Haunted houses -- Maine

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0160 Charles Gillis, Mrs. Malcom (Elizabeth R.) Barto, Georgia Stacey, Walter Driscoll, and Rena Farnsworth, interviewed by Mary Gillis for CP 180, fall 1964, North Windham, East Lowell, and Lambert Lake, Maine. Paper deals with hunting stories; buried alive; anecdotes; ghosts; haunted houses; buried treasure; local stories; place names; forerunner. Text: 42 pp. paper

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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.

Abstract 0205 Herb Morse, Vernon Lovejoy, Horace Davenport, Marian Davenport, and Danny Newcomb, interviewed by Anita Hassell for CP 180, spring 1967, Wayne and Winthrop, Maine. Morse, Lovejoy, the Davenports, and Newcomb talks about background and changes in Wayne; water witching; second sight; legend of “Why There Aren’t Any Trout in Poccasset Lake”; place name lore for Bellfonda Rock, Maranacook Lake, Annabesacook Lake, Alder Hill, and Mooselookmeguntic Lake); stories about Indians; legends about...

Abstract 0304 Various, interviewed by Barbara Nutting for CP 180, spring 1960. Paper deals with tale from Finland; remedies; Indian legends; pioneer story; poaching stories; haunted house story; story of a Boston police strike. Informants include Cora Tracy, of Naples, Maine; Myron Sanders, Jr., Casco, Maine; Lillian Peterson, Webbs Mills, Maine; T. E. Nutting, Otisfield, Maine; Barbara Nutting, East Otisfield, Maine; Mrs. Fred McKenney, Kezar Falls, Maine; Elwyn McConnell, South Portland, Maine;...

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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

Abstract 0161 Various, interviewed by Jean Graves for CP 180, fall 1964, Portland area, Maine. Informants include Mr. Brady of Chicago, Illinois; Alice Goodspeed and Raymond Goodspeed of Hermon Pond; and the following residents of Portland, Maine: Louis Lambert, David Babin, Sylvia Coombs, John S. Keenan, Robert and Jean Graves, Victor Landburg, Richard Langois, Florence Link, Linda Lock, Lurana Marzilli, Verna Mitchel Mary Ann Caiola, Ann Marie Geary, Shawn Harrower, Deborah Soule, Susan Young, Scot...

Abstract 0021 Various, interviewed by JoAnn Bowden for CP 180, fall 1962, West Enfield, Enfield and environs, and Penobscot Bay, Maine. Informants include Violet L. Graham, Sally Ballard, Annie Anderson, Edmund Nadeau, Mrs. Roscoe (Marion) Kimball, Evelynne (Shaw) Drusendahl, Raymond Bowden, Ray Bowden, Odille Pelletier, John O'Donnell, Josephine Jestings, Christine Miller, Ella Gatcombe, John Gatcombe, Vicki Weatherbee, and F.C. Gatcombe. Paper deals with haunted house stories; ghost stories; devil...

Abstract 0026 Various, interviewed by Joyce Bailey for CP 180, fall 1963, Milbridge, Sorrento, and Jonesport, Maine. Informants include Henry Sawyer, Larry Lewis, Jack and Jane Sumner, Franklin and Elizabeth Beal, Joe Stevens, Frank Small, Donald Bailey, Teresa Bailey, Ellen Strout, Martha Claflin, and Joyce Bailey. Paper deals with haunted house story; treasure; Benedict Arnold; ghost tale; foreigner tale; place names; local characters; Barney Beal; devil; witch; anecdotes; water witching; hunting...

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0418 Various, interviewed by Muriel Wallace 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.