Maine Acadian cultural survey collection
By: collected by the American Folklife Center in cooperation with the National Park Service
Contributors: Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress); American Folklife Center
Published: 1991
Language: eng
Number of pages: 5080
Subjects: Social life and customs; Folklore; Acadians; Interviews; Field recordings; French-Canadians
Other titles: Maine Acadian Cultural Survey Project; Acadian cultural survey; Maine Acadian cultural survey.
Description: Collection consists of sound and video recordings, photographs, manuscript materials, printed materials, correspondence, field notes, and administrative files documenting folklife--including architecture, music, dance, storytelling, material culture, and occupational culture--in the Upper Saint John River Valley on the Maine and New Brunswick border.
Notes: Access restrictions apply; some or all content stored offsite. Please contact the Folklife Reading Room before requesting materials:  folklife@loc.gov ; 202-707-5510.

Maine Acadian Cultural Survey Collection (AFC 1991/029), Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Copies of the collection are also available in the Acadian Archives / Archives acadiennes at the University of Maine at Fort Kent.

Duplication of the collection materials may be governed by copyright and other restrictions.

The Maine Acadian Cultural Survey Project was an eight-week study conducted in 1991 as a joint project of the American Folklife Center and the North Atlantic Regional Office of the National Park Service to research information to be used in planning an Acadian Cultural Center in Maine.

In English and French.

Collection guide available in the Folklife Reading Room and online via the American Folklife Center web pages.