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Regional Folk Beliefs, Edward D. Ives
Regional Folk Beliefs, Edward D. Ives
Dr. Edward D. Ives Papers
This accession contains over 4,000 folk beliefs organized on individual, 4x6-inch index cards. A majority of the belief cards were collected by students participating during the 1960s as part of the American Folklore course taught by Dr. Edward D. “Sandy” Ives. Folk beliefs originate primarily from Maine and the Maritimes, but occasionally extend into other areas. Each download contains a copy of the 1965 syllabus for American Folklore, explaining the assignment given to students.
Please Note: A significant number of these cards are handwritten and are not currently available as typed transcriptions. The belief cards are organized into categories noted …
Francis James Child: Some Thoughts While Shaving, Edward D. Ives
Francis James Child: Some Thoughts While Shaving, Edward D. Ives
Dr. Edward D. Ives Papers
What can I possibly say that can add to the huge body of commentary on this man, the hochgecelebrated Francis James Child? Not much, I'm afraid. He has all but been canonized by some, demonized by others. H singlehandedly saved the ballad from oblivion; he is the source of our major ballad-study problems. He had an instinct that told him what was a ballad, what was not; he had no theoretical underpinning for his choices. His great collection is lhe beginning of all our wisdom; his great collection rides us like the Old Man of the Mountains, weighing us down, …
"How Got The Apples In?" Individual Creativity And Ballad Tradition, Edward D. Ives
"How Got The Apples In?" Individual Creativity And Ballad Tradition, Edward D. Ives
Dr. Edward D. Ives Papers
Way back in the beginning of things, almost a hundred years ago, Francis Barton Gummere not only wrote as good a description of the ballad as we've got, he also asked a crucial if rather enigmatic question, and that question-probably partly because it was enigmatic to the point of being gnomic-caught my attention when I first read it almost half a century after it had been written: "How got the apples in?" It turns out he was quoting a humorous poem by John Wolcott (aka "Peter Pindar") in which King James, looking at an old woman's dumplings, wondered "How the …
The World Of Maritimes Folklore, Edward D. Ives
The World Of Maritimes Folklore, Edward D. Ives
Dr. Edward D. Ives Papers
Dr. Edward "Sandy" Ives is Professor of Folklore and Oral History in the Department of Anthropology, University of Maine (Orono), and Director of the Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History. He is also Editor of Northeast Folklore. One of the most distinguished and respected folklorists in the United States, and widely known in Canadian folklore circles, he was considered by his peers and by the Trustees of the Helen Creighton Foundation to be the obvious choice to give the inaugural address in the Foundation's new biennial Helen Creighton Lecture Series. This Lecture was given in February 1992 at the …
Folk Arts And The Maine Arts Commission, Edward D. Ives
Folk Arts And The Maine Arts Commission, Edward D. Ives
Dr. Edward D. Ives Papers
Just as I believe, as an oral historian, that there is no such thing as oral history, only history, I also believe as a folklorist that there is no such thing as folk art as an entity distinct from other kinds of art, say "primitive" or "high" art. There is only art, the aesthetic response, the shaping of the world experienced into meaningful and apposite forms that can be shared with others. The creation and enjoyment of what we call art is fundamental to being human; it is not limited to any one social class or community but, as my …
An Oral Historian's Work Display Ad, Sheldon Weiss Productions
An Oral Historian's Work Display Ad, Sheldon Weiss Productions
Dr. Edward D. Ives Papers
A display advertisement promoting the release of Dr. Edward D. "Sandy" Ives instructional videotape entitled, An Oral Historian's Work. The advertisement includes a photograph of the author, an image of the videotape case and promotional quotes from reviewers.
The Boys Of The Island : P.I.'S In The Maine Lumberwoods, Edward D. Ives
The Boys Of The Island : P.I.'S In The Maine Lumberwoods, Edward D. Ives
Dr. Edward D. Ives Papers
On the evening of March 19, 1984. a large crowd of Island folklore enthusiasts braved a snowy night and the threat of a power blackout to attend a lecture by "Sandy" Ives, author of books on Island folksong makers Larry Gorman and Lawrence Doyle. The event was memorable; Professor Ives shared his subject with new friends and old, told the stories and sang the songs. The lecture was part of the Second Annual Island Lecture Series. "Leaving Home: Migration from P.E.I."
Lumbercamp Singing And The Two Traditions, Edward D, Ives
Lumbercamp Singing And The Two Traditions, Edward D, Ives
Dr. Edward D. Ives Papers
What I will do in this short paper is to describe singing as it occurred in the lumbercamps of Maine during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. What was its function, when, where, and (in broad terms only) how was it done; who were the singers, and what was the basic repertoire? I will then take my own early assumption that there were two traditions in the Northeast: something called "lumbercamp" or "woods" tradition and something called "local" tradition. I will wind up by redefining these two traditions and something called "local" tradition. I will wind up by redefining …
Common-Man Biography: Some Notes By The Way, Edward D. Ives
Common-Man Biography: Some Notes By The Way, Edward D. Ives
Dr. Edward D. Ives Papers
"An entire library devoted to the life and deeds of one man, and I'm standing on it!" I had come to Austin, Texas, to attend the 1972 Oral History Colloquium, and the immediate occasion of my yokel wonderment was a cocktail party in the sumptuous reception room atop the Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Library. The massive accumulation of documents represented by the many floors of stacks below me all but made my feet tingle, and I wondered how Johnson's biographers could ever hope to deal with it all. The contrast with my own problems as a biographer was almost too …
Satirical Songs In Maine And The Maritime Provinces Of Canada, Edward D. Ives
Satirical Songs In Maine And The Maritime Provinces Of Canada, Edward D. Ives
Dr. Edward D. Ives Papers
Invective, ridicule, and insult are not uncommon ingredients in folk songs, and since songs containing these elements usually make us laugh, we speak of them as satirical. Sometimes the satire springs from a strong sense of social injustice, as it did with singers like Aunt Molly Jackson and Woody Guthrie. More commonly it arises from personal motives, such as a desire to annoy. This is a progress report on local songs-particularly those attributed to Larry Gorman-in Maine, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island.
The Man Who Plucked The Gorbey: A Maine Woods Legend, Edward D. Ives
The Man Who Plucked The Gorbey: A Maine Woods Legend, Edward D. Ives
Dr. Edward D. Ives Papers
The Canada Jay labors under the official name of Perisoreus canadensis canadensis but it is more commonly called gorbey, moose-bird, meat-bird, greasebird, Whiskey Jack, Whiskey John, Hudson Bay bird, caribou bird, venison hawk, grey jay, woodsman's friend, or camp robber. Maine woodsmen usually call it either gorbey or moose-bird. It is a native of the northern coniferous forests, which means that it is found all through Canada but only in the northernmost areas of the northernmost states of the Union. In the Northeast, it is found in northern Maine and over most of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Ernest Thompson …
The Life And Work Of Larry Gorman : A Preliminary Report, Edward D. Ives
The Life And Work Of Larry Gorman : A Preliminary Report, Edward D. Ives
Dr. Edward D. Ives Papers
Lawrence Gorman, "The Man Who Makes the Songs," was born in Trout River, Lot Thirteen, on the west end of Prince Edward Island in 1846. As a young man he worked on his father's farm, in the many shipyards along the Bideford and Trout Rivers, as a fisherman, and as a hand in the lobster factories along the shore from Cape Wolfe to Miminigash. Up to about 1885 (age forty), he spent many of his winters in the lumberwoods and his springs on the river drives, mostly along the Miramichi River in New Brunswick. Then he would usually return to …
Larry Gorman And The Cante Fable, Edward D. Ives
Larry Gorman And The Cante Fable, Edward D. Ives
Dr. Edward D. Ives Papers
Herbert Halpert's work in collecting and making other collectors conscious of the cante fable in America is well known. In "The Cante Fable in Decay," he suggested two reasons why we have not found more cante fables here. First, folksong collectors have not asked for tales with songs in them. Second, many of the ones we have found are so corrupt as to be unrecognizable. Often, he goes on to say, "the rhyme itself is all of the story that is told while the narrative details are relegated to a purely informative function and may or may not be given-depending …
"The Bonny Earl Of Murray": The Ballad As History, Edward D. Ives
"The Bonny Earl Of Murray": The Ballad As History, Edward D. Ives
Dr. Edward D. Ives Papers
Andrew Lang Spoke of the murder of "The Bonny Earl" of Moray as "a deed which for years influenced the politics of Scotland." It is also the subject of one of the most beautiful and stirring of the Scottish ballads (Child 181), compelling even to people hearing or reading it for the first time. A ballad should certainly not be judged on whether or not it is good history; either it tells a story well or it does not. Neither will our knowledge of its historical background make us see a poor ballad as a good one. On the other …
Folksongs Of Maine Sung By Sandy Ives Liner Notes, Edward D. Ives
Folksongs Of Maine Sung By Sandy Ives Liner Notes, Edward D. Ives
Dr. Edward D. Ives Papers
Liner notes authored by Sandy Ives to accompany his 1959 album of Maine folksongs. Includes a brief biograph of Ives and the lyrics and background of each song on the album.
The Burning Ship Of Northumberland Strait: Some Notes On That Apparition, Edward D. Ives
The Burning Ship Of Northumberland Strait: Some Notes On That Apparition, Edward D. Ives
Dr. Edward D. Ives Papers
During the summer of 1957, I was on Prince Edward Island and while collecting data on an entirely different subject, I heard "The Burning Ship" mentioned several times, especially in the area known as the Lot Seven Shore (Cape Wolfe, Glengarry, Burton, and Campbellton). Being occupied with other matters, I did not make anything like a thorough investigation, but I did begin asking questions. Some months after my return to Maine, I wrote letters to the chief Island newspapers asking for information, and I received replies from some fifteen people, most of whom claimed to have seen this ship. This …