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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS TO PRESERVE MAINE FOLKLIFE COLLECTION

A new collaboration between the Library of Congress’ American Folklife Center and the University of Maine will preserve all the original recordings, transcripts and photographs from the Northeast Archives. That collection, the entire holdings of the Northeast Archives of Folklore and History, is part of UMaine’s Folklife Center.

The library will acquire the entire collection, preserve it at its state-of-the art facilities and serve it online and in person to researchers from around the world.  Copies in digital form will remain accessible at UMaine’s Maine Folklife Center.

 STUDENT PROJECT FEATURED IN UMAINE’S CENTER FOR UNDERGRAD RESEARCH

Kaitlin Anderson (Anthropology major, Earth Sciences & Spanish minor) is featured on the CUGR web site! Kaitlyn is working with Pauleena MacDougall on her honors thesis that will examine the Old Swedish language spoken in New Sweden, Maine through a series of oral interviews conducted with members of that community. Read more about her here:
http://cugr.umaine.edu/?page_id=14

 Maine Song and Story Sampler Map website launched with Curriculum Connections Series for k-12 teachers

Supported by the National Endowment for the Arts Grant No. 10-5500-7104: 2010-2011, the Maine Folklife Center has completed the Maine Song and Story Sampler Map with 50 sites around the state. Each site on the map includes a song and story from our collection. In addition, we have included 13 lesson plans for teachers to use the site in the classroom.

See some of our songs and stories on Broadcastr:  http://beta.broadcastr.com/Echo.html?author=MAINE_FOLKLIFE