Scott, Joe, 1867-1918

Abstract NA4365 Annie Laura (Mrs. Benjamin) Smith, interviewed by Edward D. "Sandy" Ives, August 27, 1965, in the home of Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin Smith, age 84, in Alberton, P.E.I. With them is Frank McAlduff and the Smiths' son Chester Smith. Mrs. Smith sings "Gracie M. Parker." She believed a man named Arsenault from Tignish, P.E.I. wrote the song the fall of 1893. She witnessed the "Gracie M. Parker" loading at Alberton wharf and knew every one of the dead named in the song but one. Ives' notes on...

Abstract 0988 Edward C. Peverley, interviewed by Edward D. “Sandy” Ives, November 2, 1974, at Peverley’s home in South Paris, Maine. Peverley, age 88, talks about the Grand Trunk Wreck of Jan. 18, 1901: song about the wreck written by Joe Scott; recovered supplies; people jumping before the crash; it being a difficult fire to stop; biographical material; his family’s trades; his burned house; his teaching machinist trade in high school; how government mistreats veterans; customs and sorts of...

Abstract NA4369 Emile Arsenault interviewed by Edward D. "Sandy" Ives, August 26, 1965, at Arsenault's home in Tignish, P.E.I. Also, present James Reginald "Reggie" Porter and Frank Buote. Arsenault sings his version of “The Norway Bum,” keeping time by thumping. Arsenault sings “The Old Armchair” [Granny's Old Armchair] that he learned from Jimmy Duron. Ives' notes on the visit are recorded in his "Field Diary, Aug. 20, 1965, to Sept. 10, 1965." (NA2539, p. 11) Recording: mf167_1.1_ives065.07 &...

Abstract NA4362 Underhill A. and Emma W. Coughlin interviewed by Edward D. “Sandy” Ives, August 23, 1965, in the Coughlin's home in Brooklyn, P.E.I. Mrs. Coughlin sings “The Norway Bum.” She performs “John Ladner.” Mrs. Coughlin then performs “Guy Reed” by Joe Scott but as her voice weakens, she speaks the lyrics she learned from Dave Coughlin who was a neighbor about 1911 or 1912. She mentions Sam Cannon, who was a singer. Learned the "The Norway Bum" from Hannah Kinch and Laila Corkran who used to...

Abstract NA4366 Frank Buote, interviewed by Edward D. "Sandy" Ives, August 26, 1965, at Buote's home in Tignish, P.E.I. Also, present James Reginald "Reggie" Porter. Buote, age 60, performs "The Norway Bum" in a clear tenor voice. He learned the song from Jim Arsenault from Frog Pond. Buote suggests Ives meet Emile Arsenault. Ives' notes on the visit are recorded in his "Field Diary, Aug. 20, 1965, to Sept. 10, 1965." (NA2539, p. 11) Recording: mf167_1.1_ives065.05 & 065.06_cd083_09 -...

Abstract NA4357 Fred McLaine interviewed by Edward D. "Sandy" Ives, July 17, 1965, at Lake George, Nova Scotia, Canada. Present during the interview Sharon Spurrell and Fred Cogswell and Mr. McLaine's sister. McLaine, age 80, worked with Joe Scott cutting pulp while working for Fred Greenlow. Joe used to sing his songs while working with the Greenlow pulp operation. Heard Joe's songs before he met Joe. Discusses the song, "The Plain Golden Band." Discusses how Joe "could stop a toothache." Joe was...

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NA0760 Fred Smith and Cherry Noble (Mrs. Lucien) Frechette, interviewed by Jayne Lello for FO 134, April 22, 1973, Norway, Maine. 44 pp. Tape: 1/2 hr. w/ trans. Smith and Frechette (descendant of Maine fiddler, Mellie Dunham) talk about the Norway fire of 1894; the Norway Bum; and Joe Scott, song-maker. Paper titled “The Truth of the Norway Bum.” Text: 45 pp. transcript; 12 pp. personal paper. Recording: T 0603 1/2 hour.

Abstract NA4363 Grattan McHugh, interviewed by Edward D. "Sandy" Ives at the McHugh home in Tignish, P.E.I., August 25, 1965. With them is Stephen Ives. Background includes talk and rustling from the kitchen. Mr. McHugh, age 60, sings some Joe Scott songs. "Howard Carey," McHugh learned from Burt Provost. "Benjamin Deane," learned from Burt Provost. Ives' notes on the visit are recorded in his "Field Diary, Aug. 20, 1965, to Sept. 10, 1965." (NA2539, p. 6) Recording: mf167_1.1_ives065.03 &...

Abstract 3614 Recorded by Edward D. “Sandy” Ives. Recording of songs. “Howard Carey,” first version sung by John O’Conner and second by Wesley Smith, as well as “Guy Reed” sung by Philip Walsh, “The Plain Golden Band” sung by Sam Jagoe and “Benjamin Deane” sung & recited by William Bell. On the second side of the tape are the songs “Benjamin Deane” version 2 sung by Chester Price and version 3 sung by Wilmot MacDonald. Also, “The Norway Bum” sung by James Brown and “The White Cafe” sung by Fred...

Abstract NA4373 Joseph “Joe” Walsh interviewed by Edward D. "Sandy" Ives, September 1, 1965, at Morell Rear, P.E.I. Also, present Bobby and Stephen Ives. The sound of rambunctious child or children running around can be heard in the background. Walsh performs his version of Joe Scott's ballad, "Howard Carey" that he learned from Tom Keith in P.E.I., a schoolteacher who worked on the railroad and was killed in a train wreck. Walsh explains where in the song he "got it wrong" and advised Ives to use...

Abstract NA4370 John Morrison, interviewed by Edward D. "Sandy" Ives, August 30, 1965, at Morrison's home in Charlottetown, P.E.I. Also present, Mrs. John Morrison, the couple's son and two of his young children who can be heard playing. Pet parakeets also singing. Morrison, age 53, sings a couple verses of his version of “Howard Carey” and explains how he makes an active effort to remember the song. Morrison is originally from Conway but worked "around the shore" [fishing] and in the lobster cannery...

Abstract NA4372 John O'Connor interviewed by Edward D. "Sandy" Ives, August 31, 1965, at Hope River, P.E.I., Canada. (See NA2539, p. 25). Also present in the room, Mrs. O'Connor and Stephen Ives. O'Connor begins by singing the Joe Scott ballad, "Howard Carey" that he learned in 1919. O'Connor performs "The Plain Golden Band" that he learned from Gabriel Warren in the 1920s. O'Connor performs "The Boys of the Island" he learned from Corelius "Cor" Herrell in 1919. Spoke of entertainment in the woods...

Abstract NA4361 John R. Dignan, interviewed by Edward D. "Sandy" Ives, August 24, 1965, at Howland, P.E.I., Canada. Dignan, age 83, talks about meeting Joe Scott around 1902 when Dignan was 19 years old during his "first and only experience" working in the woods. Dignan was working with Tom Tracey's crew at the Wentwork [?] location on the Androscoggin River near the New Hampshire border. Joe Scott showed up at the camp selling his songs for 10-cents apiece. Dignan bought three or four of the songs....

Abstract NA4367 Linus Christopher, interviewed by Edward D. "Sandy Ives, August 26, 1965, at the Christopher home in Tignish, P.E.I. Also, present James Reginald "Reggie" Porter and Frank Buote. Christopher, age 80, sings "Brennan on the Moor," about a highway man. "Fair Charlotte." "The Crockery Ware." Ives' notes on the visit are recorded in his "Field Diary, Aug. 20, 1965, to Sept. 10, 1965." (NA2539, p. 13) Recording: mf167_1.1_ives065.05 & 065.06_cd083_11 - mf167_1.1_ives065.05 &...

Abstract NA4364 Malvina Doucette interviewed by Edward D. "Sandy" Ives, August 26, 1965, at the home of her sister, Mary Blanche Gaudet, Tignish, P.E.I. With them is Mary's grandson. Mavina's great nephew, James Reginald "Reggie" Porter. The recording starts with Ives' dubbing of a recording Porter made of his great aunt singing "Howard Carey." Doucette then performs "Howard Carey" for Ives to record. Learned the song from James Poirer. She left the island at age 18 to go to Massachusetts. Mentions...

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0624 Musical performance, by Edward D. "Sandy" Ives, May 18, 1971, in the Coe Lounge, University of Maine Memorial Union. Recording of a program of folksongs given as part of Poetry, spring 1971. Ives' performance includes a series of ballads from Joe Scott's "Plain Golden Band" to classical guitar works by Spanish Renaissance composer, Luis de Milán. Recording: mfc_na0624_t0345_01, mfc_na0624_t0345_02. (T 0345 / PM 0537). 1 hour

Abstract Series I. Box 2. Correspondence. Arranged alphabetically, A through F, by the first initial of the correspondent's last name. Many of the letters pertain to Sandy Ives' research about the lives, poetry, and music of Joe Scott and Larry Gorman. Some correspondence relates to Ives' request for old lumber camp songs published in the Kings County Record, Canada and contain lyrics. Typed transcripts of interviews Ives conducted with informants seeking out lyrics and music created by Joe Scott....

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Series I. Box 3. Correspondence. Arranged alphabetically, G through Mc, by the first initial of the correspondent's last name. Letters, poems, song lyrics pertaining to Ives' research to Ives' biographies: Larry Gorman: The Man Who Made the Songs and Joe Scott: the Woodsman-Songmaker. Bulk of materials date throughout the 1960s. Text: typed and handwritten, 1299 pp. NA3746_MF027_Ives_Collection_Box03of20_Series_I_Correspondence_G_to_Mc

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Series II. Box 8. Ballad and Song. Lyrics and song patterns. Sheets to record music. Research about the Miramichi Fire, Joe Scott's song The Norway Bum, the song The Picnic at Groshaut, the song Plain Golden Band, and others. Materials date from 1940s-1960s. Text: typed and handwritten, 592 pp. NA3746_MF027_Ives_Collection_Box08of20_Series_II_Ballad_and_Song_Files_M_Z

Abstract NA4368 Philip Cameron interviewed by Edward D. "Sandy" Ives, August 28, 1965, at Wellington, P.E.I. Also, present Stephen Ives. Cameron sings the first verse of "The Plain Golden Band" then recites the words upon request. Never learned the full song but heard his uncle Michael Cameron sing it. Cameron sings "John Ladner" and explains he got the song from Albert "Ab" Stewart and understood it to be a Joe Scott song. Cameron then sings his version of "Bachelor's Hall" by Larry Gorman. Ives'...

Abstract NA4371 Wesley Smith, interviewed by Edward D. "Sandy" Ives, August 29, 1965, at Smith's home in Victoria West, P.E.I. Smith, age 74, performs "The Sheriff Sale." Discusses knowing Joe Scott and being able to recognize patterns in his lyrics and music and catch phrases such as "heavenly shore" that repeatedly appear in Scott's lyrics. The only song he ever heard Scott sing was "The Plain Golden Band." Spoke of Scott practicing "the black arts" but a reserved man who could also swear "pretty...