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Man Made Lake, Gaylon "Jeep" Wilcox
Man Made Lake, Gaylon "Jeep" Wilcox
Maine Song and Story Sampler
“Man Made lake” is a commentary on the flooding of a twenty-five mile stretch of the Dead River in Western Maine, which submerged Flagstaff Plantation, Dead River Plantation, and Bigelow Township
The Mad Whittler, Gaylon Jeep Wilcox
The Mad Whittler, Gaylon Jeep Wilcox
Maine Song and Story Sampler
“The Mad Whittler” is about Rangeley’s former dump, which may not sound like a traditional subject for poetry. The dump was, before being closed, a major attraction where people from all over gathered to watch bears forage.
Maine Folklife, Vol. 17, Iss. 2, Maine Folklife Center
Maine Folklife, Vol. 17, Iss. 2, Maine Folklife Center
Maine Folklife Center Newsletter
A new collaboration between the Library of Congress' American Folklife Center and the University of Maine will preserve a unique archival collection that documents the history and traditions of Maine, other New England states the Canada's Maritime Provinces. That collection, the entire holdings of the Northeast Archives of Folklore and History, is part of UMaine's Folklife Center.
The library will acquire the entire collection, preserve it at its state-of-the art facilities and serve it online and in person to researchers from around the world. Digital copies will remain accessible at UMaine's Maine Folklife Center.
The folklife center will contract with …
Life On The Farm In The Old Days, Sunny Stutzman
Life On The Farm In The Old Days, Sunny Stutzman
Maine Song and Story Sampler
Sunny Stutzman's story relates some basic differences between life on the farm in the old days and now, but also generally differences between life on the farm and anywhere else in society.
Maine Folklife, Vol. 16, Iss. 1, Maine Folklife Center
Maine Folklife, Vol. 16, Iss. 1, Maine Folklife Center
Maine Folklife Center Newsletter
British Ballads from Maine, edited by Phillips Barry, Fannie Hardy Eckstorm and Mary Winslow Smyth was published by Yale University Press in 1929. It is an academic collection of Child ballads that the authors collected from singers in Maine. Each ballad is listed with Child numbers with variants used to illustrate the sources and dates of the collection. The authors hoped to demonstrate the richness of New England as a ballad area, to prove that many American ballad texts are old compared with those printed in the Child collection, and to provide a handbook for fieldworkers who might wish to …