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Mf071 Pride Of Maine Fair, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine
Mf071 Pride Of Maine Fair, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine
Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History Finding Aids
Music performances and narrative workshops recorded at the Pride of Maine Fair held at College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor, Maine, July, 1979. 38 hours.
Mf167.1 Edward D. “Sandy” Ives Collection: Research, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine
Mf167.1 Edward D. “Sandy” Ives Collection: Research, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine
Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History Finding Aids
This collection consists of interviews conducted by Sandy Ives on Prince Edward Island between 1969 and 1970, as part of his work to document the folk songs of Prince Edward Island, specifically the songs “made by” Joe Scott, Larry Doyle, and Larry Gorman. Material included in this collection served as source material for Ives’ later publications, Lawrence Doyle: The Farmer-Poet of Prince Edward Island (1971); Larry Gorman: The Man Who Made the Songs (1977); Joe Scott: The Woodman Songmaker (1978); and Drive Dull Care Away: Folksongs from Prince Edward Island (1999). This collection includes recordings of interviews conducted as well …
Photograph Of Disassembled Mountain Dulcimer
Photograph Of Disassembled Mountain Dulcimer
Images
Black and white photograph of the pieces of a disassembled mountain dulcimer lain out on backdrop with the book, "Four & Twenty: Songs for the Mountain Dulcimer" propped in the background.
Photograph Of Dulcimer
Images
This is a black and white photograph of a dulcimer belonging to Lynn McSpadden.
Mf017 F.O.L.K. (Focus On Local Knowledge) Collection, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine
Mf017 F.O.L.K. (Focus On Local Knowledge) Collection, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine
Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History Finding Aids
Collection consists of video tapes (150 hours approx.) produced by Don DePoy, founder of F. O. L. K., Inc. (Focus On Local Knowledge) "a nonprofit Maine based corporation dedicated to the performance and preservation of traditional music." Tapes contain raw footage and edited masters for a series of TV programs titled "Mainely Bluegrass" broadcast on Maine Public Television in 1996. Footage features music groups taped at the Breakneck Mountain Bluegrass Festival in Crawford, Maine (1994) and the Blistered Fingers Bluegrass Festival in Sydney, Maine (1995).
Artists include Evergreen, the Stevens Family, Sassygrass, Bluegrass Supply Company, the Gibson Brothers, the Sandy …
Mf039 Traditional Music Of Maine Project Collection, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine
Mf039 Traditional Music Of Maine Project Collection, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine
Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History Finding Aids
Field recordings made primarily by Jeffrey “Smokey” Mckeen for use in developing a series of radio programs devoted to traditional music in Maine. The collection includes 37 cassette recordings of interviews with 44 individuals in addition to performances. The programs were later packaged and released by the Maine Folklife Center as a series of four cassettes entitled “Traditional Music of Maine, Vols. 1-4.”
Traditional Music of Maine celebrates the musical legacies of a variety of Maine folk communities by exploring their cultural and historical significance through oral history interviews with musicians and other community members. The tapes introduce …
Mf145 Jeffrey “Smokey” Mckeen Collection, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine
Mf145 Jeffrey “Smokey” Mckeen Collection, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine
Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History Finding Aids
The original donation, which focuses on country music in Maine, was added to the archive in the summer of 2006. The focus was expended to music in Maine generally as well as storytelling (especially about Herbert F. Jackson) and jokes when other interviews were added by McKeen.
Fifteen accessions comprise the collection, which include Hal Lone Pine radio shows and oral interviews. These materials were gathered and donated by Jeff “Smokey” McKeen. The interviews were conducted by McKeen with country musicians and listeners in the 1990s to the present. Several other accessions outside of this collection are related to McKeen, …
Mf180 Woods Music Collection, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine
Mf180 Woods Music Collection, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine
Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History Finding Aids
An assembled collection of accessions containing songs from or about the lumberwoods. Some are the written version, some are sung.
Arkansas Folk Music Lesson Plan
Arkansas Folk Music Lesson Plan
Lesson plans
This lesson plan will introduce students to Arkansas folk music and three of its pioneers, Almeda Riddle, Jimmy Driftwood, and Patsy Montana. Through primary source analysis of recordings and sheet music students will identify characteristics of folk music, compare folk music to other styles of music, discuss the significance of the song, and consider the social and historical context of the lyrics.
This lesson plan was produced for 6th grade, 7th grade, 8th grade, 9th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade, and 12th grade students, but may be altered by teachers to fit other …
Fall/Winter 2000, Wmpg 90.9 Fm
Fall/Winter 2000, Wmpg 90.9 Fm
WMPG Program Guides
WMPG program guide for Fall/Winter 2000
Includes notes from Program Director, information on shows and events, and schedule.
Spring 1998, Wmpg 90.9 Fm
Spring 1998, Wmpg 90.9 Fm
WMPG Program Guides
WMPG program guide for Spring 1998
Includes notes from Program Director, information on shows and events, and schedule.
Fall 1997, Wmpg 90.9
Fall 1997, Wmpg 90.9
WMPG Program Guides
WMPG program guide for Fall 1997
Includes notes from Program Director, information on shows and events, and schedule.
Fall 1994, Wmpg 90.9 Fm
Fall 1994, Wmpg 90.9 Fm
WMPG Program Guides
WMPG program guide for Fall 1994
Includes notes from Program Director, information on shows and events, and schedule.
October 1994, Wmpg 90.9 Fm
October 1994, Wmpg 90.9 Fm
WMPG Program Guides
WMPG program guide for October 1994
Includes notes from Program Director, information on shows and events, and schedule.
Fal 1993, Wmpg 90.9 Fm
Fal 1993, Wmpg 90.9 Fm
WMPG Program Guides
WMPG program guide for Fall 1993
Includes notes from Program Director, information on shows and events, and schedule.
Spring 1992, Wmpg 90.9 Fm
Spring 1992, Wmpg 90.9 Fm
WMPG Program Guides
WMPG program guide for Spring 1992
Includes notes from Program Director, information on shows and events, and schedule.
Spring 1991, Wmpg 90.9 Fm
Spring 1991, Wmpg 90.9 Fm
WMPG Program Guides
WMPG program guide for Spring 1991
Includes notes from Program Director, information on shows and events, and schedule.
Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 38, No. 4, Ann S. Burrows, Ruthanne Hartung, Stuart Helble, Karen Helble, Frank J. Gallagher, Rae Greiner, William Dean Wright, Wayne Hartzell, Anne Hartzell, Teresa A. Skoog, Mark Osterman, Keith Brintzenhoff, Frederick J. Saul, Beth Kreider, Richard Thomas
Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 38, No. 4, Ann S. Burrows, Ruthanne Hartung, Stuart Helble, Karen Helble, Frank J. Gallagher, Rae Greiner, William Dean Wright, Wayne Hartzell, Anne Hartzell, Teresa A. Skoog, Mark Osterman, Keith Brintzenhoff, Frederick J. Saul, Beth Kreider, Richard Thomas
Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine
• Celebrating Twenty-Five Years of Quintessential Quilts
• The Folk Art of Fraktur
• Molding & Spinning Pewter
• Kaleidoscopes & Unique Stained Glass
• Dolls are Not Just for Children Anymore
• Paint Decorated Chests of the Pennsylvania Dutch
• Festival Focus
• Festival Programs
• Tiffany-Style Stained Glass Lamps
• Be Aware of What Might be Hiding in Grandma's Attic
• The Medicine Show
• Pennsylvania Dutch Music & More
• A Poor Damsel's Fate
• Silk Screening
• Long Time Favorite Festival Foods
Fall 1987, Wmpg 90.9fm
Fall 1987, Wmpg 90.9fm
WMPG Program Guides
WMPG program guide for Fall 1987
Includes notes from Program Director, information on shows and events, and schedule.
Fall 1986, Wmpg 90.9 Fm
Fall 1986, Wmpg 90.9 Fm
WMPG Program Guides
WMPG program guide for Fall 1986
Includes notes from Program Director, information on shows and events, and schedule.
Spring 1986, Wmpg 90.9 Fm
Spring 1986, Wmpg 90.9 Fm
WMPG Program Guides
WMPG program guide for Spring 1986
Includes notes from Program Director, information on shows and events, and schedule.
Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 34, No. 2, Burt Feintuch, Jonathan R. Stayer, Lyle L. Rosenberger, B. G. Till, Martha S. Ross, Guy Graybill, Susan B. Trace
Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 34, No. 2, Burt Feintuch, Jonathan R. Stayer, Lyle L. Rosenberger, B. G. Till, Martha S. Ross, Guy Graybill, Susan B. Trace
Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine
• A Fiddler's Life
• An Interpretation of Some Ritual and Food Elements of the Brethren Love Feast
• Pottery Making in Quakertown: 1800-1879
• Teddy Bears: An Enduring Folk Tradition
• Lucia Day
• Dippy, Son of Puddin'
• Persecution and Genocide: The General Problem as Illustrated by the Anabaptist Experience
Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 33, No. 4, Mark R. Eaby Jr., Barbara Strawser, Eleanor Dudrear, Albert Dudrear Jr., Edward Eirikis, Gerri Sproesser, Carol Nagel, Vivian Aron, Marie George, Ann S. Burrows, Richard F. Kurr, James K. Beard, Jeanne Reifel, Tom Kloss, Jeffrey M. Fiant, Ivan E. Hoyt
Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 33, No. 4, Mark R. Eaby Jr., Barbara Strawser, Eleanor Dudrear, Albert Dudrear Jr., Edward Eirikis, Gerri Sproesser, Carol Nagel, Vivian Aron, Marie George, Ann S. Burrows, Richard F. Kurr, James K. Beard, Jeanne Reifel, Tom Kloss, Jeffrey M. Fiant, Ivan E. Hoyt
Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine
• I Remember Well: Thirty-Five Years of the Kutztown Folk Festival
• Furniture Graining
• Old Fashioned Clear Toy Candy
• Metal Etching
• Stenciling
• Baskets and Basket Weavers
• Apple Butter: Then and Now
• Festival Focus
• Festival Programs
• 20th Annual Quilting Contest
• Quilts and Quilt Marking
• The Art of the Pennsylvania Dutch
• Music on the Main Stage
• Scratchboard
• Pennsylvania Dutch Folk Art in Wood
• The Windsor Chair
• Hex Signs
Spring 1984, Wmpg 90.9 Fm
Spring 1984, Wmpg 90.9 Fm
WMPG Program Guides
WMPG program guide for Spring 1984
Includes notes from Program Director, information on shows and events, and schedule.
Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 32, No. 3, Robert F. Ensminger, William T. Parsons, John R. Costello, Mary Lou Robson Fleming, Karl J. R. Arndt, Jack Boyd
Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 32, No. 3, Robert F. Ensminger, William T. Parsons, John R. Costello, Mary Lou Robson Fleming, Karl J. R. Arndt, Jack Boyd
Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine
• A Comparative Study of Pennsylvania and Wisconsin Forebay Barns
• The South Moravian Choral Group's 1982 United States Tour
• Pennsylvania German Brauche "to Charm" and Hebrew Berakhah "Benediction": A New Etymology
• Jacob Schnee: Preacher, Publisher, Printer and Utopian Community Pioneer
• A Tour of America's Most Successful Utopia: Harmonie, Pennsylvania 1803-1815
• Among the Pennsylvania Dutch
Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 31, No. 4, Earl F. Robacker, Ada Robacker, Kathryn E. Johnson, Ray Snyder, Ann Snyder, Clovis Bolen, Ramona Bolen, Donald Thompson, Louise Thompson, Brenda Hanna, Gail M. Hartmann, Richard Shaner, Lysbeth W. Clark, Theodore W. Jentsch, Peter Paulsen, Richard C. Bond
Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 31, No. 4, Earl F. Robacker, Ada Robacker, Kathryn E. Johnson, Ray Snyder, Ann Snyder, Clovis Bolen, Ramona Bolen, Donald Thompson, Louise Thompson, Brenda Hanna, Gail M. Hartmann, Richard Shaner, Lysbeth W. Clark, Theodore W. Jentsch, Peter Paulsen, Richard C. Bond
Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine
• Of Baskets and Basket Makers
• Egg Decorating at the Kutztown Folk Festival
• Spatterware
• Scrimshaw
• Folk Musical Instruments at the Kutztown Folk Festival
• Puppets: Fun at the Festival
• Festival Focus
• Folk Festival Programs
• Festival Focus on Quilts
• The Kutztown Folk Festival's Calico Seamstresses
• Summer Drinks of the Pennsylvania Dutch
• The Folk Festival's Lace Maker
• The Country Cemetery: Connection Between Past and Present
• Coopering
• The Dialect of the Pennsylvania Dutch
West Virginia Folk Music: A Descriptive Guide To Field Recordings In The West Virginia And Regional History Collection, John A. Cuthbert
West Virginia Folk Music: A Descriptive Guide To Field Recordings In The West Virginia And Regional History Collection, John A. Cuthbert
Bibliographies and Research Guides
West Virginia University's contribution to the foundation of modern folk music scholarship is widely recognized. Due to the pioneering achievements of its faculty, the University became an important center of folksong scholarship in the 1920s and 30s. John Harrington Cox's Folk-Songs of the South' served as both precedent and pattern for the myriad of subsequent publications upon which folksong study is based.Various works by Josiah Combs, who taught at the University for but a few years, and Louis Watson Chappell, who remained throughout his career, are equally notable if less obviously influential. The University's subsequent contributions to the field, however, …
Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 31, No. 2, R. Raymond Allen, Neil R. Grobman, John D. Kendig, Lee C. Hopple, Karl J. R. Arndt, Candace Heath, William J. Rupp, Timothy C. Rupp
Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 31, No. 2, R. Raymond Allen, Neil R. Grobman, John D. Kendig, Lee C. Hopple, Karl J. R. Arndt, Candace Heath, William J. Rupp, Timothy C. Rupp
Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine
• The Fiddle Tradition in Central Pennsylvania
• A Polish Wycinanki Artist from Philadelphia
• Winter Holidays in the Dutch Country
• Germanic European Origins and Geographical History of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Amish
• Franklin's Lost Map of Germantown, Massachusetts
• Play Alternatives for the Lone Child: Commercialization and Innovation
• A Weisenberg Reminiscence
Lyrics To "Down In The Arkansas," Jimmy Driftwood, Leo Rainey
Lyrics To "Down In The Arkansas," Jimmy Driftwood, Leo Rainey
Arkansas folk music supplemental materials
Lyrics to Jimmy Driftwood's song, "Down in the Arkansas"
Folk Song, "The English Soldier And The Irish Lady", Leo Rainey
Folk Song, "The English Soldier And The Irish Lady", Leo Rainey
Arkansas folk music supplemental materials
Lyrics to the fok song, "The English Soldier and the Irish Lady."