Oral history

Penthea Burns, interviewed by Sandra Wachholz and Barry H. Rodrigue

Series

Abstract

NA4413 Penthea Burns, interviewed by Sandra Wachholz and Barry H. Rodrigue, March 8, 2017. Burns discusses why she chose her profession, her experiences, and working with Wabanaki communities that are disadvantaged by the Social Services structures. No transcript. Recording: mfc_na4413_01A & mfc_na4413_01B. Time: 00:50:56

Dates: 2016 and 2017

Found in: Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History / MF208, Oral History of the University of Southern Maine's School of Social Work / Barry H. Rodrigue Collection

Peter Paul / Nicholas Smith Collection

Collection

Identifier: MF220

Biographical Note During the mid-20th century, Malecite ethnographer, Dr. Peter Lewis Paul (1902-1989) worked with Dr. Nicholas N. Smith (1926-2022), a white man and ethnographer, to preserve the language, tradition, and "tribal lore" of the Wabanaki community in and around the Woodstock Reserve, New Brunswick, Canada. In 1963, the two men canoed from Meductic, New Brunswick, Canada, to Indian Island, Maine by rediscovering and documenting the Old Meductic Trail. Paul was born on the Woodstock Reserve and was...

Dates: 1970-2003

Found in: Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History / Peter Paul / Nicholas Smith Collection

Phillip I. Milliken, interviewed by Vaun E. Born

Series

Abstract NA3139 Phillip I. Milliken, interviewed by Vaun E. Born, March 28, 1984, Portland, Maine. Milliken, born June 19, 1889, recalls life in Portland; the Omnibus; Park Place; Staples School; Peaks Island; Gem Theater; Riverton Park; Auburn Colony; Harpswell; being Vice President/Treasurer at Canal Bank; surviving flu during the 1918 Flu Epidemic; Portland Sebago Lake; Butler School; Methodist Church; Universalist Church; boarding at Hebron Academy; Maine Central Train; Mechanic Falls; Rockport;...

Dates: 1984-1988; 1992

Found in: Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History / MF140, Victoria Society Portland Oral History Series

Photograph of George Denton

Digital Image

Identifier: mfc_mf192_na2751_p14035

Dates: October 2, 2013

Found in: Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History

Photographs, Common Ground Fair

Series

Abstract

2687 Photographs from MOFGA, 1999-2004. Photos: P08904 - P08921, P08930- P08944, P08946 - P08952.

Dates: 2000-2004

Found in: Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History / MF121, Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA)

Faculty Records. Professor Robinson (Brian S.) Research Journals

Record Group

Identifier: UA RG 0011-052

Content Description Research journals of the late Brian Robinson, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology and Climate Change Institute, who died in 2016. Journal 1 includes research on the: Mackowski; Wapanucket; Table Land, Manchester, Morrill Point Mound; Godfrey Cemetery; Loring Site; Sunkhaze Ridge; Penobscot Nation Museum; Lawry collection, Waterville; Table Land, Clyde Berry; Henry Parson's archive, Kennebunk. Some of this research is from Robinson's time spent at Brown University. ...

Dates: 1986-2016

Found in: Raymond H. Fogler Library University Archives / Faculty Records. Professor Robinson (Brian S.) Research Journals