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MacDougall, Pauleena

 Person

Found in 41 Collections and/or Records:

1998 Ice Storm Oral History Project

 Collection
Identifier: MF101
Scope and Contents

Personal stories, narratives, and anecdotes about the great January 1998 ice storm.

Dates: 1998

Bangor Waterfront Revitalization Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MF156
Collection Note

This collection consists of two interviews conducted by Pauleena MacDougall in November and December 2008 about the development of the Bangor waterfront. John M. Rohman was the CEO of WBRC, a firm of architects and engineers. Rodney McKay was Director of Community and Economic Development for the city of Bangor. Included in the collection is a copy of the Bangor Waterfront Master Plan and a Powerpoint presentation about Maine’s creative economy.

Dates: 2008

Brooklin Boat Building Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MF157
Scope and Contents

Interviews about boat building in Brooklin, Maine conducted by Maine Folklife Center's Pauleena MacDougal. Interviewees are George Allen, Frank Day Jr., Eric Dow, Wade Dow, Gilford W. Full, Havilah “Haddie” Hawkins, Brian Larkin, Brion Rieff, James F. “Jimmy” Steele, J. Steven White.

Also included: 35 photographs (P09157 - P09175, P09271 - P09286): Brooklin, Hawkins, Sails and Peapods, Brooklin School, Joel White.

Dates: 2003-2004

Climate Change Institute 40th Anniversary Oral History Project

 Collection
Identifier: MF192
Scope and Contents

Interviews done in 2013-2015 by Maine Folklife Center's Director Pauleena MacDougall and graduate research assistant Adam Cilli for the 40th anniversary of the UMaine Climate Change Institute. The interviews focus on the history of the Climate Change Institute, climate change in general, and the interviewees' specialties.

Dates: 2013-2014

Cynthia Thayer, interviewed by Pauleena MacDougall

 Series
Abstract

2635 Cynthia Thayer, interviewed by Pauleena MacDougall, September 22, 2000, at the Common Ground Fair in Unity, Maine. Thayer discusses moving to Maine to become a farmer; her organic farm; composting; relationship with local community; involvement with MOFGA; farm apprentices; certification; involvement with the Wednesday Spinners at the Common Ground Fair; and changes in her farming lifestyle over time. Text: 21 pp. transcript. Recording: C 1918 1 hour. mfc_na2635_c1918_01.

Dates: 2000-2004

David Sanger, interviewed by Pauleena MacDougall and Adam Lee Cilli, July 18, 2013

 Series
Identifier: NA4008
Scope and Contents NA4008 David Sanger, interviewed by Pauleena MacDougall and Adam Lee Cilli, July 18, 2013, in his office in South Stevens Hall at the University of Maine, Orono. Sanger talks about the beginnings of his career in archaeology; his beginnings at UMaine and the Climate Change Institute; conducting research in Maine and New Brunswick; the relationship between archaeology and climate science; and how, at UMaine, the anthropology department contributed to the CCI and vice versa. Text: 11 pp....
Dates: July 18, 2013

Dr. Nicholas Smith, interviewed by Pauleena MacDougall

 Series
Abstract

NA4546 Dr. Nicholas Smith, interviewed by Pauleena MacDougall, August 24, 1999, in his home at 34 Beech Drive, Brunswick, Maine, about his experiences doing anthropological field work. Text: No transcript. Recording: mf206_na4546_220.01A, mf206_na4546_220.01B, mf206_na4546_220.02A. Time: Restrictions: No restrictions. Time: 02:08:55.

Dates: 1970-2003

Eastern Fine Pulp and Paper Company

 Collection
Identifier: MF155
Scope and Contents

Pauleena MacDougall, then Associate Director of the Maine Folklife Center, and Amy Stevens, then graduate student in history, conducted a series of oral history interviews and collecting photographs and documents relating to the history and culture of Eastern Fine Paper in Brewer, Maine. The mill closed in January, 2003 after operating as a paper and/or lumber mill for more than a century.

Dates: December 2004-August 2007

Edward D. “Sandy” Ives, interviewed by Pauleena MacDougall

 Series
Abstract

3012 Edward D. “Sandy” Ives, interviewed by Pauleena MacDougall, March 5, 2003. Ives discusses the formation of the Northeast Folklore Society; founding the journal Northeast Folklore; composition of first board; finances; Helen Creighton’s visit; function of the board; and editing Northeast Folklore. Text: 4 pp. incomplete transcript. Recording: mfc_na3012_c2052_01 [C 2052]. 46 minutes

Dates: 1971 - 1999

Fannie Hardy Eckstorm

 Collection
Identifier: MF174
Scope and Contents

A collection including interviews that focus primarily on Fannie Hardy Eckstorm. The first interviews were conducted in 1934 and as recent as 1997. There are 5 series in NAFOH that relate to Eckstorm, but 4 belong soley to this collection. The fifth is na1118 from MF167 1.2

Dates: 1934, 1977, 1995, 1997

Folk Traditions Festival Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MF109
Scope and Contents

The event was ponsored by the Maine Folklife Center, the first annual Folk Traditions Festival was held November 6-7, 1998 at the University of Maine in Orono. The festival featured musicians and dancers from Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. Some examples of the music performed were Cape Breton fiddle music and song selections in English and Gaelic are played with talking interspersed throughout.

Dates: 1998

George Denton, interviewed by Pauleena MacDougall and Adam Lee Cilli, October 2, 2013

 Series
Identifier: NA2751
Scope and Contents NA2751 George Denton, interviewed by Pauleena MacDougall and Adam Lee Cilli, October 2, 2013, in his office in Bryand Hall at the University of Maine, Orono. Denton talks about the beginnings of his career in geology; conducting research in Antarctica and meeting Hal Borns; finding said research unchallenging; the Climate Change Institute's contributions, particularly the discovery of abrupt climate change; and his connections with faculty at Columbia University. Text: 11 pp. transcript....
Dates: October 2, 2013

George Jacobson, interviewed by Pauleena MacDougall and Adam Lee Cilli, July 8, 2013

 Series
Identifier: NA2743
Scope and Contents NA2743 George Jacobson, interviewed by Pauleena MacDougall and Adam Lee Cilli, July 8, 2013, in the Climate Change Institute's conference room in Sawyer Hall at the University of Maine, Orono. Jacobson talks about the beginnings of his career in botany and ecology; the environmental movement; coming to UMaine; the importance of interdisciplinarity and collaboration; obtaining funding; working with administration; the contributions of the Climate Change Institute; his own research; his...
Dates: July 8, 2013

Harold "Hal" Borns, interviewed by Pauleena MacDougall and Adam Lee Cilli, July 25, 2013

 Series
Identifier: NA2742
Scope and Contents NA2742 Harold "Hal" Borns, interviewed by Pauleena MacDougall and Adam Lee Cilli, July 25, 2013, in his office in Sawyer Hall at the University of Maine, Orono. Borns talks about the beginnings of his career in geology; his interest in glaciers; his early years at UMaine; founding the Climate Change Institute; obtaining funding; the definition of "quaternary"; conducting research in Maine and Antarctica; and the reality of anthropogenic climate change. Text: 12 pp. transcript. Recording:...
Dates: July 25, 2013

Immigrants and Identity

 Collection
Identifier: MF162
Scope and Contents

Maine Folklife Center and the Hudson Museum at the University of Maine proposed to study and present the ways that immigrants in central and eastern Maine connect themselves with their ethnicity.

Dates: February to June 2005

Jill Breen, interviewed by Pauleena MacDougall

 Series
Abstract 3066 Jill Breen, interviewed by Pauleena MacDougall, September 22, 2002, at the Common Ground Fair in Unity, Maine. Breen talks about the choice to move to Troy, Maine, instead of Vermont in 1972; the attraction of organic farming as a way of life; apprenticing on a vegetable farm; moving to St. Albans, Maine; becoming a midwife; financial hardship; apprenticing as a means of learning a trade; the “Birth Tent” at the Common Ground Fair; isolation from the local community in Central Maine;...
Dates: 2000-2004

Ken Horn, interviewed by Pauleena MacDougall

 Series
Abstract 3079 Ken Horn, interviewed by Pauleena MacDougall, September 20, 2003, at the Common Ground Fair in Unity, Maine. Horn speaks about how he came to live in Maine; serving as a combat crew member of B-52s in Limestone; organic farming; how he was affected by Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring; the lack of information available from the Extension Service; becoming an information provider for organic farming; contacts Bob Johnson of Johnny’s Seeds and Ben Wilcox; Charlie Gould of the Knox County...
Dates: 2000-2004

Academic Affairs. Dean, College Of Liberal Arts And Sciences. Maine Folklife Center (University Of Maine) Records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA RG 0006-003-022
Scope and Contents The records mainly contains textual information created by the University of Maine's Maine Folklife Center, but there are also photographic material, audio recording on vinyl records, CDs, and cassettes, and also computer disks containing programming material. The record series Administrative Records contains copies of various departmental reports and policies, fund raising information, Board of Advisors meeting material, and publicity material. Also, includes information...
Dates: 1820-2016; Majority of material found within 1957-2012

Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA)

 Collection
Identifier: MF121
Scope and Contents

This collection contains interviews with people associated with the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA) and the Common Ground Fair in Unity, Maine. Themes include the process of beginning to farm organically, the early development of MOFGA and its growth; the Common Ground Fair and its expansion; marketing organic food; farming strategies; raising livestock; and MOFGA’s interactions with conventional farmers and the wider community.

Dates: 2000-2004

Marie Hickey, interviewed by Pauleena MacDougall

 Series
Abstract 3068 Marie Hickey, interviewed by Pauleena MacDougall, September 20, 2002, at the Common Ground Fair in Unity, Maine. Hickey begins by outlining her current role at MOFGA; why she came to Maine and how she got connected to MOFGA; her involvement with the children’s area of the fair and being coordinator for 20 years; her perspective of the purpose of the Common Ground Fair; educational aspects of the fair; activities for children at the fair; future plans in the children’s area; recruiting...
Dates: 2000-2004

Musical Instrument Making

 Collection
Identifier: MF158
Scope and Contents

Interviewees talk about violin, guitar, drum, harp, and cello making, as well as playing instruments and music shops.

Dates: 2003

Native American Folklore

 Collection
Identifier: MF141
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of research papers written for ANT 490 and ANT 426 Native American Folklore, both of these courses are taught by Pauleena MacDougall at the University of Maine in Orono during the fall of 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, and 2010. Topics covered in the papers included: Wabanaki spirit guides, basket making, creation myths involving Gluskap, Passamaquoddy stories for children, Wabanaki medicinal plants and traditional healers, and Passamaquoddy Wampum Records.

Dates: 2000-2010

Recording of Ron Davis, interviewed by Pauleena MacDougall and Adam Lee Cilli

 Digital Record
Identifier: mfc_na2749_audio001
Dates: September 13, 2013

Richard Dickey, interviewed by Pauleena MacDougall

 Series
Abstract

3064 Richard Dickey, interviewed by Pauleena MacDougall, September 20, 2002, at the Common Ground Fair in Unity, Maine. Dickey discusses the Common Ground Fair; getting involved ca. 1980; changes when the fair moved from Litchfield to Windsor; attitude of the citizens of Windsor; the importance of the fair for consumers; the fair as an institution; and his favorite memories of the fair. Text: 14 pp. transcript. Recording: C 2108. mfc_na3064_c2108_01.

Dates: 2000-2004

Ron Davis, interviewed by Pauleena MacDougall and Adam Lee Cilli, September 13, 2013

 Series
Identifier: NA2749
Scope and Contents NA2749 Ron Davis, interviewed by Pauleena MacDougall and Adam Lee Cilli, September 13, 2013, in the Maine Folklife Center in South Stevens Hall at the University of Maine, Orono. Davis talks about the beginnings of his career in zoology; coming to UMaine; the beginnings of the Climate Change Institute; his affiliation with the CCI causing tension within his department; his own research on lake eutrophication and acid rain; and his experiences with the CCI. Text: 7 pp. transcript. Recording:...
Dates: September 13, 2013