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MF 126 Florence Ireland Collection
Number of
Interviews: 10
Dates when interviews were conducted: 1970 - 1973
Time period covered: twentieth century
Principal interviewers: Florence Ireland
Finding Aides: brief indexes and transcripts
Access Restrictions: none
Description: A collection of ten interviews conducted by
Florence Ireland between 1970 and 1973 on a variety of topics
including family history, farming, folksongs, woods work,
International Workers of the World (IWW or Wobblies), and the H. P.
Clearwater Medicine Co. Interviews conducted by Ireland for courses
are found in the
Maine and the Maritimes Folklore Collection; also see the
Foxfire Bicentennial Project Collection. Ireland worked for the
Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History.
627 Ireland, Florence. August 1970. Conn.: Meriden. 25 pp.
Tape: 1 hr. w/ trans. Interview with Adam Owsianik, the
donor’s Polish grandfather, who tells stories and sings short songs
he composed. Also includes 247 pp. of typed notebooks in Polish
which include proverbs, toasts, cures, riddles, and his
autobiography. T347
706 Ireland, Florence. July 1972. Maine: Machias. 20 pp.
Tape: 3/4 hr. w/ trans. Interview with Harold Stuart about
working in the woods around 1900-1910 in the Ellsworth and Machias
area. T432
707 Ireland, Florence. July 1972. Maine: Machias. 20 pp.
Tape: 3/4 hr. w/ trans. Interview with William Hudson about
his experiences in the lumberwoods. T433
738 Ireland, Florence. August 1970. Maine: Bangor. 17 pp.
Tape: 1 hr. w/ brief cat. & trans. Interview with Grover Swett
about the early International Workers of the World and woods
work in Maine. T555
739 Ireland, Florence. Nov. 1970. Maine: Stillwater. 3 pp.
Tape: 3/4 hr. w/ brief cat. Bill Fuller singing original
songs, also reciting original poetry, and playing original
compositions on accordion. T555
740 Ireland, Florence. Summer 1971. New Brunswick: Newcastle.
5 pp. Tape: 1/2 hr. w/ brief cat. Mrs. Maisy Mitchell singing
Arabic and French folksongs. T556
741 Ireland, Florence. Dec. 1970. New Brunswick: St.
Andrew’s. 3 pp. Tape: 3/4 hr. w/ brief cat. Peter Shepheard,
collector and singer, singing and playing guitar and accordion.
T556
744 Ireland, Florence. July 1971. New Brunswick: Sevogle,
Glenwood. 3 pp. Tape: 2 hrs. w/ brief cat. Interviews with Wilmot
MacDonald and Frank and Ray Estey; also Frank and Ray
Estey singing. T563
755 Ireland, Florence. 1973. Maine: Ellsworth. 18 pp. Tape:
1/2 hr. w/ trans. Interview with Eulalie McKeaggan about the
H. P. Clearwater Medicine Co; photo, P432 / T597
756 Ireland, Florence & Robert. 1973. Maine: Hallowell. 26
pp. Tape: 1 hr. w/ trans. Interview with Carroll Stephens
about the H. P. Clearwater Medicine Co. T598
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