Folk songs

Abstract NA0564 Albert Bean and Virginia Bean, interviewed by Florence Ireland for FO 134, March 9, 1970, Hudson and Winslow, Maine. The Beans talk about John Young Miles, a local composer of songs and poetry, who was born in 1831 in Corinna and died in 1906 in Hudson. Accession includes student paper based on notes and a transcript of the interview, and an accompanying tape reel. The paper also contains additional notes about Guy Bubar, a legendary woodsman.; transcription of one of John Miles’...

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NA0753 Alice Watson, Marietta Golding, Theresa Golding, interviewed by Timothy Ward for FO 134, spring 1973, Linneus, Maine. Watson sings a miscellaneous collection of songs with some songs sung by her friend M. Golding and her daughter T. Golding. Text: 16 pp. personal paper and brief catalog. Recording: T 0593 1 hour.

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NA0759 Ashley S. Parlin and Elizabeth “Lib” (Nile) Parlin, interviewed by Gary Sweatt for FO 134, April 19, 1973, New Vineyard, Maine. The Parlins talk about country and western music; singing by the Parlins. Also included: map. Text: 27 pp. partial transcript. Recording: T 0601 - T 0602 1 hour.

Abstract NA0528 Catherine McGraw, Jacqueline Ballou, Charles Wong, Jane Levesque, Judy Ouillette, James Brown, Suzanne Woodward, John Burgess, Martha Saucier, Ronel Delano, Louis Ornstein, Desiree Rastrom, Charlotte LaRochelle, Roseanna Castonguay, Gregg Small, interviewed by Cynthia Kurland for FO 134, spring 1969, UMaine, Orono, Maine. Paper deals with songs sung by children of Jewish, French-Canadian, Swedish, and Chinese background. Text: 215 pp. transcript and manuscript. Recording: T 0280 - T...

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NA0522 Charles Nevells, Sr., interviewed by Thomas MacNaughton for FO 134, March 22, 1969, Stonington, Maine. Paper titled “Project for Folksong in America” which details the collecting of folk songs in Stonington and includes the text for one song, "Maine," by Charles Nevells. Text: 13 pp. paper.

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NA0623 Clarence Kinney and Mac Kinney, interviewed by Dennis Tefft for FO 134, spring 1970, Mars Hill, Maine. The Kinneys sing songs. Paper includes description of the collecting session. Text: 57 pp. transcript with personal paper. Recording: T 0344 / PM 0536 1 1/4 hours.

Abstract NA0519 Dale Potter, 1896-1976, interviewed by Ann Mooney and Linda Hannigan for FO 134, April 17, 1969, Mattawamkeag, Maine. Accession includes a student paper, five photographs, personal correspondence, and an accompanying tape reel. Their paper gives background about Mattawamkeag and the informant, transcribed interview sections and song lyrics, two lists of songs recorded from Potter in the 1950s by Prof. Horace Beck, and other brief correspondence. Potter talks about woodsman...

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1345 David Mallett, interviewed by Edward D. “Sandy” Ives for AY 123, April 17, 1980, NAFOH, Orono, Maine. Mallett talks to Folksong class AY 123 about his career as a folk singer and song writer. Text: 14 pp. catalog. Recording: mfc_na1345_t1471_01, mfc_na1345_t1471_02 [T 1471]. 79 minutes

Abstract NA0524 Dock Boggs, interviewed by Frederick Seyford for FO 134, April 1, 1969, at his home in Needmore, Virginia. Tape contains interview plus dubbing of two Folkways LPs of Dock Boggs’ music. Paper gives background of the project and biographical information about Boggs and a transcript of the recorded interview. Boggs, an Appalachian banjo player, recording artist, and ex-coal miner, talks about his banjos; his work in the mines; auditioning to make phonograph records in the 1920s;...

Abstract NA0502 Doug Archer, Sue Files, Jim Kendricks, and Wayne Carpenter, interviewed by Stephen Files for FO 134, April 1969, UMaine, Orono, Maine. Accession includes a student paper, two mimeographed compilations of fraternity songs, and an accompanying tape reel. Archer, Files, Kendricks, and Carpenter sing bawdy songs and chants. The paper titled “Dirty Songs” is divided into three sections, the first giving words to songs collected at a party; the second presenting songs collected from...

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NA0525 Ernest B. Lord, interviewed by Douglas Baston for FO 134, spring 1969, Wells, Maine. Paper deals with a collection of Lord’s songs, which he sings for his grandchildren; includes poems and rhymes, traditional songs by Charlie DeWitt. Text: 39+8 pp. text. Recording: PM 0445.

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0418 Faunce Bryant and Clarence Berry, interviewed by Muriel Watts for CP 180, fall 1963, Crawford, Eastport, and Perry, Maine; Oak Bay, New Brunswick. Paper deals with George Magoon stories; Wilbur Day, poacher; bear stories; forerunner; haunted house; devil stories; ghost stories: headless ghost; jokes: latest Quoddy story; songs. Text: 49 pp. paper.

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The recordings were of a folk music concert program called “Folksongs in February” which was held at the University of Maine in February, 1977.

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NA0760 Fred Smith and Cherry Noble (Mrs. Lucien) Frechette, interviewed by Jayne Lello for FO 134, April 22, 1973, Norway, Maine. 44 pp. Tape: 1/2 hr. w/ trans. Smith and Frechette (descendant of Maine fiddler, Mellie Dunham) talk about the Norway fire of 1894; the Norway Bum; and Joe Scott, song-maker. Paper titled “The Truth of the Norway Bum.” Text: 45 pp. transcript; 12 pp. personal paper. Recording: T 0603 1/2 hour.

Abstract NA0816 George Murphy, Cathy Johnson, Bob Harrington, and Jeff Putterman, interviewed by Cheryl Hudson for FO 134, spring of 1973, Maine. Murphy and Putterman (in separate interviews) talk about learning to play guitar; playing contemporary music (Beatles etc.); electric guitars; performing in public; playing contemporary folk music (Dylan and Peter, Paul, and Mary, etc.); developing their musical styles; attending Berklee School of Music (Putterman); getting paid to play; professional...

Abstract NA0568 Harry Harold Dyer, interviewed by Jeanne Milton, April 1, 1970, Caribou, Maine. Dyer, retired lumberman, his life as recorded and written by his granddaughter, discusses woods work in the early twentieth century; working for the Fraser Lumber Company; description of a lumber camp; walking to work; progression of the cutting; ice carts to ice roads; his responsibilities at age 14; hauling yards; labor-saving techniques; making a gum book; salt pork for lunch; sings “Johnny Doyle” and...

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NA0553 Jerry O'Brien, Millage Treadwell, Gilbert Royce, Blanche Royce, Fearman Chessie, interviewed by Belinda Boyce for FO 134, fall 1969, Springfield area, Prentiss, Lincoln, and Lakeville Plantation, Maine. O'Brien, Treadwell, G. Royce, B. Royce, and Chessie sing songs from the Springfield area; play harmonica tunes; discuss lumbering operations. Text: 35 pp. transcript w/ brief catalog. Recording: 1 1/2 hours T 0285 - T 0287 / PM 0107. Photos: P 0423 - P 0424.

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NA1185 Merle Fenlason, Jean Fenlason, Foster Gordon, David Gordon, Nanette Gordon, Suzanne Gordon York, Christopher Gordon, Patrick Gordon, Margaret Gordon, interviewed by Margaret Gordon for Folklore at Ricker College, spring 1978. 59 pp. ms. Tape: 1/2 hr. no cat, or trans. Paper deals with a collection of folk sayings; proverbs; and folksongs. Text: 57 pp. paper, no catalog or transcript. Recording: mfc_na1185_t1244_01, mfc_na1185_t1244_02 (T 1244). Restrictions: None

Abstract 0236 Milledge Lewis, Margaret Hallett and Paul Morrison, interviewed by Pauline Lewis for CP180, fall 1963, Lubec, Maine. Student project titled “Lubec Folklore.” Lewis sings songs, telling stories, and reciting poems, recorded November 17, 1963 (01). Songs and poems by Lewis include a number of satirical pieces written about local people as well as ballads and old minstrel and vaudeville songs, including "Young Charlotte," "Lather and Shave," "Tim Finnegan's Wake," "The Funniest Thing's a...

Abstract Series II. Box 6. Research and Topical. Sandy Ives paper relational database of topical reference cards containing partial citations and call numbers for specific publications discussing traditional English dance, ballads, and folk music. Style cards contain quotes about styles and forms of folk music referenced to the volume citations in the first section of cards. Other subjects include notes on Origin, Motif, Minstrels, Border Ballads, Broadsides, Collectors, Folklore, Cowboy Songs, Sea...

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Series II. Box 7. Ballad and Song. Lyrics and song patterns. Sheets to record music. Research into Benjamin Deane including a sketch of the Deane family cemetery lot. Research into the Callaghan murder in Charlottetown, PEI in 1886, includes copies of newspaper articles about the murder. Research into Fogan MacAleer. Materials date from 1886-1960s. Text: typed and handwritten, 826 pp. NA3746_MF027_Ives_Collection_Box07of20_Series_II_Ballad_and_Song_Files_A_L

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NA3746 Series VI. Box 27. Home Papers. Miscellaneous Research. Draft of "Amos Hanson of Orland and His Songs." Pre-print of "A Maine Sea-Song Remembered." "The Fisherman's Memorial." "Resonance and Biography: The Last Chapter Revisited." Programs and articles about the Miramichi Folksong Festival. Text: typed and handwritten, 711 pp. Date: 1963-2004. NA3746_MF027_Ives_Collection_Box27of30_Series_VI_Home_Papers_Miscellaneous_Research

Scope and Contents From the Record Group: 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...

Abstract 0861 Rose B. Roche, donated by Edward D. “Sandy” Ives, 1973, Mexico, Maine. Typed copies of songs (see below) learned by her father, John J. Roche, of Prince Edward Island. Also included: the tune to “Shan Van Vogh”; letter from Rose Roche to Ives and a return letter from him to her. Song List: “Silvery Tide”, “The Last Fierce Charge: A Tale of the Civil War”, “Jack Hegarty”, “Peter Emberly”, “The Burning of the Granite Mill”, “Glencoe”, “The Old Oak Tree”, “Dark Eyed Sailor”, “Bingen on...

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NA0471 Various, interviewed by Carol Heilsberg for FO 134, spring 1968, Ashland, Maine. Diary of unsuccessful search for French-Canadian songs or woods songs in the Ashland area. Text: 30 pp. diary.

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NA0471 Various, interviewed by Carol Heilsberg for FO 134, spring 1968, Ashland, Maine. Diary of unsuccessful search for French-Canadian songs or woods songs in the Ashland area. Text: 30 pp. diary.

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NA0496 Various, interviewed by Donna Davis for FO 134, spring 1968, Guilford, Maine. Field notes of an unsuccessful hunt for folksongs in the Guilford area and includes texts of two poems: "The Hoboes of Maine" and "The Drive on Cooper Brook." Text: 13 pp. paper.

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NA0814 Student paper, by Gail Purington for FO 134, spring 1973, Auburn, Maine. Paper titled "The Role of Music in a Middle-Class Family." Text: 14 pp. paper.

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NA0497 Various, interviewed by James Hersey for FO 134, spring 1968, Bangor and Rumford, Maine. Paper deals with John McInnis, a songwriter and singer, also known as "Beaver Jack" and his songs. Accession includes a map of the area where his songs are known. Text: 25 pp. paper, map.

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NA0521 Student paper, by Lynn Pelletier for FO 134, spring 1969. Paper deals with sources and background information on "John Roberts," an obituary poem (Laws C-3), collected from old newspapers. Text: 10 pp. paper. Recording: PM 0441.