Shaw, Robert C. "Bob" oral history interview, 2004

Item

Identifier: MOH 440

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Shaw, Robert C. "Bob" oral history interview

Scope and Contents

Interview includes discussions of: family background; meeting Edmund Muskie; time spent with his father in broadcasting; influence of Edmund Muskie; Parker Hoy; family genealogy; connection to Frank Coffin; recollections of Muskie’s 1958 election to the U.S. Senate; reaction to Muskie’s victory in 1954; and anecdotes about his father and politics.

Dates

2004

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Biographical / Historical

Robert Curtis “Bob” Shaw was born November 22, 1943 in Manchester, New Hampshire and moved to Naples, Maine when he was about three years old. He graduated from Bridgton High School in 1961. His father, Gus Shaw, worked in television repair and eventually got involved with broadcasting. Through experiences with his father, Shaw met political figures such as Edmund Muskie. He moved to the Lewiston-Auburn area in 1968 when he went to work for the Department of Defense and is a veteran of the Army. He has been an active member of the American Legion Post for twenty-eight years.