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Maine Folklife, Vol. 8, Iss. 2, Maine Folklife Center
Maine Folklife, Vol. 8, Iss. 2, Maine Folklife Center
Maine Folklife Center Newsletter
When Stephen Cole first phoned the Northeast Archives in the winter of 1988, to urge us to support a modest documentary of the closing of Penobscot Poultry, Co., in Belfast, Maine, he had little idea I suspect, what he was getting us all into. Penobscot Poultry — Maine's last broiler processing firm located in Waldo County, the heart of chicken processing country — was about to close down, and Steve thought the Northeast Archives should do something about it.
"I Was Content and Not Content": The Story of Linda Lord and the Closing of Penobscot Poultry (Southern Illinois University Press, …
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 Only Man”: Skill And Bravado On The River-Drive, Edward D. Ives
“The Only Man”: Skill And Bravado On The River-Drive, Edward D. Ives
Maine History
Handling logs on Maine's swift-flowing rivers demanded great skill and dexterity and it was a source of pride for those who could do it well. Not surprisingly, stories about river driving have become an important part of Maine's heritage. Not the least of these stories involve the “only man” to accomplish some particularly dangerous or difficult feat of prowess and bravery. These tales were bound up with the coming-of-age process along the banks of the Penobscot and Kennebec rivers, and the accomplishments they relate signaled a person’s acceptance into the select ranks of legendary loggers— if they didn't go too …
Maine Folklife, Vol. 8, Iss. 1, Maine Folklife Center
Maine Folklife, Vol. 8, Iss. 1, Maine Folklife Center
Maine Folklife Center Newsletter
Visitors at the August 23-25 National Folk Festival in Bangor will find themselves wending their way through the North Woods camp, as they walk through the festival. The camp highlights the traditional arts of Maine's people who have made their lives and livelihood on or near Bangor, the gateway to the north Maine woods. Some of the traditional arts to be featured in demonstrations include basketmaking, snowshoe making, fly tying, Maine guiding, boat and canoe making, wood carving, quilting, tatting, weaving and knitting, and herbal arts. Visitors will be surprised at the ethnic diversity of Maine s people as manifested …