The collections of the American Folklife Center contain rich and
varied materials from Maine that document the diversity of the
state's folk traditions. Among its rarest materials are the
first wax-cylinder field recordings, made in 1890 of
Passamaquoddy Indian music and tales in Calais. There are also
maritime and lumbering traditions; oral histories from Aroostook
county; and African American Baptist services. The Center
conducted the Maine Acadian Cultural Survey in 1991, which
documented the ongoing traditions of the people of the
northernmost regions of the state. The documentary material
created during the project, including thousands of photographs
and hundreds of hours of interviews, has been incorporated into
the collections of the Folklife Center. Finding Aid: View a
complete list of our Maine collections. Local Legacies: This
project provides a "snapshot" of local culture as it was
expressed in the year 2000. View Maine's Local Legacies
projects. Veterans History Project: Browse state collections f