Name
Sandy Ives
Files
Download P246: Sandy Ives interviewing Mr. John Holland at the 1st Miramichi Folksong Festival in 1958 (535 KB)
Biography
Edward D. “Sandy” Ives (September 24, 1925–August 1, 2009) was the Founder and Former Director of the Maine Folklife Center. Sandy received his Ph.D. in Folklore from Indiana University in 1962. He taught at the University of Maine since 1955, first as Instructor in English and beginning in 1964 as Professor of Folklore in the Department of Anthropology. During his career, he received numerous honors and awards including an honorary LL.D. from the University of Prince Edward Island in 1986, the Annual Harvey A. Kantor Memorial Award for Outstanding Achievement in Oral History in 1979, and the Marius Barbeau Medal from the Canadian Folklore Studies Association for outstanding lifetime contributions to the field of folklore in 1991. Ives organized the Folklife Center in 1992, combining the Northeast Folklore Society and the Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History, which he founded in 1957. He edited the monograph series Northeast Folklore since 1958 and wrote several books.
Date of Birth:
9-24-1925
Date of Death:
8-1-2009
Keywords
Maine Folklife Center, “The Soldier’s Letter”, “The Headless Ghost”, “Benjamin Deane”, Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History, Northeast Folklore Society, Marius Barbeau Medal, Annual Harvey A. Kantor Memorial Award, Indiana University, University of Prince Edward Island, University of Maine, professor
Disciplines
Folklore | Oral History
Recommended Citation
Ives, Edward D. "Sandy", "Sandy Ives" (1925). Maine Song and Story Sampler Collectors. 25.
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/songstorysamplercollectors/25
Works Collected
“The Soldier’s Letter” by Joseph Pagett, “The Headless Ghost” by Wilmot MacDonald, “Benjamin Deane” by Chester Price, "The Picnic at Groshaut" by Art Cahill, "The Teamster in Jack MacDonald’s Crew" by Joseph Walsh, "The Blackwater Side" and "The Depot Camp" by Bill Cramp, "Cod Liver Oil" by Omer McKenna, "Guy Reed" by Philip Walsh, "The Good Old State of Maine" by James Brown, "Wild Colonial Boy" and "Breakfast in Hell" by Thomas Cleghorn, "The Dungarvon Whooper" by Billy Price, "The Man Who Plucked the Gorbey" by Charles Sibley, "The Company Dressed in Green" by Stanley MacDonald, and "Glou Glou Glou" by Allan Kelly.