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MF 077 Sister Saint Jude Poulin
Folksong Collection
Number of
Interviews: 23
Dates when interviews were conducted: 1950s-1960s
Time period covered:
Principal interviewers: Sister St. Jude Poulin
Finding Aides: brief indexes
Access Restrictions: none
Description: 331 Sister Poulin, a Maine native, interviewed
23 individuals about ballads they could remember. She based her
master’s thesis, entitled "A Classification and Literary History of
the Ballads Known in Hancock and Washington Counties, Maine,
Mid-Century" (Boston College, 1962), on her interviews with three of
these individuals (Linwood Brown of Vanceboro; Carl E. Kelley of
East Machias; Robert French of Franklin). The accession includes
correspondence and notes pertaining to Sister Poulin’s M.A. thesis;
correspondence, song texts, notes, and a photocopy of the thesis;
and two and a half hours of taped interviews with Linwood Brown,
Forrest Libby, Robert French, Mrs. Elwood Nickerson, Dale Potter,
Mrs. Hatch, and Mr. Kelley. Songs documented in the
accession include: “John Thompson’s Hill;” “Tomah Stream” composed
by Larry Gorman;"Jam on Gerry’s rock," "St. Croix’s Long Winding
shores," "Howard Carey," "The Red Light Saloon," "Lord Banner;” "Jim
Morrow;" "Rise Up;" "St. Croix’s Long Winding Shores;" "The Banks of
the Gaspereaux;" "Jam on Gerry’s Rock;" ;"John Morrisey; “John
Thompson’s Hill;" "Lord Banner;" "Paddy Miles;" and "The Black Cock
and the Brown Cock." Some of the songs collected by Sister Saint
Jude were published in Folksongs From Maine (Northeast
Folklore VII, 1965). T247 - T248 / CD 331.1, 331.2, 331.
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