Talbot, Gerald "Gerry" oral history interview, 2001

Item

Identifier: MOH 275

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Talbot, Gerald "Gerry" oral history interview

Scope and Contents

Interview includes discussions of: the Vietnam War; Maine Legislature; ethnic diversity in Maine; the Great Depression; Civil Rights movement; race relations in Maine; and the NAACP.

Dates

2001

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Biographical / Historical

Gerald “Gerry” Talbot was born on October 28, 1931 in Bangor, Maine and attended Bangor High School. He worked as a chef at the Bangor House, and then joined the Army for three years. He later worked in the Portland Community Center, and for the Portland Gannett newspapers. He was elected president of the Portland, Maine NAACP in 1964, and also served as vice president of the New England NAACP. He served three terms in the Maine House of Representatives and has been a member of the Board of Visitors at the Edmund Muskie School of Public Service at the University of Southern Maine.