Somalis in Lewiston, Maine Collection
Scope and Contents
This collection includes interviews with Somali women living in Lewiston, Maine in 2003. Included is a narrative of how Hannibal and Schindler set up the interviews with Fatuma Hussein, Azeb Hassan, Hawa Kahin, Kiih Issa, and Ayan Ismail.
Dates
- 2003-2004
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. Known restrictions on NA3734.
Extent
7 items
Language of Materials
English
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.
Collection Note
Interviews took place in Lewiston at Daryeelka, Inc., a resource for families that assists them in becoming economically independent and active participants in community life.
- Folklore Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Lewiston (Me.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Oral histories Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Somalis Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Guide to Somalis in Lewiston, Maine Collection
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Amy Dias
- 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
