Title

Interview with Margaret Lowell

Authors

Michael G. Hillard PhD, University of Southern MaineFollow

Files

Date of Interview

6-25-2003

Duration of Audio File

01:14:46

Interviewee

Margaret Lowell

Age

61 at time of interview

Gender

Female

Description

Lowell briefly worked at S.D. Warren in her youth around the time she graduated high school in 1950. She worked in the finishing department with the hundreds of other women who inspected and counted reams of paper by hand. In addition to describing her experience, she spoke movingly about her aunt, Mae Bachelor (both were interviewed together), who was considered a superstar in their workroom.

Birth Place

Westbrook, Maine

Residence

Westbrook, Maine

Occupation/Work History

Finishing Department

Role

Union

Mill or Principal Employer

S.D. Warren Company

Mill Location

Westbrook, Maine

Keywords

Paper mills - Maine, Sappi Paper - History, S.D.Warren - Maine

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.

Recommended Citation

Hillard, Michael G. PhD, "Interview with Margaret Lowell" (2003). S.D. Warren Company. 35.
https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/sd-warren/35