Penobscot Indians
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Linda Gilbert Collection of Penobscot Indian Music
Collection
Identifier: MF084
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of two brief tape-recorded interviews conducted by Davenport apparently for her master’s thesis on Penobscot Indian Music. In all, Davenport interviewed thirty-two informants but most were not recorded.
Dates:
1976
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
Molly Spotted Elk Collection
Collection
Identifier: MF079
Scope and Contents
Molly Spotted Elk (b. 1903) was the stage name of Mary Alice "Molliedellis" Nelson, a Penobscot Indian woman from Maine who entered the world of vaudeville and entertainment at a young age. In the late 1920s she starred in a motion picture, “The Silent Enemy” filmed in northern Canada. She became a dancer on the Paris stage and married a French journalist, but was forced to flee the country during the German occupation in World War II. This collection consists of three accessions. NA 1116,...
Dates:
1977; 1999
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
Veazie History and Architecture Project
Collection
Identifier: MF064
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a series of interviews about the local history, geography, and domestic architecture of Veazie, Maine. Many of these were the result of a fieldwork course taught by University of Maine professor Edward D. “Sandy” Ives in 1977 and 1978. The collection also includes architectural survey forms, photos, and floor plans of pre-1940 houses in Veazie. In addition, there are twenty-nine interviews conducted by students in the classes. Three earlier interviews with Addie...
Dates:
1977-1978
- 5729 Raymond H. Fogler Library
University of Maine - Orono, ME 04469-5729
- 207.581.1686
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library.umaine.edu/speccoll/
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