Historical information:David A. Francis was born on January 23, 1917 in Pleasant Point, Maine and worked with the Pleasant Point Tribal Government helping to preserve the Passamaquoddy language. He died on February 26, 2016 in Bangor, aged 99 (adapted from the Bangor Daily News, February 28, 2016). These recordings likely reached the Survey as part of the Passamaquoddy materials belonging to Karl V. Teeter (LL.006), with which the items in this collection are associated.
Scope and content:Audio recordings of two pedagogically oriented books produced by the Title VII Bilingual Program under the direction of Joseph A. Nicholas (Director) and David A. Francis Sr. (Language Coordinator), based in Perry, Maine.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: David A. Francis. Passamaquoddy Sound Recordings, 2018-10, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X27942VC.
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Item number: 2018-10.001
Date: [unspecified]
Relations to this item:LL.006 referenced by this Item
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Reading of Book 1, Amsqahseweyak Skicinuwok "First Indians"], 2018-10.001, in "Passamaquoddy Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/25244.
Item number: 2018-10.002
Date: [unspecified]
Relations to this item:LL.006 referenced by this Item
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Reading of Book 2, Skicin Eli Piluwikit "Indian Characteristics"], 2018-10.002, in "Passamaquoddy Sound Recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/25245.
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