Louise & Jack McGee and Elizabeth "Betty" (Badger) Pennington oral history interviews, 2010
Scope & Content
Two audiocassettes containing oral history interviews with Louise McGee and her son Jack McGee as well as Elizabeth "Betty" (Badger) Pennington. The interviews were conducted by Patricia J. Taylor and Tammi Truax in 2010.
The interview with Louise McGee and her son Jack McGee includes reminiscences about the Frank Jones neighborhood in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, recorded on March 30, 2010.
The interview with Elizabeth "Betty" (Badger) Pennington includes reflections on the Badger Farms' Creameries and family life, recorded in 2010.
The collection also includes a small number of photocopies related to items mentioned in the interviews.
Audiocassettes digitized April 2025. The archivist used an AI tool to generate transcriptions from the digital files.
For additional materials accompanying the collection, see: PS2819, Vertical File 0652, and Name File 0973.
Manifest file for the digital recordings: S1441_McGee-oral-history_2010-03-30_side1.MP3 - 53.52 MB - 46:48 mins S1441_McGee-oral-history_2010-03-30_side2.MP3 - 53.52 MB - 46:49 mins S1441_Pennington-oral-history_2010_side1.MP3 - 53.03 MB - 46:23 mins S1441_Pennington-oral-history_2010_side2.MP3 - 24.04 MB - 21:01 mins
Collection
Single Items / Small Collections
Object Name
Audiocassette
Date
2010
Extent of Description
1 folder (including 2 audiocassettes), plus 12 digital files (184 MB)
Barns Black people Boston (Mass.) Breweries Bridges Businesses Childhood and youth Churches Cooking Creameries Dairy farming Dairy products industry Dinners and dining Families Farm life Farms Franco-Americans Gas stations Genealogy Health Houses Housing developments Hurricanes Ice cream & ices Interviews Land LGBTQ+ people Libraries Magazines Mansions Maps Murders Neighborhoods New York (N.Y.) Oral history Painting Photographs Railroad stations Restaurants Smoking Streets Taxes United States Congress World War II
