WesScholar

Title

Bob McDougall

Authors

Emmy Levitas, Wesleyan University
Michelle Garcia, Wesleyan University
Sarah Tracy-Wanck, Wesleyan University

Document Type

Other

Publication Date

Fall 2009

Abstract

Bob McDougall is a lifelong resident of Portland. He was born in 1961 and attended Portland public schools until leaving for college, after which he decided to return to Portland. He is a charter member of the Portland Historical Society (established in 1973), and is currently the Museum Director of the Ruth Callander House Museum of Portland history. Bob's contributions to local history include "PORTLAND," a book commissioned by the Images of America project. He is also employed as a Computer Systems Engineer.

As a lifelong resident of Portland and an active local historian, Bob McDougall has a unique perspective on the past, present and future of the Portland brownstone quarries. Bob’s reflections provide a portrait of the quarries as a place of teaching and learning about the past, of raising a community awareness and appreciation of its history, and of quiet personal reflection.

Comments

An audio file prepared for public presentation is available here for download. The visual file used in the public presentation, recordings of the original interviews, transcripts, and a "narrative" are available below as Additional Files.

Recommended Citation

Levitas, Emmy; Garcia, Michelle; and Tracy-Wanck, Sarah, "Bob McDougall" (2009). Oral Histories and the Portland Brownstone Quarries. Paper 9.
http://wesscholar.wesleyan.edu/eng_274_2009/9