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Northeast Folklore Society Newsletter, Vol. 19, Northeast Archives Of Folklore And Oral History
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 …
Northeast Folklore Society Newsletter, Vol. 18, Northeast Archives Of Folklore And Oral History
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.
Thompson Document 21: A Letter From Ruby Johnson To Henrietta Thompson, Ruby Johnson
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
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 …
Youpe! Youpe! Sur La Riviere!, Mr. And Mrs. Lawrence Parent
Youpe! Youpe! Sur La Riviere!, Mr. And Mrs. Lawrence Parent
Maine Song and Story Sampler
A home-made song from Quebec, Youpe! came to Maine the same way many other songs traveled through Maine and the eastern Canadian provinces: with lumbermen who crossed the border in both directions. It was especially popular among French-Canadian lumberjacks who adapted to their own use an earlier song called "Le p'tit bois d'lail."