On October 24, 2013, the 142 nd anniversary of Louis Sockalexis’s birth in 1871, author Ed Rice donated all the newspaper and magazine clippings, photographs and artifacts from more than one-quarter of a century of research on the Sockalexis cousins, research used in his biographies of the great Penobscot Indian athletes. Since Louis died on Dec. 24, 2013, it was also exactly two months past the 100 th anniversary of his death. This was at the Maine State Library & Museum in Augusta.
This was done in a special talk and presentation ceremony.
Rice stands before a display of some of his Sockalexis memorabilia.
Ed Rice speaking at the Maine State Library & Museum.
Author Ed Rice signs copies of his books and speaks to guests at the reception.
Any groups, organizations or libraries interested in a talk on Louis Sockalexis should contact the author. See Contact The Author Page.
2011 Talks with the Author
| Date | Place | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| April 12 | Native American Studies Class, University of Maine, Orono | Donna Loring |
| Aug 1, | 8 Dirigo Pines, Orono, ME | Juanita Taylor |
2010 Talks with the Author
| Date | Place | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| August 16 | Charlotte County Archives Society, St. Andrews by the Sea, N.B., Canada | Berry Murray |
2009 Talks with the Author
| Date | Place | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Feb. 11 | Brown Bag Lecture Series, Portland Public Library, Portland | Steve Podgajny |
| Apr. 1 | Falmouth High School, Falmouth | Danny Paul |
| April 7 | UCB Library, University College of Bangor, Bangor | Kay Retzlaff |
| June 3-5 | 21st Annual Symposium, National Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown, N.Y. | Jim Gates |
2008 Talks with the Author
| Date | Place | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Jan. 22 | Old Town-Orono Kiwanis Club, Black Bear Inn, Orono | Clair Wood |
| Feb. 29 | Cohen Middle School, Bangor | Terry Tibbetts |
| July 11 | Guilderland Public Library Albany, N.Y. | Margaret Lanoue |
| July 12 | Iroquois Indian Museum, Baseball Pioneers Exhibit, Howes Cave, N.Y. | Erynne Ansel-McCabe, Stephanie Shultes |
| July 23 | Islesboro Historical Society, Islesboro | Judy Kaminski |
| Sept. 18 | Orono Public Library, Orono | Kathy Marks Molloy |
| Sept. 22 | Gardiner High School, Gardiner | Greg Helm |
| Nov. 4 | EMCC Library, Eastern Maine Community College, Bangor | Janet Blood |
2007 Talks with the Author
| Date | Place | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Feb. 28 | First Nations Club, Wabanaki Center, Dunn Hall, University of Maine Orono | David Slagger |
| March 18 | Scarborough Public Library, Scarborough | Catherine Morrison |
| Mar. 30 | Writers Day, Bucksport Elementary School, Bucksport | Joan Merriam |
| April 4 | Falmouth High School, Falmouth | Danny Paul |
| April 4 | Falmouth Middle School, Falmouth | Peg Becksvoort |
| April 11 | Native American Studies Class, Shibles Hall, University of Maine, Orono | John Bear Mitchell |
| June 1 | Celebration of Reading, Madison Junior High, Madison | Margaret Vital |
| July 31 | Goodall Memorial Library, Sanford | Jackie McDougall |
| Sept. 21 | Lawrence High School, Fairfield | Tonya Joler |
| Oct. 6 | The Bangor Book Festival, BookMarc’s, Bangor | W. C. Knickerbocker |
| Oct. 26 | Bonny Eagle Middle School, Buxton | Anne Farley, Justin Lambert |
| Nov. 9 | Thomaston Elementary School, Thomaston | Marcia Sutton |
| Nov. 13 | Native American Awareness Week, University of Southern Maine, Portland | Susan Evans |
2006 Talks with the Author
| Date | Place | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Feb. 16 | UMaine Bookstore, University of Maine, Orono | Amanda Morang |
| Mar. 3 | Cony High School, Augusta | Jeffrey Small, Tom Wells |
| Mar. 18 | Ellsworth Public Library, Ellsworth | Mary Beth Dorsey |
| Mar. 31 | York Public Library, York | Kate Bell |
| April 7 | Middle School, Dixfield | Barbara Arsenault |
| May 31 | Leonard Middle School, Old Town | Peggy Boone |
| June 20 | Clinton Public Library, Clinton | Edna Greenlaw |
| June 21 | Winslow Public Library, Winslow | Carol-Ann LaBrecque |
| July 12 | Jay-Niles Library, Jay | Tamara Hoke |
| Sept. 9 | Lebanon Book Fair, Lebanon, N.H. | Cliff Desrosiers |
| Sept. 20 | Lawrence High School, Fairfield | Tonya Joler |
| Oct. 20 | Bonny Eagle Middle School, Buxton | Anne Farley |
| Oct. 25 | Thomaston Middle School, Thomaston | Caroline Bolger |
| Nov. 17 | Rockland Middle School, Rockland | Ellen Spring |
2005 Talks with the Author
| Date | Place | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| January 3 | Coalition for Tribal Sovereignty, College Avenue, Orono | John Frachella |
| January 21 | “Luncheon with the Author,” Boothbay Harbor Library, Boothbay Harbor | Diane Dorbin |
| January 21 | Cable TV Interview | Bob Paskal |
| February 3 | Auburn Public Library, Book Burrow & Café, Auburn | Rosemary Waltos |
| February 17 | Moore Elementary School, Ellsworth | Robin Emery |
| March 3 | Honor Society Dedication, Eastern Maine Community College, Bangor | Ed Raymaker |
| March 10 | Chelsea Middle School, Chelsea | Jared Todd, Sue Trott |
| March 17 | Caribou Middle School, Caribou | Gail Hagelstein |
| April 2 | "Baseball’s First Indian" Exhibit on Louis Sockalexis, Abbe Museum, Bar Harbor | Becky Cole-Will |
| April 7 | Sangerville Public Library, Sangerville Town Hall, Sangerville | Linda Hall |
| April 14 | Millinocket Middle School, Millinocket | Therese Inman |
| April 20 | Genealogy Society, Bangor Public Library, Bangor | John Nelligan |
| May 4 | EMCC Bookstore, Eastern Maine Community College, Bangor | Bill Dorrity |
| June 10 | 17th Annual Symposium, National Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown, NY | Jim Gates, Tim Wiles |
| July 6 | Millinocket Public Library, Millinocket | John McManus |
| Sept. 7 | Brown Bag Luncheon Series, Portland Public Library, Portland | Kristi Calhoun |
| Sept. 9 | Thomaston Elementary School, Thomaston | Pat Higgins |
| Sept. 20 | Mass Archaeology Society Northeast Chapter, North Andover, MASS | Glenn Mairo |
| Sept. 27 | Oakland Public Library, Oakland | Carol Cooley |
| Sept. 29 | Lawrence Public Library, Fairfield | Louella Bickford |
| October 6 | McArthur Public Library, Biddeford | Lynn Bivens |
| October 20 | Searsmont Town Library, Searsmont | Kathy Hoey |
| Oct. 24 | Maine State Library Conference, Augusta Civic Center, Augusta | Edna Comstock, Gail Hagelstein |
| Oct. 27 | Dyer Public Library, Saco | Anastasia Weigle, Anne King |
| Dec. 2 | Freeport Middle School, Freeport | Pam Goucher |
| Dec. 2 | Freeport Community Library, Freeport | Beth Edmonds, Holly Elliott |
| December 3 | Skowhegan Free Library, Skowhegan | Katherine LeBlanc |
| December 8 | College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MASS | Jack Donahue |
| December 13 | Bangor Rotary Club, Bangor Motor Inn, Bangor | Shawn Yardley |
2004 Talks with the Author
| Date | Place | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| January 8 | Brewer Middle School, Brewer | Rich Kimball |
| January 14 | Bates College Radio, Lewiston | Eddie Grey Fox |
| January 16 | Many and One Coalition Week (Dinner), Lewiston | Eddie Grey Fox |
| January 17 | "Bill Green's Maine" Interview, Channel 6-TV | Bill Green |
| January 30 | Norway Library, Norway | Nancy Steede |
| March 19 | Boothbay Harbor Elem School, Boothbay Harbor | Jo Haney, Eric Chamberlain |
| March 24 | Abbott Public Library, Dexter | Liz Breault |
| April 6 | Belfast Public Library, Belfast | Brenda Harrington |
| April 9 | Gardiner Middle School, Gardiner | Sharon Mathews |
| April 10 | Honan-Allston branch, BPL BOSTON | Sarah Ellen Markell |
| April 12 | Newton Public Library, BOSTON | Beth Purcell |
| April 21 | Curtis Memorial Library, Brunswick | Paul Dostie, Steve Podgany |
| April 28 | Springvale Public Library, Springvale | Karen Eger |
| May 13 | EMCC Library, E. Maine Community College, Bangor | Karen Reilly |
| May 13 | Naples Public Library, Naples | Christine Powers |
| May 19 | Bangor Lions Club, Bangor | Tim Economu |
| May 27 | Indian Township School, Indian Township | Wayne Newell |
| May 27 | Woodland Elementary School, Baileyville (Revisit!) | Bonnie Tibbetts |
| June 10 | Enfield Senior Center Enfield, CT | Roy Szoka |
| June 10 | Barnes & Noble, Enfield, CT | Roy Szoka |
| June 21 | Old Town Public Library, Old Town | Valerie Osborne |
| July 17 | Rangeley Public Library, Rangeley | Sue Downes-Borko |
| September 23 | Bangor Public Library, Bangor | Barbara McDade |
| November 9 | University College of Bangor, Bangor | Becky Marquis |
2003 Talks with the Author
| Date | Place | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| August 7 | Orono Public Library, Orono | Kathy Marks Molloy, Joyce Murdoch |
| August 9 | Books 'n' Things, Bethel | Sandy Dennis |
| August 16 | Bookstacks, Bucksport | Andy Lacher |
| August 21 | Barnes & Noble, CLEVELAND | Heather Frawley |
| August 21 | B. Dalton, CLEVELAND | Barb Teron |
| August 22 | Borders, CLEVELAND | Troy Kahler |
| August 23 | Ohio Public Broadcasting, CLEVELAND | Dave Deoreo |
| September 4 | Brewer Public Library, Brewer | Elise Adams |
| September 6 | York's Bookstore, Houlton | Lynn York |
| September 13 | South Portland Library, South Portland | Tyla Schaefer |
| September 13 | Books, Etc., Old Port, Portland | Jane Phalen |
| September 16 | Bangor Public Library (Book Marc’s), Bangor | Barbara McDade |
| September 19 | Thomaston Library, Thomaston | Kathleen Daley |
| September 20 | Brunswick Bookland, Brunswick | Jim Mullin |
| September 27 | Borders, Bangor | Gibran Graham |
| October 1 | Nonesuch Books, South Portland | Joanne Van Reenen |
| October 4 | Abbe Museum, Bar Harbor | Rebecca Cole-Will |
| October 11 | Fertile Mind, Belfast | Bruce Hayne |
| October 12 | The History Store, Ogunquit | Pat Smith |
| October 13 | Maine Public Broadcasting, Portland | Matt Algeo |
| October 20 | UMaine Bookstore, Orono | Holly Williams |
| October 30 | Richmond Middle School, Richmond | Mary Simpson |
| November 7 | Chelsea School, Chelsea | Susan Trott |
| November 21 | Woodland Elementary School, Baileyville | Bonnie Tibbetts |
| December 5 | Orono High School, Orono | Don Joseph |
| December 13 | Hudson Museum, University of Maine | Gretchen Faulkner |