Halloween

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1832 Pat St. Louis, interviewed by Linda Zuch for ANT 325, fall 1985, Bangor, Maine. 25 pp. Tape: 40 min. approx. w/ cat. St. Louis, age 37, talks about her recollections of Halloween growing up in Millinocket, Maine; her children's Halloween experiences; her own adult experiences. Text: catalog. Recording: C 0204 40 minutes approximately.

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1834 Patsy Gourley, interviewed by Georgia W. Prickitt for ANT 325, fall 1985, Cambridge, Maine. 9 pp. Tape: 20 min. approx. w/ cat. Gourley, age 32, talks about her childhood Halloween experiences and how her children celebrate it today. Text: 6 pp. detailed catalog. Recording: T 1898 20 minutes approximately. Photos: P 6243 - P 6269.

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1879 Police Chief David K. Dekanich, interviewed by A. Manette Ansay for ANT 325, Orono, Maine. 7 pp. Telephone interview summarized by Ansay. Orono Chief Dekanich, age 39, talks about Halloween. Text: 7 pp. catalog. Recording: no recording, phone interview.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: A 1992 community based oral history project co-sponsored by the Maine Folklife Center and the Franco-American Center at the University of Maine generated a series of 35 interviews focusing on the culture and history of the French Canadian immigrant community located on French Island, Old Town, Maine. The project also resulted in a book of photographs, interview excerpts, and articles, Nos Histoires de I’lle: History and memories of French Island, Old Town, Maine (1999) ...

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1898 Re'jane Butler, interviewed by Terrance McKay for ANT 325, fall 1985, Orono, Maine. 12 pp. Tape: 20 min. approx. w/ cat. Butler, age 20, talks about her memories of Halloweens spent in Los Angeles, CA and Laconia, NH. Text: 9 pp. catalog. Recording: C 0230 (Side B) 20 min. approx.

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1920 Richard Saunders, interviewed by Jeffrey DeHart for ANT 325, fall 1985, Orono, Maine. 9 pp. Tape: 20 min. w/ cat. Saunders talks about how he celebrated Halloween while he was growing up in Massachusetts. Text: 6 pp. catalog. Recording: T 1938.1 20 min.

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1903 Richard Stitham, interviewed by Terrance McKay for ANT 325, fall 1985, Bangor, Maine. 10 pp. Tape: 15 min. w/cat. Stitham talks about his Halloweens spent in Presque Isle, Maine and his experiences later as a father in Bangor, Maine. Text: catalog. Recording: C 0228 (Side B) 15 min.

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1855 Rita Stanhope, interviewed by Valerie Felt McClead for ANT 325, fall 1985, East Corinth, Maine. 7 pp. Tape: 10 min. w/ cat. Stanhope talks about trick-or-treating customs when her children were young and how she and her family celebrated Halloween when she was a child. Text: catalog. Recording: C 0219 10 min.

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1921 Robert Metcalf, Jeffrey DeHart for ANT 325, fall 1985, Orono, Maine. 7 pp. Tape: 20 min. approx. w/ cat. Metcalf describes how he celebrated Halloween growing up in Orono, Maine. Text: 4 pp. catalog. Recording: T 1938.1 20 min. approx.

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1900 Royce Perkins, interviewed by Patricia Hutchins, ANT 325, fall 1985, Penobscot, Maine. 10 pp. Tape: 1/2 hr. approx. w/ cat. Perkins, who was born in 1936, talks about his Halloween experiences as a child and later as a father. Text: catalog. Recording: C 0232, CD 2455 1/2 hour approx.

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1895 Sandra Mitchell, interviewed by David Richardson for ANT 325, fall 1985, Carmel, Maine. 10 pp. Tape: 25 min. approx. w/ cat. Mitchell, age 30, recalls her experiences of Halloween as a child and later as a mother and a home owner in Carmel, Maine. Text: 7 pp. catalog. Recording: T 1920.1 25 min. approx.

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1876 Sargeant Paul Paradis, interviewed by Deo McKaig for ANT 325, fall 1985, Old Town, Maine. 20 pp. Tape: 1 hr. w/ cat. Paradis, of the Old Town Police Dept. (born in 1953 and on the force for 10 years), talks about Halloween; stories from his youth in Virginia, California and New Jersey. Includes card titled "Tips for a Safe Halloween." Text: 16 pp. catalog, 1 pp. drawing. Recording: C 0223 / CD 0989 1 hour.

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1889 Scott Wade, interviewed by Terrance McKay for ANT 325, fall 1985, Orono, Maine. 9 pp. Tape: 15 min. approx. w/ cat. Wade, age 19, discusses his Halloween experiences in Bangor and Millinocket, Maine. Text: 6 pp. catalog. Recording: C 0228 (Side A) 15 min. approx.

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1882 Sherman Hutchins II, interviewed by Patricia Hutchins for ANT 325, fall 1985, Penobscot, Maine. 23 pp. Tape: 1 hr. w/ cat. Hutchins II, age 17, talks about his experiences on Halloween night. Text: 20 pp. catalog. Recording: T 1915 1 hour.

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1859 Shirleen Stone, interviewed by Annalee K. Libby for ANT 325, fall 1985, Old Town, Maine. 8 pp. Tape: 20 min. approx. w/ cat. Stone talks about her Halloween experiences. Text: 5 pp. catalog. Recording: T 1905 20 min. approx.

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1914 By Deo McKaig for ANT 325, fall 1985, Old Town, Maine. 49 pp. A collection of a variety of materials relating to Halloween. Includes two short papers on Halloween, one Halloween scrapbook, one article from "Psychology Today" about poisoned candy. Photos: P 6435 - P 6436.

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1884 By Valerie Felt McClead for ANT 325, fall 1985, Bangor, Maine. 48 pp. Miscellaneous material generated by the Halloween Project. Includes letter describing Halloween in Scotland, interview questions, newspaper clippings and various items having to do with Halloween.

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1872 Theresa Laliberte and Mary Stevens, interviewed by Valerie Felt McClead for ANT 325, fall 1985, Dedham, Maine. 28 pp. Tape: 1 hr. w/ cat. Laliberte and Stevens, teachers at the Dedham School, talks about the celebration of Halloween as children, parents and teachers. Text: 24 pp. catalog. Recording: C 0222 1 hour. Photos: P 6209 - P 6218.

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1861 Tim Korsman and Tom Hall, interviewed by Annalee K. Libby for ANT 325, fall 1985, Monson, Maine. 11 pp. Tape: 1/2 hr. approx. w/ cat. Korsman and Hall talks about their experiences of Halloweens past. Text: 8 pp. catalog. Recording: T 1905 1/2 hr. approx.

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1891 Tricia Richardson, interviewed by David Richardson for ANT 325, fall 1985, Carmel, Maine. 12 pp. Tape: 45 min. approx. w/ cat. Richardson, age 17, talks about her Halloween memories: costumes; trick-or-treating; visiting a haunted house; and some unusual personal experiences which have occurred on Halloween. Text: catalog. Recording: T 1918 45 min. approx.

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1902 Virginia Blanchard, interviewed by Anna L. Woloson for ANT 325, fall 1985, Orono, Maine. 14 pp. Tape: 1/2 hr. w/ cat. Blanchard, age 18, discusses how she and her family have celebrated Halloween. Text: 5 pp. catalog, 6 pp. copies of photographs. Recording: T 1921 1/2 hour. Photos: P 6225 - P 6242, P 6271 - P 6272.

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1871 Walt Poole, interviewed by Valerie Felt McClead for ANT 325, fall 1985, Dedham, Maine. 17 pp. Tape: 25 min. w/ cat. Poole of Dedham, 60 years old, talks about how he celebrated Halloween as a child growing up in Downeast Maine during the Depression years and after; the pranks played by him and his friends. Text: 13 pp. catalog. Recording: C 0221 25 min. Photos: P 6209 - P 6218.

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1839 Wayne Cook interviewed by Georgia W. Prickitt for ANT 325, Fall 1985, Parkman, Maine. 11 pp. Tape: 1 hr. w/ cat. Cook talks about his memories of Halloween. Text: 8 pp. detailed catalog. Recording: T 1900 1 hour. Photos: P 6243 - P 6269.

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1880 Bill Matthews, interviewed by A. Manette Ansay for ANT 325, fall 1985, Bangor, Maine. 15 pp. Tape: 1 hr. w/ cat. Matthews, born in 1940, discusses his memories of Halloween in Maine. Text: 11 pp. catalog. Recording: C 0224 1 hour.

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1846 William Prosser interviewed by Elizabeth Dunn for ANT 325, Fall 1985, Orono, Maine. 8 pp. Tape: 15 min. approx. w/ cat. Prosser, assistant director of police services at UMaine, talks about Halloween from the perspective of a law enforcement official. Text: catalog. Recording: T1902 15 min. approx.