Margaret Whalen

Item Data

  • Collection Title: Margaret Whalen Collection
  • Item Title: Goose Rocks Beach & York, ME 1987, 1988
  • ID Number: MW-002
  • Date Range: 1987, 1988
  • Description: Fellow teachers enjoy a summer visit to Margaret & Barbara at Goose Rocks Beach. Barbara & friend Debora'sh dual birthday celebration. Family celebration. Beloved old friends visit. Another birthday.
  • Biographical/Historical Note:
  • Genres: Amateur Films
  • Places: Goose Rock, ME; York, ME
  • Access & Use: Contact Lesbian Home Movie Project (LHMP) info@lesbianhomemovieproject.org. No re-use without permission. LHMP must contact film donor & participants with regard to any re-use.
  • Color or B&W: Mix
  • Related Versions:
  • Running Time: 01:52:09
  • Rights: Lesbian Home Movie Project (LHMP) shares rights with Margaret Whalen during Whalen's lifetime. Participants also have the right to approve uses of material they appear in during their lifetimes.
  • Sound: Sound
  • Subjects: Lesbians, Teachers
  • Creators: Margaret Whalen
  • Collaborators & Participants: Barbara Martin See also viewing log. For further information or to share related memories, email us at info@lesbianhomemovieproject.org.We'll share your input if that's okay, or just preserve it.
  • Source Format:
  • Format: Originally 8mm. Transferred to vhs tape, then two complete seuences transferred to dvd. Digital file ripped from dvd.
  • Viewing Log: Sequence 1 Goose Rocks Beach, Goose Rock, Kennebunkport, MaineTeachers from Oyster River Elementary, Durham, NH at Goose Rock, Kennebunkport, Maine, a house they rented for a few weeks each summer when they rented out the York house. Probably July 1987. Barbara Martin in playsuit. Kathy in glasses, close up. Joyce tells about a Vietnamese student. Sue & Jean are in bathing suits. Sunset. Sequence 2 Goose Rocks Beach, Kennebunkport, Maine Dual birthday celebration, Barbara Martin and Deborah, Barbara's birthday August 22, Deborah's birthday August 12th. Deborah is the oldest looking one in black & white sweater has engagement ring on. The dual celebration occurred annually until Deborah's mother died, and, at age 70, Deborah became involved with a man. This was the weekend Deborah made THE ANNOUNCEMENT. Sequence 3 Mystery house. Probably a family gathering. Images very dark. Sequence 4, York, ME a) Visit by Henry B. and Miriam Wittinger (deceased) b) Elaine Enman's birthday celebration (Elaine Enman, Barbara Martin, Deborah, Margaret Whalen, Jean Bickford). Meal Roasted potatoes, lamb, salad, gravy. Shawna, Margaret's niece, stops by.