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1 Paul and Mary Ann Ford Edited Transcript – June 19, 2009 Paul and Mary Ann Ford Fly Fishing Collection ©Western Washington University Libraries Special Collections ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Western Washington University Libraries Paul Ford Special Collections Fly Fishing Oral History Program ATTENTION: © Copyright Western Washington University Libraries Special Collections. "Fair use" criteria of Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976 must be followed. The following materials can be used for educational and other noncommercial purposes without the written permission of Western Washington University Libraries Special Collections. These materials are not to be used for resale or commercial purposes without written authorization from Western Washington University Libraries Special Collections. All materials cited must be attributed to Western Washington University Libraries Special Collections. This interview was conducted with Paul and Mary Ann Ford on June 19, 2009, at their home in Wenatchee, Washington. The interviewer is Tamara Belts. TB: How did you get started collecting, books as a whole, but especially your fly fishing books? PF: My first readings about fly fishing were in magazines: Field and Stream and Outdoor Life when I was probably eleven or twelve years old. The most popular book in America at that time about fly fishing was Ray Bergman’s best-selling book Trout. That had been published in the Thirties and then republished and republished. There were very few fly fishing books published during my early youth (that is when I was eleven, twelve, thirteen). That was during the Second World War, with shortages of paper and there were not that many men around to read books. Books also cost too much. But a magazine on the other hand, was a dime or fifteen cents. So it was during that period that I developed great affection for writers like Jason Lucas, who wrote the famous book, Bass, and he wrote lots of articles in Field and Stream. Ted Trueblood wrote about steelhead fishing and about Atlantic salmon fishing. One really funny part about this starting to collect books and reading about fishing was that I assumed that when Bergman or Trueblood said that a certain fly worked really well on trout, I assumed that same fly would work on chain pickerel and bass and perch, because we had few, if any, trout in the part of New England where I grew up. So I ordered the 9-3 landlocked Atlantic Salmon fly and the Grey Ghost. Now both these flies were tied to imitate fresh-water smelt and the landlocked salmon loved fresh water smelt. There were two problems here: there were no Atlantic salmon where I lived and there were no freshwater smelt. So consequently I was stuck with a bunch of flies that wouldn’t catch anything except an occasional pickerel. You asked about how the book collecting got started, and so I move now into a mature period when I did buy a few books like the Lucas book, and a book by Sid Gorton called Fishing From Top to Bottom. I might say that all three of these books mentioned: the Bergman book, the Lucas book, and the Gordon book, were all how-to-do-it books. There was no romance to them. There was nothing much about appreciation for the great outdoors. They were how to do it. There came a long period when I didn’t collect any fishing books at all, although I fly fished a lot. I didn’t really get started collecting fly fishing books until Mary Ann, who is the guilty party in all of this, began giving me fly fishing books for birthdays, for anniversaries, for Christmas, and just for the joy of giving me something. She started off with Steve Raymond’s books, and more especially I suppose Roderick Haig-Brown’s books. We visited the place that Roderick Haig-Brown made famous for fishing. That was Campbell River. I fished the same island pools that he wrote about.
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Title | Paul and Mary Ann Ford interview -- June 19, 2009 |
Summary | Paul Ford along with his wife, Mary Ann, established The Paul and Mary Ann Ford Fly Fishing Collection, at WWU Libraries Special Collections. In this interview they discuss their passion for book collecting and related anecdotes. |
Interviewee |
Ford, Paul M., interviewee Ford, Mary Ann, interviewee |
Interviewer | Belts, Tamara, interviewer |
Date Recorded (user-friendly) | June 19, 2009 |
Date Recorded (machine-readable) | 2009-06-19 |
Location Recorded | Wenatchee, Washington |
Transcriber | Belts, Tamara, transcriber |
Notes |
Paul Ford was raised in southeastern Massachusetts and educated at Dartmouth College (A.B.) and Harvard University (Ed.M., Ed.D). He served in a variety of faculty and administrative positions at Western Washington University from September 1970 until his retirement in August 1993; including vice president for academic affairs/provost. He is passionate about fly fishing and the literature surrounding it. And he along with his wife, Mary Ann, established The Paul And Mary Ann Ford Fly Fishing Collection, at WWU Libraries Special Collections. He is the author of two books about fly fishing . Mary Ann Ford was raised in Waterville, Washington, and earned degrees from Whitman College (B.A.) and Western Washington University (M.Ed.; Principal's Certificate). Her career included teaching, curriculum director, and principal. In addition to her expertise regarding books and artwork related to fly fishing, Mary Ann is a gifted needlework and decorative crafts artist . Paul and Mary Ann Ford both serve as members of the WWU Libraries Fly Fishing Advisory Group. |
Subject - Topical (LCSH) |
Book collecting Collectors and collecting Fly fishing |
Subjects - Names (LCNAF) |
Ford, Paul M.--Interviews Ford, Mary Ann--Interviews |
Original Physical Format | Audio Cassette |
Transcript File Format | Transcribed using Microsoft Word then saved in PDF format |
Audio File Format | Analog |
Digital Collection | Fly Fishing Oral History Program |
Repository | Western Washington University Libraries Special Collections |
Type | Text |
Rights | Copyright Western Washington University Libraries Special Collections. "Fair use" criteria of Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976 must be followed. The following materials can be used for educational and other noncommercial purposes without the written permission of Western Washington University Libraries Special Collections. These materials are not to be used for resale or commercial purposes without written authorization from Western Washington University Libraries Special Collections. All materials cited must be attributed to Western Washington University Libraries Special Collections. |
Identifier | FordPaul_MaryAnn_20090629.pdf |
Program Name | Special Collections |
Publisher | Digital object made available by Special Collections, Heritage Resources, Western Libraries, Western Washington University |
Related Collection | www.worldcat.org/oclc/779177990 |
Genre/From | Interviews |
Format | application/pdf |
Language | English |
Language Code | eng |
Description
Title | Page 1 |
Summary | Paul Ford along with his wife, Mary Ann, established The Paul and Mary Ann Ford Fly Fishing Collection, at WWU Libraries Special Collections. In this interview they discuss their passion for book collecting and related anecdotes. |
Interviewee |
Ford, Paul M., interviewee Ford, Mary Ann, interviewee |
Interviewer | Belts, Tamara, interviewer |
Date Recorded (user-friendly) | June 19, 2009 |
Date Recorded (machine-readable) | 2009-06-19 |
Location Recorded | Wenatchee, Washington |
Transcriber | Belts, Tamara, transcriber |
Notes |
Paul Ford was raised in southeastern Massachusetts and educated at Dartmouth College (A.B.) and Harvard University (Ed.M., Ed.D). He served in a variety of faculty and administrative positions at Western Washington University from September 1970 until his retirement in August 1993; including vice president for academic affairs/provost. He is passionate about fly fishing and the literature surrounding it. And he along with his wife, Mary Ann, established The Paul And Mary Ann Ford Fly Fishing Collection, at WWU Libraries Special Collections. He is the author of two books about fly fishing . Mary Ann Ford was raised in Waterville, Washington, and earned degrees from Whitman College (B.A.) and Western Washington University (M.Ed.; Principal's Certificate). Her career included teaching, curriculum director, and principal. In addition to her expertise regarding books and artwork related to fly fishing, Mary Ann is a gifted needlework and decorative crafts artist . Paul and Mary Ann Ford both serve as members of the WWU Libraries Fly Fishing Advisory Group. |
Subject - Topical (LCSH) |
Book collecting Collectors and collecting Fly fishing |
Subjects - Names (LCNAF) |
Ford, Paul--Interviews Ford, Mary Ann--Interviews |
Original Physical Format | Audio Cassette |
Transcript File Format | Transcribed using Microsoft Word then saved in PDF format |
Audio File Format | Analog |
Digital Collection | Fly Fishing Oral History Program |
Repository | Western Washington University Libraries Special Collections |
Type | Text |
Rights | Copyright Western Washington University Libraries Special Collections. "Fair use" criteria of Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976 must be followed. The following materials can be used for educational and other noncommercial purposes without the written permission of Western Washington University Libraries Special Collections. These materials are not to be used for resale or commercial purposes without written authorization from Western Washington University Libraries Special Collections. All materials cited must be attributed to Western Washington University Libraries Special Collections. |
Transcript | 1 Paul and Mary Ann Ford Edited Transcript – June 19, 2009 Paul and Mary Ann Ford Fly Fishing Collection ©Western Washington University Libraries Special Collections ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Western Washington University Libraries Paul Ford Special Collections Fly Fishing Oral History Program ATTENTION: © Copyright Western Washington University Libraries Special Collections. "Fair use" criteria of Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976 must be followed. The following materials can be used for educational and other noncommercial purposes without the written permission of Western Washington University Libraries Special Collections. These materials are not to be used for resale or commercial purposes without written authorization from Western Washington University Libraries Special Collections. All materials cited must be attributed to Western Washington University Libraries Special Collections. This interview was conducted with Paul and Mary Ann Ford on June 19, 2009, at their home in Wenatchee, Washington. The interviewer is Tamara Belts. TB: How did you get started collecting, books as a whole, but especially your fly fishing books? PF: My first readings about fly fishing were in magazines: Field and Stream and Outdoor Life when I was probably eleven or twelve years old. The most popular book in America at that time about fly fishing was Ray Bergman’s best-selling book Trout. That had been published in the Thirties and then republished and republished. There were very few fly fishing books published during my early youth (that is when I was eleven, twelve, thirteen). That was during the Second World War, with shortages of paper and there were not that many men around to read books. Books also cost too much. But a magazine on the other hand, was a dime or fifteen cents. So it was during that period that I developed great affection for writers like Jason Lucas, who wrote the famous book, Bass, and he wrote lots of articles in Field and Stream. Ted Trueblood wrote about steelhead fishing and about Atlantic salmon fishing. One really funny part about this starting to collect books and reading about fishing was that I assumed that when Bergman or Trueblood said that a certain fly worked really well on trout, I assumed that same fly would work on chain pickerel and bass and perch, because we had few, if any, trout in the part of New England where I grew up. So I ordered the 9-3 landlocked Atlantic Salmon fly and the Grey Ghost. Now both these flies were tied to imitate fresh-water smelt and the landlocked salmon loved fresh water smelt. There were two problems here: there were no Atlantic salmon where I lived and there were no freshwater smelt. So consequently I was stuck with a bunch of flies that wouldn’t catch anything except an occasional pickerel. You asked about how the book collecting got started, and so I move now into a mature period when I did buy a few books like the Lucas book, and a book by Sid Gorton called Fishing From Top to Bottom. I might say that all three of these books mentioned: the Bergman book, the Lucas book, and the Gordon book, were all how-to-do-it books. There was no romance to them. There was nothing much about appreciation for the great outdoors. They were how to do it. There came a long period when I didn’t collect any fishing books at all, although I fly fished a lot. I didn’t really get started collecting fly fishing books until Mary Ann, who is the guilty party in all of this, began giving me fly fishing books for birthdays, for anniversaries, for Christmas, and just for the joy of giving me something. She started off with Steve Raymond’s books, and more especially I suppose Roderick Haig-Brown’s books. We visited the place that Roderick Haig-Brown made famous for fishing. That was Campbell River. I fished the same island pools that he wrote about. |
Identifier | FordPaul_MaryAnn_20090629.pdf |
Program Name | Special Collections |
Publisher | Digital object made available by Special Collections, Heritage Resources, Western Libraries, Western Washington University |
Related Collection | www.worldcat.org/oclc/779177990 |
Genre/From | Interviews |
Format | application/pdf |
Language | English |
Language Code | eng |
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