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Moving Image		Aroostook County, 1920s Northeast Historic Film, Moving Image A record of life in and around Presque Isle, made on the occasion of the town’s centennial in 1920. Professionally filmed and titled, the film includes businesses and notable people of the day. Music accompanying the images is from songs of the period compiled by Maine silent film pianist Danny Patt. Find Similar Resources	Agriculture, Fairs, Hunting, Railroads Farming/Agriculture

Moving Image		Eldon Hanning: Micmac Ash Harvest UMaine Wabanaki Studies, Moving Image, 00:06:47 Eldon Hanning, who belongs to the Micmac tribe, demonstrates the harvest of ash wood, the wood most commonly used for basketmaking. This segment on brown ash harvesting was filmed in the Aroostook County woods and explores threats to the tree and loss of access to wood as property ownership changes. Find Similar Resources	Native Americans Wabanaki Tribe Micmac Tribe Basket making Ash (Plants) -- Maine Logging Indian baskets -- North America Baskets -- Maine

Moving Image		Mary Sanipass: Micmac Mater Basketmaker UMaine Wabanaki Studies, Moving Image, 00:05:47 Mary Sanipass, Micmac Basketmaker. Mary and her husband Donald, who passed on during the project, are Micmac elders who continue to make forms that have been made in their families for generations. Mary focuses on a basket specific to Aroostook County, the potato basket. She talks about her concerns of the tradition and her hopes for her family carrying on the tradition. Find Similar Resources	Native Americans Wabanaki Tribe Micmac Tribe Basket making Baskets – Maine Indian baskets -- North America

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Still Image		B. & A. R. R. Series. State Line Tunnel Fogler Special Collections, Still Image Postcard, "B. & A. R. R. Series. State Line Tunnel." View of a train emerging from a tunnel on the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad line. Find Similar Resources	Railroads Railroads Transportation Tunnels

Still Image		Canoeing on the Allagash River, Maine Fogler Special Collections, Still Image Postcard, "Canoeing on the Allagash River, Maine." An idyllic scene that captures the experience so many tourists sought in Maine's wilderness regions. Find Similar Resources	Canoes and canoeing Outdoor recreation Recreation/Tourism Tourism

Text		Documents Accompanying the Governor's Message Relating to the Road from Baring to Houlton Fogler Special Collections, Text Pages from a pamplet reprinting documents about the building of a road from Baring to Houlton. The selected letters emphasize the difficulties of building roads through Maine in the early 1800s. Find Similar Resources	Roads Settlements Transportation

Text		Friends of the St. John Fogler Special Collections, Text One page announcement from the Friends of the St. John, a Boston-based society, in opposition to the Dickey-Lincoln hydroelectric dam project. The Dickey-Lincoln dam was never built, due to lack of federal funding. Find Similar Resources	Dams Environmental aspects Dickey-Lincoln Hydro-Electric Project Ecology/Energy Environmentalism Outdoor recreation

Sound		Interview with Camille (Ky) Theriault about planting potatoes Maine Folklife Center, Sound Selection from an interview with Camille (Ky) Theriault about his experiences growing up on a potato farm in Caribou, Maine, 1951-1954. In this selection he talks about women's farm chores, cutting seed potatoes, and planting potatoes. Find Similar Resources	Agriculture Farming/Agriculture Planting (Plant culture) Potatoes Planting time

Text		Letter from Robert Jalbert to Fern Stearns Fogler Special Collections, Text Letter from Robert Jalbert, an attorney in Fort Kent, to Mrs. Fern Sterns, regarding local objections to the proposed Dickey-Lincoln hydro-electric dam project. The Dickey-Lincoln dam was never built, due to lack of federal funding. Find Similar Resources	Dams Environmental aspects Dickey-Lincoln Hydro-Electric Project Ecology/Energy Environmentalism

Text		Letter from W. A. Bean to Manly Hardy Fogler Special Collections, Text Letter from W. A. Bean to Manly Hardy, regarding the selling of various pelts and deerskins that he has trapped. Find Similar Resources	Commerce Fur trade Hunting, Trapping and the Fur Trade Trapping

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