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Mf162 Immigrants And Identity, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine
Mf162 Immigrants And Identity, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine
Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History Finding Aids
In 2005 the Maine Folklife Center and the Hudson Museum at the University of Maine proposed to study and present the ways that immigrants in central and eastern Maine connect themselves with their ethnicity. These fifteen interviews were conducted from February to June 2005 by the Maine Folklife Center staff with members of the local African, Hispanic, Southeast Asian, Middle Eastern, and Eastern European immigrant communities in preparation for the Folk Festival in August. An exhibit of panels consisting of interpretive text, excerpts from the oral histories, portrait photos, and objects was prepared by the Hudson Museum.
Mf006 Bowdoin College Folklore Papers, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine
Mf006 Bowdoin College Folklore Papers, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine
Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History Finding Aids
Twenty-six student papers written for a course in folklore offered at Bowdoin College during the fall semester, 1980.
Mf040 Maine Women During The Depression And World War Ii, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine
Mf040 Maine Women During The Depression And World War Ii, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine
Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History Finding Aids
This collection began with the research done by Rita Breton as part of her graduate work in history at the University of Maine. Breton conducted approximately twenty interviews with Maine women about their lives and work during the Great Depression and World War II. In addition, in the fall of 1982, students in Edward D. Ives’ class were asked to locate and interview people on the topic of womens’ lives during the Depression and WWII. The semester project yielded forty-five accessions. Collection also contains numerous photographs. Some of the interviews relate to Winkelman’s M. A. Thesis “Work is What Keeps …
Mf001 Airline Road & Airline Community Project, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine
Mf001 Airline Road & Airline Community Project, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine
Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History Finding Aids
The collection consists of six interviews conducted by Joan Brooks and Jack Beard for an oral history fieldwork course taught by Edward D. “Sandy” Ives at the University of Maine in 1976. The interviews focus on the history of Eddington, Maine and the Airline Road (Rt. 9 from Bangor to Calais, ME) and the Airline community ca. 1900.