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Title: Mary F. Stone I Oral History 8/19/2001 [Side A], Mary F. Stone I Oral History 8/19/2001 [Side A]
Identifier: e_top_0055
Creator: Owens, Tary, (interviewer)
Contributor: Stone, Mary F.
Topic: Nongraded schools, Genealogy, Women civic leaders
Dates: 2001-08-19
Box: 2007-247/21
Resource: Tary Owens papers
Description: Oral history interview on August 19th, 2001 with Mary F. Stone, the mother of Mary Ann Price (professional singer and the second wife of Tary Owens). Mrs. Stone discusses her family's lineage, heritage, and immigration to the United States. Her education, teaching career, World War II and various places she moved with her husband. As a teacher, Stone worked at a school responsible for innovating and implementing a nongraded ""School In The Round"" educational program. When she retired, she moved to Greenville, Maine and became active as a behind the scenes civic leader. She and Tary discuss changes in the town over the years and the community.

Title: Mary F. Stone I Oral History 8/19/2001 [Side B], Mary F. Stone I Oral History 8/19/2001 [Side B]
Identifier: e_top_0056
Creator: Owens, Tary, (interviewer)
Contributor: Stone, Mary F.
Topic: Docks, Beaches--Maine, Tuberculosis--Patients
Dates: 2001-08-19
Box: 2007-247/21
Resource: Tary Owens papers
Description: Continuation of an oral history interview from August 19th, 2001 with Mary F. Stone, the mother of Mary Ann Price. Mrs. Stone speaks at length about Greenville, Maine and her involvement in the community since she retired at her home on Twitchell Pond. She also discusses Tom, her uncle, and Dan, her brother. The recording is ended at 21:39 and resumes the next day. The topics of the conversation focus on musicians in her family and several family members that died from tuberculosis.

Title: Mary F. Stone II Oral History 8/19/01, Mary F. Stone II Oral History 8/19/01
Identifier: e_top_0057
Creator: Owens, Tary, (interviewer)
Contributor: Stone, Mary F.
Topic: Women singers, Children's songs, English, Musical ability
Dates: 2001-08-19
Box: 2007-247/21
Resource: Tary Owens papers
Description: Continuation of an oral history interview from August 20th, 2001 with Mary F. Stone, the mother of Mary Ann Price. Mrs. Stone speaks about her brother Dan and his various talents in both music and art, and how he helped expose Mary Ann to music. Mrs. Stone also talks about her participation in the arts including singing at weddings and funerals for money and dance. Tary and Mrs. Stone also discuss English ditties she learned as a child and their various roots in history.