Collection Summary

Title: Robert Andresen Collection
Dates: 1976-1994

Creator:

• Andresen, Bob

Unique Identifier: CSUMC0012-CG

Contents: Mills Music Library Wisconsin Music Archives: 229 folders, 380 photographs and postcards, 2 framed photographs, 3,143 disc recordings, 80 tape recordings

Publisher:

Center for the Study of Upper Midwestern Cultures

432 East Campus Mall, Room 332
Madison, Wisconsin 53706
608-262-8180
Web site: http://csumc.wisc.edu

Archival Location:

UW-Madison Libraries, Mills Music (Map)

Summary:

Robert Andresen (1937-1995), a graphic designer by trade, was a musician and self-taught folklorist from Duluth, Minnesota who throughout his lifetime amassed a large body of records, recorded interviews, radio shows, subject files, popular country song folios, photographs, and published articles related to folk music in the Upper Midwest. He also hosted Northland Hoedown, a 1980s radio show that aired on KUMD of the University of Minnesota-Duluth, WOJB in Reserve, Wisconsin; KAXE in Grand Rapids, Minnesota; and WDAY in Fargo, North Dakota. Recorded interviews and research documents related to Upper Midwestern old-time musicians, such as Walter Eriksson, Leonard Finseth, Sulo Hackman, the Plehal Brothers, and Otto Rindlisbacher, figure prominently in this collection as do fiddling music and regional contests.

Language: Manuscripts and sound recordings are in English.

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-csumc-csumc0012cg

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Quantity	Physical Description	Location
Manuscript Materials
229	folders	WMA Mills Music Library
Sound Recordings
1,621	78 rpm disc recordings	WMA Mills Music Library
1,126	33-1/3 rpm LPs	WMA Mills Music Library
396	45 rpm disc recordings	WMA Mills Music Library
80	7-inch reel-to-reel tapes	WMA Mills Music Library
Graphic Materials
380	photographs and postcards	WMA Mills Music Library
2	framed photographs	WMA Mills Music Library

Robert Andresen (1937-1995) was a leading force in documenting, performing, and promoting old-time music in the Upper Midwest. The Minnesota native was an avid collector of traditional recordings, a composer of traditional-sounding songs, a recorder of old-time musicians, a writer of many articles about traditional music, and a teacher of traditional music. In the 1980s, he hosted Northland Hoedown, a radio show aired over KUMD-FM, Duluth, Minnesota. He was instrumental in many musical releases featuring some of the leading players in the Upper Midwest, including Norwegian fiddler Leonard Finseth, Finnish fiddler Sulo Hackman and the Plehal Brothers, radio stars of the live music era. Andresen was born in Minneapolis and raised on a farm in Outing, Minnesota. After high school, he studied graphic design and worked for more than twenty years at Harcourt Brace Jovanovich graphic company. He was a skilled guitar player who drew upon his love of bluegrass and Scandinavian music to become an innovator, adapting Scandinavian accordion and fiddle tunes for the guitar. Throughout the 1970s and into the 1980s, Andresen played in an old-time band called the Wildwoods, comprised of his first wife Joanne, and her relatives Dale and Dorie. He also sat in with several famed old-time musicians from throughout the Upper Midwest. With his second wife, Gale Perry Andresen, he helped found the Lake Superior Old-time Fiddle Contest. He died of cancer on March 10, 1995. — From the Northland Hoedown: Robert Andresen Collection web site

Materials about Andresen and the state of old-time music in the Duluth region are best revealed in the manuscript materials in the collection. These include published accounts of Andresen's activities, the original manuscript of his article “Traditional Music of Wisconsin,” Andresen's writings, and a small body of correspondence. More than 200 photos and postcards can be found in the collection. Most images document performances by Andresen and other old-time musicians and were removed from their original files for preservation. Evidence of Andresen's career as a graphic artist is represented throughout the collection with information on typography and the School of the Associated Arts.

The Andresen manuscript materials are organized into four series: general files, Scandinavian files, subject files, and music folios. The Scandinavian files and music folios are organized alphabetically by musician. Photographs now listed in the Graphic Materials series were removed from subject file folders; notes in the folders indicate that photos were removed.

The Andresen recordings are organized by record type--78 rpm, 45 rpm, and LP discs, and reel-to-reel tapes. Information on the 78s can be found by searching the Ethnic Recordings Database at Mills Music Library. The database is not yet online so a Mills librarian must help with access. The 45 rpm and LP recordings are unprocessed. A tape inventory is included in this finding aid for the reel-to-reel tapes of Northland Hoedown. Mills holds all but 12 of the 94 radio programs Andresen recorded, and each 30-minute program focuses on a particular regional musician or style. A portion of these radio shows, which are not organized chronologically, are digitized and the rest remain accessible on reel-to-reel.

Leonard Finseth Collection (CSUMC0020-CG)

Groups (Ethnic, National, Cultural, Religious, etc.)

• Finnish Americans
• Lutherans
• Norwegian Americans
• Scandinavian Americans

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Instruments

• Electric guitar
• Fiddle
• Violin

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Languages

• English language

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Locations

• Dane County (Wis.)
• Duluth (Minn.)
• Middle West
• Minnesota
• Wisconsin

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Performers

• Andresen, Robert, 1937-1995
• Finseth, Leonard, 1911-1991
• Hackman, Sulo
• Lashua, Famous

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Performers-Groups

• The Wildwoods
• Plehal Brothers

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Subjects

• Country music
• Guitar music (Country)
• Fiddle music
• Folk tunes
• Old-time music

Andresen completed the organization of his folk music materials with the intention that they be deposited at Mills Music Library upon his death, after he learned he had cancer, and at the request of folklorist and friend James P. Leary. He died March 10, 1995, and in June of that year Leary and WMA Curator Steve Sundell transferred the collection to Mills Music Library.

Four musical instruments were separated from the collection and transferred to the University of Wisconsin School of Music. Thirty-six cylinder recordings received with this collection are now in the custody of the Performing Arts Collection, Davidson Library Special Collections, University of California-Santa Barbara. In the fall of 2002, the manuscript portion of the collection was refoldered and rehoused in archival boxes. Nicole Saylor, while a student worker at Mills, prepared an inventory and an accompanying web site.

Contact records custodians for access information.

Wisconsin Music Archives at Mills Music Library
University of Wisconsin-Madison
B162 Memorial Library
728 State St.
Madison, Wisconsin 53706-1494
Email: askmusic@library.wisc.edu
Phone: (608) 263-1884
Web site: http://music.library.wisc.edu

The Robert Andresen Collection is part of the Wisconsin Music Archives, a non-circulating special collection in the Mills Music Library. Users wishing to listen to any recordings in the collection should contact the library in advance. Typically, the library makes a copy of the desired recording to facilitate listening. This process may require several days' preparation. Duplication of the materials for non-profit personal, educational, and research purposes may be arranged after making a written request expressing compliance with copyright law. Use of materials for public presentation, publication, and production requires negotiation with the Music Library Director and Robert Andresen's decedents.

Please consult Mills Music Library for guidelines. We suggest the following citation form when using direct quotes from a person documented: [Name of person documented]. [Date]. [Tape/video/other]-recorded interview by [Fieldworker name]. [Place interviewed]. [Name of collection/project]. [Repository, city, state]. When using a specific image: [Identify subject matter/people in caption]. Photo/image by [Photographer/fieldworker name]. [Date]. Courtesy of [repository]. To quote fieldworker, follow bibliographical style.

	Series: I: MANUSCRIPT MATERIALS.
	Subseries: General Files
Box   1 Folder   1	Bob Andresen writings
Box   1 Folder 2	Gary Andresen, Minnesota Arts Board Grant
Box   1 Folder 3	General Correspondence
Box   1 Folder 4	Folk Artist Directory, 1989
Box   1 Folder 5	Folklore Paper on Leonard Finseth and AFS Program, 1982
Box   1 Folder 6	Graphics Study
Box   1 Folder 7	Obituaries
Box   1 Folder 8	Performance Programs
Box   1 Folder 9	Publicity, 1976-1994
Box   1 Folder 10	“Traditional Music of Wisconsin,” Original Manuscript
Box   1 Folder 11-13	Country Music Magazines/Articles
	The Journal of the Academy for the Preservation of Old-Time Country Music (photocopies)
	Hootenanny magazines, 1963, 1964
	Folk and Country Songs, 1959 April
	Country Music
	Country and Western Jamboree
	Bluegrass Unlimited
	On the Trail
	Hit Parade
	“Injun-uity Manual” from Nabisco Shredded Wheat (33 of 36 pages of “book 2”)
	Canadian Fiddlers by Bill Guest
	A Honky Tonk Odyssey, My Eight Years with George Strait by Ron Cabal
	Bill Monroe 200 Bluegrass Specials, Jeff Yates, ed.
	Random Periodicals
	Countryside magazine (Formerly Upper Midwestern Country and Western News Scene (some volumes missing), 1973 September-1977 April
	Inside Bluegrass, 1987 April, 1992 March, and 1992 June
	Bluegrass Unlimited, 1989 April, 1989 May
	The Journal of the American Academy for the Preservation of Old-Time Country Music, 1994 August
	Hillbilly and Cowboy Hit Parade (2:17), 1956 Winter
	Country Sounds, 1987 February, 1987 March
	Country Music Parade, 1990 January
	Country Music Gazette (some volumes missing), 1969 August-1972 November
	WLS Family Album, 1931-1957
	Old-Time Herald, 1990 November-1991 January
Box   1 Folder   14	Clippings, Programs, etc. from LPs Physical Description: 68 items
	Subseries: Scandinavian Files	⇧
Box   2 Folder 1	Student Papers, UW-Madison Folklore and Scandinavian Studies
Box   2 Folder 2	Music articles and notes by Bob Andresen, Jesse Gatten, others
Box   2 Folder 3	Stan Boreson
Box   2 Folder 4	Ole Bull
Box   2 Folder 5	Early Minnesota and Wisconsin Fiddler Contests
Box   2 Folder 6	Finnish
Box   2 Folder 7	Wilbur and Elizabeth Foss
Box   2 Folder 8	Larry Hiukka
Box   2 Folder 9	Eric Olzen and Carl Johnson
Box   2 Folder 10	Edwin Johnson
Box   2 Folder 11	Sulo and Aini Hackman
Box   2 Folder 12	Ted Johnson and Oscar Danielson
Box   2 Folder 13	Kivela Brothers
Box   2 Folder 14	Leroy Larson
Box   2 Folder 15	Marion Nelson
Box   2 Folder 16	Arnold and Evelyn Olson
Box   2 Folder 17	Nordic Fest
Box   2 Folder 18-19	Bob Palmquist
Box   2 Folder 20	Howard Pine
Box   2 Folder 21	Psalmodikon
Box   2 Folder 22	Otto Rindlisbacher
Box   2 Folder 23	Craig Ruble
Box   2 Folder 24	Scandinavian articles
Box   2 Folder 25	Scandinavian crafts
Box   2 Folder 26	Scandinavian music
Box   2 Folder 27	Scandinavian miscellany
Box   2 Folder 28	Bill Sherburne
Box   2 Folder 29	Olle i Skratthults and Little Oskar Big Ole Show
Box   2 Folder 30-31	Walter Eriksson
Box   2 Folder 32-33	Slim Jim and the Vagabond Kid
	Subseries: Subject Files	⇧
Box   3 Folder 1	African-American
Box   3 Folder 2	Alaska
Box   3 Folder 3	Art
Box   3 Folder 4	Artists
Box   3 Folder 5	Bebe and Rick (Allen)
Box   3 Folder 6	Blue Grass
Box   3 Folder 7	Blue Sky Boys
Box   3 Folder 8	Tom Bombich
Box   3 Folder 9	Books
Box   3 Folder 10	Brothers/ International Milling/ D?cor Display
Box   3 Folder 11	Paul Bunyan
Box   3 Folder 12	Calendars
Box   3 Folder 13	John Cali
Box   3 Folder 14	Cartoonists
Box   3 Folder 15	Johnny Cash
Box   3 Folder 16	Catalogs
Box   3 Folder 17	Cheng-Khee-Chee
Box   3 Folder 18	Darius Connor/Jesse Gatten
Box   3 Folder 19	Copyright information
Box   3 Folder 20	Czech/Slovak
Box   3 Folder 21	Dialects
Box   3 Folder 22	Duluth-Superior
Box   3 Folder 23	Edgell
Box   3 Folder 24	Michael Fedo
Box   3 Folder 25	Fiddlers
Box   3 Folder 26	Fiddle Contests
Box   3 Folder 27	Lake Superior Fiddle Contest
Box   3 Folder 28	Fiddle Contest, St. John's
Box   3 Folder 29	Jazz Fiddle
Box   3 Folder 30	French Metis
Box   3 Folder 31	“The Folk Life”
Box   3 Folder 32	Freelance
Box   3 Folder 33	German
Box   3 Folder 34	Graphics
Box   3 Folder 35	Victor Greene
Box   3 Folder 36	Pekka Gronow
Box   3 Folder 37	Clifford Greer
Box   3 Folder 38	Grussendorf
Box   3 Folder 39	History
Box   3 Folder 40	Jane Horne and Torstein Vegheim
Box   3 Folder 41	Hostfest
Box   3 Folder 42	Humphrey
Box   3 Folder 43	Humor
Box   3 Folder 44	Indians
Box   3 Folder 45	Indian Fiddlers
Box   3 Folder 46	Instruments
Box   3 Folder 47	Irish
Box   3 Folder 48	Iron Range
Box   3 Folder 49	“Jackpine” Guitar
Box   3 Folder 50	Gendron Jensen and George Morrison
Box   3 Folder 51	Pee Wee King
Box   3 Folder 52	LaPlants
Box   3 Folder 53	Famous Lashua
Box   4 Folder 1	Jim Leary
Box   4 Folder 2	Jim Leary articles
Box   4 Folder 3	Lettering Samples
Box   4 Folder 4	Liner Notes
Box   4 Folder 5	Logging
Box   4 Folder 6	Logging Songs
Box   4 Folder 8	Loms Jakup
Box   4 Folder 9	Lutheran
Box   4 Folder 10	Mager Music
Box   4 Folder 11	Peter Max
Box   4 Folder 12	Gordon McCann and Art Galbraith
Box   4 Folder 13	Pete McMahan
Box   4 Folder 14	Don Messer
Box   4 Folder 15	Minnesota
Box   4 Folder 16	Minnesota Historical Society
Box   4 Folder 17	Miscellaneous
Box   4 Folder 18	Missouri
Box   4 Folder 19	Music articles
Box   4 Folder 20	Music and Lyrics
Box   4 Folder 21	Music Theory
Box   4 Folder 22	Musicians
Box   4 Folder 23	Nature
Box   4 Folder 24	New England
Box   4 Folder 25	Phil Nusbaum
Box   4 Folder 26	Outing History — Emily, Remer, Longville, Remer, Walker
Box   4 Folder 27	Les Paul
Box   4 Folder 28	Bob Peak
Box   4 Folder 29	Frances Perry
Box   4 Folder 30	Pets
Box   4 Folder 31	Plehal Brothers
Box   4 Folder 32	Polish
Box   4 Folder 33	Polka
Box   4 Folder 34	Polka Mass
Box   4 Folder 35	Political
Box   4 Folder 36	Quotes
Box   4 Folder 37	Radio
Box   4 Folder 38	Religion
Box   4 Folder 39	Franz Rickaby
Box   4 Folder 40	Otto Rindlisbacher Compositions
Box   4 Folder 41	Marty Robbins
Box   4 Folder 42	SAA — School of the Associated Arts
Box   4 Folder 43	Seagulls
Box   4 Folder 44	Serbo/Croatian
Box   4 Folder 45	Slavic
Box   4 Folder 46	Slovenian
Box   4 Folder 47	Smithsonian
Box   4 Folder 48	Sorenson Family
Box   4 Folder 49	Steel Guitar
Box   4 Folder 50	Swiss
Box   4 Folder 51	Archie Teigen
Box   4 Folder 52	Gordon Tronson
Box   4 Folder 53	Viola Turpeinen
Box   4 Folder 54	Typography
Box   4 Folder 55	Upper Midwest
Box   4 Folder 56	Upper Midwest History
Box   4 Folder 57	Upper Midwest Crafts
Box   4 Folder 58	Upper Midwest Music
Box   4 Folder 59	Vitak — Elsnic
Box   4 Folder 60	Hank Williams
Box   4 Folder 61	Lynn Williams
Box   4 Folder 62	Wisconsin Folk Museum
Box   4 Folder 63	WMIN (all photos)
Box   4 Folder 64	WNAX
Box   4 Folder 65	Writers
Box   4 Folder 66	Dave Wood
	Subseries: Music Folios	⇧
Box   5 Folder 1	Accordion
Box   5 Folder 2	Roy Acuff
Box   5 Folder 3	Rex Allen
Box   5 Folder 4	Arkansas Woodchopper
Box   5 Folder 5	Eddy Arnold
Box   5 Folder 6	Bob Atcher
Box   5 Folder 7	Gene Autry
Box   5 Folder 8-9	Banjos
Box   5 Folder 10	Barber Shop
Box   5 Folder 11	Elton Britt
Box   5 Folder 12	Cliff Carlisle
Box   5 Folder 13	Arnold Christianson
Box   5 Folder 14	Christmas
Box   5 Folder 15	Classical
Box   5 Folder 16	Country
Box   5 Folder 17	Cowboy and Mountain songs
Box   5 Folder 18	Czech
Box   5 Folder 19	Ted Daffan
Box   5 Folder 20	Jimmie Davis
Box   5 Folder 21	Duluth Ditty Bag
Box   5 Folder 22	Happy Chappies
Box   5 Folder 23	Little Jimmy Dickens
Box   5 Folder 24	“Ech Fra Gudbrans Dahl”
Box   5 Folder 25	Duane Eddy
Box   5 Folder 26	Folk Songs, Fiddle
Box   5 Folder 27	Bluegrass
Box   5 Folder 28-29	Canadian
Box   5 Folder 30-31	Tune Collection
Box   6 Folder 1	Contest Fiddling
Box   6 Folder 2	Irish
Box   6 Folder 3	Don Messer
Box   6 Folder 4	Marion Thede
Box   6 Folder 5	Flamenco
Box   6 Folder 6	Flatt and Scruggs
Box   6 Folder 7	Red Foley
Box   6 Folder 8	Stephen Foster
Box   6 Folder 9	Guitar
Box   6 Folder 10	Stuart Hamblen
Box   6 Folder 11	Harmonica
Box   6 Folder 12	Hillbilly Roundup
Box   6 Folder 13	Dock Hopkins — Karl (Davis) and Harty (Taylor)
Box   6 Folder 14	Hymn tunes
Box   6 Folder 15	Irish
Box   6 Folder 16	LeRoy Larson
Box   6 Folder 17	Lulu Belle and Scotty
Box   6 Folder 18	Mike and Else
Box   6 Folder 19	Norwegian
Box   6 Folder 20	Plehal Brothers/Chuck Fendall (inserted)
Box   6 Folder 21	Polish
Box   6 Folder 22	Polka
Box   6 Folder 23	Regional — Minnesota and Wisconsin (inserted)
Box   6 Folder 24	Scandinavian
Box   6 Folder 25	Swedish
Box   6 Folder 26	Olav Sveen
Box   6 Folder 27	Slovenian
Box   6 Folder 28	Traficante School
Box   6 Folder 29-30	Yankovic
Box   6 Folder 31	Miscellaneous hand-written folios
Box   6 Folder 32	Miscellaneous popular
Box   6 Folder 33	Miscellaneous oversize folios
	Series: II: SOUND RECORDINGS.	⇧
	Subseries: Northland Hoedown recordings Note: List compiled by Gretchen Dresen and Matt Appleby
Reel 1A	Interview with Bjarne Andresen of Outing, Minnesota (29 min.) Note: On Preservation Master 752, tracks 1-9 Air date 1985 July 13 Performances: 1. “Moonlight on the Colorado” (Bjarne Andresen) 2. “Jenny Lind” (Bjarne Andresen) 3. “Kan du glemme gamle Norge?” (Bjarne Andresen)
Reel 2A	Tunes from Brainerd, Minnesota Fiddle Contest Note: On Preservation Master 752, tracks 10-25 Recorded 1984 January 21 Performances: 1. “Broken hornpipe” (Ray Ferdig, Pequot Lakes, Minn.) 2. “Dakota waltz” (Vernon Hickerson, Bemidji, Minn.) 3. “Ringness schottische” (Archie Teigen, Brainerd, Minn.) 4. “Polka” (Jimmie Ware, Pine River, Minn.) 5. “Bal i Hallingdal” (Helmer Linder, Brainerd, Minn.) 6. “Accordion waltz” (Bertel Malm, Rosholt, S.D.) 7. “Rallar polka” (Bertel Malm, Rosholt, S.D.) 8. “Life in the Finnish woods” (Otto Monson, Aitkin, Minn.) 9. “Rock Valley square dance” (Otto Monson, Aitkin, Minn.) 10. “Koster vals” (Lawrence Westad, Parkers Prairie, Minn.) 11. “Crystal Springs waltz” (“String” LaPlant, Grand Rapids) 12. “Happy Acre two step” (“String” LaPlant, Grand Rapids)
Reel 3A	I. Interview of Archie Teigen by Ted Heinonen, part 2; Interview of Bjarne Andresen, part 2 Note: On Preservation Master 753, tracks 1-11 Performances: 1. “Schottische” (Archie Teigen) 2. “Homeward bound from the wedding” (Archie Teigen) 3. “Walking tune” (Archie Teigen) 4. “Schottische” (Archie Teigen) 5. “Olaf's reinlander” (Archie Teigen)
Reel 4A	Interview with accordionist Bob Palmquist, part 1 Note: On Preservation Master 753, tracks 12-26 Performances: 1. “Oh, Varmland, thou lovely” (Bob Palmquist) 2. “Topper polka” (Bob Palmquist) 3. “Vestlandets Vals” (Bob Palmquist) 4. “Coquette” (Bob Palmquist and Les Swanson) 5. “Happy boys schottische” (Bob Palmquist) 6. “Little Miss Mischief” (Famous Lashua and Bob Palmquist)
Reel 5A	Interview with Bob Palmquist, part 2 Note: On Preservation Master 754, tracks 1-13 Performances: 1. “Friare Valsen” (Bob Palmquist) 2. “Love me like I never been loved before” (Famous Lashua) 3. “Coquette” (Bob Palmquist and Les Swanson) 4. “Friday's polka” (Bob Palmquist and Famous Lashua) 5. “Polka” (Bob Palmquist) 6. “Schottische” (Bob Palmquist)
Reel 6A	Interview with Eddie Williams Note: On Preservation Master 754, tracks 14-26 Performances: 1. “A fool such as I” (Eddie Williams) 2. “My happiness” (Eddie Williams) 3. “Let the rest of the world go by” (Eddie Williams) 4. “Only shadows” (Eddie Williams) 5. “I don't give a hoot” (Eddie Williams)
Reel 7A	Interview with Joe Czerniak, part 1 Note: On Preservation Master 755, tracks 1-9 Performances: 1. “Concertina polka” (Joe Czerniak) 2. “Red pajamas oberek” (Joe Czerniak) 3. “Concertina Joe polka” (Joe Czerniak)
Reel 8A	Interview with Joe Czerniak, part 2 Note: On Preservation Master 755, tracks 10-21 Performances: 1. “Rachel polka” (Joe Czerniak) 2. “Greet the folks at home” (Joe Czerniak) 3. “Laendler #20” (Joe Czerniak) 4. “Sambandreas polka” (Joe Czerniak) 5. “To the left oberek” (Joe Czerniak) 6. “Highway polka” (Joe Czerniak)
Reel 9A	Various performers Note: On Preservation Master 756, tracks 1-11 Performances: 1. “Minnesota polka” (Whoopee John) 2. “Minnesota” (David Berry and Jeff Wittig) 3. “Minnesota” (Northern Light) 4. “Minnesota” (Block Hammer Sextet) 5. “My Minnesota girl” (Wailer Norris) 6. “Minnesota Valsen” (Hans Brimi, Jon Faukstad, and Mary Barthelemy) 7. “Minnesota Northwoods” (Ila Meyer)
Reel 10A	Ethnic country music in the Upper Midwest Note: On Preservation Master 756, tracks 12-19 Lecture by James P. Leary recorded 1982 October 14 at the annual meeting of the American Folklore Society, Leamington Hotel, Minneapolis.
Reel 11A	Missing
Reel 12A	Missing
Reel 13A	Leonard Finseth: Scandinavian-American folk fiddler Note: On Preservation Master 757, tracks 1-4 Lecture by Robert Andresen recorded 1982 October 14 at the annual meeting of American Folklore Society, Leamington Hotel, Minneapolis. Includes taped music examples.
Reel 14A	The Edelweiss Stars from New Glarus, Wisconsin Note: On Preservation Master 757, tracks 5-16 Performances: 1. “Swiss washerwoman” 2. “Swiss maiden's dance” 3. “New Glarus, U.S.A.” 4. “LiLi Marlene” 5. “Rudy's yodel” 6. “Three bells” 7. “The rascal” 8. “Appenzeller” 9. “Morning glow waltz”
Reel 15A	1977 Snoose Boulevard Festival program, part 1 Note: On Preservation Master 758, tracks 1-15 National Public Radio coverage Performances: 1. [Swedish walking tune] 2. [Immigrant song] (Anne-Charlotte Harvey, Bill Huckley, Tim Sparks, John Anderson and Maury Bernstein) 3. [“I am a stranger in the New World”] (Anne-Charlotte Harvey, Bill Huckley, Tim Sparks, John Anderson and Maury Bernstein) 4. [Lannin Lokkan] (Anne-Charlotte Harvey, Bill Huckley, Tim Sparks, John Anderson and Maury Bernstein) 5. [“Hello Wisconsin”] (Anne-Charlotte Harvey, Bill Huckley, Tim Sparks, John Anderson and Maury Bernstein) 6. [Swedish fiddlers] (Paul Galin and Robert Martinson) 7. [Immigrants' tune] (Paul Galin and Robert Martinson)
Reel 16A	1977 Snoose Boulevard Festival program, part 2 Note: On Preservation Master 758, tracks 16-29 National Public Radio coverage Performances: 1. [Immigrant tune] (Paul Galin and Robert Martinson) 2. [Swedish fiddle tune] (Paul Galin and Robert Martinson) 3. [Swedish fiddle tune] (Paul Galin and Robert Martinson) 4. [Norwegian song] (Mike and Else Sevig) 5. [“California”] (Mike and Else Sevig) 6. [“River song”] (Mike and Else Sevig) 7. [Song] (Janet Westerland) 8. [Harmonica tune] (Arnold Hanson) 9. [Old time dance music] (Leon Bonrude and the Old Time Dance Band) 10. [Song] (June Carlson and Mary Anne Elison)
Reel 17A	1977 Snoose Boulevard Festival program, part 3 Note: On Preservation Master 759, tracks 1-13 National Public Radio coverage Performances: 1. “Nicolina medley” 2. [Song] 3. [Song] (Anne Charlotte Harvey, Bill Huckley, Tim Sparks, John Anderson and Maury Bernstein) 4. “John Johnson” (Maury Bernstein) 5. [Song] (Mike Sevig) 6. [Song] (Anne-Charlotte Harvey) 7. [“Shifty girl waltz”] (Anne-Charlotte Harvey)
Reel 18A	1977 Snoose Boulevard Festival program, part 4 Note: On Preservation Master 759, tracks 14-26 National Public Radio coverage Performances: 1. [Norwegian flutes] (Mary Bartholemy) 2. [Norwegian flutes] (Mary Bartholemy) 3. [Swedish ballad] (Belman Singers) 4. [Swedish ballad] (Belman Singers) 5. [Swedish ballad] (Belman Singers) 6. [Dahlin, Swedish fiddlers (Edwin Johnson, Bruce Johnson, Robert Martinson, Phillip Martin and Paul Galin) 7. [“Tune that will crack your eardrums”] (Edwin Johnson, Bruce Johnson, Robert Martinson, Phillip Martin and Paul Galin) 8. [Final sing-along song] (Anne Charlotte Harvey, Bill Huckley, Tim Sparks, John Anderson and Maury Bernstein)
Reel 19A	Various performers Note: On Preservation Master 760, tracks 1-14 Performances: 1. “The little brown bulls” (Robert Walker) 2. “The little brown bulls” (Charlie Bowlen) 3. “Milwaukee Fire” (Robert Walker) 4. “Swamper's revenge on the windfall” (Otto Rindlisbacher) 5. “The Couderay jig” (Otto Rindlisbacher) 6. “Lumberjack dance tune” (Otto Rindlisbacher) 7. “Pig schottische” (Otto Rindlisbacher) 8. “Lakes of Pontchartrain” (Frances Perry) 9. “Billy Vanero” (Luther Royce) 10. “Reuben Wright and Phoebe Brown” (Hamilton Lobdell) 11. “River driver's song” (Warde Ford)
Reel 20A	Missing
Reel 21A	Missing
Reel 22A	“Teater, Visafton Och Bal” Note: On Preservation Master 760, tracks 15-27 Recorded 1982 June 10 in Grand Rapids, Minn. Announcer and performer: Gordon Ekvall Tracie Performances: 1. [Swedish walking tune] 2. [Old time waltz] 3. [Schottische] 4. [Polka] 5. [Polska - contemporary Swedish dance] 6. [Old time fiddle tune] 7. [Playing pipe tune] 8. [Choral tune] 9. [Wedding march]
Reel 23A	The Northern Stars: Finnish-American Old Time Music Note: On Preservation Master 761, tracks 1-10 Recorded 1981 March 1 in Wentworth, Wis. Performers: Teresa Aho, vocal and chordovox Tina Aho, banjo Terri Aho, fiddle
Reel 24A	Missing
Reel 25A	Tribute to Edwin Johnson (1905-1984), Hayward Note: On Preservation Master 761, tracks 11-23 Performances by Edwin Johnson and American Swedish Spelmans Trio: 1. “Dal Jerks gånglåt” 2. “Dali Anders schottis” 3. “Vals in G efter John Erickson” 4. “Låt efter Ceylon Wallin” 5. “Lill-Ingrids vals” 6. “Horgalåten hambofolska”
Reel 26A	“Fiddle-in” Note: On Preservation Master 762, tracks 1-14 Recorded 1985 February 16 at Black River Falls, Wisconsin Performances: 1. “Polka” (Leonard Finseth) 2. “Mazurka” (Leonard Finseth) 3. “Accordion waltz (Walter Mellem) 4. “Ragtime Annie” (Clifford Nelson) 5. “Polka” (Norskedalen Trio) 6. “Schottische” (Rudy Jackson) 7. “Polka” (Johny Kay) 8. “Waltz” (Perry Sisters) 9. “Nidelven” (Perry Sisters)
Reel 27A	Various performers Note: On Preservation Master 762, tracks 15-25 Performances: 1. “Koster valsen” (Loren Lindevig) 2. “Koster valsen” (Arly Nelson) 3. “Ring the banjo polka” (Whoopee John) 4. “The drifting whistling snow” (Bob Andresen and Perry Sisters) 5. “Andy and Mel's special” (Mel Bedard) 6. “Calgary polka” (Heather Kolbrek) 7. “Happy birthday Johnnie” (Jolly Jokers) 8. “If you know the Lord” (R.E. Anderson)
Reel 28A	Jewish songs and dances Note: On Preservation Master 763, tracks 1-12 Recorded live at The Iron Range Interpretive Center Performances by Maury Berstein and Band: 1. [Instrumental] 2. [Song] 3. [Song] 4. [Song] 5. [Song] 6. [Song] 7. [Dance tune] 8. [Dance tune]
Reel 29A	Various performers Note: On Preservation Master 763, tracks 13-26 Performances: 1. “Gillespie's; Frenchie's reel” (Patti Kusturok) 2. “Bedford waltz” (Patti Kusturok) 3. “Gatineau reel” (Crystal Plohman) 4. “Messer Memorial waltz” (Crystal Plohman) 5. “That gol-darned fiddle” (Lois Garrity) 6. “The lost child” (Mel Bedard) 7. “Rooster on the fence” (Andy DeJarlis) 8. “Rooster on the fence” (Patti Kusturok, Crystal Plohman, Yvette Carrière, Graham Townsend and Eleanor Townsend
Reel 30A	Various performers Note: On Preservation Master 764, tracks 1-10 Performances: 1. “The four courts; Sporting Pat” (Hill 16) 2. “Mustalainen” (The Third Generation) 3. “Beautiful Lake Vermillion” (Famous Lashua) 4. “Choc'late ice cream cone” (Eddie Williams) 5. “He picked up the pieces” (Lois Garrity) 6. “The violet and the rose” (Slim Jim) 7. “Fest på Fløyen” (Andreas Røyrvik)
Reel 31A	Various performers Note: On Preservation Master 764, tracks 11-22 Performances: 1. “Milwaukee waltz” (Whoopee John) 2. “Milwaukee polka” (Frankie Yankovic) 3. “Duluth polka” (Beaconaires) 4. “Duluth waltz” (Johnny's Hot Shots) 5. “St. Paul waltz” (Chmielewskis) 6. “Minneapolis hornpipe” (Bob Andresen) 7. “Eveleth polka” (Lorren Lindevig) 8. “Ely polka” (Frankie Yankovic)
Reel 32A	Finnish music at the 17th Annual Ashland Folk Festival Note: Recorded 1985 May 5, Ashland, Wis. Performers: Oren Tikkanen, guitar, story-teller Helmer Toyras, fiddle Ed Lauluma, fiddle
Reel 33A	Various performers Note: On Preservation Master 765, tracks 11-2 Performances: 1. “Minnesota” (George Russell) 2. “Minnesota” (David Berry and Jeff Wittig) 3. “St. Croix River” (David Berry and Jeff Wittig) 4. “Gudbrandsdalen schottis” (Leonard Finseth) 5. “Ole, the hobo from Norway” (Goose Island Ramblers) 6. “Wish I was 18 again” (Otto Blihovde) 7. “Nidelven” (Andreas Røyrvik) 8. “Have I told you lately that I love you” (Andreas Røyrvik)
Reel 34A	Various performers Note: On Preservation Master 766, tracks 1-13 Performances: 1. “Silver and gold two step” (Bill Sherburne) 2. Mazurka (Hillary Stolman) 3. “Rooster on the fence” (Hillary Stolman) 4. “Going on welfare blues” (Ron E. Lyght) 5. “Marianna” (Tamburitza Serenaders) 6. “Grass dance song” (Kingbird Singers) 7. “Shuffle/stomp/slide” (Eagle Whistles) 8. “Ole Olsen song” (Bjarne Andresen) 9. Norwegian hymn (Thorvald Andresen)
Reel 35A	Various performers Note: On Preservation Master 766, tracks 14-25 Performances: 1. “Schottis efter Timas Hans” (American Swedish Spelmans Trio) 2. “Walker Street reel” (Mel Bedard) 3. “Manitoba woman” (Mike Cowdery) 4. “My Manitoba home” (Stew Clayton) 5. “On the country road” (Minnesota Scandinavian Ensemble) 6. “On the country road” (Six Fat Dutchmen) 7. “Great grand dad” (Vagabond Kid) 8. “Cuckoo waltz” (Arly Nelson) 9. “Shinplaster polka” (Bill Sherburne)
Reel 36A	Bohemian music Note: Performances: 1. “Opice Polka” (Roman Rezak) 2. “Black Gypsy” (Louie Strazel) 3. “Faded Rose” (Roman Rezak) 4. “Faded Rose” (Baca Band) 5. “Round The Moon” (Roman Rezak) 6. “Muziky, Muziky” (Pazour and Myroslav) 7. “Muziky, Muziky” (Plehal Bros.) 8. “Rain, Rain, Polka” (Romy Gosz) 9. “Bohemian Waltz” (Joe Carmen) 10. “The Prune Song” (Romy Gosz) 11. “Strashidlo” (Adolph Hofner) 12. “Romy's Theme Song” (Romy Gosz)
Reel 37A	Various performers Note: On Preservation Master 767, tracks 20-30 Performances: 1. “Country news polka” (Ove Bergerson) 2. “Thompson rag” (Russell Bergerson) 3. “Smokey Island breakdown” (Reg Bouvette) 4. “Nikolina's butterfly” (Minnesota Scandinavian Ensemble) 5. “Party butterfly” (Reg Bouvette) 6. “Bury my heart in Minnesota” (Marvin Rainwater) 7. “Gonna find me a bluebird” (Marvin Rainwater)
Reel 38A	Various performers Note: On Preservation Master 768, tracks 1-11 Performances: 1. “Ålänningens polka” (Craig Ruble) 2. “Ålänningens polka” (Bill Sherburne) 3. “Ålänningens polka” (Walter Ericksson) 4. “Oh, dear, where can my honey be?” (Famous Lashua) 5. “Oh, dear, where can my honey be?” (Eddie Marshall) 6. “Sweet gardenias” (Famous Lashua) 7. “Drifting back to dreamland” (Oldtown Drifters) 8. “Iron Range polka” (Tamburitza Serenaders)
Reel 39A	Backstage jam session - Minot, North Dakota Note: On Preservation Master 768, tracks 12-26 Recorded 1985 Fall; air date 1986 January 18 Performers: Patti Kusturok, fiddle Minnesota Scandinavian Ensemble
Reel 40A	Various performers Note: On Preservation Master 769, tracks 1-11 Performances: 1. “I'll buy boots for Maggie”; “The Gort Roe polka” (Hill 16) 2. “Alphie's hornpipe” (Jim Price) 3. “Dreamer's waltz” (Heather Kolbrek) 4. “Ny fiskar vals” (Three Vikings) 5. “Musik Polka” (Three Vikings) 6. “Dusty roads and prairie towns” (Sherwin Linton) 7. “Ramsey schottische” (E. Craig Ruble) 8. “North Dakota plowboy” (Luther Enstad)
Reel 41A	Various performers Note: On Preservation Master 769, tracks 12-21 Performances: 1. “Randi Severson waltz” (Leonard Finseth) 2. “Wedding at Willie's” (Art Gaboda) 3. “The water carrier” (Emil Bruh) 4. “Coureur de bois” (Mel Bedard) 5. “Couderay, you're a nasty old town” (Marvin Rainwater) 6. “Courderay jig” (Otto Rindlisbacher) 7. “On the banks of the Sheyenne River” (Luther Engstad) 8. “Brenden schottische” (Mel Brenden)
Reel 42A	Various performers Note: On Preservation Master 770, tracks 1-16 1986 March 8 Performances: 1. “Charlevoix's reels” (Philippe Bruneau) 2. “Master Crowley's reel”; “Drowsy Maggie” (Hill 16) 3. “Stepladder waltz” (Bruce Bollerud) 4. “The song of Keewatin” (Billy Folger and Chuck Carson) 5. “Cry baby cry” (Billy Folger) 6. “Wisconsin song” (Nillo Oja) 7. “Vagabond waltz” (Nillo Oja) 8. “Spary polka” (The Wildwoods) 9. “Green meadow polka” (Chesney Brothers)
Reel 43A	Interview with “Over The Border” Band Note: On Preservation Master 770, tracks 17-29 1986 March 8 Performances by Over the Border: 1. “Catch-a-basin polka” 2. “Accordion man polka” 3. “The blue skirt waltz” 4. “Säkkijärven polka” 5. “Helsa dem der hemma” 6. “Polish polka medley” 7. “Vagabond waltz” 8. “Johan på Snippen”
Reel 44A	Interview with Mrs. Frances Perry of Black River Falls, Wisconsin, part 1 Note: On Preservation Master 771, tracks 1-11 Recorded 1986 February 17
Reel 45A	Interview with Mrs. Frances Perry of Black River Falls, Wisconsin, part 2 Note: On Preservation Master 771, tracks 12-2 Recorded 1986 February 17, air date 1986 April 26
Reel 46A	Interview with Mrs. Frances Perry of Black River Falls, Wisconsin, part III Note: On Preservation Master 772, tracks 1-8 History and Culture of Winnebagos
Reel 47A	Special Christmas program Note: On Preservation Master 772, tracks 9-21 Performances: 1. “Christmas waltz” (Art Jorgensen) 2. “Rudolph, the red nosed reindeer”: in Polish 3. “Elfie,the elf” (The Chmielewskis) 4. “Jeg er så glad hver julekveld” (Slim Jim) 5. “What child is this?” (The Golden Strings) 6. “Lutefisk” (Otto Blihovde) 7. “Lutefisk lament” (Boone and Erickson) 8. “Merry Christmas polka” (Frankie Yankovic) 9. “Shalom” (Sounds of Joy) 10. “Det kimer nu til julefest” (Anne-Charlotte Harvey) 11. “Nu är det juligen” (Anne-Charlotte Harvey)
Reel 1	Missing
Reel 2	Missing
Reel 3	Various performers Note: On Preservation Master 773, tracks 1-12 Air date 1986 June 21 Performances: 1. “Whirlaway waltz” (Gary Kent) 2. “Banjo polka” (Arly Nelson) 3. “Green Bay polka” (J.D. Grussendorf) 4. “One wind” (Kimiwun) 5. “Sioux flute call” (John Coloff) 6. “Froggie went a-courtin'” (Eddy Williams) 7. “Devil's dream” (Otto Gran) 8. “Lord have mercy” (Joe Cvek Orchestra)
Reel 4	Various performers Note: On Preservation Master 773, tracks 13-26 Air date 1986 April 19 Performances: 1. “A Shantyman's Life” - Emory Denoyer 2. “Swamper's Revenge” - Otto Rindlisbacher 3. “Swamper's Performances: 1. “A shantyman's life” (Emory Denoyer) 2. “Swamper's revenge” (Otto Rindlisbacher) 3. “Swamper's revenge” (Leonard Finseth) 4. “Clearwater County polka” (Leroy Larson) 5. “By the fireside” (Ned Landry) 6. “Zosia” (Renata and Girls, Girls, Girls) 7. “Where no one stands alone” (Barb Henninger)
Reel 5	Various performers Note: On Preservation Master 774, tracks 1-16 Performances: 1. “Ålänningens polka” (Craig Ruble) 2. “Livet i finnskogarna” (Walter Erickson) 3. “I'm glad” (Famous Lashua) 4. “Bittersweet” (Bebe and Rick Allen) 5. “Highway no. 7” (Bobby Aro) 6. “Swiss Alps waltz” (Matt Vorderbruggen) 7. “Chippewa war dance” (Eli Thomas) 8. “Cranberry song” (Frances Perry)
Reel 6	Various performers Note: On Preservation Master 774, tracks 17-30 1985 September 7, Grand Forks Performances: 1. “Burk County breakdown” (Dwight Lamb) 2. “Dreamer's waltz” (Little Joe's Dance Band) 3. “Bandit Cole Younger” (Edward L. Crain) 4. “Billy Venero” (Luther Royce) 5. “Kesäiset tuulet” (Walt Johnson) 6. “Saata vetta, saata lunta” (Viola Turpeinen) 7. “Ride, ride, ride” (Dottie Lou) 8. “How great Thou art” (Ted Blakey, Dorothy Olson, Elizabeth Foss)
Reel 7	Interview with Walter Skendjiel Note: On Preservation Master 775, tracks 1-14 Recorded 1986 January 11, air date 1986 September 9 Performances: 1. “Dan's old time waltz” (Daniel Aakus) 2. “Ringness schottische” (Vidar Lande) 3. [polka]; [waltz] (Walter Skendjiel) 5. “Ring of gold” (Slim Jim) 5. “I shall not be moved” (Viola Gibson)
Reel 8	Various performers Note: On Preservation Master 775, tracks 15-28 Recorded 1986 May 10, air date 1986 June 20 Performances: 1. “Wesele u Witosa polka” (Art Gaboda) 2. “Moccasin game songs” (August King) 3. “The river through the pines” (John Berquist) 4. “Tennessee waltz” (Loncy and Mavis Tacheny 5. “Go to sleep darling baby” (Dezurich Sisters) 6. “The best of me” (Perry Sisters)
Reel 9	Bobby Aro interview Note: On Preservation Master 776, tracks 1-12 Air date 1985 August 17 Performances: 1. “The London hornpipe” (Bertel Malm) 2. “Bertel's schottische” (Bertel Berntsen) 3. “The circus polka” (The Jolly Jokers) 4. “Are you mine” (Myrna Lorie and Buddy DeVal) 5. “Bobby talks” (Bobby Aro) 6. “Maailman Baabi's song” (Bobby Aro) 7. “Thank you Lord” (Sherry DePolis)
Reel 10	The Famous Lashua Story, part 1 Note: On Preservation Master 776, tracks 13-26 1985 August 17 Interview with Famous Lashua; part 2 on Reel 18 Performances by Famous Lashua: 1. “Paul Bunyan” 2. “G Latin love song” 3. “House of broken dreams” 4. “Love me like I've never been loved before” 5. “Oh! gee! how I love that girl” 6. “The church in Running Valley”
Reel 11	Various performers Note: On Preservation Master 777, tracks 1-14 Air date 1986 July 19 Performances: 1. “Minnesota Valsen” (Hans Brimi, Jon Faukstad, Mary Barthelemy) 2. “The Minnesota polka” (Whoopee John) 3. “The jam at Gerry's Rock” (Iggie Wolfington and chorus) 4. “Under the Double Eagle” (Tamburitza Serenaders) 5. “The farmer is the man” (Gene Bluestein) 6. “Indian war whoop” (Leonard Finseth) 7. “I told you so” (Perry Sisters) 8. “Jack pot polka” (Willy Peterson Orchestra) 9. “A beautiful life” (Slim Jim)
Reel 12	Performances by Slim Jim and/or Vagabond Kid Note: On Preservation Master 777, tracks 15-28 Air date 1986 March 22 Performances: 1. “Nikolina” (Slim Jim) 2. “Nikolina” (Slim Jim and Vagabond Kid) 3. “Det døende barn” (Slim Jim and Vagabond Kid) 4. “Ungdoms Myner” (Slim Jim and Vagabond Kid) 5. “Den gamle kjerringa med guitaren” (Vagabond Kid) 6. “It means solLittle to you” (Slim Jim) 7. “It is no secret” (Slim Jim)
Reel 13	Various performers Note: On Preservation Master 778, tracks 1-12 1985 June 29 Performances: 1. “Jøden” (Leonard Finseth) 2. “Sleepy waltz” (Leonard Finseth) 3. “Norwegian wood” (Leroy Larson) 4. “Paul Bunyan” (Gene Bluestein) 5. “I never loved anyone more” (Mrozinski Brothers) 6. “Grand Ole Opry playing somewhere” (Red Johnson) 7. “Peek-a-boo waltz” (Ned Landry) 8. “Weisst du wieviel Sterne stehen” (William Dittrich) 9. “How many stars are in the sky?” (Laura Browne)
Reel 14	Missing
Reel 15	Missing
Reel 16	Various performers Note: On Preservation Master 778, tracks 13-27 Performances: 1. “Vaarit saunassa” (Northern Stars) 2. “Lännen Lokari” (Anne-Charlotte Harvey) 3. “Johnny Doyle” (Joe Kelly) 4. “Sioux love song” (Oglala Singers) 5. “Happy Norwegian polka” (Myron Floren) 6. “Primrose schottische” (Six Fat Dutchmen) 7. “Chime bells” (Laurie Jo) 8. “La valse Westphalia” (André DéJarlis) 9. “Jesus keep me near the cross” (Gloria Pearson Danielson)
Reel 17	Various performers Note: On Preservation Master 779, tracks 1-19 Performances: 1. “Johnny Homme's waltz” (Bruce Bollerud) 2. “Golden slippers” (Blom Family) 3. “Tobacco waltz” (Bergerson Family) 4. “Bertel's schottische” (Bertel Bertsen) 5. “Polka in G” (Leonard Finseth) 6. “Anton Tomten's masurka” (Ed Stendalen) 7. “Waltz” (Bertel Bertsen) 8. “Isaac Nelson's hoppwaltz” (Blom Family) 9. “Skegga loppa” (Arnold and Evelyn Olson)
Reel 18	Famous Lashua Story, part 2 Note: On Preservation Master 779, tracks 20-29 Performances: 1. “When poppa popped the popcorn” (Famous Lashua) 2. “Love me like I've never been loved before” (Famous Lashua) 3. “Orpopojan vallsi” (Walter Ericksson and Veikko Ahvenainen) 4. “Won't you share your love with me” (Famous Lashua)
Reel 19	Various performers Note: On Preservation Master 780, tracks 1-19 Air date 1986 March 1 Performances: 1. “Bill Hart's favorite; Joy of my life” (Martin McQue) 2. “Pretty little Catherine” (Phillippe Bruneau) 3. “Gary's polka” (Rufie Granda) 4. “Jul's waltz” (Viola Lee) 5. “The jam on Gerry's Rocks” (Tom Brandon) 6. “On the lakes of Pontchartrain” (Frances Perry) 7. “Jolly lumberjack polka” (Arly Nelson) 8. “Otto's waltz” (Leroy Larson) 9. “Higher ground” (Perry Sisters)
Reel 20	Performances by Archie Teigen or Bertel Malm Note: On Preservation Master 780, tracks 20-33 Performances: 1. “Wedding march from Telemark” (Archie Teigen) 2. “The dishwasher's reinlender” (Archie Teigen) 3. “Gammal vals frå Dalarne” (Archie Teigen) 4. “Bal i Karlstad” (Archie Teigen) 5. “Waltz” (Bertel Malm) 6. “Crooked stovepipe” (Bertel Malm) 7. “Railroad worker's polka” (Bertel Malm) 8. “The bride's waltz” (Bertel Malm) 9. “Hässelby steppen” (Bertel Malm)
Reel 21	Various performers Note: On Preservation Master 781, tracks 1-14 Includes 95 second promo spot for “Northland Hoedown” on KUMD Performances: 1. “Frisco to the Cape” (Craig Ruble) 2. “Ramsey schottische” (Craig Ruble) 3. “Polka shoes” (Mrozinski Brothers) 4. “Happy time polka” (Chesney Brothers) 5. “The cranberry song” (John Berquist) 6. “Pike Lake polka” (Matt Vorderbruggen) 7. “Nighttime in Nevada” (Hal Fenske) 8. “Arly's guitar waltz” (Arly Nelson) 9. “One more memory” (Dottie Lou) 10. “St. Ann's reel” (unidentified fiddler) 11. “The old rugged cross” (Slim Jim)
Reel 22	Various performers Note: On Preservation Master 781, tracks 15-28 Recorded 1979 July 29 at Nordic Fest, Decorah, Iowa. Performances: 1. “Schottische medley” (LeRoy Larson and Mel Brenden) 2. “Harry's old time waltz” (LeRoy Larson and Mel Brenden) 3. “Midsummer waltz” (LeRoy Larson and Mel Brenden) 4. “Little gem polka” (LeRoy Larson and Mel Brenden) 5. “Polka In D” (Arnold Olson, Evelyn Olson, Truman Sorenson, Bob Andresen, LeRoy Larson and Mel Brenden) 6. “Selmer Ramsey waltz” (Leonard Finseth, Arnold Olson, Evelyn Olson, Truman Sorenson, Bob Andresen, LeRoy Larson and Mel Brenden) 7. “Jump the strings” (Leonard Finseth, Truman Sorenson, Bob Andresen, LeRoy Larson and Mel Brenden) 8. “Koster valsen” (Arnold Olson, Evelyn Olson, etc.) 9. “Hälsa dem därhemma” (Arnold Olson, Leonard Finseth, Evelyn Olson, Truman Sorenson, Bob Andresen, LeRoy Larson and Mel Brenden)
Reel 23	Various performers Note: On Preservation Master 782, tracks 1-18 Air date 1985 December 14 Performances: 1. “Fred Nelson's jig” (Leonard Finseth) 2. “A little black mustache” (The Vagabond Kid) 3. “Ya gotta have a moustache” (Sean Blackburn) 4. “Flag-lowering song”: Ojibway pow-wow song 5. “Chippewa country” (Jim Grussendorf, Bob Andresen and Davey) 6. “Lost Indian” (Kaye Brokaw) 7. “Casey's old time waltz” (Lowell Larson) 8. “Rat Lake hop” (Lowell Larson) 9. “Just a closer walk with Thee” (Slim Jim)
Reel 24	Various performers Note: On Preservation Master 782, tracks 19-31 Air date 1985 November 30 Performances: 1. “Polka no-five” (Lowell Larson) 2. “Peter Keefer waltz” (Bill Sherburne) 3. “Snoring Peter” (Valheimers) 4. “Walking plow” (Joe Pancerzewski) 5. “Burgundy waltz” (Joe Pancerzewski) 6. “Le reel St. Alexandre” (Andy DeJarlis) 7. “Minnesota ground” (Dakota Dave Hull) 8. “Silk umbrella polka” (Matt Vorderbruggen) 9. “Stompin' grounds” (Stompin' Tom Conners) 10. “Deer song” (Thomas Shalifoe) 11. “Catholic Ojibway hymn” (Thomas Shalifoe)
Reel 25	Scandinavian folk music: the Minnesota heritage Note: On Preservation Master 783, tracks 1-18 Special program with Anne-Charlotte Harvey and Maury Bernstein Includes a promo spot for “Northland Hoedown” theme on KVMD. Performances: 1. Hardanger fiddle; Scandinavian immigrant song 2. Ancient folk song (Serbsing Duo) 3. [Selea flote] (Mary Barthelomy) 4. Dance tune 5. Immigrant song 6. “Nicolina” (Slim Jim and Roy Lind) 7. “Yankee Doodle” 8. “Oleana”; “My childhood home” 9. Popular music crossover (Viola Turpeinen) 10. Psalmodicon and choir
Reel 26	Scandinavian-American humor Note: On Preservation Master 783, tracks 19-29 Special program with Anne-Charlotte Harvey. Performances: 1. “Oleana” 2. [“Chicago”] 3. Conclusion and vaudeville song
Reel 27	Various performers Note: On Preservation Master 784, tracks 1-14 Air date 1985 December 29 Performances: 1. “Tiny's tinkle piano” (Big Tiny Little) 2. “Happy Norwegian polka” (Myron Floren) 3. “Brenden's schottische” (Mel Brenden) 4. “Buffalo dance” (Jacob Redbird) 5. “Founding song” (Jacob Redbird) 6. “Mesquakie chant” (John and Grace Papakee) 7. “Muziky, muziky” (Joe Pazour and Milton Myroslay) 8. “Pilo by sa pilo” (Jerry Cincara) 9. “Ace in the hole” (Bobby Aro) 10. “Suomi River” (Bobby Aro)
Reel 28	Missing
Reel 29	1983 Nordic Fest Note: On Preservation Master 784, tracks 15-27 Air date 1986 July 5 Performances: 1. Waltz (Bill Sherburne) 2. “Little gem polka” (Bill Sherburne) 3. Waltz (Albert Aschim) 4. “Nikolina” (Perry Sisters) 5. “Ringness schottische” (Andresen Family) 6. “I'm so lonesome without you” (Arnold Hanson) 7. “The older the violin” (Carman Hanson) 8. “Loggerman's polka” (Leonard Finseth) 9. “Nidelven” (Elisabet Rennan)
Reel 30	1983 Nordic Fest Note: On Preservation Master 785, tracks 1-15 Performances: 1. “Scandinavian waltz” (Bertel Malm) 2. “Red apple rag” (Bertel Malm) 3. “Fisherman's waltz” (Bertel Malm) 4. Polka (Bertel Malm) 5. “The Wabash Cannonball” (Arnold Hanson) 6. “Mrs. Johnson, turn me loose” (Carman Hanson) 7. “Drifting whistling snow” (Bob Andresen) 8. Schottische (Albert Aschim) 9. Polka (Bill Sherburne) 10. Norwegian folk song (Elisabet Rennan) 11. “Moonbeams” (Elisabet Rennan) 12. Hymn medley (Henry Storhoff)
Reel 31	Polish-American music Note: On Preservation Master 785, tracks 16-26 Performances: 1. “Na zielonej lace polka” (Chesney Brothers) 2. “Na zielonej lace polka” (Art Gaboda) 3. “Pretty girls in Chicago” (Jolly Jokers) 4. “Circus polka” (Jolly Jokers) 5. “At the Russian front” (Mrozinski Brothers) 6. “Zielona traweczka” (Renata and Girls, Girls, Girls) 7. “Gardenville waltz” (Chesney Brothers) 8. “Dreaming fish waltz” (Chesney Brothers)
Reel 32	Finnish-American music Note: On Preservation Master 786, tracks 1-12 Performances: 1. “Vaarit saunassa” (The Northern Stars) 2. “Sa kasvoit neito kaunoinen” (The Northern Stars) 3. “Duluth waltz” (Johnny's Hot Shots) 4. “Everybody schottische” (Johnny's Hot Shots) 5. “Finnish band polka” (J.D. Grussendorf) 6. “Metskukkia” (LeRoy Larson) 7. “Clap hands” (Viola Turpeinen) 8. “Vagabond waltz” (Viola Turpeinen) 9. “Vagabond waltz” (Lawrence Duchow)
Reel 33	Fiddle Music of Leonard Finseth Note: On Preservation Master 786, tracks 13-26 Air date 1983 September 16 Performances: 1. “Gamle ole Mattis” 2. “Finske valsen” 3. “Storsveen's waltz” 4. “Storsveen's schottische” 5. “The old 'A' waltz” 6. “Otto Gran's mazurka” 7. “Ed Quall's polka (Dalbak)” 8. “Joden” 9. “Syverson's waltz” 10. “Lord speak to me”
Reel 34	Fiddlers from the Upper Midwest Note: On Preservation Master 787, tracks 1-14 Recorded in 1975 live at St. John's University. Performances: 1. Waltz (Roy W. Reed, Superior, Wis.) 2. “The caller's waltz” (Kevin Ryan, Houston, Minn.) 3. Schottische (Kevin Ryan, Houston, Minn.) 4. Schottische (Archie Teigen, Brainerd, Minn.) 5. Waltz (Paul Dahlin, Minneapolis, Minn.) 6. Walking tune (Paul Dahlin, Minneapolis, Minn.) 7. “Black Mountain rag” (Kaye Brokaw, Bagley, Iowa) 8. “The cowboy waltz” (Mary McEkran, Minneapolis, Minn.) 9. Reel (Jimmie Ware, Pine River, Minn.) 10. “Life in the Finnish woods” (Bill Stokes, Bemidji, Minn.) 11. “Christmas waltz” (Orville Fossum, Winona, Minn.)
Reel 35	1975 Snoose Boulevard Festival, part 1 Note: On Preservation Master 787, tracks 15-30 National Public Radio coverage Air date 1986 February 15 Performances: 1. [song] (Anne-Charlotte Harvey) 2. [song] (Bo Harold and Prince Oscar) 3. [song] (Bo Harold and Prince Oscar) 4. [song] (Bo Harold and Prince Oscar) 5. [Hardanger fiddle tune] (Inger Dallin) 6. [fiddle tune] 7. “Indian war whoop” (Leonard Finseth) 8. [fiddle tune] (Leroy Johnson [Blaunt?]) 9. [song] (Janet Westerland)
Reel 36	1975 Snoose Boulevard Festival, part 2 Note: On Preservation Master 788, tracks 1-16 National Public Radio coverage Air date 1986 February 22 Performances: 1. [song] 2. “Waltz after Ole Bull” (Leonard Finseth) 3. [dance music] (Walter Eriksson) 4. [dance music] (Paul Galin, Ruth and Edwin Johnson) 5. [fiddle tune] (Johnson Family Fiddlers) 6. [schottische] (Johnson Family Fiddlers) 7. [dance tune] (LeRoy Larson and The Minnesota Scandinavian Ensemble) 8. [“From 'Frisco to the Cape”] (Anne-Charlotte Harvey Ensemble) 9. [dance tune] (Prince Oscar and Bo Harold)
Reel 37	1975 Snoose Boulevard Festival, part 3 Note: On Preservation Master 788, tracks 17-30 National Public Radio coverage Air date 1986 March 1 Performances: 1. [“Smolen”] (Anne-Charlotte Harvey) 2. [song] (Walter Eriksson and Hans Bergen) 3. [old time Norwegian song] (Walter Eriksson and Hans Bergen) 4. [accordion tune] (Becky Ingersol) 5. “Life in the Finnish woods” (David Bradshaw) 6. [accordion tune] (Jim Samuel?) 6. “Rosalil and her mother” (Anne-Charlotte Harvey)
Reel 38	1975 Snoose Boulevard Festival, part 4 Note: National Public Radio coverage Air date 1986 March 8 Performances: 1. [“Western lover”] (Anne-Charlotte Harvey) 2. [accordion tune] (Becky Ingersol, Walter Eriksson and David Bradshaw) 3. [anti-immigration song] (Anne-Charlotte Harvey) 4. [“Oleana”] (Anne-Charlotte Harvey) 5. [Swedish accordion waltz] 6. [“My childhood home”] (Anne-Charlotte Harvey) 7. [song] (Anne-Charlotte Harvey)
Reel 39	Various performers Note: On Preservation Master 789, tracks 14-24 Air date 1985 April 6 Performances: 1. “Rippling water jig” (Mel Bedard) 2. “La joyeuse québécoise” (Andy Dejarlis) 3. “Månstrålar Klara” (Elisabet Rennan) 4. “Månstrålar Klara” (Walter Eriksson) 5. “Månstrålar Klara” (Matt Vorderbruggen) 6. “Amerikansk Jularbovals” (Walter Erikkson) 7. “Amerikansk Jularbovals” (Walter Erikkson) 8. “The festive lumberjack” (John Berquist) 9. “Born again” (String LaPlant)
Reel 40	Elisabet Rennan concert Note: On Preservation Master 790, tracks 1-12 Recorded live 1982 September 9 at Greysolon Plaza Ballroom, [Duluth, Minn.] Performances: 1. “Trekkspill valsen” 2. “Tyrifjorden” 3. “Nidelven” 4. “Hasselby steppen” 5. “Alle mainn” 6. “Mor, kjære mor” 7. “Bal i Hallingdal” 8. “Laila” (Tusen sjøars land) 9. “Fra Frisco til Capp”
Reel 41	Missing
Reel 42	The Famous Lashua Story, part 3 Note: On Preservation Master 790, tracks 13-25 Performances: 1. “Sweet Gardenias” 2. “Beautiful Lake Vermillion” 3. “The Old Grey Mare Is Coming Back” 4. “They Call You Honey” 5. “Oh! Gee! How I Love That Girl” 6. “The Love You Threw Away”
Reel 43	Leonard Finseth concert Note: On Preservation Master 791, tracks 1-11 For Wisconsin State Historical Society; recorded 1980 June 21 at Chippewa Valley Museum, Eau Claire, Wis. Performances: 1. “Willy Berg waltz” 2. “Sunset waltz” 3. “Dalbak polka” 4. “Waltz from Blair” 5. “Storsveen's schottische” 6. “Syverson's waltz” 7. “Red River Valley” 8. “Indian war whoop”
Reel 44	Missing
Reel 45	Various performers Note: On Preservation Master 791, tracks 12-23 Songs about the Midwest recorded from outside the area. Performances: 1. “Arly's guitar waltz” (Arly Nelson [on electric guitar, recorded in Washington State] 2. “Pretty girls in Chicago”: waltz in Chicago Polish style (Jolly Jokers) 3. “Ragtime Annie” (The Moms and Dads) 4. “New York Mills, Minnesota” (Marvin Rainwater and Mike Cowdery) 5. “Grant Lamb's breakdown”; “Don Messer's breakdown” (Schryer Triplets) 6. “Kan du vyssla, Johanna?” (Lenore Berg) 7. “Minnesota blue” (Keith Haugen) 8. “American wooden shoe polka” (Minnesota Scandinavian Ensemble) 9. “Alfie's hornpipe” (Jim Price)
Reel 46	Turtle Mountain music (North Dakota) Note: On Preservation Master 792, tracks 1-13 Air date 1986 July 12 Performances: 1. “Soldier's honor song” (Pembina Singers) 2. “Go homing song” (Pembina Singers) 3. “Amazing grace” (Martin Sisters) 4. “Red River jig” (Fred Allery and Lawrence Keplin) 5. “The sailor from Montreal” (Delia LaFloe) 6. “Napoleon Bonaparte” (Fred Parisien) 7. “Old Fred's White 99” (Fred Parisien) 8. “Big John McNeil” (Mike Page) 9. “Space trip to nowhere” (Rod Poitra) 10. “Bush music” (The Boys)
Reel 47	Last program on KVMD Note: On Preservation Master 792, tracks 14-26 Performances by Famous Lashua and Eddie Williams. Performances: 1. “Paul Bunyan” (Famous Lashua) 2. “Let the rest of the world go by” (Eddie Williams) 3. “'G' Latin song” (Famous Lashua) 4. “I love you so much it hurts me” (Eddie Williams) 5. “The old gray mare is coming back” (Famous Lashua) 6. “Beautiful Lake Vermillion” (Famous Lashua) 7. “Lutefisk song” (Eddie Williams) 8. “The church in Running Valley” (Famous Lashua) 9. “Everything you do to me” (Eddie Williams) 10. “The new beautiful brown eyes” (Famous Lashua)
	Subseries: 78 rpm disc recordings Note: Preliminary inventory available. Contact Library staff.	⇧
	Subseries: 45 rpm disc recordings Note: Unprocessed; no contents list yet	⇧
	Subseries: LP disc recordings Note: Cataloged separately in UW-Madison Libraries catalog.	⇧
	Series: III: GRAPHIC MATERIALS. Note: Images taken from subject folders and placed in an unnumbered photo box.	⇧
No.   P1-P44a	Postcards
No.   1	Woman with banjo
No.   2-27	stand-alone photos found in a box
No.   28-29	Czech images
No.   30	Gatten, Jesse image
No.   31-54	Palmquist images
No.   55-63	Duluth images
No.   64-65	Edgell images
No.   66-69	Fiddler images
No.   70-103	Fiddle-Lake Superior Fiddle Contest images
No.   104-105	French images
No.   106	Grussendorf image
No.   107-107a	Indian Fiddler images
No.   108	Instrument image
No.   109-122	Iron Range images
No.   123-124	Jackpine Guitar images
No.   125-128c	Famous Lashua images
No.   129-130	LaPlant images
No.   131-134	Lumberjack images
No.   135	Mager Music Co. image
No.   136	McCann, Gordon image
No.   137-142	Miscellaneous images
No.   143-174	Northland Hoedown images
No.   175-180	Outing History images
No.   181	Frances Perry image
No.   182	Nature image
No.   183	Plehal Bros. image
No.   184	Polish accordion image
No.   185-186	Sorenson family images
No.   187	Viola Turpeinen image
No.   188-189	WEBC and Arrowhead network images
No.   190	WMIN
No.   191	WNAX
No.   192-213	Scandinavian images
No.   214	Miscellaneous image
No.   215-233	Otto Rindlisbacher; The Lumberjacks
	Miscellaneous unnumbered negatives (12) and rolls of negatives (3)
	Framed images
	Photograph labeled “olle i stratthults bondkomik orchestra” [Olle i Stratthult's peasant comic orchestra]) Physical Description: 49 x 44 cm
	Photograph of Famous Lashua and his band from the radio show Corn's a'poppin' on KDAL in Duluth, Minnesota, circa mid-1940s Physical Description: 59 x 42 cm