Herb Morse, Vernon Lovejoy, Horace Davenport, Marian Davenport, and Danny Newcomb, interviewed by Anita Hassell
Scope and Contents
This is an arbitrary collection of accessions created in June 2014 containing interviews that focus on hunting, trapping, poaching, and recreational fishing. There are 123 series in NAFOH that relate to the topic, but 18 belong solely to this collection.
Dates
- 1959-2008
Conditions Governing Access
For digitized items free from access restrictions, we are working to upload this material (pdfs, mp3s, jpgs) for public access but it is an ongoing project. If you don’t find what you are looking for here, contact Special Collections (um.library.spc@maine.edu).
Extent
From the Collection: 18 items
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Abstract
0205 Herb Morse, Vernon Lovejoy, Horace Davenport, Marian Davenport, and Danny Newcomb, interviewed by Anita Hassell for CP 180, spring 1967, Wayne and Winthrop, Maine. Morse, Lovejoy, the Davenports, and Newcomb talks about background and changes in Wayne; water witching; second sight; legend of “Why There Aren’t Any Trout in Poccasset Lake”; place name lore for Bellfonda Rock, Maranacook Lake, Annabesacook Lake, Alder Hill, and Mooselookmeguntic Lake); stories about Indians; legends about caves; legend of “The Stone Lady”; stories of lost mines and buried treasure; mention of Benedict Arnold’s march through the “Desert of Wayne”; haunted houses; stories heard from Scott Ridley; Yankee ingenuity; an extraordinary deer hunt and other hunting stories; big fish story; animal stories (fox, deer, eagle, bear); stories about Melvin Buzzle (a mentally handicapped person); anecdotes about local moonshiners; several tall tales including “shingling the fog”; a chain letter. Text: 104 pp. paper. Recording: 3/4 hr. T 0231 / PM 0024 / CD 0027. RESTRICTED.
Restricted Content
As of February 3, 2021, Fogler Library Special Collections will refrain from publicly posting all Wabanaki related materials in the Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History collection until we have input from the Penobscot Nation, based on the Memorandum of Understanding Between the Penobscot Nation and the University of Maine System, University of Maine (Orono).
- Alcohol trafficking -- Maine Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Arnold, Benedict, Brigadier General (British Army), 1741-1801
- Buried treasure -- Maine Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Dowsers -- Maine Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Ghost stories Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Haunted houses -- Maine Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Hunting -- Anecdotes -- Maine Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Names, Geographical -- Maine Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Psychic ability Subject Source: Local sources
- Tall tales -- Maine Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Repository Details
Part of the Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History Repository
5729 Raymond H. Fogler Library
University of Maine
Orono ME 04469-5729 United States
207.581.1686
