Janet Golden wrote:
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>I recently began some research in the folklore collection at the
>Library of Congress.  Several of the collections have some interesting
>interviews that may be useful to members of the ATHG.  The collection
>Italian Americans in the West contains a number of oral interviews
>with individuals who have worked in small family wineries for many
>generations --including during Prohibition.  The interviews from the
>Maine collection have a lot of references to liquor smuggling from
>Canada, and the West Virginia interviews have some discussion about
>moonshine and also an interview with a former revenue agent.  I don't
>know if these interviews are well known to members of
>this group--I just began to work in alcohol and temperance
>history--but I found the interviews fascinating.
>
>Janet Golden
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Thanks for this interesting and useful post, Janet!  I've saved it for
future reference.  Yours, Ron Roizen