Written on the Landscape: Catskill Stories
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: FW-ASCH-7RR-2794
label: General
content: CDR copy

FW-ASCH-7RR-2794 is a recording of interviews conducted by Norman Studer of residents of the Catskills in New York State. The tape consists of many small excerpts of individual interviews of many residents, mainly elderly, describing many aspects of life in the past, including about rafting, fiddling, individual colorful personalities, etc. The recording relates to some extent to a Folkways Record issued in 1961: All the Homespun Days - A Narrative Poem of New York State Life, With Documentary Recording, Written and Read by Norman Studer (FW03853). However, I don't find anything specific from this tape that was used on the Folkways record. A handwritten sheet was in the tape box listing some of the excerpts; a copy is in the jewelcase. Of some interest are one song (Don't You See That Old Grey Goose Smiling at the Gander), the Arkansas Traveller played on fiddle with dialogue, and a discussion of a song about rafting. Because there are so many short excerpts, I have only placed markers between some of them.
name: label: Producer
content: Studer, Norman
label: Collection Creator
content: Asch, Moses
label: Collection Creator
content: Distler, Marian, 1919-1964
label: Collection Creator
content: Folkways Records
place: label: Place
content: United States
label: Place
content: New York
label: Place
content: Catskill Mountains (N.Y.)
topic: label: Topic
content: Spoken word
label: Topic
content: Storytelling
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: Enslaved persons
label: Topic
content: rafts
creator: label: Producer
content: Studer, Norman
culture: label: Culture
content: Americans
setName: label: See more items in
content: Moses and Frances Asch Collection
label: See more items in
content: Moses and Frances Asch Collection / Series 9: Audio Recordings / CD / CDR copy
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Sound recording (sound-tape reel, analog, 7 in.)
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
identifier: label: Identifier
content: CFCH.ASCH, Item FW-ASCH-7RR-2794
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound recordings