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Audio RecordingInterview with Kurt Mathiasson at the Swedish-American Museum about Swedish traditions and music in Chicago, Illinois, …
- Contributor: Mathias, Elizabeth - Lund, Jens
- Date: 1977-05-18
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Audio RecordingInterview with Kurt Mathiasson at the Swedish-American Museum about Swedish traditions and music in Chicago, Illinois, …
- Contributor: Mathias, Elizabeth - Lund, Jens
- Date: 1977-05-18
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Audio RecordingSwedish fiddle tune from Wisconsin woods Pat Ford, harmonica. Recorded by Sidney Robertson Cowell in Central Valley, California on December 27, 1938. Forms part of a group of field materials documenting Pat Ford performing Anglo-American songs on December…
- Contributor: Ford, Pat - Cowell, Sidney Robertson
- Date: 1938-01-01
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Audio RecordingInterview with Selma Jacobson regarding Swedish hemslöjd and halmslöjd, Chicago, Illinois, part 1
- Contributor: Jacobson, Selma - Lund, Jens
- Date: 1977-05-20
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Audio RecordingInterview with Selma Jacobson regarding Swedish hemslöjd and halmslöjd, Chicago, Illinois, part 2
- Contributor: Jacobson, Selma - Lund, Jens
- Date: 1977-05-20
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Audio RecordingInterview with Olga Lejondahl and Ruth Peterson regarding Swedish painting in Chicago area, Evanston, Illinois, part …
- Contributor: Lejondahl, Olga - Peterson, Ruth - Lund, Jens
- Date: 1977-05-17
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Audio RecordingInterview with Olga Lejondahl and Ruth Peterson regarding Swedish painting in Chicago area, Evanston, Illinois, part …
- Contributor: Lejondahl, Olga - Peterson, Ruth - Lund, Jens
- Date: 1977-05-17
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Audio RecordingInterview and Swedish songs sung by Mrs. Ada Emanuelson with accordion accompaniment from her son Gustave …
- Contributor: Emanuelson, Ada - Young, Kay - Johnson, Paula J. - Emanuelson, Gustav - Emanuelson, Verner
- Date: 1979-08-04
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Audio RecordingInterview with Ivar Antonsson regarding woodcarving, Chicago, Illinois
- Contributor: Antonsson, Ivar - Lund, Jens
- Date: 1977-05-22
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Audio RecordingInterview with Aina Momquist regarding Scandinavian needlecrafts in Chicago area, Homewood, Illinois, part 1
- Contributor: Momquist, Aina - Lund, Jens
- Date: 1977-05-23
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Audio RecordingRecording of performance of Kurt Mathiasson, vocals and harmonium, guitar, and accordion, Evanston, Illinois
- Contributor: Mathias, Elizabeth - Lund, Jens
- Date: 1977-05-18
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Audio RecordingInterview with Aina Momquist regarding Scandinavian needlecrafts in Chicago area, Homewood, Illinois, part 2
- Contributor: Momquist, Aina - Lund, Jens
- Date: 1977-05-23
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personal narrativeHarry Melvin Winn Collection Captain, Army Air Forces/Corps, World War, 1939-1945 - United States; England; Northern Ireland; Sweden.
- Contributor: Winn, Harry Melvin
- Date: 1943
- Resource: - 1 page
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personal narrativeHarry Gaulke Collection Electrician's Mate Third Class, Navy, World War, 1939-1945 - Sampson, New York; Norway; Sweden; Spain; Portugal; Greece; England; Italy; European Theater.
- Contributor: Gaulke, Harry - Atria Senior Living Group, East Northport - Waldron, Emily - Marano, Dawn
- Date: 1944
- Resource: Interview / Recording - Audio - 00:30:09.0
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Audio Recording"My great grandmother was full-blooded Cherokee."
- Contributor: Hufford, Mary - Price, Dennis
- Date: 1997-04-18
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personal narrativeThaddeus Christopher Borek Collection Second Lieutenant, Army Air Forces/Corps, World War, 1939-1945 - Fresno, California; Pawling, New York; Natal, Brazil; Nashville, Tennessee; Montgomery, Alabama; Albany, Georgia; Coral Gables, Florida; Alexandria, Louisiana; England; Stockholm, Sweden; Houston, Texas;…
- Contributor: Leisure World - Seeger, Murray - Borek, Thaddeus Christopher
- Date: 1942
- Resource: Interview / Recording - Audio - 01:06:41.0
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Audio RecordingKrai Thay interview conducted by John W. McKerley, 2016-09-06. Krai Thay was born in the Mae La refugee camp on the border between Burma and Thailand. Sometime before his birth, Thay's family, who were members of the Karen ethnic group, fled…
- Contributor: Thay, Krai - McKerley, John W. - Occupational Folklife Project
- Date: 2016-01-01
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Audio RecordingThe Disgusted Swede Dust jacket notes: "He has forgotten most of this song. " Yellow song check-list notes: "In English with a Swedish accent. . . Contemp[orary song]." C. A. Koljonen, vocals. Recorded by Sidney…
- Contributor: Koljonen, C. A. - Cowell, Sidney Robertson
- Date: 1939-01-01
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Audio RecordingReading samples of 53 year old male, Cedarville, Michigan
- Contributor: Kingsbury, Stewart A. - Unidentified
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Audio RecordingPaul Young, Miles City, Montana, anecdotes and memories of life as a cowhand and rancher, part …
- Contributor: Johnson, Paula J. - Young, Paul E. - Stanton, Gary Ward
- Date: 1979-08-09
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Audio RecordingPersonal history with 87 year old male, Chisholm, Minnesota
- Contributor: Unidentified - Linn, Michael D.
- Date: 1979
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Audio RecordingOral history with 85 year old white female, Mesa County, Colorado
- Contributor: Nagel, Emma C. - Fuller, Miller
- Date: 1977
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Audio RecordingMilk River Wagon Train, actuality recording of first night's campfire songs, conversations, and stories, Phillips County, …
- Contributor: Warren, Art - Curtis, Gaelen - Young, Kay - Orahood, Wes - Curtis, Jim - Crummett, Michael - Koss, Adam
- Date: 1979-08-30
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Audio RecordingInterview with rancher Charlie Lund, Slate Creek, Summit County, Colorado, biography, ranch and community history
- Contributor: Lund, Charlie - Dettmer, Elke - Marshall, Howard W.
- Date: 1980-08-28
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Audio RecordingAnund Roheim interview and Hardanger fiddle performances at the Library of Congress, part 2
- Contributor: Fleischhauer, Carl - Sreb, Eleanor - Walcott, Ron - Roheim, Anund
- Date: 1979-09-06
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Audio RecordingConversation with Lester and Ruth Johnson at Johnson's Cafe, St. Mary, Montana, part 3
- Contributor: Johnson, Paula J. - Johnson, Lester - Toelken, Barre
- Date: 1979-09-03
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CollectionAlan Lomax Collection of Michigan and Wisconsin Recordings In 1938 the Library of Congress dispatched the pioneering folklorist and song collector Alan Lomax—already a seasoned field worker at age 23—to conduct a folk song survey of the Great Lakes region.…
- Contributor: Marttila - Happy Jack Woodward - Ricksgers, Joseph - Krawezak, B. - Bonner, Daniel - Pohjala, Aina - Lewandowski, Stephanie - Pischner, Helen - Ketvirtis, Charles - Lomax, Alan ... Marttila - Happy Jack Woodward - Ricksgers, Joseph - Krawezak, B. - Bonner, Daniel - Pohjala, Aina - Lewandowski, Stephanie - Pischner, Helen - Ketvirtis, Charles - Lomax, Alan - Dragić, Todor - Gallagher, Dominic - Erickson, Max - Marinetti, Victor - Halinen, Selma Elona - Maki, Frank - Carrière, Fred - Scheffer, Peter - Cloud, Clarence - Archive of American Folk Song - Jackson, Andrew - Romel, Sylvester - Bangac, Petar - Velin, Maria - Floriani, Vladimir - Marczis, Joseph - Rajčević, Stepan - Floriani, Veko - Gallagher, Andrew E. - Allen, Perry - Vasvary, Steve - Juhani, Aapo - Carrière, Dolphis - Nemeth, Kalman - Hulan - Vujanović, Stjepan - Frazier, Lonnie - Kruczynski, Clara - Similä, Gusti - Tomić, Pajo - McCarthy, Barney - Sielvankiewiez - Kubien, Rose - McBride, Bill - Kania, Felix - Aho, Pekka - Strzelecki, Tony - Trueblood, Asel - Lewandowski, Ted - Forster, Yalmer Eino - Warslzyk, Tony - Bonner, Patrick - Korvenpaa, Charles - Baratono, Art - McCauley, Edward - Delmas, Adolphus - Basrak, Stjepan - Larson, John - Hyvönen, John - Aho, Lillian - Frazier, Clara - Wells, Lester - Niewiadomska, Frances - Styes, Archie - Rautanen, Vernon - Szilagyi, Dizso - Rudzinski, Alex - Frazier, Belle - Wallen, Mr - Cadeau, Mathilda - O'Donnell, Mike J. - Lewandowski, Edwina - Gaza, V. Sipoo - Dobričan, Lazar - Berky, Nandor - Guzal, Frank - Maté - Olah, Julius - Frazier, Calvin - Grbić, Ludevit - Larson, Nils - Floriani, Margaret - Viita, Frank - Romel, Leo - Mahoski, Henry - Romel, Adolph - Romel, Ted - Cadeau, John - Brideup, Louis - Gallagher, Emerald - King, Edward - Cadeau, Ed - Norman, John - Green, John W. - Sainović, Ilija - Pol, Thomas - Kallio, Kalle - Bellaire, Mose - Miron, Joe - Härkönen, Amanda - Maki, Emil - Fredrickson, John - Bellaire, Exilia - Preda, Emil Milan - Thrasher, Ed - Trivanović, Stefan - Frazier, Viola - Romel - Lewandowski, Stephan - Lathrop, Carl - Meyers, Herman - Palmer, Mason - Cloud, Joe - Kubesh, John G. - Pittman, Sampson - Vizina, Adelore - McDonough, Patrick - Larson, Steen - Fredrickson, Kaisa - Pope, Allan C. - Hirvelä, Wäin - McCormick, Ed - Graham, Bert - Marinetti, John - Leclaire, Leilia - Szabo, Andy
- Date: 1938
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personal narrativeSven Olaf Anderson Collection Aviation Ordnanceman Third Class, Navy, World War, 1939-1945 - United States; Atlantic Ocean.
- Contributor: Unknown Interviewer - Veterans History Project - Library of Congress - Anderson, Sven Olaf
- Resource: Interview / Recording - Audio - 00:05:11.0
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personal narrativeBengt C. Herder Collection First Lieutenant, Army, World War, 1939-1945 - Fort Belvoir, Virginia; England; France; Germany.
- Contributor: Herder, Bengt C. - Herder, Kyle Christopher
- Date: 1942
- Resource: Interview / Recording - Audio - 00:19:26.0
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personal narrativeSven Willy Olsen Collection Specialist Four, Army, Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Phu Bai, Vietnam.
- Contributor: Olsen, Sven Willy - Olsen, Sven Krister - Thrower, Kristin - John Tyler Community College
- Date: 1970
- Resource: Interview / Recording - Audio - 00:56:58.0
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personal narrativeLars E. Paulsen Collection Chief Petty Officer, Navy, Persian Gulf War, 1991 - Japan; Persian Gulf; Indian Ocean.
- Contributor: Paulsen, Lars E. - Hagel, Chuck - U.S. Senate/Chuck Hagel - Malone, Lyndsey M.
- Date: 1983
- Resource: Interview / Recording - Audio - 00:24:26.0
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personal narrativePer Helmer Landeck Collection Quartermaster Third Class, E-4, Navy, Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Naval Reserve Center, Alameda, California; Submarine Base, San Diego, California; Pacific.
- Contributor: Landeck, Per Helmer - Weeks, Levi - Artesia Mainstreet - Jennifer Duff - Prendergast, Rebecca
- Date: 1965
- Resource: Interview / Recording - Audio - 01:21:59.0
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BlogFolklife Interns 2023 on the Folklife Today Podcast We're back with another episode of the Folklife Today podcast! In this episode, John Fenn and I talk to our latest cohort of Bartis interns about their work. Each of them created…
- Contributor: Winick, Stephen
- Date: 2023-11-01
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BlogUkrainian Traditions on the Folklife Today Podcast We're back with another episode of the Folklife Today podcast, this one on Ukrainian Traditions! The latest Russian invasion of Ukraine occurred just days before our most recent previous episode was released,…
- Contributor: Winick, Stephen
- Date: 2022-07-15
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BlogStorytelling Collections on the Folklife Today Podcast We're back with another episode of the Folklife Today podcast in which John Fenn and Stephen Winick talk to Hanna Salmon about storytelling and folktale collections in the archive. Of course, we…
- Contributor: Winick, Stephen
- Date: 2024-10-02
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BlogAFC on The Thistle & Shamrock! For the last two weekends of November, 2016, AFC was honored to be featured on The Thistle & Shamrock, the long-running and popular Celtic music show produced and hosted by Fiona Ritchie…
- Contributor: Winick, Stephen
- Date: 2016-12-05
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BlogConnie Regan-Blake Tells “Mr. Fox” for Halloween (Also: The Big Podcast Announcement!) Halloween Is Approaching Fast! As you know, we love to feature special content for Halloween, including scary songs, spooky stories, and fabulous photos. This year, we’re continuing our lead-up to the holiday…
- Contributor: Winick, Stephen
- Date: 2018-10-22
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BlogNew online collection: Lowell Folklife Project The American Folklife Center is excited to announce the launch of a new collection on the Library’s web site: the Lowell Folklife Project Collection. As a cooperative project of the American Folklife…
- Contributor: Fenn, John
- Date: 2019-05-08
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Blog“Ring Around the Rosie” and the Plague, on the Folklife Today Podcast Episode Ten of the Folklife Today Podcast is ready for listening! Find it at this page on the Library’s website, or on iTunes, or with your usual podcatcher. Get your podcast here! In…
- Contributor: Winick, Stephen
- Date: 2019-07-30
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BlogCormac Ó hAodha and the Múscraí Gaeltacht: Botkin Plus Podcast! We're back with another entry in the Botkin Plus series AND another episode of the Folklife Today podcast! In this entry, we'll provide the video of a Botkin Lecture and a podcast…
- Contributor: Winick, Stephen
- Date: 2024-06-13