Emigration from the Maritimes/John Myers Collection
Scope and Contents
Interviews about immigration from the Maritime Provinces to Maine.
Dates
- 1978
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. No known restrictions on material.
Extent
5 items
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
NA1186 Alice F. Stewart, interviewed by John Myers, spring 1978, Orono, Maine. Stewart talks about the Stewart family and its emigration from New Brunswick to Maine.
Text: brief catalog
Recording: mfc_na1186_t1245_01 1 hour
NA1187 Edgar and Ruth McKay, interviewed by John Myers, spring 1978, Orono, Maine. The McKays talk about the McKay family; emigration from Nova Scotia to Boston and its social implications.
Text: brief catalog
Recording: mfc_na1187_t1246_01 1 hour
NA1188 Jonathan Myers, interviewed by John Myers, spring 1978, Orono, Maine. Myers talks about the Myers family and its emigration from the Maritimes to Orono, Maine.
Text: brief catalog
Recording: mfc_na1188_t1247_01, mfc_na1188_t1247_02 1 hour
NA1196 James Campbell, interviewed by John Myers, spring 1978, Brewer, Maine. Campbell talks about his emigration from Prince Edward Island to Brewer; Maine and his life there and here; also sings four songs.
Text: brief catalog
Recording: mfc_na1196_t1255_t1256_01, mfc_na1196_t1255_t1256_02 1 1/2 hours
NA1203 James Campbell, interviewed by John Myers and Art Ruston, summer 1978, Brewer, Maine. Campbell talks about immigration from Prince Edward Island; woods work; railroad work; sings several ballads.
Text: brief catalog
Recording: mfc_na1203_t1261_01 1 hour
Existence and Location of Originals
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.
- Emigration and immigration Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Folklore Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Maine -- History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Maritime Provinces Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Oral histories Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Title
- Guide to Emigration from the Maritimes/John Myers Collection
- Status
- Digital Objects Available
- Author
- Thomas Libby
- Date
- May 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
5729 Raymond H. Fogler Library
University of Maine
Orono ME 04469-5729 United States
207.581.1686
