Since the
earliest days of formal collecting of traditional Adirondack music, scholars
have written about the artists and their music for folklore journals and
popular magazines. Below is a selection
of articles, published here as PDFs with permission of the original
publishers. You can download and print
them for personal, educational use. Please
consult the Credits & Materials Use section if you want to make multiple
copies for students or for other educational uses.
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Bethke, Robert D. “‘Get to the Bush!’: Adirondack Woodsmen and Woods Lore,’” Journal of Forest History 25/1 (January 1981), 4-13.
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Bethke, Robert D. “Old-Time Fiddling and Social Dance in Central St. Lawrence County,” Quarterly,St. Lawrence County Historical Association 23/1 (January 1978), 15-19.
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Cutting, Edith E. "Peter Parrott and his Songs," New York Folklore Quarterly 3/2 (Summer1947), 124-133.
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Flanders, Helen Hartness. “‘Blue Mountain Lake’ and ‘Barbara Allan,’” New York Folklore Quarterly.
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Grimm, Susan J. “Shakin’ a Leg in the Mills: Memories of Dancing at the Crary Mills Grange,” A North Country Round & Square Dance Souvenir Program, TAUNY, 1991.
- Hurley-Glowa, Susan. "The Survival of Blackface Minstrel Shows in the Adirondack Foothills," Voices—The Journal of New York Folklore. Volume 30, Fall-Winter 2004.
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Kimball, James. “Old Time Square Dancing in New York State,´” A North Country Round & Square Dance Souvenir Program, TAUNY, 1991.
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Koch, Lynn Arthur. “Singing Folk Songs in the Classroom – For the Musically Challenged,” Folksomg in the Classroom, VII, 2, Winter 1987.
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McHale, Ellen. “Country Music in the Adirondack Region,” Festival of the Adirondacks: Celebrating Living Cultural Traditions, 1990, 16-18. [Crandall Library festival booklet]
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Older, Lawrence. “’Once More a Lumbering Go,’” New York Folklore Quarterly, 22/2 (June 1966), 96-103.
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Post, Jennifer C. “Franco-American Dance Traditions in the Northern States,” La Veillée:An OldFashioned French American Dance Party Souvenir Program, TAUNY, 1991.
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Ruch, David. “Music in an Adirondack Family,” Unpublished manuscript, 2008.
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Lent, Peter C. “Allons Danser!: Some
Memories of North Country French Dance Parties,” La Veillée:An Old Fashioned French American
Dance Party Souvenir Program,TAUNY,
1991.
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Ward, Vaughn Ramsey. “Anglo-American Folksong Collecting and Singing Traditions in Rural New York State,” New York Folklore14/3-4 (1988), 165-174.
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Warner, Anne and Frank. ”That’s the Way They Lived,” New York Folklore Quarterly 22/2 (June 1966), 104-113.
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Woods, Lynn. “Striking a Chord,” Adirondack Life (March/April 1998), 44-51, 74-75.