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1 Aroostook Oral History Project Collection, 1972 MCC-00240 Aroostook Oral History Project collection, 1972 MCC-00240 Finding Aid Prepared by Kathryn Donahue, 2008 from AOHP index created by AA/AA staff, 2006-2007 Revised by Anne Chamberland, May 2010 Acadian Archives/Archives acadiennes University of Maine at Fort Kent Fort Kent, Maine 1 Title: Aroostook Oral History Project collection Creator/Collector: Melvin, Charlotte Lenentine Cary Library (Houlton, Me.) Collection number: MCC-00240 Shelf list number: AJ-240 Dates: 1972 Extent: 148 archival gold compact discs Provenance: Material was acquired from the Maine Folklife Center, 2006 Language: English, French, Swedish Conservation notes: Gold CDs were recorded from the original 119 audio cassette tapes. Copies of the CDs are available for patron use. Access restrictions: No restrictions on access Physical restrictions: None Technical restrictions: A compact disc player or CD-ROM is required to access this collection Copyright: Copyright has not been assigned to the Acadian Archives/Archives acadiennes. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Acadian Archives/Archives acadiennes Citation: Aroostook Oral History Project collection, MCC-00240, Acadian Archives/Archives acadiennes, University of Maine at Fort Kent Separated materials: Not applicable Related materials: Not applicable Location of originals: Original collection is located at the Maine Folklife Center, University of Maine, Orono, ME Location of copies: Not applicable Published in: Not applicable Biographical information/Company history: The Aroostook Oral History Project was conducted in 1972 and funded by a Title I, LSCA Grant a community-based oral history collecting project in 1972. The project was headed by Professor Charlotte Lenentine Melvin of Ricker College, in Houlton, Maine. and was sponsored by the Cary Library in Houlton. 2 Scope and content: This collection consists of the oral histories of more than 150 people, totaling 73 hours, "covering a wide range of topics, including early county history, early farming and machinery, the Aroostook War, railroading, lumbering, potato farming, maple sugar making, folksongs, folklore, folk medicine, politics, town meetings, cross-border migration, smuggling, Native Americans, sporting camps, schools and schooling, tall tales, superstitions, and many other aspects of the county's cultural heritage" (Maine Folklife Center). The interviewers for each community appear to have been local volunteers and there is considerable variation in content, format, and quality between different communities and individual recordings. Interviews are mostly in English, but there are a number of interviews in French (or a mixture of French and English) and in Swedish. The recordings appear to have been reproduced by acoustic copying (playing one recorder while recording on another), and many appear to be several generations from the originals. As a result, it often is unclear which voices belong to the interviewer and interviewees and which belong to subsequent handlers. Many tapes contain fragments from more than one interview and/or informant. The collection also includes an index, which contains a description of the project, a guide to the numbering systems used, a general index, and a content listing. Processing: All archival gold compact discs were reproduced on white label compact discs for patron use. Order and arrangement: Archival Gold compact discs White label compact discs MCC-00240 AJ-240 1 of 148 ACADIAN A-V AudioCD F27.A715 M45 Charlotte Lenentine Melvin MCC-00240 AJ-240 2 of 148 ACADIAN A-V AudioCD F27.A715 S287 Solomon Saucier, Fort Kent MCC-00240 AJ-240 3 of 148 ACADIAN A-V AudioCD F27.A715 S44 Joseph St. Germain, Wallagrass MCC-00240 AJ-240 4 of 148 ACADIAN A-V AudioCD F27.A715 C974 Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Cyr and Mrs. Michel Fournier Edmundston NB MCC-00240 AJ-240 5 of 148 ACADIAN A-V AudioCD F27.A715 F68 Mrs. Michel Fournier Edmundston NB MCC-00240 AJ-240 6 of 148 ACADIAN A-V AudioCD F27.A715 S28 Ovila Saucier, Eagle Lake MCC-00240 AJ-240 7 of 148 ACADIAN A-V AudioCD F27.A715 C68 Mr. and Mrs. Charles Côté and Firmin Daigle Edmundston NB 3 MCC-00240 AJ-240 8 of 148 ACADIAN A-V AudioCD F27.A715 O976 Onezime Cyr, Fort Kent MCC-00240 AJ-240 9 of 148 ACADIAN A-V AudioCD F27.A715 B43 Eugene Beaulieu, Fort Kent MCC-00240 AJ-240 10 of 148 ACADIAN A-V AudioCD F27.A715 S65 Edgar St. Pierre, Fort Kent MCC-00240 AJ-240 11 of 148 ACADIAN A-V AudioCD F27.A715 F74 Theophile Freeman, Fort Kent MCC-00240 AJ-240 12 of 148 ACADIAN A-V AudioCD F27.A715 M67 Fedime Morin, Madawaska MCC-00240 AJ-240 13 of 148 ACADIAN A-V AudioCD F27.A715 C973 Mrs. Dan Cyr, Madawaska MCC-00240 AJ-240 14 of 148 ACADIAN A-V AudioCD F27.A715 C975 Mrs. Louis Cyr, Madawaska MCC-00240 AJ-240 15 of 148 ACADIAN A-V AudioCD F27.A715 G847 Mr. and Mrs. Rene Guerette Madawaska MCC-00240 AJ-240 16 of 148 ACADIAN A-V AudioCD F27.A715 A425 Mrs. Leonie Albert, Madawaska MCC-00240 AJ-240 17 of 148 ACADIAN A-V AudioCD F27.A715 D353 Alice Hebert Daigle, Madawaska MCC-00240 AJ-240 18 of 148 ACADIAN A-V AudioCD F27.A715 H43 Alice Hebert Daigle and Alma Hebert MCC-00240 AJ-240 19 of 148 ACADIAN A-V AudioCD F27.A715 D35 Raymond Daigle, Madawaska MCC-00240 AJ-240 20 of 148 ACADIAN A-V AudioCD F27.A715 D848 Tom Dufour, Madawaska MCC-00240 AJ-240 21 of 148 ACADIAN A-V AudioCD F27.A715 D849 Mrs. Xavier Dufour, Madawaska MCC-00240 AJ-240 22 of 148 ACADIAN A-V AudioCD F27.A715 D84 Mrs. Felix Dufour, Madawaska MCC-00240 AJ-240 23 of 148 ACADIAN A-V AudioCD F27.A715 L35 Rose Lajoie, Van Buren 4 MCC-00240 AJ-240 24 of 148 ACADIAN A-V AudioCD F27.A715 L43 Antoine Lebel, Van Buren MCC-00240 AJ-240 25 of 148 ACADIAN A-V AudioCD F27.A715 D86 Martine Madore Dumont/ Mrs. Isadore Dumont Van Buren MCC-00240 AJ-240 26 of 148 ACADIAN A-V AudioCD F27.A715 D867 Martine Madore Dumont and Ernest Soucy Van Buren MCC-00240 AJ-240 27 of 148 ACADIAN A-V AudioCD F27.A715 D83 Mrs. Euphemie Michaud Dubay and Sister Marie [inaudible] Van Buren MCC-00240 AJ-240 28 of 148 ACADIAN A-V AudioCD F27.A715 P379 Mr. and Mrs. William Paradis Van Buren MCC-00240 AJ-240 29 of 148 ACADIAN A-V AudioCD F27.A715 S654 Flora Caron St. Pierre Van Buren MCC-00240 AJ-240 30 of 148 ACADIAN A-V AudioCD F27.A715 W35 Flora Caron St. Pierre, Van Buren MCC-00240 AJ-240 31 of 148 ACADIAN A-V AudioCD F27.A715 O944 Euphemie Daigle Ouellette Van Buren MCC-00240 AJ-240 32 of 148 ACADIAN A-V AudioCD F27.A715 D357 Mrs. Remi Daigle, Van Buren MCC-00240 AJ-240 33 of 148 ACADIAN A-V AudioCD F27.A715 H37 Isaac Harris, Van Buren MCC-00240 AJ-240 34 of 148 ACADIAN A-V AudioCD F27.A715 A533 Christian Albert & Lottie Michaud Albert, Van Buren MCC-00240 AJ-240 35 of 148 ACADIAN A-V AudioCD F27.A715 A534 Henry Anderson, New Sweden MCC-00240 AJ-240 36 of 148 ACADIAN A-V AudioCD F27.A715 L56 Annie Lindsten and George Lindsten, Westmanland, Elsie Soderberg, New Sweden MCC-00240 AJ-240 37 of 148 ACADIAN A-V AudioCD F27.A715 A5345 Fritz Anderson, Stockholm 5 MCC-00240 AJ-240 38 of 148 ACADIAN A-V AudioCD F27.A715 A534 Henry Anderson, New Sweden MCC-00240 AJ-240 39 of 148 ACADIAN A-V AudioCD F27.A715 A53 Fritz and Lilly Anderson, Stockholm MCC-00240 AJ-240 40 of 148 ACADIAN A-V AudioCD F27.A715 A53 Fritz and Lilly Anderson, Stockholm MCC-00240 AJ-240 41 of 148 ACADIAN A-V AudioCD F27.A715 A54 Mrs. Elsie Anderson, Mrs. Annie Fogelin, Mrs. E. Soderberg, Stockholm MCC-00240 AJ-240 42 of 148 ACADIAN A-V AudioCD F27.A715 N45 Mr. & Mrs. George Nelson, Stockholm MCC-00240 AJ-240 43 of 148 ACADIAN A-V AudioCD F27.A715 T35 Axel Tall, Stockholm MCC-00240 AJ-240 44 of 148 ACADIAN A-V AudioCD F27.A715 B438 Gussie Beaulieu, Ashland MCC-00240 AJ-240 45 of 148 ACADIAN A-V AudioCD F27.A715 G37 pt.1 Lyle Gardner, Ashland MCC-00240 AJ-240 46 of 148 ACADIAN A-V AudioCD F27.A715 C64 Katherine Coffin, Ashland MCC-00240 AJ-240 47 of 148 ACADIAN A-V AudioCD F27.A715 C64 Katherine Coffin, Ashland MCC-00240 AJ-240 48 of 148 ACADIAN A-V AudioCD F27.A715 S95 Climena Sylvester, Ashland MCC-00240 AJ-240 49 of 148 ACADIAN A-V AudioCD F27.A715 C73 Benton Craig, Masardis MCC-00240 AJ-240 50 of 148 ACADIAN A-V AudioCD F27.A715 G37 pt.2 Lyle Gardner, Ashland MCC-00240 AJ-240 51 of 148 ACADIAN A-V AudioCD F27.A715 T44 Joseph Theriault and Mr. Clukey, Ashland MCC-00240 AJ-240 52 of 148 ACADIAN A-V AudioCD F27.A715 D.34 Ora Daggett, Portage MCC-00240 AJ-240 53 of 148 ACADIAN A-V AudioCD F27.A715 O73 Georgie Brooks Orcutt, Ashland 6 MCC-00240 AJ-240 54 of 148 ACADIAN A-V AudioCD F27.A715 O43 Recording of Musical performances: Dana Rafford, Leo Michaud, Mac Beaulier MCC-00240 AJ-240 55 of 148 ACADIAN A-V AudioCD F27.A715 E45 Delta Ellis, Ashland MCC-00240 AJ-240 56 of 148 ACADIAN A-V AudioCD F27.A715 S95 Climena Sylvester, Ashland MCC-00240 AJ-240 57 of 148 ACADIAN A-V AudioCD F27.A715 P53 Rev.
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