MF004 Aroostook Oral History Project

Authors

Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University of Maine

Files

Description

The Aroostook Oral History Project, 1971-1972, which resulted in a collection of 119 cassettes (now digitized), totaling 73 hours. Interviews of more than 150 people were conducted by Helen K. Atchison covering a wide range of topics including early county history, early farming and machinery, the Aroostook War, railroading, lumbering, potato farming, maple sugar making, folk songs, folklore, folk medicine, politics, town meetings, cross-border migration, smuggling, Indians, sporting camps, schools and schooling, tall tales, superstitions, and many other aspects of the county's cultural heritage. Twenty tapes recorded in French and two tapes recorded in Swedish have not been abstracted and have only brief descriptions of contents. This collection was placed into the public domain by the Cary Library (Houlton, Maine).

Publication Date

2020

Keywords

Agriculture, Community life, Immigration and society, Women’s, Gender, Sexuality Studies

Disciplines

Folklore | Oral History

Size of Collection

126 items

Dates of Collection

1971-1972

Manuscript Number

MF004

Recommended Citation

Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University of Maine, "MF004 Aroostook Oral History Project" (2020). Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History Finding Aids. Number 4.
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/ne_findingaids/4