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Correspondence To Dr. Charles E. Banks 1930, Fannie Hardy Eckstorm
Correspondence To Dr. Charles E. Banks 1930, Fannie Hardy Eckstorm
Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Papers
Three letters to Dr. Charles E. Banks discussing variations of place names for river outlets to the ocean, and the similarity of these names to Saco. Also a discussion of place names associated with "red paint" or iron ore, an example being Olamon. Digitized from Box 1, Folder 109, of the Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Papers.
Note On An Article In Harper's Monthly Magazine June 1931, Fannie Hardy Eckstorm
Note On An Article In Harper's Monthly Magazine June 1931, Fannie Hardy Eckstorm
Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Papers
A note to the editor of Harper's Magazine regarding an incorrect translation of a place name by "Brendan Lee" in an article on fishing in Maine.
The article in question is:
Lee, Brendan. “The Incompleat Angler.” Harper's Monthly Magazine, June 1931, pp. 109–118.
Letter To Lucius L. Hubbard 1927, Fannie Hardy Eckstorm
Letter To Lucius L. Hubbard 1927, Fannie Hardy Eckstorm
Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Papers
Letter to Lucius L. Hubbard regarding a story "Onaway" and a few Indian place names. Digitized from Box 1, Folder 125, of the Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Papers.
Maine Indian Legends 1917, Fannie Hardy Eckstorm
Maine Indian Legends 1917, Fannie Hardy Eckstorm
Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Papers
Notes for a lecture delivered before a club in Bucksport about 1917. Stories about Glooscap and the animals. Digitized from Box 2, Folder 21, of the Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Papers.
Indian Trails Of Maine 1920, Fannie Hardy Eckstorm
Indian Trails Of Maine 1920, Fannie Hardy Eckstorm
Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Papers
Notes for a lecture to the Nineteenth Century Club, Bangor, October 29,1920. A discussion of major travel routes, both water ways for canoes and over land trails. Digitized from Box 2, Folder 23, of the Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Papers.
Local Indian Place Names 1921, Fannie Hardy Eckstorm
Local Indian Place Names 1921, Fannie Hardy Eckstorm
Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Papers
Notes for a lecture given before the Norumbega Club, 1921. A discussion of various names for places in Maine and their meanings. Box 2, Folder 24, of the Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Papers.
Old Louis Annance And His Decendants, Fannie Hardy Eckstorm
Old Louis Annance And His Decendants, Fannie Hardy Eckstorm
Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Papers
An account of Louis Annance of the "St. Francis Tribe". Compiled by Eckstorm from several popular accounts. Digitized from Box 2, Folder 13, of the Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Papers.
Chief Orono 1929, Fannie Hardy Eckstorm
Chief Orono 1929, Fannie Hardy Eckstorm
Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Papers
A talk given to the Bangor Historical Society at the University of Maine, August 6, 1929 about the origins and sources of stories about Chief Joseph Orono. Digitized from Box 2, Folder 29, of the Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Papers.
Poem About Chief Orono - Undated, Fannie Hardy Eckstorm
Poem About Chief Orono - Undated, Fannie Hardy Eckstorm
Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Papers
A short poem about Chief Joseph Orono and a hand written note describing a game piece for the bowl and dice game. Digitized from Box 4, Folder 20, of the Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Papers. Documents that did not pertain to Native Americans in Maine were not digitized and were not included in this file.
Maine Indian Folk-Lore 1919, Fannie Hardy Eckstorm
Maine Indian Folk-Lore 1919, Fannie Hardy Eckstorm
Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Papers
Notes for a lecture recounting Abenaki mythology. Delivered before the Foxcroft Club 1919. Digitized from Box 2, Folder 22, of the Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Papers.
The Indian Place-Name Wasaumkeag 1932, Fannie Hardy Eckstorm
The Indian Place-Name Wasaumkeag 1932, Fannie Hardy Eckstorm
Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Papers
A paper read before the Bangor Historical Society, probably January 1932. A discussion of the meaning of the place-name Wasaumkeag , and an accounting of historical sources of information about its meaning. Digitized from Box 2, Folder 32, of the Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Papers.
Correspondence From Lewey Mitchell To Mary Cabot Wheelwright And Fannie Hardy Eckstorm 1929-1930, Lewey Mitchell
Correspondence From Lewey Mitchell To Mary Cabot Wheelwright And Fannie Hardy Eckstorm 1929-1930, Lewey Mitchell
Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Papers
Correspondence from Lewey Mitchell to Mary Cabot Wheelwright and Fannie Hardy Eckstorm regarding the sale of traditional Passamaquoddy tales and other items. Digitized from Box 1, Folder 70, of the Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Papers.
Photographs Of Joseph Francis 1912, A F. Orr
Photographs Of Joseph Francis 1912, A F. Orr
Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Papers
Two photographs of Fannie Hardy Eckstorm's friend Joseph Francis of the Penobscot Tribe. Dated 1912. Digitized from Box 4, Folder 44, of the Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Papers.
Photo Of Joseph Attien With Description - Undated, Fannie Hardy Eckstorm
Photo Of Joseph Attien With Description - Undated, Fannie Hardy Eckstorm
Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Papers
A photograph of Chief Joseph Attien of the Penobscots together with a hand-written description. Digitized from Box 4, Folder 35, of the Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Papers. Documents that did not pertain to Native Americans in Maine were not digitized and were not included in this file.
The Indian Artist 1938, Fannie Hardy Eckstorm
The Indian Artist 1938, Fannie Hardy Eckstorm
Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Papers
An account of Penobscot artist Paul Susep (Paul Joseph Osson). Digitized from Box 4, Folder 45, of the Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Papers.
Some Of Dartmouth's Indian Students - Undated, Fannie Hardy Eckstorm
Some Of Dartmouth's Indian Students - Undated, Fannie Hardy Eckstorm
Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Papers
A recounting of the history of some Native-American children who were educated at Dartmouth and other New England schools. Digitized from Box 4, Folder 43, of the Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Papers.
Correspondence From Charlotte E. Hobbs To Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Ca. 1935 And 1939, Charlotte E. Hobbs
Correspondence From Charlotte E. Hobbs To Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Ca. 1935 And 1939, Charlotte E. Hobbs
Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Papers
Manuscript letters from Charlotte E. Hobbs regarding the Indians on the Arnold expedition, and the Indian named Paugus. Digitized from Box 1, Folder 55 of the Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Papers. Transcription produced by the DigitalMaine Transcription Project.
Maine Indian Legends - Undated, Fannie Hardy Eckstorm
Maine Indian Legends - Undated, Fannie Hardy Eckstorm
Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Papers
Notes for a talk before a club in Newport, Maine containing a variety of stories from Abenaki mythology. Digitized from Box 2, Folder 35, of the Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Papers.
Letter From Ruth Benedict, American Folk-Lore Society, 1939, Ruth Benedict
Letter From Ruth Benedict, American Folk-Lore Society, 1939, Ruth Benedict
Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Papers
Correspondence from Ruth Benedict to Fannie Hardy Eckstorm concerning her publications, which were digitized from Box 1 folder 9, of the Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Papers. Documents from this folder that did not pertain to Native Americans in Maine were not scanned and are not included in this file.
Correspondence From William Brooks Cabot, 1930-1946, William B. Cabot
Correspondence From William Brooks Cabot, 1930-1946, William B. Cabot
Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Papers
Correspondence from William Cabot concerning Indian languages, culture, and history, which were digitized from Box 1, Folder 17, of the Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Papers. Documents that did not pertain to Native Americans in Maine were not digitized and were not included in this file.
Correspondence With Dr. Charles E. Banks, 1915-1931, Charles E. Banks, Fannie H. Eckstorm
Correspondence With Dr. Charles E. Banks, 1915-1931, Charles E. Banks, Fannie H. Eckstorm
Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Papers
Correspondence between Charles E. Banks and Fannie Hardy Eckstorm concerning Indian vocabulary and place names in Maine, which were digitized from Box 1 folder 5, of the Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Papers. Documents from this folder that did not pertain to Native Americans in Maine were not scanned and are not included in this file.
Man Made Lake, Gaylon "Jeep" Wilcox
Man Made Lake, Gaylon "Jeep" Wilcox
Maine Song and Story Sampler
“Man Made lake” is a commentary on the flooding of a twenty-five mile stretch of the Dead River in Western Maine, which submerged Flagstaff Plantation, Dead River Plantation, and Bigelow Township
The Mad Whittler, Gaylon Jeep Wilcox
The Mad Whittler, Gaylon Jeep Wilcox
Maine Song and Story Sampler
“The Mad Whittler” is about Rangeley’s former dump, which may not sound like a traditional subject for poetry. The dump was, before being closed, a major attraction where people from all over gathered to watch bears forage.
Life On The Farm In The Old Days, Sunny Stutzman
Life On The Farm In The Old Days, Sunny Stutzman
Maine Song and Story Sampler
Sunny Stutzman's story relates some basic differences between life on the farm in the old days and now, but also generally differences between life on the farm and anywhere else in society.
Acadian Food, Michael Corbin
Acadian Food, Michael Corbin
Maine Song and Story Sampler
In short, Acadians did not allow harsh weather, poor soil conditions, and an uncertain (or even hostile) political conditions to limit their culinary choices.
Learning Family Healing Traditions, Natalia Bragg
Learning Family Healing Traditions, Natalia Bragg
Maine Song and Story Sampler
The story told here explains the process of teaching traditional medicine to a new generation. In Natalia Bragg's case, it was something of an accident.
Women In Maine's Paper Industry, 1880 - 2006, Pauleena Macdougall, Amy Stevens
Women In Maine's Paper Industry, 1880 - 2006, Pauleena Macdougall, Amy Stevens
Women in Maine's Paper Industry 1880-2006
With support from a Women In Curriculum research grant, Pauleena MacDougall, Associate Director of the Maine Folklife Center assisted by Amy Stevens, graduate student in history, conducted a series of oral histories with women who work or used to work in the pulp and paper industry. The project began May 1, 2006 and was completed September 30, 2006. They asked questions about clothing women wore to work, stories they may have about the mill and relations between workers. Their primary focus was on the expressive culture of the women as we attempt to understand female culture in an industrial setting.
Building Peapods, Eric Dow
Building Peapods, Eric Dow
Maine Song and Story Sampler
Eric Dow talks about how he came to build the type of boat known as a “peapod.”
Flunking A Test & Hiroshima, Lydia Franz
Flunking A Test & Hiroshima, Lydia Franz
Maine Song and Story Sampler
The stories recounted here by Lydia Franz concern her experience in the United States Army as a cryptanalyst during World War II.
The First Manure-Pitch, Mort Mather
The First Manure-Pitch, Mort Mather
Maine Song and Story Sampler
The Common Ground Country Fair (CGCF or “the Fair”) is Maine’s signature celebration of rural living, organic food and agriculture, and local enterprise.