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A Penobscot Assessment Of Frank Siebert, Eunice Baumann-Nelson Dec 1998

A Penobscot Assessment Of Frank Siebert, Eunice Baumann-Nelson

Maine History

Dr. Eunice Baumann-Nelson is the author of The Wabanaki: An Annotated Bibliography. She was bom on Indian Island, and she became the first Penobscot to get a B.A., and later got an M.A. in Child Psychology and a Ph.D. in Human Relations at N. Y. U. Later still she received an honorary doctorate of Humane Letters from the University of Maine. She served in the Peace Corps in Peru and Bolivia, was the head of the Vassar art library and head librarian at The Museum of the American Indian in New York City. She has long been a student …


Frank Siebert -- Then, And More Than "Forty Years On”, Richard B. Singer M.D. Dec 1998

Frank Siebert -- Then, And More Than "Forty Years On”, Richard B. Singer M.D.

Maine History

Richard B. Singer; M.D., is a consultant in medical risk appraisal and lives in Falmouth, Maine. He and Frank Siebert went to school together in the late 1920s. At a class reunion in 1980, they rediscovered each other and have corresponded since. In what follows, Singer describes their encounters over the past seven decades.


Some Memories Of Frank Siebert, Dean F. Snow Dec 1998

Some Memories Of Frank Siebert, Dean F. Snow

Maine History

Dean R. Snow, a professor of anthropology at Pennsylvania State University and author of numerous books and articles on the archaeology and ethnohistory of Native Northeastern America, was once on the faculty of the University of Maine at Orono and was a frequent visitor at Indian Island. He has known Frank Siebert for almost thirty years and has this to say about Frank as colleague and as field worker.


Journal Cover, Toc, And Preface, Maine Historical Society, Willard Walker, Harald E. L. Prins Dec 1998

Journal Cover, Toc, And Preface, Maine Historical Society, Willard Walker, Harald E. L. Prins

Maine History

Cover, Editors and Editorial Board and Table of Contents with authors names. Also Preface.


Encounters With Frank Siebert, Ives Goddard Dec 1998

Encounters With Frank Siebert, Ives Goddard

Maine History

Ives Goddard, Curator of the Department of Anthropology of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, is the author of “Eastern Algonquian Languages," in The Handbook of North American Indians, Vol. 15. He co-authored, with Kathleen f. Bragdon, Native Writings n Massachusetts and more recently edited The Handbook Of North American Indians, Vol. 17, Languages.


Siebert As Algonquianist, Karl Van Duyn Teeter Dec 1998

Siebert As Algonquianist, Karl Van Duyn Teeter

Maine History

Karl V. (van Duyn) Teeter learned Japanese as a U.S. Army draftee during the Korean War. Upon his discharge from the military in 1954 he went to Berkeley, majoring in Oriental Languages. He entered Berkeley ’s linguistics program and did fieldwork with the last speaker of Wiyot, a language indigenous to northern California that has since been demonstrated to be genetically related to all the Algonquian languages. After coming to Harvard in 1959 he studied Maliseet-Passamaquoddy and, for several years, chaired Harvard’s linguistics department. He is now Professor of Linguistics, Emeritus at Harvard. What follows is his assessment of Frank …


My Relationship With Frank Siebert, Richard Garrett Dec 1998

My Relationship With Frank Siebert, Richard Garrett

Maine History

The next essay was written by Richard Garrett, who created the Penobscot Primer Project, a continuing exhibit at the Hudson Museum, University of Maine. Garrett lives in Wellington, Maine and, since 1995, has been the Principal Investigator and Project Director of the Siebert Project, funded by the National Science Foundation.


Siebert And His Correspondence, Paul Proulx Dec 1998

Siebert And His Correspondence, Paul Proulx

Maine History

Paul Proulx is certainly one of the most insightful and prolific of the many scholars who share Frank Siebert's fascination with the Algonquian languages, their histories, and their implications for the reconstruction of the social and cultural histories and prehistories of the Algonquian peoples and their precursors. His description of some encounters with Frank Siebert follows.


Chronicles Of Dr. Frank T. Siebert Jr ., Martha Young Dec 1998

Chronicles Of Dr. Frank T. Siebert Jr ., Martha Young

Maine History

Martha Young, who has written twenty-two grant applications in the last ten years for educational, research, and community projects, lives in Wellington, Maine, with her husband, Richard Garrett, and, since 1995, has been Frank Siebert’s research assistant. She wrote the following account of Frank and her relationship with him. This is followed by a Siebert bibliography that she and Frank compiled together.


Bibliography Of Frank T. Siebert, Frank Siebert, Martha Young Dec 1998

Bibliography Of Frank T. Siebert, Frank Siebert, Martha Young

Maine History

Bibliography of Frank T. Siebert as appended to Chronicles of Dr. Frank T. Siebert


Frank Speck’S Office, Edmund S. Carpenter Dec 1998

Frank Speck’S Office, Edmund S. Carpenter

Maine History

Edmund S. Carpenter studied anthropology under Frank Speck at the University of Pennsylvania and taught at the University of Toronto, the University of California at Santa Cruz, the New School for Social Research, and other institutions. An internationally recognized expert on tribal art, his numerous publications include Oh, What A Blow That Phantom Gave Me!, Eskimo Realities, They Became What They Beheld, and the 12-volume Materials For The Study Of Social Symbolism In Ancient And Tribal Art. He remembers Frank Siebert at Penn with the regulars in Frank Speck ’5 office.


Etymology Of Tuscarora, Blair A. Rudes Dec 1998

Etymology Of Tuscarora, Blair A. Rudes

Maine History

Dr. Blair A. Rudes has conducted linguistic and ethnographic work with members of the Tuscarora Nation of Indians in New York State since the early 1970s. In 1987 he published with Dorothy Crouse, a Tuscarora and historian, a two-volume collection of texts in Tuscarora and English entitled The Tuscarora Legacy of J.N.B. Hewitt: Materials for the Study of the Tuscarora Language and Culture. He is presently completing a dictionary of the Tuscarora language. Dr. Rudes received his doctorate in linguistics from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1976.


Grant Rewards Students For Research, Kay Hyatt Nov 1998

Grant Rewards Students For Research, Kay Hyatt

General University of Maine Publications

A $10,000 grant from the Nellie Mae Fund for Education to the University of Maine Upward Bound program is helping some high-achieving, low-income students with first-year college expenses. This is the sixth year the non-profit foundation has awarded grants to support pre-collegiate research internships for Upward Bound Math/Science students during the "Bridge" year between high school and college.


1998-99 Women's Basketball Media Guide, Umaine Sports Information Office Nov 1998

1998-99 Women's Basketball Media Guide, Umaine Sports Information Office

General University of Maine Publications

No abstract provided.


1998-1999 Swimming And Diving Media Guide, Maine Sports Information Department Oct 1998

1998-1999 Swimming And Diving Media Guide, Maine Sports Information Department

General University of Maine Publications

Coach Jeff Wren begins his ninth season as the coach of both the men’s and women’s swimming teams. The veteran coach is very optimistic about the quality and depth of this year’s team. The 1998-99 season will be highlighted in late February when UMaine once again hosts the AMERICA EAST Men’s & Women’s Championships.


Education And The Rural Middle Class: Limington Academy, 1848-1860, Lynne Benoit-Vashon Oct 1998

Education And The Rural Middle Class: Limington Academy, 1848-1860, Lynne Benoit-Vashon

Maine History

The founding of academies in Maine during the early nineteenth-century expanded educational options for rural families, but academies also played an important role in the development of a rural middle class. In her study of Limington Academy, Lynne Benoit-Vachon finds that the school's by-laws, curriculum, course materials, and extra-curricular activities all worked to inculcate middle-class values of hard work, sobriety, self-improvement, and self-reliance in the Academy's young charges - training which would lead many of them into middle-class occupations beyond Limington’s borders. Benoit-Vachon, a graduate of the University of Maine, works as Education Programs Coordinator at the Currier Gallery of …


The Lobbyist No. 23 (October 1998), Maine Women's Lobby Staff Oct 1998

The Lobbyist No. 23 (October 1998), Maine Women's Lobby Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

No abstract provided.


Maine, Volume 79, Number 3, Fall 1998, University Of Maine General Alumni Association Oct 1998

Maine, Volume 79, Number 3, Fall 1998, University Of Maine General Alumni Association

UMaine Alumni Magazines - All

Contents:

A New Tool for Studying the Genetic Landscape: GenoSIS Brings Together Genetics and Geographic Information Systems --- Is It Breaking Up? UMaine Hosts Conference That Examines the Disintegration of the West Arctic Ice Sheet --- Maybe It's the Men's Turn: Home-Grown Star Andy Bedard Hopes to Help the Black Bears Get Their First NCAA Tournament --- The Dr. Ruth of UMaine: Sandy Caron '79 Helps Students Understand Sexuality and Relationships --- Prescription for Beating the Street: Radiologist Turned Investment Strategist Robert Birchenough '64 Shares Some of the Secrets of His Success


1998 Maine Hockey Program, University Of Maine Athletics Department Sep 1998

1998 Maine Hockey Program, University Of Maine Athletics Department

General University of Maine Publications

No abstract provided.


Umaine President Annual New Academic Year News Conference, Peter Hoff, Division Of Marketing And Communications Sep 1998

Umaine President Annual New Academic Year News Conference, Peter Hoff, Division Of Marketing And Communications

General University of Maine Publications

The text of UMaine President Peter Hoff's comments to members of the press at a news conference marking the start of the Fall 1998 semester. Content includes enrollment statistics and a summary of ongoing activities at the university.


The Lobbist No. 22 (August 1998), Maine Women's Lobby Staff Aug 1998

The Lobbist No. 22 (August 1998), Maine Women's Lobby Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

No abstract provided.


Field Hockey Media Guide, 1998, University Of Maine Athletic Media Relations Aug 1998

Field Hockey Media Guide, 1998, University Of Maine Athletic Media Relations

General University of Maine Publications

The University of Maine Field Hockey Complex is home to the Maine Black Bears. It features an all-turf playing surface, scoreboard and bleachers that seats up to 500 spectators.


Maine, Volume 79, Number 2, Summer 1998, University Of Maine General Alumni Association Jul 1998

Maine, Volume 79, Number 2, Summer 1998, University Of Maine General Alumni Association

UMaine Alumni Magazines - All

Contents:

From Dropout to Scholar: High School Dropout Scott Labby Graduated with Honors from UMaine in May, Now He's Headed for Yale Law School --- Right Place at the Right Time: UMaine Alumnus Blair LaCorte '85 Talks About Hish Rise to the Top of the Technology Business --- Is This a Good Idea? A Recent NCAA Rule Allows Even Full Scholarship-Athletes to Work --- 'My Life Is My Message': UMaine Professor Doug Allen Thinks We Can Learn A Lot From the Life and Teachings of Mahatma Gandhi --- The Fantastic World of Andrew Periale: If You Think Puppets Are Just …


Sir Hiram Maxim And His Gun: A Literary Trail, Charles Shain Jun 1998

Sir Hiram Maxim And His Gun: A Literary Trail, Charles Shain

Maine History

Hiram Maxim, born near Sangerville, Maine, in 1840, enjoyed a brilliant career as an inventor and self-promotor. His best-known invention, the Maxim gun, proved appallingly successful during the British imperialistic ventures in Africa at the turn of the century and later in World War I. In this article, Emeritus Professor Charles Shain traces the literary usages for Maxim ’s invention, both as noun and as a verb - describing the scything action of the gun as it mowed down an advancing foe. Charles Shain published and taught in the field of American Studies at Carleton College and for twelve years …


Maine Lumber Production, 1839-1997: A Statistical Overview, Lloyd C. Irland Jun 1998

Maine Lumber Production, 1839-1997: A Statistical Overview, Lloyd C. Irland

Maine History

Complementing the qualitative account of forestry's impact provided by Geoffrey Carpenter, Lloyd Irland gives us a broad statistical overview of the industry, its changing economic fortunes, and its impact on the environment of the north woods. The data, while not always precise, reveal the terms upon which the state's decision-makers historically viewed the forest and its future. Mr. Irland is private forestry consultant in Winthrop, Maine, who has written widely on New England forestry topics, including Wildlands and Woodlots: The Story Of New England's Forests (1982).


Deforestation In Nineteenth-Century Maine: The Record Of Henry David Thoreau, Geoffrey Paul Carpenter Jun 1998

Deforestation In Nineteenth-Century Maine: The Record Of Henry David Thoreau, Geoffrey Paul Carpenter

Maine History

Thoreau’s Maine Woods, a record of three trips made between 1846 and 1857, offers a combination of literary metaphor and precise botanical and topographical observation. Comparing Thoreau’s journals with recent advances in forest ecology, author Geoffrey Paul Carpenter reveals a detailed picture of the various ways in which logging activity changed the forests, lakes, and rivers of Maine. Carpenter demonstrates that a precise understanding of forest history depends not only on traditional statistical sources, but also on the subjective personal testimony found in the literary record.


Wome In The Curriculum And Women's Studies Program 1997-1998, Womein In The Curriculum And Women's Studies Program, University Of Maine Staff Jun 1998

Wome In The Curriculum And Women's Studies Program 1997-1998, Womein In The Curriculum And Women's Studies Program, University Of Maine Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

No abstract provided.


Graduate Students Learn From, Give Back To Area Schools, Kay Hyatt Jun 1998

Graduate Students Learn From, Give Back To Area Schools, Kay Hyatt

General University of Maine Publications

Students in the University of Maine's Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program have spent much of the past year working with classroom teachers in three area communities They brought new ideas and varied experiences to schools in Old Town, Brewer and Orono. They also offered a rare commodity in busy public schools -- the time and resources to do research and evaluations and to develop new programs and materials.


The Lobbyist No. 21 (April 1998), Maine Women's Lobby Staff Apr 1998

The Lobbyist No. 21 (April 1998), Maine Women's Lobby Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

No abstract provided.


Maine, Volume 79, Number 1, Spring 1998, University Of Maine General Alumni Association Apr 1998

Maine, Volume 79, Number 1, Spring 1998, University Of Maine General Alumni Association

UMaine Alumni Magazines - All

Contents:

Goal, Lorenz! UMaine's Women's Hockey Star --- Too Much Mercury: UMaine Researchers Have Been Warning About Mercury Concentrations in Maine Waters for Decades --- Lighting 'The Lion King': UMaine Forestry Graduate Don Holder '80 Makes It to the Big Time as the Lighting Designer For One of Broadway's Biggest Hits --- Forcing Diversity Issues to the Forefront: An Ugly Racial Incident Leads to a UMaine Community Discussion on Making the Campus More Inviting for People of Color --- Supreme Justice: A Profile of Maine's Newest State Supreme Court Justice, Leigh Ingalls Saufley '76