Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History Finding Aids

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  MF061 Tom Tilton: Coaster and Fisherman / Gale Huntington

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

  Interviews with Tom Tilton, 92, about his life, coasting, fishing, and Martha's Vineyard, 1979. Basis of Northeast Folklore XXIII: Tom Tilton: Coaster and Fisherman (1982). All of the tapes are on file at the Martha’s Vineyard Historical Society, (formerly Dukes County Historical Society), Edgartown, Massachusetts, with duplicates here at the Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History. RESTRICTED.

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  MF063 UM Augusta Communication Course Interviews

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

  The collection consists of a series of interviews done for a University of Maine at Augusta course in Speaker-Audience Communications, Fall 1977. Topics covered include: the Farnsworth Museum; the Robert Abbe Museum; Lucy Farnsworth; Rockland, Maine, in the early 1900s; Northport in the War of 1812; Waldoboro News Stand; Knox Arboretum in Warren, Maine; lace mills and the lace business in St. George, Maine; lime kilns; Clark Island Quarry and quarry stone cutting; farm life in Vassalboro in the 1930s and 1940s; the Children's Aid Society; Sweetser Children's Home in Saco, Maine; Fleming's Upholstery Shop in Rockland; Stockton Springs; work as a town clerk; Rockland, Thomaston, and Camden Street Railway; teaching in Warren and Northport; Butler's Boatyard; Snow's Shipyard; Graffam Island; lobstering; Belfast, Maine; recreational activities in Thomaston, Maine, in the 1930s; sawmills; school systems; transportation of blueberries to market; and the Christmas tree business.

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  MF064 Veazie History and Architecture Project

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

  This collection consists of a series of interviews about the local history, geography, and domestic architecture of Veazie, Maine. Many of these were the result of a fieldwork course taught by University of Maine professor Edward D. "Sandy" Ives in 1977 and 1978. The collection also includes architectural survey forms, photos, and floor plans of pre-1940 houses in Veazie. In addition, there are twenty-nine interviews conducted by students in the classes. Three earlier interviews with Addie Weed about Veazie history have been assigned to the collection as has one accession (NA1107) of letters on the same topic.

  For additional Veazie History see: History of Veazie, Maine; Veazie Maine Past and Present; and Maine Documents--Veazie.

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  MF066 When I Grew Up Long Ago / Alvin Schwartz

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

  Interviews conducted as part of research for When I Grew Up Long Ago, by Alvin Schwartz, published by J. B. Lippincott Co., 1978. RESTRICTED: For in-house use only. Publication in any form, written or aural, not permitted without written permission of Schwartz. Use in student papers permitted. In all cases, material should be cited as research done for When I Grew Up Long Ago, J. B. Lippincott Company, 1978, by Schwartz.

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  MF067 "Wildfire Loose" Oral History Project / Joyce Butler

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

  The “Wildfire Loose” Collection consists of a series of 37 interviews conducted by Joyce Butler in preparation for her book of the same title about the fires in Maine in October 1947. The interviews cover geographic areas in York, Oxford, and Hancock Counties including the communities of Kennebunk, Cape Porpoise, Goose Rocks, Kennebunkport, Saco, Biddeford, East Waterboro, Brownfield, Somesville, and Bar Harbor. Donated in 1979. When possible, obituaries for informants were collected by Special Collections staff as additional documentation of informants.

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  MF068 Women in Maine Project

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

  The collection consists of a series of interviews conducted from 1974 to 1980 by students for a course (IDL 105, Women in Maine: An Autobiographical Approach) taught by Maryann Hartman in the department of Speech and Communications at the University of Maine. Students asked a variety of informants for their opinions about the present and future roles of women in Maine. Each informant discussed this in the context of their own lives and experiences, therefore the individual interviews cover a wide range of topics. See individual accessions listed below for more details.

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  MF070 UMaine During the Vietnam War Era / Laura Finkel Collection

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

  A series of fifteen interviews recorded between 1994 – 1997 by Laura Finkel concerning antiwar movement, protests, and activities on the campus at the University of Maine during the Vietnam War era (1964 – 1973).

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  MF071 Pride of Maine Fair

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

  Music performances and narrative workshops recorded at the Pride of Maine Fair held at College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor, Maine, July, 1979. 38 hours.

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  MF072 Dinsmore Family Collection

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

  Donated by Paul Rich Dinsmore, M.D., this collection includes 328 Dinsmore Family photographs including one panoramic image related principally to the Dinsmore, Dearborn, and Smart families of Medford Center and Seboeis, Maine. A majority of images date between 1880 and 1920. The families shared close friendships and inter-marriage during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Dinsmore/Rich family genealogy materials include: "Dinsmore: Seven Generations," "Samuel Rich of Truro," and photocopies of "A Dissertation on Sympathy," by Samuel Dinsmore, Brunswick, Maine, April 1835; photocopies of newspaper clippings, and other items. Images range in size from 1"x2" to 11"x14" in size. The majority are 4"x6" and 5"x7". Images include Seboeis Plantation (1812-1850) and Medford Center Cemetery (early 1800s). Photos pertaining to outdoor life, women, and family gatherings. Includes a brief Dinsmore genealogy by Frances Dinsmore Dekin dated December 1976, and interview with Elizabeth Hedler.

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  MF077 Sister Saint Jude Poulin Folksong Collection

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

  Interviews, correspondence, and notes pertaining to Sister Saint Jude Poulin's M.A. thesis titled, "A Classification and Literary History of the Ballads Known in Hancock and Washington Counties, Maine, Mid-Century" (Boston College, 1962). Interviews, correspondence, and notes pertaining to Sister Jude Poulin's M.A. thesis titled, "A Classification and Literary History of the Ballads Known in Hancock and Washington Counties, Maine, Mid-Century" (Boston College, 1962). Accession includes correspondence, song texts, manuscript texts from her informants, field notes, and a photocopy of the thesis. A Maine native, Sister Poulin interviewed 23 individuals but based her thesis only on contributions from Linwood Brown of Vanceboro; Carl E. Kelley of East Machias; and Robert French of Franklin. RESTRICTED. No releases.