Folklore Collection Coverage
Several news outlets covered the news Wednesday that a collection of Maine folklore and history amassed by late UMaine professor Edward “Sandy” Ives had been given over to the Library of Congress, which will invest $650,000 to digitize the collection. A Maine Public Broadcasting Network report included comments from Pauleena MacDougall, the director of the UMaine-based Maine Folklife Center, who said the collection represents one of the most significant regional collections of folklore and oral history in the world. The Bangor Daily News, which included on its website a piece of audio from the collection, noted the materials include hundreds of thousands of audio recordings, interview transcripts, photographs and other items. Bangor TV stations WABI and WVII also covered the news conference.
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