Passamaquoddy Indians
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
Clayton Cleaves, interviewed by David Slagger
Series
Abstract
3692 Clayton Cleaves, interviewed by David Slagger, March 15, 2011. Cleaves, Sakom of Pleasant Point Reservation, Passamaquoddy, talks about the 1980 Maine Indian Land Claims Settlement Act: his use of the term Sakom instead of Governor; his early education; move to Massachusetts and work as cab driver and welder; his return to Maine and work for the New England Telephone Company; graduation from UMaine; appointed Director Pleasant Point Housing Authority from 1974 to 1981; 1978 became state...
Dates:
1959-2008
Edward D. “Sandy” Ives Collection: Research Record Group 2
Record Group
Identifier: MF167-2
Scope and Contents
Material collected by Maine Folklife Center (MFC) and Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History (NAFOH) founder Edward D. “Sandy” Ives or about him (for the latter, also see NA1636, NA2290, NA2301, NA2312, NA2390, NA2539). This record group includes Ives’s other interviews, folklore collections, and miscellaneous accessions include several that focus on moose poacher George Magoon (George Magood and the Down East Game War: History, Folklore, and the Law. Urbana: University...
Dates:
1971 - 1999
Maine Women During the Depression and World War II
Collection
Identifier: MF040
Scope and Contents
This collection began with the research done by Rita Breton as part of her graduate work in history at the University of Maine. Breton conducted approximately twenty interviews with Maine women about their lives and work during the Great Depression and WWII. In addition, in the fall of 1982, students in Edward D. "Sandy" Ives’ class AY 125 were asked to locate and interview people on the topic of women's lives during the Depression and World War II. The semester project yielded forty-five...
Dates:
1981-1990
Maine/Maritimes Folklore Collection/CP 180
Collection
Identifier: MF076
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of student papers. The early items are largely miscellaneous gatherings of individual items: jokes, tall tales, ghost stories, traditional medicine, popular beliefs and superstitions, legends, local character yarns, etc. and only occasionally include tape recordings. Later accessions reflect the trend in the field of folklore to emphasize context over items gathered for their own sake. Thus they are more apt to consist of life histories with an emphasis on life...
Dates:
1957-1975
Norman B. Nash Historical Research Papers
Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0359
Scope and Contents
The Norman B. Nash collection contains historical research on Eastern Maine and New Brunswick. The collection includes manuscripts, notes, correspondence, and illustrations. A number of original documents are photocopied.
Dates:
1918-1956
Norman Cazden Collection
Collection
Identifier: MF008
Scope and Contents
This collection reflects Norman Cazden's career as both collector and composer.
Dates:
1960-1999
Nicholas N. Smith Papers
Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 1788
Abstract
Papers and publications relating to Native Americans in the Northeast.
Dates:
1879-2019
Traditional Music of Maine Project Collection
Collection
Identifier: MF039
Scope and Contents
The collection includes 37 cassette recordings of interviews (now digitized) with 44 individuals in addition to performances. Traditional Music of Maine celebrates the musical legacies of a variety of Maine folk communities by exploring their cultural and historical significance through oral history interviews with musicians and other community members. The tapes introduce the general public to the remarkable diversity and vitality of Maine's musical traditions.
Program...
Dates:
1987-1991
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