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AY125/ANT325/ANT425/AY197/198 Oral History and Folklore: Fieldwork

 Collection
Identifier: MF130

Scope and Contents

Student papers on a wide variety of folklore and oral history topics, most focused on Maine traditions.

Dates

  • 1970-2014

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).

Conditions Governing Use

Rights assessment remains the responsibility of the researcher. Some known restrictions on material.

Extent

322 items (digital)

1 box (half sized)

Language of Materials

English

Existence and Location of Originals

For those items processed before 2012, the originals are located at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress: AFC 2012/047 https://lccn.loc.gov/2013655211.

Materials Specific Details

Audio files are the primary source material. Transcriptions are the transcriber's best effort to convert audio to text, but should be considered secondary to the audio.

General

Student work done in Edward D "Sandy" Ives' (later taught by other professors) field work course Oral History and Folklore: Fieldwork (the call numbers changed over the years) at the University of Maine that was not related to special projects such as Argyle Boom. Also included is work done for special topics courses (AY197, AY198) which tended to be advanced field work.

Title
Guide to AY125/ANT325/ANT425/AY197/198 Oral History and Folklore: Fieldwork
Status
In Progress
Author
Katrina Wynn
Date
2018
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
English.

Repository Details

Part of the Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History Repository

Contact:
5729 Raymond H. Fogler Library
University of Maine
Orono ME 04469-5729 United States
207.581.1686