Written on the Landscape: Catskill Stories [sound recording]
name: label: producer
content: Studer, Norman
notes: label: Notes
content: CDR copy
label: Notes
content: 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.
label: Repository Loc.
content: Smithsonian Institution, Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, 600 Maryland Ave., S.W., Suite 2001, Washington, D.C. 20024. Call 202-633-7322 for appointment. Fax: 202-633-7019. Email: rinzlerarchives@si.edu
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: Slaves
label: Topic
content: Rafts
culture: label: Culture
content: Americans
setName: label: See more items in
content: Moses and Frances Asch Collection, 1939-1986 228428
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
identifier: label: Local number
content: FW-ASCH-7RR-2794
objectType: label: Type
content: Musical sound recordings
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only
physicalDescription: label: Physical description
content: 1 sound-tape reel : analog ; 7 in