This exchange captured firsthand workplace memory and family artifacts connected to Pejepscot Paper and multiple Elcik generations. Mark Elcik provided photographs and context that anchored names to places, jobs, and lived experience—linking family relationships to a specific industrial setting and era.
At a Glance
- First Contact: August 6, 2020
- Primary Surname: Elcik
- Medium: Email
- Role in Project: Artifact contributor; workplace memory source
Correspondence Log
Contact #1 — August 6, 2020, 9:30 PM — Email
Mark Elcik:
John,
That’s me in the middle (1976). I was the back tender on the #1 paper machine at Pejepscot Paper, where Zeda worked most of his life as a beater room engineer, and Uncle Norman was my boss.
Mark
Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android.
[Editor’s note: “Zeda” is believed to be the Slovak term used in the family for grandfather, analogous to “Buba” for grandmother.]
Contact #2 — August 6, 2020, 4:12 PM — Email
Mark Elcik:
John,
A wedding photo of our grandfather and grandmother.
Mark
Contact #3 — August 6, 2020, 10:11 PM — Email
Mark Elcik:
John,
That is a true story, but it wasn’t my dad that was my stepbrother. Ronnie—his police cruiser—was shot up that day.
Mark
Contact #4 — August 6, 2020, 10:27 PM — Email
Mark Elcik:
John,
I like fishing for brook trout and salmon, and like kraut, I do a lot of spring fishing. I also hunt deer. It’s funny—I can remember when you guys lived in Winter Harbor. I can remember coming and visiting you guys there.
Mark
Why This Contact Mattered
Mark’s contributions connected photographs, occupations, and family roles to a specific place and time. By identifying people, jobs, and relationships within Pejepscot Paper—and sharing personal memories—he helped convert unlabeled images into documented history and reinforced how work and family life intersected across generations.