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How to use the Northeast
Archives of Folklore and Oral History
SCOPE OF THE COLLECTIONS
Collections in the Northeast
Archives of Folklore and Oral History at the Maine Folklife Center
include those that have been generated through various class
activities and grant based initiatives,
as well as materials that have been deposited by donors from outside
the University community. Much of the material is in the form of
oral history interviews, but there are also class papers, topical
surveys, field journals, photographs, commercial publications and
recordings, exhibit materials, printed ephemera, and other kinds of
documentation.
Within the over 3,000 individual accessions in the Northeast
Archives, the range of topics covered is very broad. Our holdings
are especially strong in documentation of occupations,
foodways, community histories, lore and legends, traditional music,
social activities, ritual and worship, material culture, and
expressive arts. Other topics include logging and the lumbering
industry; fishing and lobstering; women in Maine; country and
western music; northeastern multi-ethnic culture; labor history;
Native Americans; and tourism and hunting.
FORMATS
Materials in the Northeast Archives exist in a wide range of media
formats, including sound recordings, photographs and paper-based
materials, and moving image materials. There is also a reference
library of books and periodicals (in-house use only) and a small
research collection of material culture artifacts.
ORGANIZATION AND FINDING AIDS
The materials in the Northeast Archives have been organized into
approximately 140
collections based on projects or donors. These collections
consist of one or more accessions, with each accession usually
representing a distinct interview, deposit, or paper.
In-house databases provide key word, subject, interviewee and
interviewer access. In addition, the first 1,800 accessions are
available through the University of Maine’s on-line catalog,
URSUS
In addition to keyword searchable on-line
accession and
collection descriptions, in-house databases include song titles,
library holdings, and our photograph collection. Researchers at the
Maine Folklife Center also may take advantage of several large card
indexes providing access via place names, personal names, folklore
motifs, song titles, interviewers, and interviewees.
Photographs have been xeroxed and the photocopies have been placed
in a series of binders to reduce wear and tear on original images
and also to facilitate on-site browsing of the photo collection.
RESEARCH ACCESS
The Northeast Archives welcomes inquiries from persons wishing to
use the collections. Inquiries may be made in person, by phone, fax,
mail, or email.
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Brief searches of available finding aids will be done for off-site
patrons at no charge. However, extensive research will incur an
hourly fee. Archives staff copy materials for researchers and turn
around time ranges from immediate to several days. A fee schedule
for xeroxing and tape duplicating is available.
Restrictions: Researchers should be aware that some materials
deposited at the Northeast Archives may carry restrictions imposed
by donors and interviewees and may not be available for copying. The
nature of any restriction must be researched by a Northeast Archives
staff person before access can be granted or copies made.
Media Use: A separate fee schedule applies to the use of NAFOH
materials for broadcast or commercial use. Please contact the Maine
Folklife Center for further information at (207) 581-1891.
U. S. copyright laws apply to the use of all
materials held by the Northeast Archives.
All Northeast Archives material is copyrighted and written
permission must be obtained for any form of publication, broadcast,
or reproduction.
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