Tara Kelly interview conducted by Gregory Sharrow, 2014-12-17
Tara Kelly of the Rutland Area Farm and Food Link (RAFFL) talks about her organization and its activities in establishing a regional economic development strategy that intentionally incorporates local agricultural interests. She discusses forging connections between small-scale and specialized farmers, educators, and extension services as well as larger regional and national purchasers and individual consumers.
Duane Adams interview conducted by Dale Cahill and Darcy Cahill, 2014-07-02
Duane Adams is now 71 years old and has spent all but three summers of his life working for the Browns' tobacco farm in Windsor. He talks about some of the unusual farm jobs he has held and offers a unique perspective on some of the changes that have taken place over the past fifty years. He talks about suckering; teenage workers; bents and…
Laura and Peter Zeranski: 2014 National Book Festival
Agnieszka Pukniel from the Library of Congress speaks with Laura & Peter Zeranski, who will appear at the 2014 National Book Festival on August 30 in Washington, D.C.BiographyHusband-and-wife cooking team Laura and Peter Zeranski have focused on the art of Polish cuisine for almost 40 years. Peter’s mother, Alina Zeranska, encouraged a love for Polish food in the family after publishing “The Art of…
Contributor:
Agnieszka Pukniel - Laura Zeranski - Peter Zeranski
Date:2014-08-20
Audio Recording
Ahmed Badat interview conducted by Maria Zeringue, 2014-06-20
Ahmed Badat is the owner of A-Z International Fine Foods, a specialty grocery store in Baton Rouge. He discusses being born in Pakistan and how he and his family came to own and manage a grocery store in Louisiana. He talks about the day-to-day operations of the store, his customers, being a small business owner in Baton Rouge, and the types of produce and…
Contributor:
Occupational Folklife Project - Badat, Ahmed - Zeringue, Maria
Steve Jarmoc interview conducted by Dale Cahill and Darcy Cahill, 2014-07-14
Steve Jarmoc discusses his family's history in tobacco farming beginning with his grandfather, a Polish immigrant, and ending with his 19-year-old son. He talks about learning to farm as a child: planting, fixing the skips, planting, fertilize ("side dressing"), picking off buds ("topping"), "standing tobacco up" after storms, lighting fires to dry picked leaves, etc. He tells how he raised his own crop to…
Contributor:
Occupational Folklife Project - Cahill, Dale F. - Cahill, Darcy - Jarmoc, Steve
More multicultural children's songs from Ella Jenkins
Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available
Ella Jenkins's 1995 release Multicultural Children's Songs stands as one of her most popular releases to date. Now, twenty more tracks have been assembled in a collection that inspires respect and rejoices in the traditions of others.
Contributor:
Smithsonian/Folkways Recordings - Jenkins, Ella
Brad Dupont interview conducted by Maria Zeringue, 2014-06-18
Brad Dupont is the owner of Ronnie's Boudin and Cracklin House in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. In this interview, Brad talks about his family background; how he became the owner of Ronnie's; the daily operations of the store; and being a small business owner in Baton Rouge. He also discusses how he makes his award-winning boudin sausage and cracklins.
Contributor:
Occupational Folklife Project - Dupont, Brad - Zeringue, Maria
Bahaa Hariri interview conducted by Lucy Long, 2014-05-20
Bahaa Hariri is the son of a Middle Eastern grocery store owner in Toledo, Ohio. He talks about the history of the store (Halal Meat Market) and its role within the local Middle Eastern community. The store doesn't need to Americanize their offerings because so many of their customers are Arabic. He explains how food brings ethnic communities like his together, but how his…
Jane Klein interview conducted by Anne Pryor, 2014-05-22.
Music teacher Jane Klein discuses her career in the central Wisconsin city of Appleton. She describes growing up in "the Holy Land" of Wisconsin in a large family; her education in area Catholic schools and state universities; her trajectory into her current position at Madison Middle School; the challenges she has had and ways in which she has met them; relations with students, fellow…
Contributor:
Pryor, Anne - Occupational Folklife Project - Klein, Jane
War or Conflict: Operation Inherent Resolve; Afghan War, 2001-2021; Persian Gulf War, 1991
Branch of Service: Air Force
Location of Service: Lackland Air Force Base, Texas; Royal Air Force Alconbury, England; Homestead Air Reserve Base, Florida; Moody Air Force Base, Georgia; Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas; Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico; Dyess Air Force Base, Texas; Kunsan Air Base, Korea; Saudi Arabia
Dick Davis interview conducted by Jonathan E. Kay, 2014-04-29
Dick Davis grew up interested in the outdoors, but joined the Navy after high school instead of going to college. After the Vietnam War, Davis, influenced by the era's increased interest in environmentalism, went back to school and received the necessary education to eventually secure a summer interpreter position, and then a full-time naturalist position. In this interview, Dick recalls learning how to interpret…
Contributor:
Davis, Dick - Kay, Jon - Occupational Folklife Project
Honeymoon in Vegas : the musical : original Broadway cast recording
Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available
The show tells the story of Jack, a Brooklynite with an extreme fear of marriage, who finally gets up the nerve to ask his girlfriend Betsy to marry him. But when smooth-talking gambler Tommy, looking for a second chance at love, falls head-over-heels for Betsy, Jack must go to extreme heights to win back the love of his life.
Contributor:
Murray, Tom (Thomas) - Danza, Tony - Bergman, Andrew - Opel, Nancy - Brown, Jason Robert - McClure, Rob - Saldivar, Matthew - O'Malley, Brynn - Josefsberg, David
Date:2014
Blog
Context and Content: Researching West Virginia’s African American Coal Miners
Poet, author and AFC's Parson Fund Award grantee, L. Renee, reflects on her research into AFC collections in February of 2026. Her work focuses on the intersections between the experiences of her own African American coal mining family in West Virginia and the broader historical context of coal miners and mining traditions in Appalachia.
War or Conflict: Afghan War, 2001-2021; Iraq War, 2003-2011
Branch of Service: Army
Service Unit/Ship: Headquarters, Headquarters Company, 308th Military Intelligence Battalion; 902nd Military Intelligence Group; Army Intelligence Security Command
Location of Service: Afghanistan; Fort Detrick, Maryland; Germany; Fort Meade, Maryland; Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Camp Long, Korea; Camp Victory, Iraq
Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/106582
Audio Recording
Glagolitic Mass : September 1927 version ; The eternal Gospel
Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available
The 2nd work is a cantata. Sung in Church Slavic (1st work) and Czech (2nd work). Title from disc label. Andrea Danková (1st work), Alžběta Poláčková (2nd work), sopranos ; Jana Sýkorová, contralto (1st work) ; Tomáš Juhá́s (1st work), Pavel Černoch (2nd work), tenors ; Jozef Benci, bass (1st work) ; Aleš Bárta, organ (1st work) ; Prague Phiharmonic Choir ; Prague Radio…
Contributor:
Danková, Andrea - Vrchlický, Jaroslav - Juhás, Tomá - Netopil, Tomá - Černoch, Pavel - Poláčková, Alžběta - Benci, Jozef - Janáček, Leo - Bárta, Ale - Symfonický Orchestr Čs. Rozhlasu - Sýkorová, Jana - Pražský Filharmonický Sbor - Zahrádka, Jiří
War or Conflict: Afghan War, 2001-2021; Iraq War, 2003-2011
Branch of Service: Army
Service Unit/Ship: 526th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division; 426th Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division; Army Sustainment Command
Location of Service: Fort Campbell, Kentucky; Jalalabad, Afghanistan; Camp Liberty, Iraq; Camp Striker, Iraq; Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois; Fort Knox, Kentucky
Jay Cudd interview conducted by Jocelyn Donlon, 2014-08-08
Jay Cudd, the owner of Ebeniste Restoration and Woodworks has been working in furniture repair and restoration for about 25 years. He began by apprenticing with a woodworker in Baton Rouge and then opened his own shop. While he does some furniture building, he specializes in the restoration of antiques, particularly the complicated process of French water gilding. In this interview, he describes how…
Audio RecordingTara Kelly interview conducted by Gregory Sharrow, 2014-12-17 Tara Kelly of the Rutland Area Farm and Food Link (RAFFL) talks about her organization and its activities in establishing a regional economic development strategy that intentionally incorporates local agricultural interests. She discusses forging connections between small-scale and specialized farmers, educators, and extension services as well as larger regional and national purchasers and individual consumers.
personal narrativeThomas Henderson Collection
Audio RecordingDuane Adams interview conducted by Dale Cahill and Darcy Cahill, 2014-07-02 Duane Adams is now 71 years old and has spent all but three summers of his life working for the Browns' tobacco farm in Windsor. He talks about some of the unusual farm jobs he has held and offers a unique perspective on some of the changes that have taken place over the past fifty years. He talks about suckering; teenage workers; bents and…
Audio RecordingLaura and Peter Zeranski: 2014 National Book Festival Agnieszka Pukniel from the Library of Congress speaks with Laura & Peter Zeranski, who will appear at the 2014 National Book Festival on August 30 in Washington, D.C.BiographyHusband-and-wife cooking team Laura and Peter Zeranski have focused on the art of Polish cuisine for almost 40 years. Peter’s mother, Alina Zeranska, encouraged a love for Polish food in the family after publishing “The Art of…
Audio RecordingAhmed Badat interview conducted by Maria Zeringue, 2014-06-20 Ahmed Badat is the owner of A-Z International Fine Foods, a specialty grocery store in Baton Rouge. He discusses being born in Pakistan and how he and his family came to own and manage a grocery store in Louisiana. He talks about the day-to-day operations of the store, his customers, being a small business owner in Baton Rouge, and the types of produce and…
Audio RecordingSteve Jarmoc interview conducted by Dale Cahill and Darcy Cahill, 2014-07-14 Steve Jarmoc discusses his family's history in tobacco farming beginning with his grandfather, a Polish immigrant, and ending with his 19-year-old son. He talks about learning to farm as a child: planting, fixing the skips, planting, fertilize ("side dressing"), picking off buds ("topping"), "standing tobacco up" after storms, lighting fires to dry picked leaves, etc. He tells how he raised his own crop to…
Audio RecordingMore multicultural children's songs from Ella Jenkins Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available Ella Jenkins's 1995 release Multicultural Children's Songs stands as one of her most popular releases to date. Now, twenty more tracks have been assembled in a collection that inspires respect and rejoices in the traditions of others.
Audio RecordingBrad Dupont interview conducted by Maria Zeringue, 2014-06-18 Brad Dupont is the owner of Ronnie's Boudin and Cracklin House in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. In this interview, Brad talks about his family background; how he became the owner of Ronnie's; the daily operations of the store; and being a small business owner in Baton Rouge. He also discusses how he makes his award-winning boudin sausage and cracklins.
Audio RecordingBahaa Hariri interview conducted by Lucy Long, 2014-05-20 Bahaa Hariri is the son of a Middle Eastern grocery store owner in Toledo, Ohio. He talks about the history of the store (Halal Meat Market) and its role within the local Middle Eastern community. The store doesn't need to Americanize their offerings because so many of their customers are Arabic. He explains how food brings ethnic communities like his together, but how his…
Audio RecordingJane Klein interview conducted by Anne Pryor, 2014-05-22. Music teacher Jane Klein discuses her career in the central Wisconsin city of Appleton. She describes growing up in "the Holy Land" of Wisconsin in a large family; her education in area Catholic schools and state universities; her trajectory into her current position at Madison Middle School; the challenges she has had and ways in which she has met them; relations with students, fellow…
Film, VideoDick Davis interview conducted by Jonathan E. Kay, 2014-04-29 Dick Davis grew up interested in the outdoors, but joined the Navy after high school instead of going to college. After the Vietnam War, Davis, influenced by the era's increased interest in environmentalism, went back to school and received the necessary education to eventually secure a summer interpreter position, and then a full-time naturalist position. In this interview, Dick recalls learning how to interpret…
BlogContext and Content: Researching West Virginia’s African American Coal Miners Poet, author and AFC's Parson Fund Award grantee, L. Renee, reflects on her research into AFC collections in February of 2026. Her work focuses on the intersections between the experiences of her own African American coal mining family in West Virginia and the broader historical context of coal miners and mining traditions in Appalachia.
personal narrativeDara Mae Delong Collection
Audio RecordingJay Cudd interview conducted by Jocelyn Donlon, 2014-08-08 Jay Cudd, the owner of Ebeniste Restoration and Woodworks has been working in furniture repair and restoration for about 25 years. He began by apprenticing with a woodworker in Baton Rouge and then opened his own shop. While he does some furniture building, he specializes in the restoration of antiques, particularly the complicated process of French water gilding. In this interview, he describes how…