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Maine Folklife, Vol. 2, Iss. 2, Maine Folklife Center

Maine Folklife Center Newsletter

In the last newsletter, we told you of the different preservation survey work that the Center was undertaking. Well, three "experts" visited the Center — we've been poked, prodded, examined with a magnifying glass — and have we learned a lot! Though we can't possibly summarize everything in this article, we want to share the gist of their findings so that you're aware of the major issues facing the Center.

The Center was very pleased when the Northeast Document Conservation Center awarded us a subsidized preservation survey. In March, Beth Patkus, with training in archives administration and preservaton, traveled from …

Maine Folklife, Vol. 2, Iss. 1, Maine Folklife Center

Maine Folklife Center Newsletter

Sandy, Pauleena and Jeff (Smoky) McKeen have embarked upon a new project which will tap a significant portion of our field recordings of music for a series of documentary sound recordings on CD and cassette tape. Our collections include various musical genres representing historical, social and cultural issues and events such as immigrant experiences, occupations, traditions and lifestyles. We have decided to first focus upon the songs of the Maine lumberwoods, Franco-American music, Penobscot Bay maritime occupations, and the Native Americans of the Northeast.