Title: Marshall F. Granros Collection
Bulk Dates: 1958-1997

Creator:

• Granros, Marshall F.

Unique Identifier: mml037

Quantity: Collection includes: Paper records, audio cassettes and posters.

• 10 Linear Feet
• 5 archival boxes, 8 cassette boxes, 1 oversize poster box

Repository:

University of Wisconsin-Madison. Mills Music Library

Archival Location:

UW-Madison Libraries, Mills Music (Map)

Abstract:

The Marshall F. Granros Collection contains paper records, audio cassettes and posters related to the radio shows created and presented by Marshall Granros on WLFM at Lawrence Unversity, Appleton, Wisconsin, between the early 1960s and 1990.

Language: English .

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-mus-mml037

This collection includes no known access restrictions.

Gift of Michael Granros, 1997

Organized into three series: I. Paper Files, II. Audio Recordings, III. Posters.

Marshall Granros (1929-1997) was born in Milwaukee to Frank E. and Emma Jean Granros. He served for four years in the Army, before moving with his wife, Sue, to Appleton, Wisconsin. Granros worked in advertising for the Appleton Post-Crescent newspaper, WLUK-TV in Green Bay and the Miles Kimball Company in Oshkosh. Both Marshall and Sue were active in the Fox Valley Human Rights Council, supporting progressive political and social organizations.

Granros began collecting folk, blues, country and jazz music in the late 1940s. In the early 1960s, he began presenting a children's music show named "Kaleidoscope for Kids" on WFLM, the radio station of Lawrence University in Appleton. Over time, the show was renamed "Kicking the Dog Around" and expanded its repertoire of folk music and related genres for a more general audience. Episdoes of the radio show were often themed around topics of musical and social history, or focused on individual folk artists. The show was picked up by WPNE-FM, Green Bay in 1974, and was also broadcast by the Wisconsin Educational Radio Network. Granros continued to present Kicking the Dog Around until 1990.

Marshall Granros died in 1997. His music collection was donated by his son, Michael Granros, to Mills Music Library, along with the papers and recordings associated with his radio shows that make up the contents of the Marshall Granos archival collection.

[Title of item], [Name of collection]. Mills Music Library, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Collection materials may be subject to laws governing rights. Researchers are solely responsible for determining the rights status of the materials they use. Permission may be required for some uses such as publication or reproduction.

The Marshall Granros Collection is stored in 5 archival boxes, 8 cassette boxes and an oversize poster box. It is divided into three series covering paper files, audio recordings and posters.

Series I contains paper files related to the radio shows "Kaleidoscope for Kids" and "Kicking the Dog Around", presented by Marshall Granros on WFLM. Subseries A contains folders of research notes for songs used in preparation of radio programs. Subseries B contains radio scripts, track lists, radio and concert programs, research notes, photographs and licenses.

Series II contains 280 audiocassettes containing episodes of the "Kicking the Dog Around" radio show from 1975 to 1990, as well as other radio programs.

Series III contains concert posters for performances by folk and blues artists in Wisconsin.

Radio programs, musical -- WisconsinFolk musicMusic and historyWLFM (Radio station : Appleton, Wisconsin)

I	Series: Paper Files, 1958-1997
A	Subseries: Song Notes, 1963-1990
Box [89109121616]   1   folder 1	Song Notes A, 1963-1990
Box [89109121616]   1   folder 2	Song Notes Ba-Bl, 1963-1990
Box [89109121616]   1   folder 3	Song Notes Bm-Bz, 1963-1990
Box [89109121616]   1   folder 4	Song Notes C, 1963-1990
Box [89109121616]   1   folder 5	Song Notes D, 1963-1990
Box [89109121616]   1   folder 6	Song Notes E-F, 1963-1990
Box [89109121632]   2   folder 1	Song Notes G, 1963-1990
Box [89109121632]   2   folder 2	Song Notes H, 1963-1990
Box [89109121632]   2   folder 3	Song Notes I, 1963-1990
Box [89109121632]   2   folder 4	Song Notes J, 1963-1990
Box [89109121632]   2   folder 5	Song Notes K-Ll, 1963-1990
Box [89109121632]   2   folder 6	Song Notes Lo-Lz, 1963-1990
Box [89109121657]   3   folder 1	Song Notes M, 1963-1990
Box [89109121657]   3   folder 2	Song Notes N-O, 1963-1990
Box [89109121657]   3   folder 3	Song Notes P-Q, 1963-1990
Box [89109121657]   3   folder 4	Song Notes R, 1963-1990
Box [89109121657]   3   folder 5	Song Notes Sa-Sl, 1963-1990
Box [89109121657]   3   folder 6	Song Notes Sm-Sz, 1963-1990
Box [89109121673]   4   folder 1	Song Notes T, 1963-1990
Box [89109121673]   4   folder 2	Song Notes U-V, 1963-1990
Box [89109121673]   4   folder 3	Song Notes W, 1963-1990
Box [89109121673]   4   folder 4	Song Notes XYZ, 1963-1990
Box [89109121673]   4   folder 5	Christmas Song Notes, 1963-1990
B	Subseries: Papers, 1958-1997	⇧
Box [89109121699]   5   folder 1	Irish Immigrants 1815-1860 - Radio script, 1963-1990
Box [89109121699]   5   folder 2	Mexican War 1830-1860 - Radio script, 1968
Box [89109121699]   5   folder 3	Encyclopedia Articles A-C, 1963-1990
Box [89109121699]   5   folder 4	Work and Folk Music - Research notes, 1965-1968
Box [89109121699]   5   folder 5	Wisconsin - Newspaper articles, 1964-1968
Box [89109121699]   5   folder 6	Merle Travis - Radio script, 1963-1990
Box [89109121699]   5   folder 7	Untitled radio script, 1963-1990
Box [89109121699]   5   folder 8	Josh White - Radio script, 1969
Box [89109121699]   5   folder 9	Colonial Music 1500-1700 - Radio script, 1963-1990
Box [89109121699]   5   folder 10	African American Music - Radio script, 1963-1990
Box [89109121699]   5   folder 11	Civil War - Radio script, 1968
Box [89109121699]   5   folder 12	Songs By Subject Matter, 1963-1990
Box [89109121699]   5   folder 13	Westward Movement 1840-1900 - Radio script, 1963-1990
Box [89109121699]   5   folder 14	Kicking the Dog Around - Track listings and radio scripts, 1967-1977
Box [89109121699]   5   folder 15	Spring Songs - Radio script, 1963-1990
Box [89109121699]   5   folder 16	Kaleidoscope - Radio script, 1967
Box [89109121699]   5   folder 17	Sea Shanties - Radio script, 1964-1969
Box [89109121699]   5   folder 18	Ireland - Radio script, 1963-1990
Box [89109121699]   5   folder 19	Old-Timey Music - Radio script, 1966
Box [89109121699]   5   folder 20	Folk Singer photographs, 1963-1970
Box [89109121699]   5   folder 21	"Pickin' Singin' Gatherin'" - Newsletters, 1973-1975
Box [89109121699]   5   folder 22	AP Newsfeatures - Photographs and script, 1963-1964
Box [89109121699]   5   folder 23	Kid Thomas, Grand Theatre, Oshkosh - Concert program 1971-03-16
Box [89109121699]   5   folder 24	Religious Music - Radio script, 1963-1990
Box [89109121699]   5   folder 25	Jimmie Rogers - Radio script, 1963-1990
Box [89109121699]   5   folder 26	Hootenanny Folk Festival, Fairfield University Field, Connecticut - Concert program 1962-1964
Box [89109121699]   5   folder 27	Ritchie Family - Radio script, 1963-1990
Box [89109121699]   5   folder 28	Whitman, Robert S. Folksongs for Elementary School Children 1963
Box [89109121699]   5   folder 29	Carter Family - Radio script, 1974
Box [89109121699]   5   folder 30	Bill Broonzy - Radio script, 1963-1990
Box [89109121699]   5   folder 31	Beers Family - Radio script, 1963-1990
Box [89109121699]   5   folder 32	Mechanical Music - Radio script, 1964
Box [89109121699]   5   folder 33	On The Road Again - Radio script, 1974-1975
Box [89109121699]   5   folder 34	Song Lyrics, 1963-1990
Box [89109121699]   5   folder 35	Mining - Radio script, 1969
Box [89109121699]   5   folder 36	Radio Show Openers, 1978-1989
Box [89109121699]   5   folder 37	Radio Show Closers, 1978-1984
Box [89109121699]   5   folder 38	Radio Show Notebook, 1963
Box [89109121699]   5   folder 39	Native Americans - Notes and research articles, 1958-1966
Box [89109121699]   5   folder 40	Creole Music - Radio notes, 1977
Box [89109121699]   5   folder 41	The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Mississippi Community Center - Concert Program 1964
Box [89109121699]   5   folder 42	Miscellaneous Radio Show notes, 1963-1990
Box [89109121699]   5   folder 43	Kaleidoscope For Kids - Radio scripts, 1965-1968
Box [89109121699]   5   folder 44	Folk Music Festival Programs, 1965
Box [89109121699]   5   folder 45	Miscellaneous Radio Show notes 2, 1964-1990
Box [89109121699]   5   folder 46	Kicking The Dog Around - Radio Show Track lists, 1974-1980
Box [89109121699]   5   folder 47	Jazz Beat. Vol. 3 Nos. 2-3, 1991-1992
Box [89109121699]   5   folder 48	Bluegrass Unlimited. Vol. 11 No. 7, 1977-01
Box [89109121699]   5   folder 49	Radiotelephone Certificates, 1972-1979
Box [89109121699]   5   folder 50	Christmas Songs - Radio script, 1963-1990
Box [89109121699]   5   folder 51	The People Sing - Radio script, 1960-06-25
Box [89109121699]   5   folder 52	WLFM Radio program guides, 1967-1994
Box [89109121699]   5   folder 53	Granros, Marshall. The People Sing articles. Sunday Post-Crescent (Appleton,WI) 1963-1964
Box [89109121699]   5   folder 54	Fan Letters, 1964-1980
Box [89109121699]   5   folder 55	Marshall Granros photographs, 1963-1965
Box [89109121699]   5   folder 56	The Wisconsin Educational Radio Network - Radio guide, 1974-11
Box [89109121699]   5   folder 57	Marshall Granros resume, 1963-1970
Box [89109121699]   5   folder 58	Broadcast operator's license, 1968
Box [89109121699]   5   folder 59	Marshall Granros obituaries, 1997
II	Series: Audio Recordings, 1975-1990	⇧
Box [89109121715]   6	Radio Show Recordings 1, 1975-1981 Physical Description: 36 audiocassettes
Box [89109121731]   7	Radio Show Recordings 2, 1981-1985 Physical Description: 36 audiocassettes
Box [89109121756]   8	Radio Show Recordings 3, 1985-1986 Physical Description: 36 audiocassettes
Box [89109121772]   9	Radio Show Recordings 4, 1986-1987 Physical Description: 35 audiocassettes
Box [89109121798]   10	Radio Show Recordings 5, 1987-1988 Physical Description: 34 audiocassettes
Box [89109121640]   11	Radio Show Recordings 6, 1988-1989 Physical Description: 34 audiocassettes
Box [89109121665]   12	Radio Show Recordings 7, 1989-1990 Physical Description: 35 audiocassettes
Box [89109121681]   13	Radio Show Recordings 8, 1990 Physical Description: 34 audiocassettes
III	Series: Posters, 1958-1990	⇧
Box [89109121707]   14	Concert Posters, 1958-1990