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Folklore Courses for Fall 2008

ANT 221 Introduction to Folklore taught by Karen Miller

ANT 426
Native American Folklore (online) taught by Pauleena MacDougall

ANT 490
Public Sector Folklore taught by Kathleen Mundell


Projects

Maine Papermakers

The Story of the Eastern Fine Paper Mill, Brewer, Maine

"Writing on the Wall" video premiered

Women in Maine's Paper Industry  1880 - 2006

Brewer Middle School's Mill History project

 

Maine Folklife Center


Newsletters
 
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Spring - Summer 2004 (in .pdf format):

  • The American Folk Festival on the Bangor Waterfront is born
  • A Boat Building Story
  • Radio Program to be Broadcast Soon

Fall - Winter 2003 (in .pdf format):

  • Edward D. "Sandy" Ives awarded Kenneth Goldstein Award for Lifetime Academic Leadership at 2003 annual meeting of the American Folklore Society.
  • Distinguished Dissertation Award given to Betsy Hedler
  • MFC Well Represented at Oral History Conference
  • Wooden boat building traditions the subject of current research
  • Maine Indian Basketmakers’ Alliance Director Awarded International Prize
  • TIMBERRR...A History of Logging in New England by Mary Morton Cowan
  • The Continuing Saga of Rob Golding
  • A New Face in the Sound Lab
  • Archival Notes
  • St. John Valley Cultural Assessment Completed
  • Planning for 66th National Folk Festival Underway

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Spring - Summer 2003

  • "In Neptune's Court": A New research initiative
  • Thirty Minutes on the 1930s in Acadia National Park
  • Grant Enhances native Arts Area for 2--3 Festival
  • We Know Beans
  • Performaers at the National Folk Festival
  • New and Improved Folk Arts Marketplace
  • Musical Instrument Makers Featured at the National Folk Festival South Bristol Oral History featured in new book, Down on the Island, Up on the Maine: A Recollected History of South Bristol, Maine, by Ellen Vincent
  • Announcing Our Next Volume: KATAHDIN WIGWAM'S TALES OF THE ABNAKI TRIBES Written by Molly Spotted Elk With an Introduction by Bunny McBride Edited by Pauleena MacDougall XXXVII: 2002

Fall - Winter 2002

Spring/Summer 2002 Go to Membership page for information on how to receive your copy of the newest newsletter!


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