
Paper industry--Maine--Brewer
Paper--Maine--Brewer
Beaulieu, Phyllis
MacDougall, Pauleena
An opinion on Eastern's closing, Brewer, 2006
Sound Recording
oai:mainememory.net:75276
2022-06-29T05:42:44Z
contributor:folklife
1968–2004
Brewer, Penobscot County, ME, USA
Pauleena MacDougall
2006-01-23
In 2006 Pauleena MacDougall of the Maine Folklife Center interviewed Phyllis Beaulieu, an employee of the Eastern Fine Paper mill from 1949-1988, about her time at Eastern Fine.
In this audio clip Phyllis discusses her thoughts on the union.
Compact disc
http://www.mainememory.net/item/75276
NA 3393 CD2375
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Eastern Corporation (Bangor, Me.)
Labor unions--Maine--Brewer
Mills--Maine--Brewer
Paper industry--Maine--Brewer
Paper--Maine--Brewer
Beaulieu, Phyllis
MacDougall, Pauleena
The benefits of a union at Eastern Fine Paper, Brewer, 2006
Sound Recording
oai:mainememory.net:75278
2022-06-29T05:42:45Z
contributor:folklife
2004–2005
Brewer, Penobscot County, ME, USA
Amy Stevens
2005-11-14
In 2005 Amy Stevens, a former graduate student from the University of Maine, interviewed Manly DeBeck, an employee of Eastern Fine Paper from 1967 until 2004, about his experiences with the company.
In this clip Manly discusses how he maintains connections with other employees from Eastern after the mill closed in 2004.
Compact disc
http://www.mainememory.net/item/75278
NA3397 CD2379-2380
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Dismissal of employees--Maine--Brewer
Eastern Corporation (Bangor, Me.)
Employees--Maine--Brewer
Mills--Maine--Brewer
Paper industry--Maine--Brewer
Paper--Maine--Brewer
DeBeck, Manly
Steven, Amy
Remaining Connected, Brewer, 2005
Sound Recording
oai:mainememory.net:75467
2022-06-29T05:42:45Z
contributor:folklife
1970–2003
Brewer, Penobscot County, ME, USA
Amy Stevens
2006-06-29
In 2006 Amy Stevens, a former graduate student of the University of Maine interviewed Donna Holland who worked for Eastern Fine Paper between 1970 and 2004 about her experiences with the company.
In this clip Donna talks to Amy about the salary of female employees at Eastern Fine.
Compact disc
http://www.mainememory.net/item/75467
NA3406 CD2426
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Dismissal of employees--Maine--Brewer
Eastern Corporation (Bangor, Me.)
Labor unions--Maine--Brewer
Mills--Maine--Brewer
Paper industry--Maine--Brewer
Paper--Maine--Brewer
wages--Maine--Brewer
Women--Maine--Brewer
Holland, Donna
Stevens, Amy
The salary of female employees at Eastern, Brewer, 2006
Sound Recording
oai:mainememory.net:75470
2022-06-29T05:42:45Z
contributor:folklife
1949–2004
Brewer, Penobscot County, ME, USA
Pauleena MacDougall
2006-01-23
In 2006 Pauleena MacDougall, the director of the Maine Folklife Center, interviewed Phyllis Beaulieu, who worked for Eastern Fine Paper from 1949 until she retired in 1988, about her employment at Eastern.
In this audio clip Phyllis recalls the insurance benefits she and her husband received from working at the mill and what happened to these benefits after she stopped working at the mill.
Compact disc
http://www.mainememory.net/item/75470
NA3393 cd2375
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Dismissal of employees--Maine--Brewer
Eastern Corporation (Bangor, Me.)
Employee fringe benefits
Mills--Maine--Brewer
Paper industry--Maine--Brewer
Paper--Maine--Brewer
Beaulieu, Phyllis
MacDougall, Pauleena
Employee benefits at Eastern mill, Brewer, ca. 2006
Sound Recording
oai:mainememory.net:75471
2022-06-29T05:42:45Z
contributor:folklife
2004
Brewer, Penobscot County, ME, USA
Pauleena MacDougall
2006-01-06
In 2006 Pauleena MacDougall, the director of the Maine Folklife Center, interviewed Lois Andrews about her employment at Eastern Fine Paper from 1956 until she retired in 2000.
Lois's son also worked for the company and in this clip she talks about how the mill's closure in 2004 affected her son.
Compact disc
http://www.mainememory.net/item/75471
NA3391 cd2372
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Dismissal of employees--Maine--Brewer
Eastern Corporation (Bangor, Me.)
Mills--Maine--Brewer
Mills--Maine--Bucksport
Mills--Maine--Lincoln
Paper industry--Maine--Brewer
Paper--Maine--Brewer
Andrews, Lois
MacDougall, Pauleena
Finding new work after Eastern Fine Paper closed, Brewer, 2006
Sound Recording
oai:mainememory.net:75483
2022-06-29T05:42:46Z
contributor:folklife
1974–2000
Brewer, Penobscot County, ME, USA
Amy Stevens
2006-02-17
In 2006 Amy Stevens, a former graduate student from the University of Maine, interviewed Dola Hinckley about her employment at Eastern Fine Paper from 1974 until 2000.
In this sound clip Dola discusses both the pros and the cons of the union during the time she worked for the company.
Compact disc
http://www.mainememory.net/item/75483
NA3574 cd2429
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Eastern Corporation (Bangor, Me.)
Labor unions--Maine--Brewer
Mills--Maine--Brewer
Paper industry--Maine--Brewer
Paper--Maine--Brewer
Hinckley, Dola
Stevens, Amy
The pros and cons of the union at Eastern, Brewer, 2006
Sound Recording
oai:mainememory.net:75490
2022-06-29T05:42:46Z
contributor:folklife
2004
Brewer, Penobscot County, ME, USA
Amy Stevens
2006-04-07
In 2006 Amy Stevens, a former graduate student from the University of Maine, interviewed Ronald Kearns about his employment at Eastern Fine Paper from 1975 to 2004.
In this audio clip Ronald talks about what he and other employees have done since Eastern's closure in 2004.
Compact disc
http://www.mainememory.net/item/75490
NA3408 cd2392
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Dismissal of employees--Maine--Brewer
Eastern Corporation (Bangor, Me.)
Mills--Maine--Brewer
Mills--Maine--Lincoln
Occupational retraining
Paper industry--Maine--Brewer
Paper--Maine--Brewer
Kearns, Ronald
Stevens, Amy
Life after Eastern, Brewer, ca. 2004
Sound Recording
oai:mainememory.net:68912
2023-03-12T08:33:14Z
contributor:folklife
1973-10-14
Brewer, Penobscot County, ME, USA
1973-10-14
Bruce Hamilton, second from left, president of Eastern Fine Paper Company in Brewer, who helped reopen the mill in 1968 after it had closed that same year, is watched by other employees including Donna Clapp (Holland), second from right.
The other employees in the photograph are unidentified.
Photographic print
25.4 cm x 20.3 cm
http://www.mainememory.net/item/68912
Photo# 11099
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Pulp mills--Maine--Brewer
Paper mills--Maine--Brewer
Employees
Eastern Manufacturing Company (Brewer, Me.)
Eastern Fine Paper, Inc.
Clapp, Donna
Hamilton, Bruce
Bruce Hamilton with employees, Brewer, 1973
Image
oai:mainememory.net:75143
2023-03-12T08:33:49Z
contributor:folklife
1936
Brewer, Penobscot County, ME, USA
1936
This photo shows the State of Maine softball champs who were sponsored by he Eastern Manufacturing Company of Brewer. They are pictured here prior to leaving for Chicago, where they competed in national playoffs. Identified are, l to r: Albert Goulette, George Colman, Dick Emery, Ronald Robinson, “Dunc” McDonald, and Jim Youmans. Rear: Lou Gagnon, Paul Palmer, Eugene McKinnon, Henry Youmans, “Terror” Tardiff, George Gass, “Dunc” Robinson, “Pearly” Buchanan, Cecil Pooler and Danny Gass. Courtesy of Lou Gagnon.
Photographic print
7.6 cm x 5 cm
http://www.mainememory.net/item/75143
Photo # 10152
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Eastern Corporation (Bangor, Me.)
Corporate sponsorship
Softball players--Maine--Brewer
Group portraits
Photographs
Buchanan, Pearly
Colman, George
Emery, Dick
Gagnon, Lou
Gass, Danny
Gass, George
Goulette, Albert
McDonald, Dunc
McKinnon, Eugene
Palmer, Paul
Pooler, Cecil
Robinson, Dunc
Robinson, Ronald
Tardiff, Terror
Youmans, Henry
Youmans, Jim
Youmans, Jim
Eastern sponsored softball team, Brewer, 1936
Image
oai:mainememory.net:75152
2023-03-12T08:33:54Z
contributor:folklife
1967
Brewer, Penobscot County, ME, USA
Pauleena MacDougall
2006-01-06
In this audio clip Pauleena MacDougall, director of the Maine Folklife Center, interviews Lois Andrews about her work at Eastern Fine Paper. In 1967 Lois, after working for the company for several years, took a position in the lab.
In this clip Andrews talks about working in a male dominated work place.
Compact disc
http://www.mainememory.net/item/75152
NA3391 cd2372
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Dismissal of employees--Maine--Brewer
Eastern Corporation (Bangor, Me.)
Labor unions--Maine--Brewer
Laboratories--Maine--Brewer
Mills--Maine--Brewer
Paper industry--Maine--Brewer
Paper--Maine--Brewer
Women--Maine--Brewer
Andrews, Lois
Lynch, Larry
MacDougall, Pauleena
White, Hank
A woman in the Eastern Fine Paper lab, Brewer, 2006
Sound Recording
oai:mainememory.net:75213
2023-03-12T08:33:54Z
contributor:folklife
2004
Brewer, Penobscot County, ME, USA
Pauleena MacDougall
2004-12-13
In this sound clip Pauleena MacDougall, the director of the Maine Folklife Center, interviews Rich Smith who worked as an engineer for Eastern Fine Paper. In this clip Rich talks about the reasons Eastern closed in 2004 and why other mills were able to remain open.
Compact disc
http://www.mainememory.net/item/75213
NA3425 cd2416
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Dismissal of employees--Maine--Brewer
Eastern Corporation (Bangor, Me.)
Mills--Maine--Brewer
Mills--Maine--Lincoln
Paper industry--Maine--Brewer
Paper--Maine--Brewer
MacDougall, Pauleena
Smith, Rich
The expenses of a paper mill, Brewer, ca. 2004
Sound Recording
oai:mainememory.net:75280
2023-03-12T08:33:54Z
contributor:folklife
1989–2004
Brewer, Penobscot County, ME, USA
Amy Stevens
2006-01-25
In 2006 Amy Stevens, a former graduate student of the University of Maine, interviewed Mike Woodbury about his employment at Eastern Fine Paper from 1978 until 2004.
In this audio clip Mike talks about the end of the profit sharing program which was started when the mill re-opened in 1968 and canceled by Joe Torras who purchased Eastern in 1989.
Compact disc
http://www.mainememory.net/item/75280
NA3472 cd2426
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Eastern Corporation (Bangor, Me.)
Labor unions--Maine--Brewer
Mills--Maine--Brewer
Paper industry--Maine--Brewer
Paper--Maine--Brewer
Profit-sharing
Stevens, Amy
Torras, Joseph
Woodbury, Mike
The end of profit sharing at Eastern, Brewer, 2006
Sound Recording
oai:mainememory.net:75281
2023-03-12T08:33:54Z
contributor:folklife
2004
Brewer, Penobscot County, ME, USA
Amy Stevens
2006-03-31
In 2006 Amy Stevens, a former graduate student from the University of Maine, interviewed Ann Robinson who worked for Eastern Fine Paper between 1980 and 2003 about her employment at Eastern.
In this clip Ann talks about why she thinks Eastern closed in 2004.
Compact disc
http://www.mainememory.net/item/75281
NA3420 cd2405
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Dismissal of employees--Maine--Brewer
Eastern Corporation (Bangor, Me.)
Mills--Maine--Brewer
Paper industry--Maine--Brewer
Paper--Maine--Brewer
Robinson, Ann
Stevens, Amy
Torras, Joseph
Ann Robinson's thoughts on the closing of Eastern, Brewer, 2006
Sound Recording
oai:mainememory.net:75468
2023-03-12T08:33:54Z
contributor:folklife
1978–2004
Brewer, Penobscot County, ME, USA
Amy Stevens
2006-01-25
In 2006 Amy Stevens, a former graduate student from the University of Maine, interviewed Mike Woodbury, the color boss/lead of Eastern Fine Paper from 1978 until 2004, about his employment at Eastern.
In this audio clip Mike talks about what benefits Brewer received from Eastern and how its closure in 2004 affected the community.
Compact disc
http://www.mainememory.net/item/75468
NA3472 cd2426
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Dismissal of employees--Maine--Brewer
Eastern Corporation (Bangor, Me.)
Mills--Maine--Brewer
Paper industry--Maine--Brewer
Paper--Maine--Brewer
Taxes--Maine--Brewer
Stevens, Amy
Woodbury, Mike
What Eastern contributed to the community and employees, Brewer, 2006
Sound Recording
oai:mainememory.net:75472
2023-03-12T08:33:54Z
contributor:folklife
2004
Brewer, Penobscot County, ME, USA
Amy Stevens
2006-01-24
In 2006 Amy Stevens, a former graduate student from the University of Maine, interviewed Keith and Wendy Durrah about their employment at Eastern Fine Paper from the 1980s until its closure in 2004.
In this audio clip Wendy admits that employees would have to have been blind to not see the closing coming in 2004.
Compact disc
http://www.mainememory.net/item/75472
NA3401 cd2371
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Bankruptcy
Dismissal of employees--Maine--Brewer
Eastern Corporation (Bangor, Me.)
Mills--Maine--Brewer
Paper industry--Maine--Brewer
Paper--Maine--Brewer
Durrah, Keith
Durrah, Wendy
Stevens, Amy
Sensing Eastern's closure was coming, Brewer, 2006
Sound Recording
oai:mainememory.net:75473
2023-03-12T08:33:54Z
contributor:folklife
2004
Brewer, Penobscot County, ME, USA
Amy Stevens
2006-04-25
In 2006 Amy Stevens, a former graduate student from the University of Maine, interviewed Dennis Townsend about his employment at Eastern Fine Paper from 1977 until 2004.
In this clip Dennis states that he could "see the writing on the wall" when asked if he could sense the closure of Eastern was coming in 2004.
Compact disc
http://www.mainememory.net/item/75473
NA3427 cd2419
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Dismissal of employees--Maine--Brewer
Eastern Corporation (Bangor, Me.)
Mills--Maine--Brewer
Mills--Maine--Lincoln
Paper industry--Maine--Brewer
Paper--Maine--Brewer
Stevens, Amy
Townsend, Dennis
Eastern Fine Paper running out of money, Brewer, 2006
Sound Recording
oai:mainememory.net:75474
2023-03-12T08:33:54Z
contributor:folklife
1959–1966
Brewer, Penobscot County, ME, USA
Amy Stevens
2005-11-28
In 2005 Amy Stevens, a former graduate student of the University of Maine, interviewed Arthur Verow about his experiences at Eastern Fine Paper from 1959 to 1966 in Brewer.
In this audio clip Arthur talks about how employees of Eastern helped each other in times of need.
Compact disc
http://www.mainememory.net/item/75474
NA3429 cd2421
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Eastern Corporation (Bangor, Me.)
Employees--Maine--Brewer
Mills--Maine--Brewer
Paper industry--Maine--Brewer
Paper--Maine--Brewer
Stevens, Amy
Verow, Arthur
Employees helping each other at Eastern, Brewer, 2005
Sound Recording
oai:mainememory.net:75475
2023-03-12T08:33:54Z
contributor:folklife
2004
Brewer, Penobscot County, ME, USA
Amy Stevens
2006-05-25
In 2006 Amy Stevens, a former graduate student of the University of Maine, interviewed Joe Shorette about his time spent working at Eastern Fine Paper from 1976 until 2004.
In this audio clip Joe explains the changes that occurred after Joe Torras purchased the mill in 1989 and blames the closure on these changes.
Compact disc
http://www.mainememory.net/item/75475
NA3423 cd2413
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Eastern Corporation (Bangor, Me.)
Mills--Maine--Brewer
Paper industry--Maine--Brewer
Paper--Maine--Brewer
Eddie, E. B.
Shorette, Joe
Stevens, Amy
Torras, Joe
Changes at Eastern Fine Paper, Brewer, ca. 1989
Sound Recording
oai:mainememory.net:75537
2023-03-12T08:33:54Z
contributor:folklife
1970–2004
Brewer, Penobscot County, ME, USA
Amy Stevens
2006-07-26
In 2006 Amy Stevens, a former graduate student from the University of Maine, interviewed Ann Robinson about her employment at Eastern Fine Paper from 1980 until she retired in 2003.
In this sound clip from the interview Ann talks about how she was paid less than if a man was in her position in the Human Resources department.
Compact disc
http://www.mainememory.net/item/75537
NA3417 cd2408
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Eastern Corporation (Bangor, Me.)
Labor unions--Maine--Brewer
Mills--Maine--Brewer
Paper industry--Maine--Brewer
Paper--Maine--Brewer
wages--Maine--Brewer
Women--Maine--Brewer
Holland , Donna
Robinson, Ann
Pay differences between male and female employees, Brewer, 2006
Sound Recording
oai:mainememory.net:75554
2023-03-12T08:33:54Z
contributor:folklife
1982–2004
Brewer, Penobscot County, ME, USA
Pauleena MacDougall
2006-01-20
In 2006 Pauleena MacDougall, the director of the Maine Folklife Center, interviewed Mark Andrews about his employment at Eastern Fine Paper from 1982 until 2004.
In this audio clip Mark talks about women who worked in the manufacturing department at Eastern Fine Paper as well as how difficult this work was.
Compact disc
http://www.mainememory.net/item/75554
NA3392 cd2373
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Dismissal of employees--Maine--Brewer
Eastern Corporation (Bangor, Me.)
Labor unions--Maine--Brewer
Laboratories--Maine--Brewer
Mills--Maine--Brewer
Paper industry--Maine--Brewer
Paper--Maine--Brewer
Women--Maine--Brewer
Andrews, Mark
MacDougall, Pauleena
Women and men in manufacturing, Brewer, 2006
Sound Recording