| Collection Name: |
Foxfire Bicentennial Interviews |
| Repository Name: |
University of Maine. Maine Folklife Center. Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History [Repository Details] |
| Repository Location: |
Orono, Maine, United States |
| Local Identifier: |
MF 019 |
| URL: |
http://www.umaine.edu/folklife/mf019.htm |
| Dates Spanned: |
1975-1975 |
| Description: |
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, 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 Racoon,” in 1976. The three interviews conducted in Maine focused on farming experiences, hunting and trapping, and making maple syrup. |
| Estimated Total of Interviews: |
4 |
| Broad Subjects: |
Agriculture |
| ASP Subjects: |
Agriculture; Family--History; Farmers; History; Hunters; Hunting; Local history; Maine; Older people; Oral history; Trapping; United States |
| Other Subjects: |
Reading is Fundamental |
| Collection Code: |
OHC0000279 |
