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Maine Folklife, Vol. 7, Iss. 2, Maine Folklife Center
Maine Folklife, Vol. 7, Iss. 2, Maine Folklife Center
Maine Folklife Center Newsletter
The accounts of wars recorded in history books tend to focus on the names and dates of battles, the decisions of political leaders and the heroics of charismatic military commanders. Those facts are important, of course, but they only tell part of the story.
The Maine Folklife Center at The University of Maine, in collaboration with the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress, is doing its part to make sure the rest of the story is recorded. The Maine Folklife Center has begun to organize an extensive oral history project that will preserve the war stories of veterans …
Maine Folklife, Vol. 7, Iss. 1, Maine Folklife Center
Maine Folklife, Vol. 7, Iss. 1, Maine Folklife Center
Maine Folklife Center Newsletter
The city of Bangor will be the next stop for the National Folk Festival! Sandy Ives and Pauleena MacDougall are serving on the local planning committee for the festival, and Pauleena will also chair the Material Culture committee and aid the Festival's Executive Director, Bob Libby. The National Folk Festival was brought to Bangor through the hard work of Donna Fitchner, Executive Director of the Bangor Convention & Visitors Bureau, in coordination with the city of Bangor and Eastern Maine Development Corporation. Senator Susan Collins and humorist Tim Sample will serve as Honorary Co-chairs for the event.
The city hopes …