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Northeast Folklore Society Newsletter, Vol. 19, Northeast Archives Of Folklore And Oral History

Northeast Folklore Society Newsletter

The year of the Maine Folklife Survey is drawing to a close at the end of January. We are in the wrap-up phase, having completed fieldwork in October. Six field workers visited some 300 homes throughout the State, and worked in some 130 townships in every county over the summer, gathering information of all kinds from axe handle making to step dancing to baking bean-hole beans. People have been marvelously friendly, have understood why we were gathering traditional materials, and certainly have been helpful. Though we have felt stretched thin on budget and time to get to see and meet …

The Maine Voter Vol. 28, No. 2 (Nov-Dec 1980), Maine League Of Women Voters Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

No abstract provided.

Maine Statewide News Letter No. 11 (December 1980), Institute For Nonviolence, Education, Research, And Training Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

No abstract provided.

Maine Alumnus, Volume 62, Number 1, Winter 1980, General Alumni Association, University Of Maine

UMaine Alumni Magazines - All

Contents:

President Paul H. Silverman --- Homecoming 1980 --- UMO's 1959-60 Basketball Team --- Maine's First Degree Recipient Benjamin Flint Gould, Class of 1872

Maine Statewide News Letter No. 10 (November 1980), Institute For Nonviolence, Education, Research, And Training Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

No abstract provided.

Swimming, University Of Maine Orono, 1980-1981, University Of Maine

General University of Maine Publications

Only two seniors, Bob Marshall and Bruce Eppinger, graduated from last year's varsity team. With the exception of Marshall (Marshall swam on each relay), members of all three Eastern Seaboard Championship relays return (400 Medley Relay, 800 Freestyle Relay, and 400 Freestyle Relay).

Shaking The Family Tree, William B. Jordan

Maine History

A section of the records (Lambert through Quincy) of Portland’s Eastern Cemetery compiled by William B. Jordan, Jr. (cont’d from Vol. 20, No. 1).

Our Lady Of Victories, Pamela W. Hawkes

Maine History

This article describes the process and competition for the design of the Portland Soldiers and Sailors Monument.

Journal Cover And Toc Vol. 20, No 2, Maine Historical Society

Maine History

No abstract provided.

Writings In Maine History, Maine Historical Society

Maine History

Listing of selected books regarding Maine history

Book Reviews, Robert M. York, Anne Bridges, Horton W. Emerson, Joel Eastman, Lessie B. Louder

Maine History

Reviews of the following books: The First Century: A History of the University of Maine, 1865-1965 by David C. Smith; "Suthin" (It's the Opposite of Nothin'): An Oral History of Grover Morrison's Woods Operation at Little Musquah Lake, 1945-1947 by Stephen Ballew, Joan Brooks, Dona Brotz and Edward Ives; "I'm a Man That Works": The Biography of Don Mitchell of Merrill, Maine by Roger G. Mitchell; Remarks on My Life Per Me Hezekiah Prince, 1786-1792 edited by Sally Hill and Arthur Spear; Two Feet Between the Rails, Vol. I: The Early Years by Robert C. Jones; The History of …

The Maine Voter Vol. 28, No. 1 (Sept - Oct 1980), Maine League Of Women Voters Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

No abstract provided.

Maine Statewide News Letter No. 9 (October 1980), Institute For Nonviolence, Education, Research, And Training Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

No abstract provided.

Black Bear Sideliner, Vol. 3, No. 2, University Of Maine

Black Bear Sideliner

Black Bear Sideliner biannual newsletter produced by UMaine Athletics.

Maine Alumnus, Volume 61, Number 4, Fall 1980, General Alumni Association, University Of Maine

UMaine Alumni Magazines - All

Contents:

UMO's '65 Football Team --- The Stein Song --- Reunion '80 --- Senior Alumni Hear About UMO, Then and Now --- History of illustrations of Bananas the Bear by Orman B. Doore, Class of 1944

Maine Women's Ice Hockey, 1980-81, University Of Maine Department Of Public Information And Central Services

General University of Maine Publications

No abstract provided.

Northeast Folklore Society Newsletter, Vol. 18, Northeast Archives Of Folklore And Oral History

Northeast Folklore Society Newsletter

Dr. Richard K. Lunt, folklorist and author of Northeast Folklore Volume X ("Jones Tracy, Tall Tale Teller from Mt. Desert Island"), is currently directing the Maine Folklife Survey. The project, a statewide effort made possible by grants from the Maine State Commission on the Arts and Humanities and the Folk Arts Program of the National Endowment for the Arts, will assess the current status of folk and traditional arts and crafts in Maine. The interest is in the here and now, what traditional activities are still being performed.

And More Responses [One From Kay Gardner] (Womanspirit, Fall Equinox 1980), Kay Gardner

Maine Women's Publications - All

No abstract provided.

And More Responses [One From Kay Gardner] (Womanspirit, Fall Equinox 1980), Kay Gardner

Maine Women's Publications - All

No abstract provided.

Maine Statewide News Letter No. 8 (September 1980), Institute For Nonviolence, Education, Research, And Training Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

No abstract provided.

Women's Center Newsleteter (Fall 1980), University Of Maine Women's Center Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

No abstract provided.

1980-1981 Maine Hockey Guide, University Of Maine Department Of Public Information And Central Services

General University of Maine Publications

While we're bigger, stronger and deeper than we've ever been, we also aren't a surprise anymore. Which of these two factors will weigh more heavily is up to us. We want to make the playoffs badly. We came awfully close last season and just missing them has made us hungry. For us to be in the thick of it we know we must cut down on our penalties and our goals allowed. These will be major objectives.

Although you can never be sure until a player has proven himself in college hockey, Gary and I feel we had an excellent …

Maine Statewide News Letter No. 7 (August 1980), Institute For Nonviolence, Education, Research, And Training Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

No abstract provided.

Thompson Document 21: A Letter From Ruby Johnson To Henrietta Thompson, Ruby Johnson

Henrietta Thompson Papers

A letter from Ruby Johnson to Henrietta Thompson. It seems that Johnson is here responding to a request from Thompson that she send some Burmese phrases for Thompson to include in her Walk a Little Faster history of the Walkout.

Thompson Document 20: A Letter From Ruby Johnson To Henrietta Thompson, Ruby Johnson

Henrietta Thompson Papers

A letter from Ruby Johnson, a nurse who participated in the 1942 Walkout from Burma to India, to Henrietta Thompson. Johnson was the first of the Walkout participants Thompson interviewed, and Thompson particularly enjoyed this meeting and was indebted to Johnson not only for offering an account of her own experiences, but also for making Thompson aware of a number of nurses who had participated on the Walkout in Burma and also Hla Sein in the U.S. who initially resisted being interviewed about the Walkout. In this letter, Johnson mentions having recently seen Hla Sein, who was by then their …

Making Her Way (New Women's Times, July 4 To July 17, 1980), Nancy Tsuchiya

Maine Women's Publications - All

No abstract provided.

Journal Cover And Toc Vol. 20, No. 1, Maine Historical Society

Maine History

Cover, Editors, Editorial Board and Table of Contents with authors' names

Book Reviews, William David Barry, Peter Vickery, Roger L. Grindle

Maine History

Reviews of the following books: John Neal by Donald A. Sears; Beyond the Spring: Cordelia Stanwood of Birdsacre by Chandler S. Richmond; Aroostoook Architect: The Life and Times of the Reverend Joseph S. Marcoux by Miriam Therese Callanan; The New England Indians by C. Keith Wilbur, M.D.

The Cochran Fanaticism In York County, Maine Historical Society

Maine History

This article relates the history of Cochranism, a fanatic religious sect which was practiced in York County in the first half of the 19^th century. The article was written in 1867 and the author is unknown.

Shaking The Family Tree, William B. Jordan

Maine History

A section (Daly through Knox) of The Records of Portland’s Eastern Cemetery compiled by William B Jordan and continued from Volume 19, No. 4.