ALICE NANCY (BOWEN) CROOKS
b. 1901- d. 1976
Tape Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Tracks 1 & 2 (no tape 1)
CDS: 095-2 to 095-6
Interviewed by: W. J. Langlois and R.H. McGowan August 24, 1970
Topic: Life in Skerry, NY and The Bowen Mill in the early 20th Century and Malone Lumber Company, 1920-1968 Malone, NY
TAPE 2
Track 1 FCRTR-095-2-A 7
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Growing up in Skerry in the 1900’s/1910’s; family life; clothing; transportation; The Bowen Mill; L. Cass Bowen; winter logging; camp life.
Track 2 FCRTR-095-2-B 28
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Description of the
Bowen Mill, Skerry, NY; River pollution; kiln drying lumber; description of mill buildings; steam power; milling machinery; attitudes towards logging.
TAPE 3
Track 1 FCRTR-095-3-A 49
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The Bowen Mill & Bowen store Skerry NY; store wares and food; clothing; prices of goods and thegiving of store credit.
Track 2 FCRTR-095-3-B 71
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Life in Skerry early20th Century; Skerry butter factory; cheese production; arrival of electricity to Skerry in 1918; family farm and livestock; school life.
TAPE 4
Track 1 FCRTR-095-4-A 93
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Reynolds Bros buy Bowen Mill; Malone Lumber Company building construction; railroad transportation; effects of the Great Depression and Second World War on business; minimum wage.
Track 2 FCRTR-095-4-B 113
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Malone Lumber Company, Milling accidents;upgrades to the mill in the 1950’s and 1960’s; building of a new planing mill; office work; wages; advertisements.
TAPE 5
Track 1 FCRTR-095-5-A 132
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Malone Lumber Company Purchasing raw lumber from farmers; milling machinery; implementation of protective tariffs on raw timber out of Canada in the 1930’s.
Track 2 FCRTR-095-5-B 150
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Malone Lumber Company, Making flooring; different types of wood used in building construction; paint; milladvertisement and business slogans.
TAPE 6 166
Track 1 FCRTR-095-6-A
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Malone Lumber Company, Mill prosperity; contract work; employee discounts; mahogany paneling; log imports from Canada.
Track 2 FCRTR-095-6-B 188
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Malone Lumber Company, Reduction of land value; milling competition; description of Mrs.Crooks’ father L. Cass Bowen; closing of the lumber company in 1968.
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