Gorman, Larry, 1846-1917

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 NA4397 Arthur Cahill, interviewed by Edward D. "Sandy" Ives at Groshaut, (St. Charles) P.E.I., July 18, 1970. Discusses Lawrence Doyle, his family, and songs, old days at Groshaut, background of Doyle’s songs; information on Hugh Lauchlan MacDonald and his songs; other songmakers discussed; discussion of the picnic at Groshaut, working in saloons, dance styles. Recording: mf167_1.1_ives070.03_cd135_01 - mf167_1.1_ives070.03_cd135_31. Time: 00:57:44Ives' notes on the interview...

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 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 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 NA4378 Leo Gorman, interviewed by Edward D. "Sandy" Ives at his home in Groshaut (St. Charles), P.E.I. on April 1, 1968. In the room for the session are Leo Gorman, age 70, his wife, his daughter Susan, his bachelor brothers John D. and Ambrose, Arthur Cahill, Alphonse Whitty, and Bobby Ives. Ives' notes on this recording: For this first selection, I made a bad blunder by accidentally recording over the first of a session at Gorman's. What follows here came after we had a tea and after we'd...

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...

Abstract

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

Photo Description

Black and white photograph of Leo Gorman, holding a cigarette and sitting in the kitchen of his St. Charles, Prince Edward Island. Photographer: Edward D. "Sandy" Ives. Date: April 2, 1968.

Scope and Contents From the Record Group: MF167.1 consists of interviews conducted by Edward D. "Sandy" Ives on Prince Edward Island between 1969 and 1970, as part of his work to document the folk songs of Prince Edward Island, specifically the songs “made by” Joe Scott, Larry Doyle, and Larry Gorman. Material included in this collection served as source material for Ives’ later publications, Lawrence Doyle: The Farmer-Poet of Prince Edward Island (1971); Larry Gorman: The Man Who...

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...