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5:30 – 8:00 p.m. Informal Session Video: The Sardine Carrier Jacob Pike, by Blake Hendrickson Slide show: historic photographs of the sardine industry Refreshments, libations, networking REGISTRATION FORM Name(s):________________________________________ __________________________________________________ Affiliation:________________________________ Address:__________________________________________ __________________________________________________ Telephone:________________________________________ Email:___________________________________________ Please circle the amount for the appropriate day(s) and category(ies): e Check enclosed (payble to Penobscot Marine Museum) e AmEx e Mastercard e Visa Amount to charge: $___________ Account Number: _____________-_____________-_____________-___________ Expiration: _________________ Signature: ______________________________________________ Mail to: 2010 History Conference Penobscot Marine Museum PO Box 498 Searsport, Maine 04974-0498 Register by phone: 207-548-2529 www.PenobscotMarineMuseum.org And Then There Were None – The Rise & Fall of Maine’s Sardine Industry Within living memory, Maine’s sardine industry supported dozens of canneries and employed thousands catching, transporting, processing and selling the once-popular young herring. It’s all gone now. What caused its growth? Why did it die? The conference will examine the history of the industry and its people. Of special impor- tance, it will present valuable documentation and management-level reminiscences of the last days of the state’s last cannery, the Stinson Seafood plant in Prospect Harbor, which closed earlier this year. 8:30 – 9:00 Registration and coffee 9:00 – 9:15 Opening Remarks Benjamin A.G. Fuller, Curator, Penobscot Marine Museum 9:15 – 10:00 Atlantic Herring, Then and Now David Libby, Director, Biological Monitoring and Assessment Division, Maine Department of Marine Resources 10:00 – 10:15 Break Refreshments provided by Cappy’s Chowder House 10:15 – 11:00 History of the Prospect Harbor and Southwest Harbor Canning Facilities Peter Colson, Plant Manager, Stinson Seafood Co. 11:00-11:45 Evolution of Sardine Fishing Methods Al West, Director of Fish Procurement, Stinson Seafood Co. Friday, October 22 Old Town Hall Saturday, October 23 Searsport Congregational Church Meeting Hall 11:45 – 1:00 Luncheon: The Great Sardine Cook-off Local food professionals* will serve a variety of sardine- based dishes. (A non-sardine option will be available.) Conference attendees will vote for their favorites. Special guest Nancy English, restaurant reviewer for the Portland Press Herald, will critique the day’s “sardine cuisine.” 1:00 – 3:00 Panel Discussion and Media Presentations: Documenting an Industry’s Last Days Dr. Pauleena MacDougall, Director, Maine Folklife Center Bill Kuykendall, Senior Lecturer, New Media Center, University of Maine David Conover, Director/Producer Compass Light Productions, Camden Mark Starr, Markham Starr Photography 3:00 – 3:15 Break Refreshments provided by Cappy’s Chowder House 3:15 – 4:50 Documenting an Industry’s Last Days Continuation of the previous session 4:50 – 5:00 Closing Remarks Benjamin A.G. Fuller, Curator, Penobscot Marine Museum *DONORS AND SUPPORTERS: Penobscot Marine Museum thanks the following Great Sardine Cook-off competitors: Brick House Restaurant Cappy’s Chowder House Captain Shorty’s Coastal Coffee Cooks Crossing Waldo County Technical Center, Culinary Arts Program Saturday, October 23 (continued) AGENDA (subject to change)
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5:30 – 8:00 p.m. Informal Session Video: The Sardine Carrier Jacob Pike, by Blake Hendrickson Slide show: historic photographs of the sardine industryRefreshments, libations, networking
REGISTRATION FORM
Name(s):__________________________________________________________________________________________Affiliation:________________________________Address:____________________________________________________________________________________________Telephone:________________________________________Email:___________________________________________Please circle the amount for the appropriate day(s) and category(ies):
e Check enclosed (payble to Penobscot Marine Museum)
e AmEx e Mastercard e Visa
Amount to charge: $___________
Account Number:
_____________-_____________-_____________-___________
Expiration: _________________ Signature: ______________________________________________
Mail to:2010 History Conference
Penobscot Marine MuseumPO Box 498
Searsport, Maine 04974-0498
Register by phone: 207-548-2529
www.PenobscotMarineMuseum.org
And Then There Were None –The Rise & Fall of
Maine’s Sardine Industry Within living memory, Maine’s sardine industry supported dozens of canneries and employed thousands catching, transporting, processing and selling the once-popular young herring.
It’s all gone now. What caused its growth? Why did it die? The conference will examine the history of the industry and its people. Of special impor-tance, it will present valuable documentation and management-level reminiscences of the last days of the state’s last cannery, the Stinson Seafood plant in Prospect Harbor, which closed earlier this year.
8:30 – 9:00 Registration and coffee 9:00 – 9:15 Opening Remarks Benjamin A.G. Fuller, Curator, Penobscot Marine Museum
9:15 – 10:00 Atlantic Herring, Then and Now David Libby, Director, Biological Monitoring and Assessment Division, Maine Department of Marine Resources
10:00 – 10:15 Break Refreshments provided by Cappy’s Chowder House
10:15 – 11:00 History of the Prospect Harbor and Southwest Harbor Canning Facilities Peter Colson, Plant Manager, Stinson Seafood Co.
11:00-11:45 Evolution of Sardine Fishing MethodsAl West, Director of Fish Procurement, Stinson Seafood Co.
Friday, October 22 Old Town Hall
Saturday, October 23Searsport Congregational Church Meeting Hall
11:45 – 1:00 Luncheon: The Great Sardine Cook-off Local food professionals* will serve a variety of sardine-based dishes. (A non-sardine option will be available.) Conference attendees will vote for their favorites. Special guest Nancy English, restaurant reviewer for the Portland Press Herald, will critique the day’s “sardine cuisine.”
1:00 – 3:00 Panel Discussion and Media Presentations: Documenting an Industry’s Last Days Dr. Pauleena MacDougall, Director, Maine Folklife CenterBill Kuykendall, Senior Lecturer, New Media Center, University of MaineDavid Conover, Director/Producer Compass Light Productions, CamdenMark Starr, Markham Starr Photography
3:00 – 3:15 BreakRefreshments provided by Cappy’s Chowder House
3:15 – 4:50 Documenting an Industry’s Last Days Continuation of the previous session
4:50 – 5:00 Closing Remarks Benjamin A.G. Fuller, Curator, Penobscot Marine Museum
*Donors anD supporters: Penobscot Marine Museum thanks the following Great Sardine Cook-off competitors:
Brick House Restaurant Cappy’s Chowder House
Captain Shorty’s Coastal CoffeeCooks Crossing
Waldo County Technical Center, Culinary Arts Program
Saturday, October 23 (continued)
AgendA (subject to change)
2 0 1 0 H i s t o r y C o n f e r e n C e
October 22-23, 2010h Featuring the Great Sardine Cook-off
h Presentations h Networking h Historical Analysis
h Personal Reminiscences and Observationsh Video and Photographic Documentation
And Then There Were None –The Rise & Fall
of Maine’s Sardine Industry
Penobscot Marine Museum’s History Confer-ence draws together amateur and professional scholars and the general public interested in the Penobscot Bay region. It encourages explora-tion of the region’s diverse historic and cultural traditions and resources and provides a forum for learning and discussion while promoting broader perspectives and understanding.
Past ConferenCe toPiCs
-Looking at Our Waterfront Through Time-Picturing Maine: Sharing our State’s Photographic History-French Settlement on the Penobscot, 1635–1700-Piloting History of Penobscot Bay-Dix Island Granite Workers-Small Industries: Making Mittens in Maine-Fisheries of Penobscot Bay-Perspectives on Regional History and Culture-Searsport’s Seagoing Families-Tugboating on the Penobscot-Island Songmakers-A Captain’s Work in Port-Old Town Canoes, Dinghies, and Sloops-Penobscot Bay as a Community-The Pickering Store and Schooners of Deer Isle-The Log of the Skipper’s Wife-An Historic Geographic Information System
about penobscot Marine MuseuM
The mission of the Penobscot Marine Museum is to preserve, interpret and celebrate the maritime culture of the Penobscot Bay region and beyond through collections, education, and community engagement.
Our Historic 12-building campus is openMemorial Day through October. Special programs and events are held year round.
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