Dowsers -- Maine

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0596 George Picard, interviewed by Carleton Webb for FO 2, April 19, 1971, Franklin, Maine. Picard, a water dowser, talks about dowsing. Text: 17 pp. transcript. Recording: T 0335 1/2 hour. RESTRICTED

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1754 Gordon Barton, interviewed by Matthew Day for AY 125, spring 1984, Winter Harbor, Maine. 17 pp. Tape: 3/4 hr. w/ cat. Barton talks about his interest in a wide range of "psychic phenomenon," including dowsing, non-medical healing, parapsychology, and past-life regression. Text: catalog. Recording: T 1861 3/4 hour.

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1758 Harley Murchie, interviewed by William Waters for AY 125, spring 1984, Lincoln, Maine. 24 pp. Tape: 1 hr. w/ cat. Murchie talks about his experiences with dowsing and E.S.P. Text: catalog. Recording: T 1864 1 hour.

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...

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1765 Jasper Cote, interviewed by Anne Bergwall for AY 125, spring 1984, Woodland, Maine. 18 pp. Tape: 1 hr. w/ cat. Cote talks about his dowsing experiences, including the types of devices he uses to find water. Text: catalog. Recording: C 0167 1 hour.

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1742 Jenny Landa, interviewed by Nathan Lowrey for AY 125, spring 1984, Bangor, Maine. 29 pp. Tape: 1 hr. w/ cat. Landa talks about water dowsing and healing. Text: catalog. Recording: T 1854 1 hour.

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1737 Jim Fastook, interviewed by Mark LaPlante for AY 125, spring 1984, Orono, Maine. 7 pp. Tape: 1/4 hr. w/ cat. Fastook talks about dowsing his own well and another local dowser (Dale Kitchen) who has been successful; discusses geology and offers some ideas about finding water. Text: catalog. Recording: T 1852 1/4 hour.

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1746 John Murphy, interviewed by Nathan Lowrey for AY 125, spring 1984, Beverly, MA. 8 pp. Tape: 1/4 hr. w/ cat. Murphy talks about his experiences with a local contractor who used "L" rods to locate pipes and underground wires. Text: catalog. Recording: T 1856 1/4 hour.

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1760 Professor John Wilson, interviewed by William Waters for AY 125, spring 1984, UMaine, Orono, Maine. 24 pp. Tape: 1 hr. w/ cat. Professor Wilson talks about potential for supernatural experiences to occur and how they relate to dowsing; automatic writing, the Ouija board, and energy. Text: catalog. Recording: C 0161 1 hour.

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1728 Kathy Fox interviewed by Jane Collins for AY 125, spring 1984, Orono, Maine. 18 pp. Tape: 1/2 hr. w/ cat. Fox talks about her experiences with dowsing; how she started, her technique, and basic belief as to why it works. Text: catalog. Recording: T1845 1/2 hour.

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1757 Mr. Kelsie Fish, Jr., interviewed by William Waters for AY 125, spring 1984, Millinocket, Maine. 10 pp. Tape: 1/4 hr. w/ cat. Fish talks about his experiences with dowsing and how he learned to dowse. Text: catalog. Recording: T 1863 1/4 hour.

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1749 Kenneth Merrill, interviewed by Sara Flipse for AY 125, spring 1984, Lincoln, Maine. 27 pp. Tape: 1 hr. w/ cat. Merrill talks about his experiences with dowsing. Text: catalog. Recording: T 1858 1 hour.

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1732 Leon Shute, interviewed by Patrice Mutchnick for AY 125, spring 1984, Orono, Maine. 15 pp. Tape: 3/4 hr. w/ cat. Shute talks about how he learned to dowse and his experiences dowsing wells on the coast of Maine. Text: catalog. Recording: T 1849 3/4 hour.

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1786 Linda Maynard, interviewed by Deanna Webb for AY 125, spring 1984, Bangor, Maine. 15 pp. Tape: 3/4 hr. w/ cat. Maynard talks about her experiences with dowsing and why she thinks it works. Text: catalog. Recording: T 1874 3/4 hour.

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1763 Lorne Boyles, interviewed by Anne Bergwall for AY 125, spring 1984, Portage, Maine. 21 pp. Tape: 21 pp. Tape: 1 hr. w/ cat. Boyles talks about his dowsing ability; his theory of why it works. Text: catalog. Recording: C 0165 1 hour. Photos: P 5986- P 5989.

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2023 Edward D. “Sandy” Ives for AY 325, spring 1984, Maine. 91 pp. ms. Miscellaneous materials on the subject of dowsing collected in conjunction with Ives' fieldwork course in which dowsing was used as a common project. Includes mimeographed article "A Brief History of Dowsing" by Norman E. Leighton; references to other accessions containing material on dowsing; reprints of articles; a brief interview guide; references to articles in the Bangor Daily News. Text: 91 pp. manuscript.

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1762 Margaret Forbes, interviewed by Anne Bergwall for AY 125, spring 1984, Bangor, Maine. 15 pp. Tape: 1 hr. w/ cat. Forbes, a member of the Bangor Dowsing Society, talks about dowsing as a diagnostic technique in healing ailments. Text: catalog. Recording: C 0164 1 hour. Photos: P 5992 - P 5994.

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0599 Marie Megquier, interviewed by Lawrence Gallant, Jr. for FO 2, May 8, 1971. Megquier talks about water witching or dowsing. Text: 10 pp. transcript. Recording: T 0336 1/4 hour. Photos: P 1008 - P l0l0. RESTRICTED

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1784 Martha Croasmun, interviewed by Deanna Webb for AY 125, spring 1984, Orono Maine. 5 pp. Tape: 1/2 hr. w/ partial cat. Croasmun talks about her experiences with dowsing. Text: partial catalog. Recording: T 1872 1/2 hour.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: A series of interviews and supplemental manuscript material on dowsing or water witching, most conducted as part of a class project in Edward D. “Sandy” Ives’ Oral History and Folklore: Fieldwork (AY 125) course at the University of Maine in 1984. Other accessions were added to the series because of their focus on dowsing. Dowsers discuss techniques and materials; uses of dowsing in archaeology learning to dowse; beliefs about dowsing; dowsing as a way of healing; locating ley lines; and...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: A series of interviews and supplemental manuscript material on dowsing or water witching, most conducted as part of a class project in Edward D. “Sandy” Ives’ Oral History and Folklore: Fieldwork (AY 125) course at the University of Maine in 1984. Other accessions were added to the series because of their focus on dowsing. Dowsers discuss techniques and materials; uses of dowsing in archaeology learning to dowse; beliefs about dowsing; dowsing as a way of healing; locating ley lines; and...

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1755 Michael Kimball, interviewed by Matthew Day for AY 125, spring 1984, Bar Harbor, Maine. 9 pp. Tape: 1/2 hr. w/ cat. Kimball talks about his experiences as a beginning dowser; water dowsing; map dowsing; the location of "Ley Lines." Text: catalog. Recording: T 1861 1/2 hour.

Abstract Series III. Box 15. Teaching Materials. Materials include a "Genius Test" made up of a series of riddles, promotional material for the Downeast Dowsers Festival, clippings and book exerpt about dowers and dowsing, notes about witches and devil stories, the first draft of a paper about the Sociology of Humor by Glenn Vernon, fish stories, fairy tales, folklore about birds, gorbey folklore. Text: typed and handwritten, 717 pp. Materials date from 1959-1999....

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0597 P. H. York, interviewed by Michael Faunce for FO 2, spring 1971, Monmouth, Maine. York, a water dowser, talks about dowsing. Text: 24 pp. transcript. Recording: T 0335 3/4 hour. RESTRICTED

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1744 Paul Eastman, interviewed by Nathan Lowrey for AY 125, spring 1984, Penobscot, Maine. 20 pp. Tape: 1 hr. w/ cat. Eastman talks about his experiences dowsing for people; his fishing experiences in the 1910s and 1920s. Text: 17 pp. catalog. Recording: T 1855 1 hour.

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1750 Paul Glidden, interviewed by Sara Flipse for AY 125, spring 1984, Houlton, Maine. 21 pp. Tape: 3/4 hr. w/ cat. Glidden talks about his experiences with dowsing. Text: catalog. Recording: T 1858 3/4 hour.

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1752 Robert Frye, interviewed by Matthew Day for AY 125, spring 1984, Hull’s Cove, Maine. 8 pp. Tape: 1/2 hr w/ cat. Frye talks about his experiences with water dowsing; has successfully dowsed 50 to 60 wells. Text: catalog. Recording: T 1860 1/2 hour.

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1783 Robert Stetson, interviewed by Deanna Webb for AY 125, spring 1984, Brewer, Maine. 11 pp. Tape: 1/2 hr. w/ cat. Stetson talks about his experiences with dowsing. He is not a dowser himself. Text: catalog. Recording: T 1872 1/2 hour.

Abstract Papers of an historical novelist from Maine. Included are 4 signed typescript letters and one signed handwritten letter. The letters date from 1935 to 1951. One letter is to Mr. Bosworth dated January 29, 1935 relating to the sale of the Arnold journal and Maine's preservation of historic items. The second letter is to Mr. Bosworth dated February 20, 1935 and relates to Frank Deering, a collector in Maine. The third letter to the Salem Marine Society in Salem, Massachusetts dated March 1,...

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1751 Roslyn Strong, interviewed by Matthew Day AY 125, spring 1984, Bar Harbor, Maine. 11 pp. Tape: 3/4 hr. w/ cat. Strong talks about her experiences with dowsing and with "Ley Lines," which traverse the earth and intersect at "Power Spots." Text: catalog. Recording: T 1859 3/4 hour.