Tall tales -- Maine
Found in 31 Collections and/or Records:
Clark Manring, interviewed by C. Richard K. Lunt
Don Wilson, John Hiescock, Walter Seaha, Jim Davenporte, interviewed by Jerome Gamache
George Scully, Susan Scully, and Gordon Winslow, interviewed by Susan Scully
Herb Morse, Vernon Lovejoy, Horace Davenport, Marian Davenport, and Danny Newcomb, interviewed by Anita Hassell
Lawrie Holmes, interviewed by C. Richard K. Lunt
Leighton Jackson, George Erswell Sr., and George Erswell Jr., interviewed by Elisabeth Erswell
0122 Leighton Jackson, George Erswell Sr., and George Erswell Jr., interviewed by Elizabeth Erswell for CP 180, fall 1964, Brunswick, Maine. Jackson and the Erswells talk about tall tales; jokes; stories about hunting, fishing, and working in the lumber woods. Text: 11 pp. catalog. Recording: T 0227, PM 0022 1 hour
Milledge Lewis, Margaret Hallett and Paul Morrison, interviewed by Pauline Lewis
Robert N. Golding, interviewed by Virginia Pottle
Student paper, by Charlene Henderson
NA0821 By Charlene Henderson for English Folklore course at Ricker College, spring 1973, Houlton, Maine. Paper deals with a collection of tall tales; ghost stories; superstitions; jokes; hoaxes; trucking stories. Text: 21 pp. paper with table of contents. Restrictions: None
Tom Sprague, interviewed by Edward D. “Sandy” Ives
0692 Tom Sprague, interviewed by Edward D. “Sandy” Ives, July 28, 1972, Danforth, Maine. Sprague talks about tall tales; his life as a forest service warden; woods work. Text: 46 pp. transcript. Recording: mfc_na0692_t0405_01, mfc_na0692_t0405_02, mfc_na0692_t0406_01. [T 0405 - T 0406 / C 1454]. 1 1/4 hours
Various, interviewed by Alice K. Bryant
NA0023 Various, interviewed by Alice Bryant for CP 180, fall 1959, Woodland, Baileyville (Cooper), and Lubec, Maine. Informants include Violet Riguette, Florence (Bacon) Perkins, and Ross Sadler. Paper deals with dreams; superstitions; George Magoon stories; tall tales; hunting tales; local expressions; forerunners; healing. Text: 26 pp. paper
Various, interviewed by Alta Kilton
0224 Various, interviewed by Alta Kilton for CP 180, fall 1963, Rogue Bluffs, Maine. Paper deals with beliefs; stories about the Watt Boys; hero tales; poacher Wilbur Day; hermit Willie ‘Racker" Foss; hermits Nick and Mell Bryant; place names; Indian race for princess; forerunner; jokes by Faunce Bryant; many songs and ballads. Text: 77 pp. paper. RESTRICTED.
Various, interviewed by Braley Gray
0157 Various, interviewed by Braley Gray for CP 180, spring 1964, Old Town and Deer Isle, Maine; Marblehead, Massachusetts. Thomas Mossey of Old Town, Maine; Ruth Gray of Old Town, Maine; Roger Kimball Stone of Marblehead, Mass.; Waldo Cookson, Old Town, Maine; Earl Whitmore, Old Town, Maine; and Morris Noyes, Old Town, Maine. Paper deals with tall tales; animal tales; hunting stories; "smart" answers; dialect stories; place names; jokes. Text: 30 pp. paper
Various, interviewed by D. E. Smith
0357 By D. E. Smith for CP 180, spring 1962, Houlton, Maine; New Brunswick. Informants include Judy Maines, Dim Cormier, Linda Waterhouse, Barbara Prescott, Belmont Adams, Danielle Spear, Prof. Donald Quinsey, Alice Rideout, and Nancy Erikson. Paper deals with poaching stories; tall tales; anecdotes; devil stories; jokes. Text: 37 pp. paper
Various, interviewed by Doris Stackpole
Various, interviewed by Elsie Appleby
Various, interviewed by Etta Clark
0061 Various, interviewed by Etta Clark for CP 180, fall 1963, East Machias, Maine. Paper deals legends; devil; phantom ship; babes on doorstep; place names; treasure; deaths; poems; jokes and anecdotes; legends; George Magoon and Wilbur Day, poachers; tall tales; folksongs; Miramichi fire; haunted house; the Lubec gold swindle. Text: 112 pp. manuscript
Various, interviewed by Gifford Stevens
Various, interviewed by Gilberte M. Snowman
Various, interviewed by Jean Graves
Various, interviewed by Lina Bagley
0025 Various, interviewed by Lina Bagley for CP 180, fall 1963, East Machias area, Maine. Informants include Edgar Bagley, John Bagley, Roy K. Dennison, William Prescott, and Iman Bagley. Paper deals with place names; forerunners; murder story; discovery of a corpse; tall tale; a few songs; place names; hunting and sailing stories; four long poems. Text: 50 pp. paper
Various, interviewed by Lloyd Record
0345 Various, interviewed by Lloyd Record for CP 180, spring 1964, UMaine, Orono and South Paris, Maine. Informants include Douglas Mullen, Amos Orcutt, Colby Fahey, Richard Sieberg, Larry Shirlord, Steve German, Leona Record, Steve Gould, and Howard Record. Paper deals with tall tales; hunting stories; legends; scrapbook jokes; Buck Monument story; Devil’s Rock; Molly Ockett. Also included: newspaper clippings and photocopies of newspaper clippings. Text: 43 pp. paper
Various, interviewed by Mabel Small
0364 Various, interviewed by Mabel Small for CP 180, fall 1963, Machias, East Machias, Starboard Creek, and Buck’s Harbor, Maine. Informants include Vassar Quimby, Carroll Armstrong, John Hayward, Florence Libby, Theresa Dunbar, and Capt. Nelson Proctor. Paper deals with ghost; forerunner; table tipping; devil; jokes; anecdotes: Pat & Mike; Wilbur Day and George Magoon, poachers; tall tale; stories of Capt. Nelson Proctor; songs; poem. Text: 70 pp. paper
Various, interviewed by Madeline Reed
NA0339 Various, interviewed by Madeline Reed for CP 180, spring 1962. Paper deals with legends; tall tales; anecdotes; jokes; poaching stories; forerunners; ghost and devil stories; folk songs and poems; Indian stories; George Knox stories. Text: 96 pp. paper. RESTRICTED
Various, interviewed by Margaret Small
Various, interviewed by Marjorie Ham
0176 Various, interviewed by Marjorie Ham for CP 180, spring 1960, Thirty-Mile River area, Monmouth, Maine. Paper deals with Swedish and Polish stories; ghost stories; witch stories; legends; buried treasure; hunting stories. Text: 34 pp. paper
Various, interviewed by Nora Roach
0341 Various, interviewed by Nora Roach for CP 180, spring 1962, Smyrna Mills, Maine. Informants include: Herbert A. Roach, Smyrna, Maine; Gertrude Sholler of Merrill; Hallie Hersey, Smyrna; Mrs. McPhee of Patten; and George Larlee, Oakfield. Paper deals with ghost stories; devil stories; anecdotes and jokes; tall tales; folk heroes; hunting stories; songs; devil’s half acre. Text: 42 pp. paper
Various, interviewed by Paul Goodine
0163 By Paul Goodine for CP 180, spring 1965, Skowhegan, Maine and Grand Falls, New Brunswick. Informants include Ambrose Goodine and Margaret (Whelan) Goodine, Skowhegan, Maine; Alan Banister, York Harbor, Maine; and Karl Turner, Eastport, Maine. Paper deals with tall tales; poaching stories; local character: Ike Goodine; lumbering stories; legends; Boone Island; place names; riddles; jokes. Text: 43 pp. paper
Various, interviewed by Roger Mitchell and Joyce Mitchell
Various, interviewed by Sandra Hinkley
0186 Various, interviewed by Sandra Hinkley for CP 180, summer 1964, Fairfield, Litchfield, Oakland, Waterville, Maine. Informants include Ervin E. Hinkley, Evelyn Murrey Hinkley, Ervin Eugene Hinkley, Jr., Sandra Hinkley, Erma Dancer, Margaret Smith, and Doris Foulkes Browne. Paper deals with songs; anecdotes; ghosts; legends; hunting stories; jokes. Text: 57 pp. paper