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1) [Maine Festival, 1977] Tape 1
Unedited. // Original label on videotape box: 'ST001.77: Maine Festival, 1977. Welcome Home Marching Band.'
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2) [Maine Festival, 1977] Tape 2
Unedited. // Original label on videotape box: 'ST002.77: Maine Festival, 1977. Dick Curless. Jud Strunk.' // Moderate dropout, particularly at start of tape. // Begins with Dick Curless...
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3) [Maine Festival, 1977] Tape 3
Unedited. // Original label on videotape box: 'ST003.77: Maine Festival, 1977. Jud Strunk Concert.' // Audio but no image for first few seconds.
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4) [Maine Festival, 1977] Tape 4
Unedited. // Original label on videotape box: 'ST004.77: Maine Festival, 1977. Tony Montanaro, Mime.'
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5) [Maine Festival, 1977] Tape 5
Unedited. // Original label on videotape box: 'ST005.77: Maine Festival, 1977. Tony Montanaro, Mime.'
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6) [Maine Festival, 1977] Tape 6
Unedited. // Original label on videotape box: 'ST006.77: Maine Festival, 1977. Folklife, canoe building. Nettie Mitchell, Ken Rosen.'
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7) [Maine Festival, 1977] Tape 7
Unedited. // Original label on videotape box: 'ST007.77: Maine Festival, 1977. Marshall Dodge. A. Highlander. Human jukebox, pottery, Leather and Lather.'
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8) [Maine Festival, 1977] Tape 8
Unedited. // Original label on videotape box: 'ST008.77: Maine Festival, 1977. Canoe paddles, blacksmith, children's area. Juggling.'
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9) [Maine Festival, 1977] Tape 9
Unedited. // Original label on videotape box: 'ST010.77: Maine Festival, 1977. Audience shots. Refried thighs.'
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10) [Maine Festival, 1977] Tape 10
Unedited. // Original label on videotape box: 'ST011.77: Maine Festival, 1977. Poetry, Kendall Morse.'
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11) [Maine Festival, 1977] Tape 11
Unedited. // Original label on videotape box: 'ST012.77: Maine Festival, 1977. Lou Killen, Recorders, wood sculpture.'
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12) [Maine Festival, 1977] Tape 12
Unedited. // Original label on videotape box: 'ST013.77: Maine Festival, 1977. Concert at Morrell Gym, audience.'
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13) [Maine Festival, 1977] Tape 13
Unedited. // Original label on videotape box: 'ST014.77: Maine Festival, 1977 Ambience. Maine Designs, Concert.'
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14) [Maine Festival, 1977] Tape 14
Unedited. // Original label on videotape box: 'ST017.77: Maine Festival, 1977. Wild Mountain Thyme.'
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15) [Maine Festival, 1977] Tape 15
Unedited. // Original label on videotape box: 'ST018.77: Maine Festival, 1977 Buntons and Box. Maine Festival balloon.'
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16) [Maine Festival, 1977] Tape 16
Unedited. // Original label on videotape box: 'ST020.77: Maine Festival, 1977. Gordon Bok concert, wild camera.'
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17) [Maine Festival, 1977] Tape 17
Unedited. // Original label on videotape box: 'ST021.77: Maine Festival, 1977. Balalaika Orchestra.'
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18) [Maine Festival, 1977] Tape 18
Unedited. // Original label on videotape box: 'ST022.77: Maine Festival, 1977. Balalaika Orchestra. Moose caller. Bill Henderson.'
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19) [Maine Festival, 1977] Tape 19
Unedited. // Original label on videotape box: 'ST023.77: Maine Festival, 1977. Folklife: Nettie Mitchell. Bill Henderson.'
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20) [Maine Festival, 1977] Tape 20
Unedited. // Original label on videotape box: 'ST024.77: Maine Festival, 1977. Nettie Mitchell. Boat building.'
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21) [Maine Festival, 1977] Tape 21
Unedited. // Original label on videotape box: 'ST025.77: Maine Festival, 1977. Sikkema, strings.'
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22) [Maine Festival, 1977] Tape 22
Unedited. // Original label on videotape box: 'ST026.77: Maine Festival, 1977. Dave Ingraham concert. Eddie Doughty. Gene Bunyon.'
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23) [Maine Festival, 1977] Tape 23
Unedited. // Original label on videotape box: 'ST027.77: Maine Festival, 1977. Eddie Doughty. Gene Bunyon.'
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24) [Maine Festival, 1977] Tape 24
Unedited. // Original label on videotape box: 'ST028.77: Maine Festival, 1977. Ragtime Millionaires. Bill Moseley.'
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25) [Maine Festival, 1977] Tape 25
Unedited. // Original label on videotape box: 'ST029.77: Maine Festival, 1977. Argyle Highlanders.'
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26) [Maine Festival, 1977] Tape 26
Unedited. // Original label on videotape box: 'ST030.77: Maine Festival, 1977. Mark Perry Trio.'
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27) [Maine Festival, 1977] Tape 27
Unedited. // Original label on videotape box: 'ST035.77: Maine Festival, 1977. Fiddlers Convention. 60 mins.'
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28) [Maine Festival, 1977] Tape 28
Unedited. // Original label on videotape box: 'ST036.77: Maine Festival, 1977. Fiddlers Convention. 60 mins.'
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29) [Maine Festival, 1977] Tape 29
Unedited. // Original label on videotape box: 'ST037.77: Maine Festival, 1977. Kendall Morse.'
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30) [Maine Festival, 1977] Tape 30
Unedited. // Original label on videotape box: 'ST038.77: Maine Festival, 1977. Dave Mallet.'
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31) [Maine Festival, 1977] Tape 31
Unedited. // Original label on videotape box: 'ST039.77: Maine Festival, 1977. Gordon Bok.'
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32) [Maine Festival, 1977] Tape 32
Unedited. // Original label on videotape box: 'ST040.77: Maine Festival, 1977. Wild Mountain Thyme.'
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33) [Maine Festival, 1977] Tape 33
Unedited. // Original label on videotape box: 'ST041.77: Maine Festival, 1977. Ragtime Millionaires.'
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34) [Maine Festival, 1977] Tape 34
Unedited. // Original label on videotape box: 'ST042.77: Maine Festival, 1977. Timeless Wind.'
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35) [Maine Festival, 1977] Tape 35
Unedited. // Original label on videotape box: 'ST043.77: Maine Festival, 1977. Brad Terry.'
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36) [Maine Festival, 1977] Cable Edit Tape 1
Original label on videotape box: 'The Maine Festival 1977. Cable Edit. Captain Kendall Morse. Bill Henderson - Moosecaller. Dave Mallet.'
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37) [Maine Festival, 1977] Cable Edit Tape 2
Original label on videotape box: 'The Maine Festival 1977. Cable Edit 2. Tony Montanaro, Gordon Bok, Wild Mountain Thyme.'
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38) [Maine Festival, 1978] Tape 1
Unedited. // Original label on videotape box: 'Tape 1: Maine Festival, 1978. Jazz Band.'
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39) [Maine Festival, 1978] Tape 2
Unedited. // Original label on videotape box: 'Tape 2: Maine Festival, 1978. Owner built. Nettie Mitchell poetry (5 min.) Barbara Toothpick and Allan Horseradish (5 min.).'
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40) [Maine Festival, 1978] Tape 3
Unedited. // Original label on videotape box: 'Tape 4: Maine Festival, 1978. China saw sculpture.'
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41) [Maine Festival, 1978] Tape 4
Unedited. // Original label on videotape box: 'Tape 5: Maine Festival, 1978. Passamaquoddy Indians.' // Periodic dropout throughout tape. // Scenes from the 1978 Maine Festival at Thoma...
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42) [Maine Festival, 1978] Tape 5
Unedited. // Original label on videotape box: 'Tape 6: Maine Festival, 1978. Folk life.'
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43) [Maine Festival, 1978] Tape 6
Unedited. // Original label on videotape box: 'Tape 7: Maine Festival, 1978. Treasure hunt.'
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44) [Maine Festival, 1978] Tape 7
Unedited. // Original label on videotape box: 'Tape 8: Maine Festival, 1978. Folk life. Bill Henderson.'
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45) [Maine Festival, 1978] Tape 8
Unedited. // Original label on videotape box: 'Tape 9: Maine Festival, 1978. Clown Al.'
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46) [Maine Festival, 1978] Tape 9
Unedited. // Original label on videotape box: 'Tape 10: Maine Festival, 1978. Folk life. Owner built.'
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47) [Maine Festival, 1978] Tape 10
Unedited. // Original label on videotape box: 'Tape 11: Maine Festival, 1978. Marshall Dodge. Intro to Nettie reading her poetry and story.' // Marshall Dodge introduces Nettie Mitchell...
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48) [Maine Festival, 1978] Tape 11
Unedited. // Original label on videotape box: 'Tape 15: Maine Festival, 1978. Libby and Joe Meuse. Androscoggin Indian Education exhibit.'
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49) [Maine Festival, 1978] Tape 12
Unedited. // Original label on videotape box: 'Tape 16: Maine Festival, 1978. Sipsis poetry.'
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50) [Maine Festival, 1978] Tape 13
Unedited. // Original label on videotape box: 'Tape 17: Maine Festival, 1978. Folklife. Lobster trap.'
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51) [Maine Festival, 1978] Tape 14
Unedited. // Original label on videotape box: 'Tape 18: Maine Festival, 1978. Wool spinner. Accordion, violin. Splitting ash for baskets.'
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52) [Maine Festival, 1978] Tape 15
Unedited. // Original label on videotape box: 'Tape 20: Maine Festival, 1978. High shots. Walk through crowd. Leather and Lather.'
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53) [Maine Festival, 1978] Tape 16
Unedited. // Original label on videotape box: 'Tape 22: Maine Festival, 1978. Potter with kids.'
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54) [Maine Festival, 1978] Tape 17
Unedited. // Original label on videotape box: 'Tape 24: Maine Festival, 1978. Spontaneous dance. Alno Yorey and dancers. Bath dance.'
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55) [Maine Festival, 1978] Tape 18
Unedited. // Original label on videotape box: 'Tape 25: Maine Festival, 1978. Contradancing. Basket demonstration. Children's clay.'
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56) [Maine Festival, 1978] Tape 19
Unedited. // Original label on videotape box: 'Tape 27: Maine Festival, 1978. Moose calling. Pottery.'
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57) [Maine Festival, 1978] Tape 20
Unedited. // Original label on videotape box: 'Tape 28: Maine Festival, 1978. Dowsers.'
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58) [Maine Festival, 1978] Tape 21
Unedited. // Original label on videotape box: 'Tape 29: Maine Festival, 1978. T. Rosenberg, potter. P. Martin, dulcimer.'
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59) [Maine Festival, 1978] Tape 22
Unedited. // Original label on videotape box: 'Tape 30: Maine Festival, 1978. C. Findlayson, toymaker.'
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60) [Maine Festival, 1978] Tape 23
Unedited. // Original label on videotape box: 'Tape 31: Maine Festival, 1978. B.P.P.I. Ian Sunday afternoon. Cats, kites, tumbler.'
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61) [Maine Festival, 1978] Tape 24
Unedited. // Original label on videotape box: 'Tape 32: Maine Festival, 1978. Storytelling, Nettie Mitchell.'
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62) [Maine Festival, 1978] Tape 25
Unedited. // Original label on videotape box: 'Tape 34: Maine Festival, 1978. Saturday concert. WILD #3.'
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63) [Maine Festival, 1978] Tape 26
Unedited. // Original label on videotape box: 'Tape 35: Maine Festival, 1978. Saturday concert, WILD #2.'
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64) [Maine Festival, 1978] Tape 27
Unedited. // Original label on videotape box: 'Tape 36: Maine Festival, 1978. Saturday concert, WILD #4.'
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65) [Maine Festival, 1978] Roughcutting Tape 1
Original label on videotape box: 'Maine Festival Roughcutting 1978 Tape 1.'
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66) [Maine Festival, 1978] Roughcutting Tape 2
Original label on videotape box: 'Maine Festival Roughcutting 1978 Tape 2.'
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67) [Maine Festival, 1978] Dub Master
Original label on videotape box: 'Maine Festival 1978 Dub Master.'
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68) [Maine Festival, 1978] Master Edit
Original label on videotape box: 'Maine Festival 1978 Master Edit UMA-TV.'
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69) [Common Ground Fair, 1979] Tape 1
Unedited footage of the Common Ground Fair at Litchfield. // Original label on videotape box: 'Tape 1: Common Ground Fair, 1979. Entrance gate, maze with children. Parade with children....
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70) [Common Ground Fair, 1979] Tape 2
Unedited footage of the Common Ground Fair at Litchfield. // Original label on videotape box: 'Tape 2: Common Ground Fair, 1979. Industrial wood heater. Gas mill and interview. Cutaways...
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71) [Common Ground Fair, 1979] Tape 3
Unedited footage of the Common Ground Fair at Litchfield. // Original label on videotape box: 'Tape 3: Interview with Steve Bell of Northern Light & Power Co., (aqua heaters and windmil...
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72) [Common Ground Fair, 1979] Tape 4
Unedited footage of the Common Ground Fair at Litchfield. // Original label on videotape box: 'Tape 4: Common Ground Fair, 1979. Man with steam engine. [Technical difficulties, battery...
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73) [Common Ground Fair, 1979] Tape 5
Unedited footage of the Common Ground Fair at Litchfield. // Original label on videotape box: 'Tape 5: Common Ground Fair, 1979. Interivew with volunteer. Interview with Brother Ted, Sh...
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74) [Common Ground Fair, 1979] Tape 6
Unedited footage of the Common Ground Fair at Litchfield. // Original label on videotape box: 'Tape 6: Common Ground Fair, 1979. Cutaways with Brother Ted and John. Firefly and books, c...
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75) [Common Ground Fair, 1979] Tape 7
Unedited footage of the Common Ground Fair at Litchfield. // Original label on videotape box: 'Tape 7: Common Ground Fair, 1979. Pigeons and rabbits. Interview.'
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76) [Common Ground Fair, 1979] Tape 8
Unedited footage of the Common Ground Fair at Litchfield. // Original label on videotape box: 'Tape 8: Common Ground Fair, 1979. Ponies demonstration.'
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77) [Common Ground Fair, 1979] Tape 9
Unedited footage of the Common Ground Fair at Litchfield. // Original label on videotape box: 'Tape 9: Common Ground Fair, 1979. Composting methods. Food drying by solar heat. Interview...
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78) [Common Ground Fair, 1979] Tape 10
Unedited footage of the Common Ground Fair at Litchfield. // Original label on videotape box: 'Tape 10: Common Ground Fair, 1979. Food drying. Auction demonstration.'
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79) [Common Ground Fair, 1979] Tape 11
Unedited footage of the Common Ground Fair at Litchfield. // Original label on videotape box: 'Tape 11: Common Ground Fair, 1979. Barn building. Interview with passers-by.'
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80) [Common Ground Fair, 1979] Tape 12
Unedited footage of the Common Ground Fair at Litchfield. // Original label on videotape box: 'Tape 12: Common Ground Fair, 1979. Auction, human jukebox. Morris dancers.'
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81) [Common Ground Fair, 1979] Tape 13
Unedited footage of the Common Ground Fair at Litchfield. // Original label on videotape box: 'Tape 13: Common Ground Fair, 1979. Stone masonry demonstration. Cutaways. Children, people...
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82) [Common Ground Fair, 1979] Tape 14
Unedited footage of the Common Ground Fair at Litchfield. // Original label on videotape box: 'Tape 14: Common Ground Fair, 1979. Spoon carvers. Natural childbirth. Glass ornaments. Con...
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83) [Common Ground Fair, 1979] Tape 15
Unedited footage of the Common Ground Fair at Litchfield. // Original label on videotape box: 'Tape 15: Common Ground Fair, 1979. Spiritual celebration. Tractors, antique machinery. Int...
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84) [Common Ground Fair, 1979] Tape 16
Unedited footage of the Common Ground Fair at Litchfield. // Original label on videotape box: 'Tape 16: Common Ground Fair, 1979. Tractors, highland geese, bees. Geese. Sheep to shave.'
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85) [Common Ground Fair, 1979] Tape 17
Unedited footage of the Common Ground Fair at Litchfield. // Original label on videotape box: 'Tape 17: Common Ground Fair, 1979. Pony ride around the Fair. Seabrook [nuclear power plan...
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86) [Common Ground Fair, 1979] Tape 18
Unedited footage of the Common Ground Fair at Litchfield. // Original label on videotape box: 'Tape 18: Common Ground Fair, 1979. Interviews, food stands. Energy review. Exits. Balloon....
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87) [Common Ground Fair, 1979] Tape 19
Unedited footage of the Common Ground Fair at Litchfield. // Original label on videotape box: 'Tape 19. Common Ground Fair, 1979. Woodstoves, childcare. Interviews. Lap Sit. Energy revi...
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88) [Common Ground Fair, 1982] Tape 1
Unedited footage of the Common Ground Fair at Windsor. // Original label on videotape box: 'Tape 1: Common Ground Fair, 1982. Food. Kid to Common Ground Country Fair balloon. More kids...
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89) [Common Ground Fair, 1982] Tape 2
Unedited footage of the Common Ground Fair at Windsor. // Original label on videotape box: 'Tape 2: Common Ground Fair, 1982. Produce inside.'
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90) [Common Ground Fair, 1982] Tape 3
Unedited footage of the Common Ground Fair at Windsor. // Original label on videotape box: 'Tape 3: Common Ground Fair, 1982. Balloons, older people in lines.'
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91) [Common Ground Fair, 1982] Tape 4
Unedited footage of the Common Ground Fair at Windsor. // Original label on videotape box: 'Tape 4: Common Ground Fair, 1982. Kids and clown. Ewes and wool. Wagon to waving kids. Kids a...
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92) [Common Ground Fair, 1983] Promo
Label on tape: 'Common Ground Country Fair 1983. 30 sec. Promo. Master.'
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93) [Common Ground Fair, 1984] Tape 1
Unedited footage of the Common Ground Fair at Windsor. // Original label on videotape box: 'Tape 1: Common Ground Fair, 1984. 9/21/84.'
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94) [Common Ground Fair, 1984] Tape 2
Unedited footage of the Common Ground Fair at Windsor. // Original label on videotape box: 'Tape 2: Common Ground Fair, 1984. 9/20 + 21/84.'
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95) [Common Ground Fair, 1984] Tape 3
Unedited footage of the Common Ground Fair at Windsor. // Original label on videotape box: 'Tape 3: Common Ground Fair, 1984. 9/22/84.'
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96) [Common Ground Fair, 1984] Tape 4
Unedited footage of the Common Ground Fair at Windsor. // Original label on videotape box: 'Tape 4: Common Ground Fair, 1984. 9/21/84.'
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97) [Maine Festival, Unidentified Date(s)] Tape 1
Original label on videotape box: 'Tape 1: Sex Howitzers.'
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98) [Maine Festival, Unidentified Date(s)] Tape 2
Original label on videotape box: 'Tape 3: Burt interview cutaway.'
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99) [Maine Festival, Unidentified Date(s)] Tape 3
View all items Original label on videotape box: 'Tape 5: Doug. Judy.'
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Media Source Collection


Primary Format and Extent
video (2,900 min.) : sd., col. ; 3/4 in.

Collection Date Range
1977 – 1984

Summary
Collection contains unedited footage of two Maine cultural events shot by Ben Levine, an independent producer: the Maine Festival (1977, 1978) and the Common Ground Fair (1979, 1982, 1984). The Maine Festival footage includes music, dancing, children's activities and performances by artists including Dave Mallett, Gordon Bok, Tony Montanaro, and Jud Strunk. The Common Ground Fair footage includes interviews, entertainment, food booths, demonstrations of products, livestock, children and the fair grounds. Collection also includes camera masters for "Quebec Perspective" (1980).

Biographical/Historical Notes
Ben Levine, resident of Solon, Maine, is an independent filmmaker and founder of Media Source, a videotape production company. The Maine Festival, founded by comedian Marshall Dodge, was an arts fair held in the town of Brunswick, Maine, and later in Portland, and Thomas Point Beach, Brunswick. The Common Ground Fair is an annual event first held in Litchfield, Maine, then Windsor, and presently in Unity, Maine, organized by the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA).

Subject(s)
Agriculture, Children, Community Life, Domestic animals, Fairs, Food, Handicraft, Manners and customs, Performing arts Post new comment
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