Identifier
MF 013 (local)

Repository
Maine Folklife Center

Date
1975 (Date created)

Summary

Four interviews conducted in Maine as part of the Foxfire Bicentennial Project. This was a nationwide project sponsored by Reading is Fundamental (RIF), and coordinated by Eliot Wigginton, founder of Foxfire, of interviews with elderly people about their lives and their hopes and fears for the future of the nation, as part of the celebration of America’s Bicentennial. The project resulted in the publication of a book entitled “I Wish I Could Give My Son a Raccoon,” in 1976. The three interviews conducted in Maine focused on farming experiences, hunting and trapping, and making maple syrup. Also included is a videotaped interview with Mary Turner, which was televised in 1976 on Channel 10 (WCBB).

Creator and/or Contributor
Colleen Colby (contributor), Mary Ann Shopshire (contributor), Mary Turner (creator), Wilder Kimball (creator), Wilder Kimball (creator), Florence Baker (creator)

Language
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Other Subject Headings
Farming experiences Hunting and trapping Making maple syrup (Local)

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