November 1, 1999 Dear Friend of Sandy Ives: The Maine Folklife Center and the University of Maine Press are co-publishing a book of essays in honor of Edward D. Sandy Ives, entitled: Northeast Folklore: Essays in Honor of Edward D. Ives, ed. by Pauleena MacDougall and David Taylor. A mock-up will be presented to him at the annual meeting of the American Folklore Society in October,while the final version will be available for purchase early in 2000. We are offering you an opportunity to make a contribution of $40.00 which will entitle you to be listed in the Tabula Gratulatoria and to receive an advanced copy of the book. Your donation will also help to offset the costs of printing the book. We have attached a copy of the table of contents for your information. We would like to have your contribution by the end of November when the book will go to press. Thank you. I would like to be listed in the TABULA GRATULATORIA as follows: ______________________________________________________________________ I have enclosed my contribution of _____________________________. Method of payment: o Check or money order o Visa o Mastercard Signature____________________________________ Card #__________________________ Expiration date______________ I understand that a minimum contribution of $40.00 (US funds) entitles me to a copy of the book and listing in the TABULA GRATULATORA. Please send my receipt and copy of the book to me at the following address: NAME____________________________ ADDRESS________________________ _________________________________ please make checks payable to UNIVERSITY OF MAINE, RETURN FORM WITH PAYMENT TO: MAINE FOLKLIFE CENTER 5773 SO. STEVENS HALL UNIVERSITY OF MAINE ORONO, ME 04469-5773. Northeast Folklore: Essays in Honor of Edward D. Ives ed. by Pauleena MacDougall and David Taylor with the assistance of Elizabeth Hedler Edward Dawson Ives: Folklorist, Biographer, Professor: A Biographical Sketch. By Pauleena MacDougall The Works of Edward D. Ives. compiled by David Taylor and Stephen Green. George Carey, Its home I want to be: Joanna Colcords Maritime Legacy. Burt Feintuch A Week on the Ceilidh Trail. Archie Green, Birds of a Feather, Gorbeys and Petrels. Ron Labelle and Margaret Steiner, The French Irishman as Cultural Broker: An Acadian at the Miramichi Folksong Festival. Ronald Caplan "The Lost MacKinnon Boy," Narrative Obituary Verse. Pauleena MacDougall, William Cavallini: A Rumrunners Tale. Thomas McKean, Satire and the exchange of song in an Isle of Skye community. Richard MacKinnon, Humorous Nicknames in Industrial Cape Breton Island. Sheldon Posen, Coaxing. Jo Radner, Performing the Paper: Handwritten Newspapers and Village Life in Postbellum Maine. Neil V. Rosenberg, The Springhill Mine Disaster Songs: Class, Memory, and Persistence in Canadian Folksong. Michael Taft, Another Tradition: Local Sheet Music Composistion in the Maritimes, 1896 to 1925. Jeff Todd Titon, Albert Collins: Poet of South Blue Hill, Maine with a selection from his poetry. David Taylor Learning the Rules: Elements of Traditional Designing Practiced by Boatbuilders of Trinity Bay, Newfoundland. Peggy Yocum, Exuberance in Control: Dialogic Discourse in the Repertoire of Wood Carver and Storyteller William Richard. Peggy Yocum and Jeep Wilcox, Just call me Sandy, son: Poet Jeep Wilcoxs tribute to Sandy Ives. O. Willwood, The Lost Recording of Dunny Hooper: Ramblings of a Centenarian Logger. Please excuse any cross-postings. We're trying not to leave anybody out. Regards, Pauleena MacDougall 5773 So. Stevens Hall University of Maine Orono, ME 04469 (207) 581-1848 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%