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Audio Recording Patrick and Steve Laughlin describe Irish American history and culture in Anaconda, Montana, part 1

Irish songs, description of St. Patrick Day in Anaconda

About this Item

Title

  • Patrick and Steve Laughlin describe Irish American history and culture in Anaconda, Montana, part 1

Names

  • Stanton, Gary Ward, 1946- (Collector)
  • Laughlin, Patrick "Pudgo" (Interviewee)

Created / Published

  • Anaconda, Montana, August 30, 1979

Headings

  • -  Irish Americans
  • -  Folklore
  • -  Folk songs, Irish
  • -  Saint Patrick's Day
  • -  Ethnography
  • -  Field recordings
  • -  Interviews
  • -  Sound recordings
  • -  United States -- Montana -- Anaconda

Genre

  • Ethnography
  • Field recordings
  • Interviews
  • Sound recordings

Notes

  • -  Index data: Part 1 of a 5-part recording session with the Irish American singer Patrick "Pudgo" Laughlin and his brother Steve Laughlin of Anaconda MT: Patrick Laughlin sings "The Piper," "The Boys of the County Cork," and "The Kerry Dance"; comments, Patrick Laughlin has been singing at the March 17 St. Patrick's banquet for 25 years; names of the superintendents in the converter [unit? converter used in metal smelting process], got St. Patrick's Day off to carry the flag; the name of the Irish Bar was The Shamrock; about the schedule for St Patrick's Day; theme from the movie "The Quiet Man," Innisfree; Laughlin's father was a good singer, his mother sang in Irish Gaelic, "Bells of Shannon" was his father's favorite; the family came to Anaconda in 1910 with ten Galway families, his mother and brother were stuck in Ireland during WWI, most families of Galway were dancers not singers; there are no fiddlers Pat's age in Anaconda, Pat's oldest brother used to play concertina; Pat goes to the phone to call his younger sister who sings.

Medium

  • 7-inch reel

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Call number: AFC 1981/005: AFS 20444
  • MBRS shelflist: RXA 0930
  • Field project identifier: MT9-GS-R59

Source Collection

  • Montana Folklife Survey collection (AFC 1981/005)

Repository

  • American Folklife Center

Digital Id

Online Format

  • audio

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Credit line: Montana Folklife Survey collection (AFC 1981/005), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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Chicago citation style:

Stanton, Gary Ward, and Patrick "Pudgo" Laughlin. Patrick and Steve Laughlin describe Irish American history and culture in Anaconda, Montana, part 1. Anaconda, Montana, 1979. Audio. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1981005_afs20444/.

APA citation style:

Stanton, G. W. & Laughlin, P. ". (1979) Patrick and Steve Laughlin describe Irish American history and culture in Anaconda, Montana, part 1. Anaconda, Montana. [Audio] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1981005_afs20444/.

MLA citation style:

Stanton, Gary Ward, and Patrick "Pudgo" Laughlin. Patrick and Steve Laughlin describe Irish American history and culture in Anaconda, Montana, part 1. Anaconda, Montana, 1979. Audio. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc1981005_afs20444/>.