Summary Information
Helene Stratman-Thomas collection 1823-1979 bulk 1940-1960
- Stratman-Thomas, Helene, 1896-1973
MML 001
38 linear feet (45 archival boxes, 229 audio discs, 1 volume of audio discs, 1 box of blank audio discs, 1 sound recording machine, 1 image projector)
Mills Music LibraryB162 Memorial Library 728 State St. Madison, Wis. 53706-1418 Phone: 608-263-1884 music.library.wisc.edu
UW-Madison Libraries, Mills Music (Map)
The Helene Stratman-Thomas collection includes materials that document her professional activities as a scholar, teacher and folklorist. Series have been designated for personal papers relating to Stratman-Thomas’ family history and correspondence, papers principally from her work as a music teacher, and materials relating to her work as a collector of Wisconsin and Cornish folk music. The bulk of the collection is comprised of material from her work with Wisconsin and Cornish folk music. The collection forms part of the Wisconsin Music Archives.
English
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Biography/History
Helene Stratman-Thomas was a UW-Madison music teacher and collector of Wisconsin musical folklore. She was born on May 13, 1896. After completing high school, Helene taught school in Monticello and Brooklyn before earning a business degree from University of Wisconsin–Madison. She worked at an investment firm in Minneapolis for about eight years, and then returned to Madison to complete her B.A. and M.A. degrees in music. In 1930, she was hired at UW to teach music theory, conduct the women’s chorus, and work as the business manager for the Pro Arte string quartet. In 1940 professor Leland Coon asked her to head the Wisconsin Folk Music Project, an effort co-sponsored by the Library of Congress and the University of Wisconsin to record music from the state’s diverse population. In the years after gathering the recordings, Stratman-Thomas recounted her trips in a radio series on Wisconsin Public Radio and gave lectures on folk music throughout the state. In the fall of 1948, Stratman-Thomas married A.J. (Pat) Blotz. Stratman-Thomas worked as a music teacher at UW-Madison until she retired in 1961. She died Jan. 11, 1973 at the age of 76.
Helene’s parents were Helena Emma Stratman and Warren H. Thomas, a local grocer and businessman. Her paternal uncle was Edward Shepherd Thomas, a musician, bandleader, and composer. She had one brother, Warren K. Stratman-Thomas, a renowned malarial research pharmacologist.
Scope and Content Note
The collection includes personal and professional correspondence, newspaper clippings, genealogical records, unpublished monographs, published materials, scrapbooks, teaching materials, bibliographies, maps, song transcriptions, research materials, photographs, music scores, and sound recordings. The collection also includes the original SoundScriber dictataphone Stratman-Thomas used on her song collecting trips, and a number of blank discs.
Arrangement of the Collection
- Series 1. Personal papers, 1847-1973
- Series 2. Professional papers, 1930-1970
- Series 3. Wisconsin Folk Music Recording Project
Administrative/Restriction Information
There are no access restrictions on the materials, and the collection is open to all members of the public in accordance with state law.
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.
[Identification of item], in the Helene Stratman-Thomas collection, Mills Music Library, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
These materials consist of donations from several sources over a period of time which were combined into one collection.
The bulk of the materials was donated by Stratman-Thomas'; husband, A.J. (Pat) Blotz.
In 1987 Harry Peters donated research papers, song transcriptions and correspondence from his work on Folk songs out of Wisconsin.
2004-2006; Collection arranged, weeded of duplicates, and a finding aid written by Karen A. Peters.
May 2004; Manuscript portion of the collection arranged by Lisa Saywell.
December 1993; Preliminary inventory written by Robert Young Walser.
1993; Preliminary inventory written by John Solon.
2010; Finding aid completed and edited by Matt Appleby.
83 photographs taken as part of the Wisconsin Folk Music Recording Project were transferred to the Wisconsin Historical Society Archives. The images depict the singers, storytellers, and others who contributed to the project. Digitized images can be viewed online as part of the Wisconsin Historical Images collection (Wisconsin Historical Society Archives) or the Wisconsin Folksong Collection, 1937-1946 (University of Wisconsin Digital Collections).
Songbook: Later Renaissance motets 1525-1580
14 pieces of sheet music mostly Wisconsin-related.
1 green box with folder labeled "From J.J. Hoskins – Home" containing 25 pieces of sheet music, 2 songbooks and 2 issues of a music journal with sheet music
Book, American collection of instrumental music (1856)
1 green box with 86 pieces of sheet music, 2 issues of music journals with sheet music, and 5 newspaper sections with sheet music
4 songbooks
3 pieces of sheet music
1 green box with 1 dance folio and 44 pieces of sheet music, mostly dance music for piano
1 green box with 88 pieces of sheet music, mostly marches, two steps, and cake walks for piano
1 green box with 46 pieces of sheet music, mixed, mostly for piano
19 Norsk Folke-Musikk 45rpm sound recordings, and catalog
12 books or booklets of choral music
2 booklets of music from George Washington’s time
Booklet, Paganiniana (Library of Congress, 1945)
86 scores of choral music
Opera news 25/2, 3 (1960); 27/23, 24, 28/1, 2, 3, 4 (1963)
Lyric Opera of Chicago programs, 1955 season; 1956 season; 1957 season; 1958 season; 1959 season;1960 season; 1961 season; 1962 season (4 copies); 1963 (Nabucco, Faust); 1964 (La Bohéme, Ariadne auf Naxos, La Cenerentola)
35 textbooks (provenance uncertain)
2 notation books of school exercises of Robert F. Draves
Indiana University/School of Music brochures and related materials circa 1950s (includes 2 issues of newsletter, Your University (I/5, 12/56 and II/1, 1/57); and 2 issues of Indiana University alumni magazine (19/4, 1/57 and 19/5, 2/57) from Orville Shetney
Leland A. Coon papers, 1923-1961 (UW-Madison Archives, Series 7/24/15/1-3 44N1)
Helene Stratman-Thomas, Wisconsin Folk Singers Photographs, 1940-1941, 1946 (Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, Visual Materials Holdings, PH 2907 and WHi(S75))
Wisconsin Folksong Collection, 1937-1946
Wisconsin patchwork : Recordings from the Helene Stratman-Thomas collection of Wisconsin Folk Music, with commentary (Mills Music Library, CAS 219)
Folk music from Wisconsin, ed. Helene Stratman-Thomas. (Mills Music Library, LP 601806 and Comp Disc 10494)
Digital copies of Stratman-Thomas' original field recordings (Mills Music Library, Audio Facility)
Wisconsin field recordings in the Archive of Folk Culture (Mills Music Library, Wisconsin Music Archives)
Kremers Reference Files, A2 (American Institute of the History of Pharmacy)
16-inch sound recording discs, West High Band 2/15/39 (Mills Music Library, Wisconsin Music Archives)
Digital copies of related sound recordings (Mills Music Library, Audio Facility)
HST Gymanfa Ganu broadcast; Walter Krulevitch (Mills Music Library, Digital Preservation Masters, PMC 299/1)
HST Gymanfa Ganu broadcast “Pt. 2 to be played after Interview” (Mills Music Library, Digital Preservation Masters, PMC 299/2)
HST Gymanfa Ganu broadcast; interview with Walter Krulevitch and members of the group (Mills Music Library, Digital Preservation Masters, PMC 299/3)
HST Gymanfa Ganu broadcast “Last to be used for broadcast” (Mills Music Library, Digital Preservation Masters, PMC 299/4)
HST Gymanfa Ganu broadcast “Not to be used on 1:30 broadcast” (Mills Music Library, Digital Preservation Masters, PMC 299/5)
Peniel Church Broadcast (Mills Music Library, Digital Preservation Masters, PMU 300/1)
HST 4th Broadcast (Mills Music Library, Digital Preservation Masters, PMU 300/4)
All State Band (Mills Music Library, Digital Preservation Masters, PMC 301/1-4)
4 sound recording discs of Desiré Maes, French language songs (Mills Music Library, Digital Preservation Masters, PMC 302/1-8)
This collection is indexed under these headings in the online
catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or
places should search the catalog using these headings.
- Stratman-Thomas, Helene, 1896-1973.
- Folk music—Wisconsin
- Folk musicians—Wisconsin
- Folk singers—Wisconsin
- University of Wisconsin—Faculty
- Folk songs
- Manuscript collection
- Sound recordings
- Photographs
Container List
Series 1.
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Series: Personal papers,
1847-1973: Arranged into five subseries: Stratman-Thomas Family papers, genealogy research, correspondence, memorabilia, and school papers. Papers documenting the Stratman and Thomas Families include a few Stratman Family papers, primarily newspaper clippings documenting activities of Stratman-Thomas’s maternal grandfather and great-uncle. The papers of Stratman-Thomas’s parents, Warren H. and Helena Emma (née Stratman) Thomas include correspondence consisting almost entirely of letters written by Warren to Emma, extending from just after their initial meeting up until a month before their wedding; as well as few items such as Emma’s passport, an invitation to their wedding, and newspaper obituaries for both. The E.S. [Edward Shepherd] Thomas compositions were written by Stratman-Thomas’s paternal uncle. Included are complete sets of manuscript parts for several of his band compositions, primarily marches, as well as miscellaneous parts for those and other compositions. The Warren K. Stratman-Thomas material includes the army discharge papers and 1928 passport of Stratman-Thomas’s brother. Newspaper clippings document a few activities of various extended family members, and include obituaries for Helene and for her brother. The photographs are generally without attribution, but appear to be primarily of family and friends, as well as homes, other local buildings, and tombstones that may have family connections; some may be relevant to Stratman-Thomas’s Cornish folklore research as well. Genealogical materials include correspondence primarily received from family members and official bodies, generally addressed to Warren; only the later correspondence is addressed to Stratman-Thomas herself. The correspondence with Pierre Haynes in particular deals exclusively with the history of the Kidwell branch of the family. General research consists primarily of Stratman-Thomas’s research notes and a Stratman family tree that she constructed. Thomas Family research includes information on E.S. Thomas’s tours under his stage name, “La Xenia,” from 1879-1888; as well a great deal of material on Johnathan Kidwell and other members of the Kidwell branch of the Thomas family. Also present are materials relating to Stratman-Thomas’s application to and membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution, as well as several slightly annotated copies of that organization’s magazine. Correspondence consists primarily of letters received by Stratman-Thomas, organized chronologically. Through 1937, the majority of the correspondence is from her brother, Warren, although there are also letters from her father during this period, as well as a spate of correspondence between her father and brother during her brother’s residence in the Belgian Congo. Beginning in 1942 there is correspondence from other family members and friends, as well as from former UW students and faculty. Some of this later correspondence is addressed to Stratman-Thomas and her brother; and later, to Stratman-Thomas and her husband, Ambrose “Pat” Blotz. Among the memorabilia are a few miscellaneous documents and notebooks. The two leather-bound notebooks are of uncertain origin; they date from the mid-19th century and are perhaps from Dodgeville. Also included are children’s drawings and other memorabilia. At least some of this material is the work of Stratman-Thomas’s brother Warren. There are also two scrapbooks that incorporate primarily photographs, news clippings, magazine articles, and concert programs. Some of this material represents performances in which Stratman-Thomas herself participated; one of the scrapbooks also contains clippings about Stratman-Thomas’s brother Warren’s Guggenheim Fellowship trip to the Belgian Congo. Stratman-Thomas’s school papers include a small quantity of school notebooks and memorabilia, mostly from her days at Dodgeville High School, but in some cases from before that time. The remaining papers relate to her education at the University of Wisconsin and include class notes and exercises from a music survey course, as well as courses in harmony, counterpoint, and form and analysis; the first three of these courses were taken through UW-Extension while Stratman-Thomas was living in Minneapolis. There is some uncertainty as to whether some of the lecture notes belonged to Charles Mills or were notes that Stratman-Thomas took while enrolled in his classes. Also present is her 1929 bachelor’s thesis, “A survey of the development of song”; and her 1930 master’s thesis, “The influence of François Couperin, le Grand, upon Johann Sebastian Bach,” together with research materials and notes. Finally, there are graduation programs from 1919, when Stratman-Thomas graduated with a B.A. in Commerce; and from 1930, when she received her M.A.
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Subseries: Stratman-Thomas Family papers
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Box
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Stratman Family, 1879-1952; undated
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Warren H. and Helena Emma (née Stratman) Thomas
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Box
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2
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Correspondence, 1892-1893; undated
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Box
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3
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General, 1888-1930; undated
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E.S. [Edward Shepherd] Thomas compositions, undated
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Box
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4
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Marches, “La cascada” and “Last effort”
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Box
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Folder
5
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“Midwinter International Exposition march”
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Box
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Folder
6
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March, “Salute to Maryville”
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Box
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7
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March, “The Swedish Patrol”
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Box
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“Danzon, la España”
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Box
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Folder
2
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Miscellaneous parts
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Box
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Folder
8
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Warren K. Stratman-Thomas, 1918-1928; undated
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Box
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Folder
9
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Newspaper clippings, 1928-1973; undated
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Box
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Folder
10
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Photographs, 1942-1963; undated
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Subseries: Genealogy research
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Correspondence
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General
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Box
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11
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1923-1964
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Box
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Folder
12
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Undated
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Box
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Folder
13
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Pierre Haynes, 1929-1950
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Box
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Folder
14
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General research, undated
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Box
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Index cards, undated
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Thomas Family research
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Box
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1
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General, circa 1910-1946; undated
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Box
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Folders
2-3
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Kidwell branch, 1929-1957; undated
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Box
34
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Index cards, undated
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Box
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4
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Book owned by Johnathan Kidwell, 1847
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Daughters of the American Revolution
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Box
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5
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Papers, 1937-1946
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Magazines, Daughters of the American Revolution
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Box
2
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6
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1963
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Box
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Folder
7
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1964
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Subseries: Correspondence
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General
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Box
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1919-October 1930
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Box
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Folder
2
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November 1930-December 1937
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Box
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3
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December 1942-July 1972; undated
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Box
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4
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Erich Mayer, 1946-1966
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Subseries: Memorabilia
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Box
3
Folder
5
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Miscellaneous documents and notebooks, 1862-1875; undated
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Box
3
Folder
6
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Children’s drawings and other memorabilia, 1901-1930; undated
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Scrapbooks
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Box
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Folder
7
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1922-1934
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Box
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Folder
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1923-1927
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Subseries: School papers
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Box
4
Folder
2
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School notebooks and memorabilia, 1904-1911; undated
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University of Wisconsin
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Class notes and exercises
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Box
4
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3-4
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Harmony, 1927-1928
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Box
4
Folders
5-6
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Elementary counterpoint, 1928
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Box
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Folder
7
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Music survey, 1928
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Box
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Folder
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Music survey, 1928
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Box
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Folder
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Form and analysis, 1929
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Box
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Bachelor's thesis, "A survey of the development of song," 1929
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Master's thesis
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Box
31
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Research note cards, undated
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Box
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Folder
4
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Research notes and materials, undated
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Box
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Folder
5
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Thesis draft, manuscript, undated
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Box
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Thesis, typescript, "The influence of François Couperin, le Grand, upon Johann Sebastian Bach,” 1930
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Box
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Graduation programs, 1919, , 1930
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Series 2.
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Series: Professional papers: Arranged into four subseries: Administrative, Classroom Teaching, Research and Performance Preparation, and Other Activities. Papers documenting Stratman-Thomas’ correspondence with other music faculty at UW-Madison include both incoming letters to Stratman-Thomas and drafts of outgoing letters written by her. Most of this material deals with her struggle to retain her position at the University of Wisconsin in the first half of the 1940s. The correspondence reveals her dissatisfaction with the Director of the University’s School of Music for much of that period, Carl Bricken. Later correspondence (from the 1960s) is sketchy at best, but includes Stratman-Thomas’s 1961 letter to S.T. Burns, then Chairman of the School of Music, announcing her retirement, as well as then-University President C.A. Elvehjem’s official response. News clippings compliment the faculty correspondence, as they mostly deal with the controversy generated by Bricken’s appointment as School of Music Director, as well as his resignation from that position in 1942. Like the faculty correspondence, the faculty meeting minutes are spotty, dealing primarily with the period following Dr. Bricken’s resignation as Director. From 1944 until at least 1946, the minutes were recorded by Stratman-Thomas herself in her capacity as Secretary of the School of Music Faculty. Dedications and memorials include the University Faculty’s Memorial Resolutions on the deaths of Miles L. Hanley and of Irene B. Eastman; Stratman-Thomas was a member of the latter’s Memorial Committee. There are also materials and historical information pertaining to the 1969 dedication of the new School of Music Facilities in the Humanities Building. Music school brochures include mock-ups and drafts of UW School of Music Brochures, as well brochures for music schools and summer music programs from a number of other universities and educational institutions. Classroom teaching comprises materials used by Stratman-Thomas in course preparation and teaching, and is subdivided by subject into counterpoint, form, fugue, Medieval music, and 18th-20th century music. There are also miscellaneous teaching materials, including typewritten notes for a course entitled “Correlations of music and literature,” and a complete typescript outline of all six volumes of the first edition (1901-1905) of the Oxford History of Music. Research (other than folk music) and performance preparation is divided between Michael Haydn and Lucy Woodworth Ricketts. The Michael Haydn material includes Stratman-Thomas’s paper “The choral works of Michael Haydn (1737-1806)” with accompanying musical examples and related research materials. She presented the paper at the 1940 conference of the Mid-Western Chapter of the American Musicological Society (AMS). Also included are handwritten scores and parts (onionskins and reproductions) for two of Haydn’s works, at least one of which was performed by students at the University. Also present is a typescript of the finished paper and its accompanying musical examples. The Lucy Woodworth Ricketts material consists of printing mockups of four of Ricketts’s songs, three of them setting poems by Edna St. Vincent Millay; as well as published versions of three of the songs that are the work of others. Other activities include solo performance, which documents a few concerts in which Stratman-Thomas appeared as a soprano soloist. Also performance related was Stratman-Thomas’s directorship of the University Women’s Chorus, represented in the collection by a number of the chorus’s concert programs, as well as related letters of appreciation and newspaper clippings. Stratman-Thomas also served as musical director of the Presbyterian Student Center Foundation’s University Presbyterian Church, an activity reflected here by items such as church service programs and a photograph of the Church’s choir. As a student, Stratman-Thomas had been a member of the professional women’s music fraternity, Sigma Alpha Iota (SAI); after graduation, she continued to be active in the organization, serving as the University of Wisconsin’s Rho Chapter faculty advisor for a number of years. As with most of the activities documented in this subseries, the SAI records are not comprehensive, but they do include, among other things, a complete directory of members, 1921-1961, and manuscripts of songs used in SAI ceremonies. For a time, Stratman-Thomas managed the University’s Pro Arte quartet; this is reflected in a bit of correspondence and a few concert programs that in some cases include program notes that she herself wrote. Also present are a scant few records reflecting her activity as a member (and at one point, President) of the Haydn Club, which engaged in the study and performance of music. Miscellaneous concert programs and publications do not document activities in which Stratman-Thomas was directly involved.
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Subseries: Administrative
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Box
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Folder
8
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Faculty correspondence, 1938-1967; undated
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Box
6
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News clippings, 1934-1942; undated
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Box
6
Folder
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School of Music faculty meeting minutes, 1940-1958
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Box
6
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Dedications and memorials, 1954-1970; undated
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Box
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4
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Music school brochures, 1944-1969; undated
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Subseries: Classroom Teaching
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Box
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Counterpoint, undated
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Box
6
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6
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Form, 1930-1941; undated
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Box
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7
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Fugue, undated
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Box
6
Folder
8
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Medieval music, undated
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Box
34
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18th-20th century music, undated
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Box
7
Folders
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Miscellaneous teaching materials, 1935-1951; undated
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Outline, Oxford history of music (1901-1905), undated
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Box
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Folder
4
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Volumes I-III
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Box
7
Folder
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Volumes IV-V
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Box
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Volume VI
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Box
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Musical instrument postcards, undated
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Subseries: Research and Performance Preparation
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Michael Haydn
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Box
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7
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Research, 1939-1940; undated
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Box
33
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3
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Research, 1939-1940; undated
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Box
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Conference paper, "The choral works of Michael Haydn," 1940-1942
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Box
33
Folder
4
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Michael Haydn, “Gradualien für die vier Sonntage des Advents, No. 3: Pro donimica i universi,” undated
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Box
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Michael Haydn, “No. 2 Offertorium de omni tempore: Domine Deus,” undated
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Box
8
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Lucy Woodworth Ricketts, 1930-1944; undated
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Subseries: Other Activities
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Box
8
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Solo performance, 1930-1944; undated
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Box
8
Folder
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University Women's Chorus, 1944-1953; undated
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Box
8
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University Presbyterian Church, 1941-1945; undated
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Box
8
Folders
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Sigma Alpha Iota, 1931-1970
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Box
8
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8
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Pro Arte Quartet, 1946-1960
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Box
8
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9
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Haydn Club, undated
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Box
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10
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Miscellaneous concert programs and publications, 1926-1967
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Box
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Wisconsin Idea Theater, 1947
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Series 3.
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Series: Wisconsin Folk Music Recording Project
: Arranged into six subseries: General Folk Music Materials, Field Recordings and Related Materials, End Products, and Cornish Materials
This series consists of materials related to Stratman-Thomas’s Wisconsin and Cornish folk music research, writings, lectures, and radio broadcasts. Stratman-Thomas died before she could complete and publish her “Song trails through Wisconsin.” Manuscripts and research materials for Harry Peters’ Folk Song Out of Wisconsin, which incorporated and built on some of her work. Both works are included here. It should be noted that Peters’ and Stratman-Thomas’ records are sometimes mixed, particularly in the case of work done on individual songs. Correspondence is organized alphabetically, with separate folders for correspondents Noble B. Brown, Charles Hoffman, Zida C. Ivey, H. J. Kent, The Library of Congress, Moses Morgan, the National Folk Festival, Louis Ropson, and Mary Agnes Starr (Mrs. Morton Hull Starr). Occasionally, newspaper clippings, concert programs, and the like are included with the correspondence. Outgoing correspondence was primarily written by Stratman-Thomas herself. These letters often explain the project and request participation from potential singers, or solicit assistance in identifying appropriate singers. There are also follow-up letters to project singers asking for additional details regarding the songs that they contributed. Some of the later correspondence reflects attempts to locate funding to continue the project, as well as a publisher for Stratman-Thomas’s proposed book on Wisconsin folk song. Incoming correspondence consists of responses to these letters, as well as a number of offers to participate after seeing newspaper articles or hearing later broadcasts about the project. There is also correspondence from researchers requesting information or leads on performers who might be useful in their own research. Occasionally, some of the incoming correspondence is quite extensive, as in the case of Noble Brown, who contributed lumberjack songs to the project, including song texts and poems as well as letters in his correspondence. Folklorist Charles Hoffman came to Wisconsin in 1946 and recorded Native American music here, some of which was later released by Disc Records as American Indian Songs and Dances, a copy of which is included in the collection. Included with the Hoffman correspondence are allegations that he did not have permission from his informants to release their recordings commercially. Zida Ivey was Director of the Dwight Foster Historical Museum in Fort Atkinson and sent Stratman-Thomas song texts and other information, as well as typescript copies of a 1916 address by Edna Hoard Tratt entitled “The old time singing school” and some reminiscences by early Watertown piano tuner Max Gaebler (“Pioneer piano tuning”). The H. J. Kent correspondence reflects not only his assistance with the project but his activities as a composer, arranger, and researcher. Kent’s correspondence includes manuscript and published versions of his arrangement of “The star-spangled banner” and supporting historical research, as well as songs of his own composition, “Wisconsiana” and “The field of Old Glory.” Correspondence pertaining to the Library of Congress, a co-sponsor of the Project, includes letters to and from individuals such as Chief of the Music Division Harold Spivacke and Chief of the Folklore Section Duncan Emrich, as well as noted folklorist and ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax, who was in charge of the Archive of American Folk Song at that time. This correspondence deals primarily with the loan of recording equipment for the project, advice from Dr. Lomax on field techniques, and organization of the recordings transferred to the Library of Congress. Moses Morgan, a Pickett resident of Welsh descent, was involved in the Gymanfu Ganu singing festival at Peniel Church and facilitated Stratman-Thomas in her recording of it, which she later broadcast. The National Folk Festival correspondence is primarily from its director, Sarah Gertrude Knott, and generally has to do with requests for information about Wisconsin folk music festivals and folk music in general, as well as the possibilities for Stratman-Thomas’s and Wisconsin folk musicians’ participation in festival activities. The correspondence of Louis Ropson, an instrument maker from Luxemburg, Wisconsin who initially identified Belgian singers for the project, includes letters written at Stratman-Thomas’s request describing his own musical education for use in her classroom teaching. Mary Agnes Starr (Mrs. Morton Hull Starr) was a singer of French-Canadian descent who, besides her performing activities, served as Chairman of Folk Music Research in the Wisconsin, and later the National Federation of Music Clubs. Promotional material and concert programs are included in her correspondence. General folk music materials includes folk song and folklore material that while not related directly to the Wisconsin Folk Music Recording Project, were nevertheless of use to Stratman-Thomas in the execution of the project and its resulting manifestations. Bibliographies include material on the subject of folk music in the United States and in Wisconsin, as well as more general Wisconsin history and folklore. Additionally, there are a number of index cards with folk song sources, organized by country or ethnicity. Research materials consist primarily of somewhat lengthy newspaper and magazine articles about folk music and customs, and includes material specific to Wisconsin. Newspaper clippings deal with various types of folk music and folklore, and their collectors; here, Native American and Ozark predominate. There are programs from nine National Folk Festivals from the 1940s and 1950s including programs from 1944 from an accompanying conference in which Stratman-Thomas participated, as well as material documenting the participation of a Milwaukee Polish folk dance group, Mazur. There are also a few programs from and newspaper clippings about Wisconsin events such as Milwaukee’s Midsummer Festival and Holiday Folk Fair, and New Glarus’s annual presentation of William Tell. With the exception of a single book of French songs, the songbooks are generic rather than collections of songs from a specific group or of a particular genre. Finally, brochures and programs consist primarily of book and recording brochures and catalogs, as well as concert, festival, and conference programs and commentary. A copy of Checklist of recorded songs in the English language in the Archive of American Folksong to July 1940 (3 volumes) is included. Supporting materials include requests for funding and reports – funding for fieldwork and support for Stratman-Thomas’s proposed book on Wisconsin folk music, plus reports back to the funding agencies; financial records that mostly dealing with travel expenses; press releases encouraging publication of notices requesting information about local folk music performers in preparation for Stratman-Thomas’s fieldwork in the summer of 1946; and prospects and contacts, consisting of names and contact information of folk musicians and community members who could provide information or make introductions to folk musicians. Some of this information was typed or handwritten on 3x5 cards organized by community (town, village, county), and by individuals or musical groups with a brief record of correspondence and field recording included. A smaller group of community cards simply indicate the ethnic groups living there. Maps of Wisconsin are almost all state maps; a number are marked with travel routes and destinations, while one map from 1940 shows the distribution of ethnicities in the state. One or two of the maps showing travel routes appear to have been compiled by someone other than Stratman-Thomas from the information provided on her own maps. General research notes include extracts copied from books, and information regarding songs recorded during the course of the project. There is also a small amount of itinerary information for the 1946 recording trip. Finally, newspaper clippings include articles about or referring to the project, as well as articles about individuals and communities related to the project. Field recordings include 229 audio discs (12", 78-rpm) dubbed circa 1948 by the Library of Congress from Stratman-Thomas' original recordings; these were digitized for purposes of preservation and access. Box 30 contains 114 original disc recordings (SoundScriber) that include Native American, Danish, English, Gaelic, and Welsh material recorded in 1945 and 1946; the disc sleeves include notes by Stratman-Thomas regarding their contents. Other than the disc recordings, most of the field recordings are included in online digital collection, Wisconsin folksong: the Helene Stratman-Thomas collection. Songs recorded, with notes include a listing by disc and title of songs recorded during Stratman-Thomas’s three project field trips: August and September 1940, Archive of American Folk Song (AFS) call numbers 4159-4193& November 1940-August 1941, AFS 4948-5025& and July-November 1946, AFS 8362-8473. Accompanying notes include pertinent information such as performer, date and place of recording, etc. The AFS call numbers later assigned to each song have been added by hand. Each folder includes a numerical summary of songs by ethnicity or genre& the file for the second field trip includes a handwritten "Bibliography of references." The index cards are of two types& a small number of 4 x 8 cards organized by ethnicity or genre, but containing little other information& and 3 x 5 index cards of songs, organized by ethnicity or genre, that list the song title and genre, disc and cut number, performer, and place and date of recording. With these cards are included instructions for their use. There are photocopies of another set of 3 x 5 cards for some of the 1940-1941 recordings, headed by song or cut, from discs 1-24 (AFS 4159-4177 and AFS 4189-4193), discs 101-123 (AFS 4178-4188 and AFS 4948-4959), and discs 201-266 (AFS 4960-5025). These cards contain the same information, in a slightly different format, as the 3 x 5 cards& the originals are not present in the collection. Field recording notes consist of a single sheet completed for each cut of a field recording, organized according to ethnicity or geographic origin of material or genre, as assigned by Stratman-Thomas; and then by record and cut number. They contain basic information about the performer, song, and date and place of recording, as well as occasional brief remarks. After 1940, preprinted forms were generally used to record this information. Transcriptions and research consists primarily of transcriptions of the field recordings (tunes and texts) and/or related notes and other material – including publications and, in the case of the Croatian and Norwegian materials, photographs of tamburitza and psalmodicon ensembles, respectively. Although organized by ethnicity and genre (and, in a few cases, song title), it should be kept in mind that transcriptions of songs of different ethnicities were often transcribed onto the same sheet of staff paper; thus some songs will not be found in the appropriate folder and must be sought elsewhere. It should also be noted that some of this material may be Harry Peters’ rather than Stratman-Thomas’; such material would be from a later period than the circa 1940s date given to this sub-subseries as a whole. In general, publication mockups for individual songs (in subseries End products) should also be consulted for additional transcriptions and song research. End products include correspondence, organized roughly chronologically, regarding Stratman-Thomas’ numerous speaking engagements on the subject of Wisconsin Folk Music and/or the recording project. There is also a folder of Library of Congress correspondence, arranged chronologically, primarily relating to the checklists of recorded songs and the album Folk music of Wisconsin. Finally, there is a folder of correspondence consisting mainly of requests for folk music – usually for copies of sound recordings, but occasionally for information about specific songs. This correspondence is organized roughly chronologically by request, and includes Stratman-Thomas’ responses. Also included is a file containing various articles, newspaper clippings, and programs, all referencing activities in which Stratman-Thomas participated or otherwise contributed to. Checklists of recorded songs list the songs recorded during the three project field trips, prepared for use by the Library of Congress in compiling their publications that detail the holdings in the Archive of American Folk Song. The lists consist of songs in alphabetical order organized by ethnicity or genre, and include the name of the singer, year and place of recording, and Library of Congress Archive of American Folk Song call number. The collection includes early drafts and related materials; the “1st” (clean) draft for the Library of Congress; and what appears to be a near-final draft, with only a few editorial corrections. Badger State Folklore Society includes correspondence reflecting Stratman-Thomas’ tenure on the Board of Directors, and also includes a copy of the society’s constitution, other information about the society, a few copies of its publication, Badger folklore, and a draft of an article Stratman-Thomas wrote for that publication. WHA Radio broadcasts consist primarily of edited script drafts and other working materials for some of Stratman-Thomas’ Wisconsin folk music presentations on WHA programs such as Women’s place, Wisconsin yarns with Robert Gard, and a series of University of Wisconsin School of Music broadcasts. Folk music from Wisconsin, published by the Library of Congress in 1960, is a compilation of a selection of songs Stratman-Thomas collected as part of the project. Stratman-Thomas edited the album and wrote the liner notes for it; included here are her working materials and a final copy of her liner notes, as well as press releases and articles about the album. Book drafts and manuscripts are made up of materials created and used by Stratman-Thomas, and also by Harry Peters. Those created by Stratman-Thomas include an outline, song checklists, manuscripts entitled “Play party games” and “Sea shanties,” two manuscripts entitled “Adventures in collecting folk music,” and one entitled “Song trails through Wisconsin.” This last was included almost in its entirety in Peters’ Folk songs out of Wisconsin (1977). It is unknown whether this published version is the one that Stratman-Thomas submitted to the University Wisconsin Press, which in 1953 declined to publisher her book (see her correspondence); or one that she might have submitted to Wisconsin House, Ltd., which indicated its intention to publish her book in 1972 (see her correspondence with Robert Gard, 26 August 1971). Besides the book manuscripts are accompanying mock-ups of songs (usually notation plus typescripts of the song text and accompanying information), some grouped by ethnicity, and others – the English-language material – by song title. Many of the English-language songs were used by Peters in his book, and the individual song files thus often contain material created both by Stratman-Thomas and by Peters, as well as their supporting research materials. Besides the files created by Stratman Thomas, additional files for songs used by Peters in his book have been created and are included here, designated by an asterisk (*). In addition to the song mock-ups in the collection are song offsets. Finally, Peters’ manuscript for Folk songs out of Wisconsin, as well as related correspondence and materials used in its preparation, and a copy of the book itself are included in the collection. The Cornish materials reflect a special interest of Stratman-Thomas, and appear to reflect an offshoot of the Wisconsin Folk Song Recording Project. These materials cover quite a range of time and place, and are not limited to Wisconsin, as Stratman-Thomas sought material on Cornish culture both in the U.S. and from Cornwall itself. Correspondence is organized alphabetically by correspondent and reflects Stratman-Thomas’s wide-ranging search for information. The hand-written bibliographies on Cornish language and literature, Cornwall and its people, and of course its music, are supplemented by additional bibliographic material recorded by Stratman-Thomas on 4x8 index cards. As part of her research, Stratman-Thomas sent out questionnaires to Wisconsin residents (or former residents) from Cornwall or of Cornish descent. These are organized alphabetically by name of respondent and often have additional correspondence and other materials attached. Field and research materials include typed extracts of books and song collections that Stratman-Thomas consulted for this project, and a large number of 4x8 index cards recording information gathered through both library and field research, including bibliographic materials, recipes, field notes, Cornish language materials, information about specific songs, summaries of some of the information gleaned from the questionnaires, collected stamps, and records suggesting that she had intended to take a research trip to Cornwall in 1946. There is also a fair amount of published material on Cornish language and culture, and a few published Cornish songs and songbooks, and a microfilm of sea chanteys. There are included transcriptions, notes, and correspondence regarding a few specific Cornish songs, and a small mimeographed collection of Cornish carols that Stratman-Thomas arranged for four-part mixed chorus. Also included are a number of 19th century music manuscript books that contain handwritten songs, piano music, flute duets, and so forth; some of these are indexed. While two are of unknown authorship, others were created by emigrants from Cornwall and from England. This section includes the manuscript of the book, Carols, by Thomas H. Arthur, who taught at a singing school in Dodgeville, Wisconsin.
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Subseries: General Folk Music Materials
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Bibliographies
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12
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General, undated
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31
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Index cards, undated
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Box
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Wisconsin, 1947-1961; undated
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Research materials
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9
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2
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General, 1925-1968; undated
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3
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Wisconsin, 1941-1959
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9
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4
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Newspaper clippings, 1932-1958; undated
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Folk festivals and performances
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Box
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5
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National Folk Festival programs, 1940-1957
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Box
9
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Wisconsin folk festivals and performances, 1941-1951; undated
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Box
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7
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Songbooks, 1937-1956
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Box
9
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8
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Mon premier livre de chansons (with 2-7” sound discs), 1962
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Box
10
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1-2
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Brochures and programs, 1938-1971; undated
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Checklist of recorded songs in the English language in the Archive of American Folksong to July 1940, 1942
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3
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A-K
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4
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L-Z
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Geographical index
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Subseries: Field Recordings and Related Materials
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Correspondence, 1940-1971; undated
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6
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A, 1940-1962
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Box
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B, 1940-1950
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Box
11
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Brown, Nobel B., 1946-1949
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Box
11
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C, 1940-1952
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Box
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D, 1940-1971
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Box
11
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E, 1941-1948
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Box
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F, 1941-1959
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Box
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G, 1940-1971
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Box
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H, 1940-1949
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Box
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8
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Hoffman, Charles, 1946-1948
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Box
11
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9
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I, 1946-1951
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Box
11
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10
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Ivey, Zida C., 1941-1949
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Box
11
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11
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J, 1940-1949
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Box
11
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12
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K, 1941-1949
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Box
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13
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Kent, H. J., 1940-1949
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Box
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14
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L, 1940-1949
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Box
12
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Library of Congress, 1940-1946; undated
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Box
12
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M, 1941-1954
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Box
12
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Morgan, Moses, 1940-1948; undated
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Box
12
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N, 1940-1948
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Box
12
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National Folk Festival, 1942-1958
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Box
12
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O, 1942-1947
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Box
12
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P, 1940-1971
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Box
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Q, 1942-1946
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Box
12
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9
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R, 1941-1971
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Box
12
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10
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Ropson, Louis, 1941-1948
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12
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11
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S, 1940-1957
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Box
12
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12
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Starr, Mary Agnes (Mrs. Morton Hull Starr), 1941-1958; undated
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Box
13
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T, 1940-1948
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Box
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U, 1946-1953
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Box
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V, 1942-1948
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Box
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W, 1940-1959
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Y
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Box
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5
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Chief Yellow Thunder, 1940-1949
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Box
13
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Z, 1941-1947
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Supporting materials
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Box
13
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7
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Requests for funding and reports, 1940-1949
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Box
13
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8
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Financial records, 1945-1946; undated
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Box
13
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9
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Press releases, 1945-1946; undated
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Box
13
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10
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Prospects and contacts, 1941; undated
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Box
31
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Cards, 1940-1946; undated
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Box
13
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11
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Maps of Wisconsin, 1939-1941; undated
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Newspaper clippings
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Box
13
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12
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About the project, 1940-1957; undated
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Box
13
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13
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Related to the project, 1940-1952
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General research notes
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Box
13
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14
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1946; undated
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Box
14
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1
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1946; undated
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Recording notes
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Songs recorded
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Box
14
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2
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1940, with notes
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Box
14
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3
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1941-1942, with notes and bibliography
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Box
14
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4
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1946, with notes
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Index cards
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Box
32
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By ethnicity/genre
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Song index cards
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Box
32
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1940-1946
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Box
14
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5
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, 1940-1941 (photocopies)
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Field recording notes, 1940-1946
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Box
14
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6
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African-American songs
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Box
14
Folder
7
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American songs of no particular origin
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Box
14
Folder
8
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Appalachian songs
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Box
14
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9
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Austrian songs
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Box
14
Folder
10
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Bavarian songs
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Box
14
Folder
11
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Belgian and Luxemburger songs
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Box
14
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12
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Belgian songs, French language
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Box
14
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13
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Bohemian songs
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Box
15
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1
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Civil War songs
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Box
15
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2
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Cornish songs
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Box
15
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3
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Croatian tamburitza music
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Box
15
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4
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Danish songs
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Box
15
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5
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Dutch songs
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Box
15
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6
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English songs
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Box
15
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7
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Finnish songs
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Box
15
Folder
8
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French-Canadian songs
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Box
15
Folder
9
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German songs
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Box
15
Folder
10
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Icelandic songs
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Box
15
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11
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Irish songs
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Box
15
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12
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Italian songs
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Box
15
Folder
13
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Kashubian songs
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Box
15
Folder
14
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Kentucky songs
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Box
15
Folder
15
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Lithuanian songs
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Box
15
Folder
16
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Lumberjack songs
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Box
14
Folder
11
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Luxemburger songs
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Box
15
Folder
17
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Norwegian hardanger fiddle music
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Box
15
Folder
18
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Norwegian psalmodikon music
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Box
15
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19
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Norwegian songs
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Box
15
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20
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Old-time band music
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Box
15
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21
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Oneida songs
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Box
15
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22
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Ottawa songs and tunes
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Box
15
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23
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Polish songs
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Box
15
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24
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Square dance calls and tunes
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Box
15
Folder
25
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Swedish songs
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Box
15
Folder
26
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Swiss songs, tunes and yodeling
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Box
15
Folder
27
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Ukrainian songs
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Box
15
Folder
28
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Vulgar songs
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Box
15
Folder
29
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Welsh songs
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Box
15
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30
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Winnebago songs and tunes
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Transcriptions and research, circa 1940-1949
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Box
16
Folder
1
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American ballads
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American and English songs
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Box
16
Folder
2
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Tanner, Dan
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American, English and Irish songs
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Box
16
Folder
3
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Bundy, Winifred
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Box
16
Folder
4
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American lumberjack songs
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Box
16
Folder
5
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American songs
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Box
16
Folder
6
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Austrian songs
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Box
16
Folder
7
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Bar room ballads
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Box
16
Folder
8
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Belgian songs
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Belgian songs, French language
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Box
16
Folder
9
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"Desiré Maes"
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Box
16
Folder
10
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Bohemian songs
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Box
16
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11
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Circus songs
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Box
16
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12
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Civil War songs
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Box
16
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13
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Cornish carols
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Box
16
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14
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Cornish songs
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Box
16
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15
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Croatian songs and tamburitza music
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Box
16
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16
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Dance tunes and calls
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Box
16
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17
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Danish songs
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Box
16
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18
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Dutch songs
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Box
17
Folder
1
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English songs
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Box
16
Folder
3
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Bundy, Winifred
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Box
16
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2
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Tanner, Dan
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English and Irish songs
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Box
17
Folder
2
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Warner, Ralph
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Box
17
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3
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Farm safety songs
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Box
17
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4
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Finnish songs
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Box
17
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5
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French-Canadian songs
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Box
17
Folder
6
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Frontier songs
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Box
17
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7
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German songs
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Box
17
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8
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Icelandic songs
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Box
17
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3
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Farm safety songs
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Box
34
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Irish language (lessons and literature abstracts)
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Box
17
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9
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Irish songs
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Box
16
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3
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Bundy, Winifred
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Box
17
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2
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Warner, Ralph
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Box
17
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10
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Italian songs
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Box
18
Folder
2
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Kashubian songs
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Box
17
Folder
11
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Kantucky songs
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Box
17
Folder
12
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Lithuanian songs
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Box
17
Folder
13
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Luxemburger songs
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Box
17
Folder
14
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Milwaukee history songs
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Box
17
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15
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Native American songs and music
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Box
17
Folder
16
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Norwegian songs and music
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Box
17
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17
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"Old Nigger Doc" songs
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Box
17
Folder
18
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Oneida songs and music
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Box
18
Folder
1
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Play party game songs
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Box
18
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2
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Polish songs
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Box
18
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3
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Sea chanteys
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Box
18
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4
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Sicilian songs
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Box
18
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5
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Slavic songs
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18
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6
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Swedish songs
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Box
18
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7
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Swiss songs
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Box
18
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8
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Voyageur songs
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Box
18
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9
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Vulgar songs
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Box
18
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10
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War songs
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Box
18
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11
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Welsh songs
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Box
18
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12
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Winnebago songs
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Box
18
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13
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Wisconsin historical songs
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Box
30
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Sound recording discs, with notes
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Box
37
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Projector
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Box
38
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Sound recording discs, blank
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Box
39
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SoundScriber dictaphone
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Box
40-45
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Instantaneous discs (12", 78-rpm; AFS 4185; 4191; 4913; 4950; 8365-8376; 8380-8465; 8467-8473)
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Box
45
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Audiotape reel (7", analog, 7 1/2 ips) Nov, 30, 1950. "Emery DeNoyer, Rhinelander, folksinger, 1- The Merrill Tragedy, 2- On the Tomahawk where evergreens do grow (comp. by DeNoyer)--Tape box."
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Subseries: End Products
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Correspondence
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Lecture engagements
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18
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14
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1941-1946
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18
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15
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1947-1961
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18
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Library of Congress, 1947-1971
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18
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17
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Requests for folk music, 1940-1968; undated
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Box
19
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1
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Articles, newspaper clippings and programs, 1944-1957; undated
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Checklists of recorded songs for the Library of Congress, undated
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Box
19
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2
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Working drafts and related materials
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19
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3
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"Library of Congress, 1st draft"
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Box
19
Folder
4
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Penultimate (?) draft
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Box
19
Folder
5
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Badger State Folklore Society, 1947-1951
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Box
19
Folder
6
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WHA Radio broadcasts, 1954; undated
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LP Folk music from Wisconsin (AAFS L55), 1960
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Box
19
Folder
7
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Working materials and drafts, undated
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Box
19
Folder
8
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Liner notes and content list, 1960; undated
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Box
19
Folder
9
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Articles and press releases, 1960-1964; undated
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Book drafts and manuscripts, undated
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Box
19
Folder
10
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Book outlines, typescript
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Box
19
Folder
11
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"Play party games," typescript, with notes
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Box
19
Folder
12
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"Sea shanties," typescript
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Box
19
Folder
13
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"Adventures in collecting folk music," typescript, with notes
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Box
19
Folder
14
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"Adventures in collecting folk music," typescript, with ethnicities
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Box
19
Folder
15
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"Song trails through Wisconsin," typescript
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Individual songs; offsets, reproductions and mockups, with notes
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Box
19
Folder
16
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Non-project songs to be used in the book, circa 1948
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Box
20
Folder
1
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Song checklist by category, circa 1948
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Box
33
Folder
6
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Song offsets, numbered, onionskins
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Box
33
Folder
7
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Oversized, unnumbered, onionskins
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Box
20
Folder
2
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Belgian songs, French language
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Box
20
Folder
3
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Danish songs
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Box
20
Folder
4
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Dutch songs
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Box
20
Folder
5
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Finnish songs
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Box
20
Folder
6
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French-Canadian songs
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Box
20
Folder
7
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"Marguerite"
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Box
20
Folder
8
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German songs
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Box
20
Folder
9
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Icelandic songs
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Box
20
Folder
3
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Danish songs
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Box
20
Folder
10
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Italian songs
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Box
20
Folder
11
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Kashubian songs
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Box
20
Folder
12
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Lithuanian songs
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Box
20
Folder
13
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Luxemburger songs
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Box
20
Folder
14
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Norwegian songs
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Box
20
Folder
15
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Polish songs
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Box
20
Folder
16
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Sicilian songs
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Box
20
Folder
17
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Swedish songs
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Box
20
Folder
18
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Welsh songs
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Box
20
Folder
19
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"A-lumbering we will go"
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Box
20
Folder
20
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"Alphabet song"
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Box
20
Folder
21
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"Angels from the realms of glory"
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Box
20
Folder
22
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"Angels proclaim"
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Box
20
Folder
23
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"'Ark, 'ark, the 'eavenly angels sing"
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Box
20
Folder
24
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"Awake, arise, you drowsy sleeper"
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Box
20
Folder
25
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"Away to Wisconsin"
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Box
20
Folder
26
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"Bigler's crew"
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Box
20
Folder
27
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"Billy Vanero"
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Box
20
Folder
28
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"Birdies' ball"
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Box
20
Folder
29
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"Black-Eyed Susan and Sweet William"
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Box
23
Folder
58
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"Blow the man down"
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Box
20
Folder
30
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"Blushing Rose"
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Box
20
Folder
31
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"Bold Benicia boy"
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Box
20
Folder
32
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"Bold McIntyres"
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Box
23
Folder
37
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"Bold outlandish knight"
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Box
20
Folder
33
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"Boring for oil"
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Box
20
Folder
34
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"Brennan on the moor"
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Box
20
Folder
35
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"Broken ring"
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Box
20
Folder
36
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"Brooklyn Theater Fire"
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Box
20
Folder
37
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"Buck Billy Goat"
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Box
20
Folder
38
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"Butcher boy"
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Box
20
Folder
39
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"California boys"
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Box
20
Folder
40
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"Captain Jinks"
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Box
21
Folder
1
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"Charming young widow I met on the train"
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Box
21
Folder
2
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"Chatsworth Wreck"
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Box
21
Folder
3
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"Chase the buffalo"
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Box
21
Folder
4
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"Come and I will sing you"
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Box
21
Folder
6
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"Come, let us go in a childish way" (Cornish Christmas carol)
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Box
21
Folder
5
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"Come philander"
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Box
21
Folder
7
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"Couderay jig"
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Box
21
Folder
8
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"Cranberry song"
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Box
21
Folder
9
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"Crucifixion of Christ"
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Box
21
Folder
10
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"Dan Doo"
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Box
21
Folder
11
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"Dan McGinty"
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Box
21
Folder
12
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"Dark-eyed sailor"
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Box
21
Folder
13
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"Demon lover"
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Box
21
Folder
14
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"Devonshire cream and cider"
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Box
21
Folder
15
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"Dick Turpin and Black Bess"
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Box
21
Folder
16
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"Dirandel"
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Box
21
Folder
18
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"Dolan's ass"
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Box
21
Folder
17
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"Donkey song"
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Box
21
Folder
18
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"Doran's ass"
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Box
21
Folder
19
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"Down at Muskoday"
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Box
21
Folder
20
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"Dreary Black Hills"
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Box
21
Folder
21
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"Driving saw logs on the Plover"
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Box
21
Folder
22
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"Dying Christian"
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Box
21
Folder
23
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"Dying Wisconsin soldier"
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Box
21
Folder
24
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"Ella Rae"
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Box
21
Folder
25
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"Engineer"
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Box
21
Folder
26
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"Everybody's got a finger in the pie"
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Box
21
Folder
27
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"Fatal oak"
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Box
21
Folder
28
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"Farmer had a daughter"
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Box
21
Folder
29
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"Father, dear father, come home with me now"
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Box
21
Folder
30
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"Finnegan's wake"
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Box
22
Folder
45
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"First Noel"
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Box
21
Folder
31
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"Flat River girl"
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Box
21
Folder
32
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"Flying trapeze"
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Box
21
Folder
33
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"Fond du Lac Jail"
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Box
21
Folder
34
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"Froggie went to take a ride"
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Box
21
Folder
34
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"Froggie would a-wooing' go"
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Box
21
Folder
35
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"Gambler's blues"
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Box
21
Folder
36
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"Gambling man"
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Box
21
Folder
37
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"Ghost song"
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Box
21
Folder
38
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"Girl with the waterfall"
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Box
21
Folder
36
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"Grandma's advice"
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Box
21
Folder
39
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"Green Mountain"
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Box
21
Folder
40
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"Gypsy Davy"
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Box
21
Folder
41
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"Gypsy's warning"
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Box
21
Folder
42
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"Harry Bale"
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Box
21
Folder
43
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"Hicks Carmichael"
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Box
21
Folder
44
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"Highly educated man"
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Box
21
Folder
45
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"Homestead Strike"
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Box
21
Folder
46
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"Hounds in the woods"
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Box
21
Folder
47
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"How are you, conscript?"
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Box
21
Folder
48
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"How happy is the sportsman"
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Box
21
Folder
49
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"Hunter's chorus"
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Box
21
Folder
50
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"Hunters of Kentucky"
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Box
21
Folder
51
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"I heard Old Master pray last night"
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Box
21
Folder
52
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"I never will marry"
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Box
21
Folder
53
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"I once knew a girl"
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Box
21
Folder
54
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"I stood upon the sandbank"
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Box
21
Folder
55
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"I'll sell my hat, I'll sell my coat"
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Box
21
Folder
56
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"I'm in love with a Tipperary miss"
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Box
21
Folder
57
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"I'm in want of a substitute"
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Box
21
Folder
58
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"In the baggage coach ahead"
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Box
23
Folder
13
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"Indian lass"
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Box
21
Folder
59
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"Innis Skillen"
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Box
21
Folder
60
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"Irish barber"
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Box
21
Folder
61
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"Irish jubilee"
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Box
21
Folder
62
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"It's about three years ago"
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Box
21
Folder
62
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"It's nine years ago"
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Box
21
Folder
63
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"I've got a motto"
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Box
22
Folder
1
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"Jam on Gerry's Rock"
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Box
22
Folder
2
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"Jennie Jenkins"
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Box
22
Folder
3
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"Jim Blake"
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Box
22
Folder
4
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"Jim Bludsoe"
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Box
22
Folder
5
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"Johanna Shay"
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Box
22
Folder
6
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"Jordan's river I'm bound to cross"
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Box
22
Folder
7
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"Just plain folks"
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Box
22
Folder
8
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"Keep the working man down"
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Box
22
Folder
9
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"Keyhole in the door"
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Box
22
Folder
10
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"King William was King James' son"
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Box
22
Folder
11
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"Kitty Grause"
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Box
22
Folder
12
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"Kitty Wells"
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Box
22
Folder
13
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"Lady Leroy"
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Box
22
Folder
14
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"Lantern's gleam"
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Box
22
Folder
15
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"Lass of Glenshee"
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Box
23
Folder
13
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"Lass of Mowhee"
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Box
22
Folder
16
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"Last Saturday night I entered a house"
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Box
22
Folder
17
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"Little ball of yarn"
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Box
22
Folder
18
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"Little brown bulls"
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Box
22
Folder
19
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"Little Nell of Narragansett Bay"
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Box
22
Folder
20
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"Little old log cabin by the stream"
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Box
22
Folder
21
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"Liza"
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Box
22
Folder
22
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"Lord Lovell"
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Box
22
Folder
23
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"Lord Thomas and fair Elinor"
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Box
22
Folder
24
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"Lost my handkerchief"
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Box
22
Folder
25
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"Lost on the Lady Elgin"
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Box
22
Folder
26
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"Man who wouldn't hoe corn"
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Box
22
Folder
27
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"Manson's crew"
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Box
24
Folder
16
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"Many brave boys must fall"
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Box
22
Folder
28
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"McCarthy's widow"
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Box
32
Folder
8
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"Milwaukee Fire"
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Box
22
Folder
29
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"Mines of Caribou"
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Box
22
Folder
30
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"Miss Fogarty's Christmas cake"
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Box
22
Folder
31
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"Mistletoe bough"
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Box
22
Folder
32
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"Mother, queen of my heart"
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Box
22
Folder
33
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"Mother Shipman's prophesy"
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Box
22
Folder
34
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"My father keeps a public house"
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Box
22
Folder
35
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"My father was a Dutchman"
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Box
22
Folder
36
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"My grandfather lived on yonder green"
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Box
22
Folder
37
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"My name is McNamara"
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Box
22
Folder
38
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"My old hen's a good old hen"
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Box
22
Folder
39
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"Needle's eye"
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Box
33
Folder
8
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"Newhall House Fire"
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Box
22
Folder
40
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"Noble Skew Bald"
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Box
22
Folder
41
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"Now he's sorry that he spoke"
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Box
22
Folder
42
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"O'Bowery belles"
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Box
22
Folder
43
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"O, pretty girls, won't you list a come"
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Box
22
Folder
44
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"Of late I've been driven near crazy"
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Box
20
Folder
24
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"Oh Mary dear, go ask your mother"
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Box
22
Folder
45
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"Oh well, oh well"
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Box
22
Folder
46
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"Oh yah, ain't that been fine"
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Box
22
Folder
47
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"O'Kelly brothers"
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Box
22
Folder
48
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"Old Dan Tucker"
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Box
22
Folder
49
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"Old Hazeltine"
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Box
22
Folder
50
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"Old man came home again"
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Box
22
Folder
51
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"Old time lumberjacks"
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Box
22
Folder
52
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"Old Willis is dead"
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Box
22
Folder
53
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"On the banks of the little Eau Pleine"
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Box
22
Folder
54
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"On the banks of the Old Mohawk"
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Box
22
Folder
55
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"On the decks of the Baltimore"
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Box
22
Folder
56
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"On the lakes of Pontchartrain"
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Box
22
Folder
57
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"Once I courted a charming beauty bright"
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Box
22
Folder
58
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"Once I courted a pretty little girl"
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Box
22
Folder
59
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"Once I had two hands full of gold"
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Box
20
Folder
19
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"Once more a-lumb'ring go"
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Box
22
Folder
60
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"One more river"
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Box
23
Folder
1
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"One morning in spring"
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Box
23
Folder
2
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"One ship drives east"
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Box
21
Folder
18
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"Paddy Doyle and Biddy O'Toole"
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Box
23
Folder
3
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"Paddy Miles, the fisherman"
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Box
23
Folder
4
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"Paper of pins"
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Box
23
Folder
5
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"Pat Malone forgot that he was dead"
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Box
23
Folder
6
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"Persia's crew"
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Box
23
Folder
7
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"Pick and shovel"
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Box
23
Folder
8
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"Pickled Jew"
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Box
23
Folder
9
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"Pinery boy"
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Box
23
Folder
10
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"Please, mister barkeeper"
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Box
23
Folder
11
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"Polly Oliver"
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Box
22
Folder
52
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"Pompey is dead and laid in his grave"
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Box
23
Folder
12
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"Poor Rose of Lucerne"
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Box
23
Folder
13
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"Pretty Mahmee"
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Box
23
Folder
14
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"Pretty Polly"
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Box
23
Folder
15
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"Rabbi's daughter"
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Box
23
Folder
16
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"Ramsey County Jail"
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Box
23
Folder
17
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"Red Light Saloon"
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Box
23
Folder
18
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"Reuben Ranzo"
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Box
23
Folder
19
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"Reuben Wright and Phoebe Brown"
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Box
23
Folder
20
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"Riley and I were chums"
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Box
23
Folder
21
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"Rise, my true love"
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Box
23
Folder
22
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"Robin"
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Box
23
Folder
23
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"Rock in the meadow"
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Box
23
Folder
24
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"Rowan Country trouble"
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Box
23
Folder
25
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"Sadie Rae"
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Box
23
Folder
26
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"Sam Hall"
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Box
23
Folder
27
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"Shanghai rooster"
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Box
23
Folder
28
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"Shanty boy and the farmer"
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Box
23
Folder
29
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"Shanty boy on the big Eau Claire"
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Box
23
Folder
30
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"Shanty boys and pine"
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Box
23
Folder
30
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"Shantyman's life"
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Box
24
Folder
2
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"Ship carpenter"
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Box
23
Folder
31
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"Ship set sail for North America"
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Box
23
Folder
32
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"Ship that never returned"
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Box
23
Folder
33
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"Ship was becalmed in a tropical sea"
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Box
23
Folder
34
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"Shoo fly"
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Box
23
Folder
35
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"Shots echoing 'round the mountain"
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Box
21
Folder
55
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"Shule aroon"
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Box
23
Folder
36
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"Sing lay the lily low"
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Box
23
Folder
37
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"Six kings' daughters"
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Box
23
Folder
38
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"So merry, so merry we are"
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Box
23
Folder
39
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"Song of Mrs. Shattuck"
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Box
23
Folder
40
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"Star of Bethlehem"
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Box
21
Folder
42
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"Story of Harry Bale"
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Box
23
Folder
41
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"Swamper's revenge on the Windfall"
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Box
22
Folder
15
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"Sweet lass of Glenshee"
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Box
23
Folder
42
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"Tassels on her boots"
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Box
23
Folder
43
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"That old brown coat on me"
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Box
23
Folder
44
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"There was a rich old farmer"
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Box
23
Folder
45
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"There was an old woman in London"
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Box
23
Folder
46
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"There were once three brothers"
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Box
21
Folder
35
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"Those gambler's blues"
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Box
23
Folder
47
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"Three crows"
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Box
23
Folder
48
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"Three dishes and six questions"
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Box
23
Folder
49
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"Three nations"
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Box
23
Folder
50
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"Tippecanoe and Tyler too"
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Box
23
Folder
51
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"Tomahawk Hem"
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Box
23
Folder
52
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"Tomorrow shall be my dancing day"
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Box
23
Folder
53
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"'Twas autumn and the leaves"
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Box
23
Folder
54
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"'Twas on a cold and winter's day"
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Box
23
Folder
55
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"Twenty-pound dog"
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Box
20
Folder
36
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"Two orphans"
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Box
23
Folder
56
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"Two solders lying as they fell"
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Box
23
Folder
57
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"Very first time I saw my love"
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Box
23
Folder
58
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"We will haul, we will pull"
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Box
23
Folder
59
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"We wish you a merry Christmas"
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Box
24
Folder
1
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"Welcome hoard"
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|
Box
24
Folder
2
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"Well Met, well Met, my old true love"
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Box
24
Folder
3
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"Welsh relation"
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|
Box
24
Folder
4
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"What will I do with the baby-o"
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Box
24
Folder
5
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"When she got there"
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Box
24
Folder
6
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"Whiskey Johnny"
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Box
24
Folder
7
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"White captive"
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Box
20
Folder
24
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"Who is that under my bedroom window?"
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Box
24
Folder
8
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"Wild Irishman"
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Box
24
Folder
9
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"Willie and Mary"
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Box
24
Folder
10
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"Wisconsin, land of beauty"
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Box
24
Folder
11
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"Yankee ship came down the river"
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Box
24
Folder
12
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"Young Charlotte"
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Box
24
Folder
13
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"Young Jimmy Folier"
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Box
24
Folder
14
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"Young Johnny"
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Box
24
Folder
15
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"Young Mary"
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"Harry Peters: Folk songs out of Wisconsin"
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Box
24
Folder
17
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Correspondence, 1970-1976
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Box
24
Folder
18
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Miscellaneous material (primarily non-folk), 1965-1979; undated
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Book preparation materials, undated
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Box
24
Folder
19
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Articles
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Box
24
Folder
20
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Rickaby index
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Box
24
Folder
21
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Songs lists
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Box
24
Folder
22
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Songs not used
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Box
24
Folder
23
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Book drafts, with notes
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Book manuscripts, undated
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Box
24
Folder
24
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P. 1-124
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Box
25
Folder
1
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P. 125-299
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Box
25
Folder
2
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P. 300-572
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Box
25
Folder
3
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Folk songs out of Wisconsin
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Subseries: Cornish materials
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Correspondence, 1944-1949
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Box
25
Folder
4
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A-R
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Box
25
Folder
5
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S-W
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Field and research materials
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Box
25
Folder
6
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Bibliographies, undated
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Box
26
Folder
1
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Music
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Questionnaires on Cornish music, 1944-1945
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Box
26
Folder
2
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A-O
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Box
26
Folder
3
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P-W
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Research materials
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Box
26
Folders
4-6
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Notes and extracts, undated
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Box
27
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Published booklets and pamphlets, 1858-1951; undated
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Boxes
34-35
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Index cards, undated
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Box
28
Folder
1
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Newspaper clippings, 1942-1964
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Box
28
Folder
2
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Recipes, undated
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Box
28
Folder
3
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Index of Cornish songs found in various sources, undated
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Song transcriptions, notes and arrangements, undated
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Box
28
Folder
4
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Asparagus song
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Box
28
Folder
5
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"Come and I will sing you," 1941
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Box
28
Folder
6
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"Ethel Green"
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Box
28
Folder
7
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"Furry Day," carol
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Box
25
Folder
1
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"Sans Day," carol
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Box
28
Folder
9
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Cornish carol arrangements, mimeographed
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Music books: manuscript and published, including copies and extracts
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Box
33
Folder
9
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Arthur, Thomas H., manuscript book, Carols, 1871
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Box
28
Folder
10
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Bosanko, John, manuscript book, Camborne, 1843
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Box
28
Folder
11
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Bareis Dieter, Angeline, manuscript book, plus handwritten copy and index, 1889
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Box
28
Folder
12
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Doidge, J. S., New and choice selection of Christmas carols, pieces & anthems, plus typewritten copy, undated
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Box
28
Folder
13
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Dunstan Cornish song book, extracts, undated
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Box
28
Folder
14
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Gilbert, Davies, Some ancient Christmas carols, with the tunes to which they were formerly sung in the west of England ..., handwritten copy and extracts, 1823
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Box
28
Folder
15
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Old Cornwall, magazine extracts, 1925-1929
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Box
28
Folder
16
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Sandys, William, Christmas carols ancient and modern, including the most popular in the west of England and the airs to which they are sung ..., handwritten copy and extracts, 1833
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Box
29
Folder
1
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Stevens, John, manuscript book, circa 19th century
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Box
29
Folder
2
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Thomas, Herbert, Cornish songs and ditties and other rhymes, undated
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Box
29
Folder
3
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White, Olivia, manuscript book, circa 19th century
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Box
29
Folder
4
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Manuscript book, source unknown, circa 19th century
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Box
29
Folder
5
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Music, manuscript book, source unknown, circa 19th century
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Box
29
Folder
6
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Other published song books and sheet music, 1911-1944; undated
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Box
33
Folder
10
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Published sheet music, 1932; undated
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