Guide to Surveyed Folklore Collections
Organized by state and city, and in some cases also by repository, the following listing presents the Upper Midwestern folklore and public folklore project collections that CSUMC staff have reviewed and described from 2003 through 2008. Links to Collection Guides and repositories have been provided where available. Please note that the title for each collection may vary from the repository to the regional survey report to the collection guide to original grant proposals and agency final reports. The following titles have been adjusted to illuminate collection scope and contents more readily.
Symbols following each title indicate
#1 Collection Guide online, prepared by CSUMC
#2 Collection description and link through repository
#3 Collection description in regional survey report
#4 Collection Guide in progress
#5 Collection inventory prepared
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| Carbondale | 1987-1988 | Bits and Pieces: Southern Illinois Tradition in Rag Rugs #3 #5 Southern Illinois University Archives and Special Collections, Bonnie Krause Papers |
| 1979-1980 | Ethnic and Traditional Arts: A Statewide Perspective #3 #5 Southern Illinois University Archives and Special Collections, Bonnie Krause Papers |
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| 1979 | Southern Illinois Folk Art Project Collection #3 #5 Southern Illinois University Archives and Special Collections |
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| Charleston | 1976-1994 | East Central and Southeastern Illinois Folk Artist and Musician Surveys #1 #3 Eastern Illinois University, Tarble Arts Center |
| Chicago | 2003-2004 | Beacon Street Gallery Folk Artist Directory Collection #3 Beacon Street Gallery |
| 1960-2004 | Old Town School of Folk Music Collections #3 Old Town School of Folk Music |
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| Galena | 1990-1991 | Jo Daviess County Folk Arts in Education Project Collection #1 #3 Galena History Museum; also Washington, DC, Library of Congress, American Folklife Center, Archive of Folk Culture Re: quilting, horse farming, decoy carving, trapping |
| Macomb | 1987 | Schuyler [County] Arts Council Folk Music Project #1 #3 Western Illinois University Archives and Special Collections |
| 1987 | West Central Illinois Duck Decoy Carving Survey #1 #3 Western Illinois University Archives and Special Collections, Gregory Hansen Collection |
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| Madison, WI | 2000-2003 |
Illinois Arts Council Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program Collection #3 |
| Washington, DC | 1977-1981 | Chicago Ethnic Arts Project Collection #2 #3 Library of Congress, American Folklife Center, Archive of Folk Culture |
| 1986-1990 | Illinois Arts Council Collection #3 #5 Library of Congress, American Folklife Center, Archive of Folk Culture |
| Amana | 1988-1998 | Amana Arts Guild Collection #3 #5 Amana Arts Guild, Amana Heritage Center Re: tinsmithing, zither playing, quilting, willow basket-weaving, gardening, cooking |
| Des Moines | 1982-- | Iowa Arts Council Folk Arts Program Collection #1 #3 State Historical Society of Iowa; State Historical Society of Iowa Museum Division Re: festivals of American and Iowa folklife, multi-state “Global Sounds” tours & folklife festivals, ethnic community tours, radio programs, ESL school program, teacher & community scholar training, folk arts, artists, Amana Colonies, Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program |
| 1987-2003 | Steven Ohrn Folk Arts Program Collection #3 State Historical Society of Iowa Museum Division |
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| Dubuque | 1987 | River Harvest Project #1 #3 National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium Re: commercial fishermen & fish market owners in Illinois, Iowa, & Wisconsin |
| Elk Horn | 1986-1987 | Danish American Traditional Artist Survey #3 Danish Immigrant Museum Re: Midwestern Danish-Americans, Tivoli Fest, blacksmithing, woodcarving |
| East Lansing | 1975-- | Michigan Traditional Arts Program Research Collection #2 #3 Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Traditional Arts Program |
| 1985-- | Finnish American Rag Rug Making in Michigan #2 | |
| 1975-- | Great Lakes Native American Basketmakers #2 | |
| 1999-- | Michigan Barn and Farmstead Survey #2 | |
| 1985-- | Michigan Folklife Festivals | |
| 1985-- | Michigan Foodways #2 | |
| 1985-- | Michigan Heritage Awards #2 | |
| 1930s-- | Michigan Maritime Traditions #2 | |
| 1984-- | Michigan Quilt Project #2 | |
| 1992-- | Michigan Stained Glass Census #2 | |
| 1989-- | Michigan Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Awards #2 | |
| 1994-1996 | Michigan/Wisconsin Borders Folklife Survey #1 Michigan Traditional Arts Program, Wisconsin Arts Board Folk Arts Program Re: fine & traditional arts infrastructure identification survey |
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| Marquette | 1980-- | Up North Films Collection #3 Northern Michigan University, Up North Films Re: Finnish-American Lives, Good Man in the Woods, Manoomin (Wild Rice): Ojibwe Spirit Food, Medicine Fiddle, Ojibwe Teaching, Tradition Bearers |
| Minneapolis | 1987 | Minnesota Fishing: The Lure and the Lore Project #3 Peggy Korsmo-Kennon |
| St. Paul | 1945-1990 | Minnesota Folk Art Survey and Exhibition Research Files #2 #3 Minnesota Historical Society |
| 1990 | Minnesota Polka Oral History Project #1 Minnesota Historical Society |
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| Madison, WI | 1986-2003 | Philip Nusbaum Minnesota State Arts Board Folk Arts Program Collection #3 #4 University of Wisconsin-Madison Archives, Center for the Study of Upper Midwestern Cultures Collections |
| 1976-1994 | Robert Andresen Collection #1 #3 University of Wisconsin-Madison, Mills Music Library Re: Northern Minnesota & Wisconsin traditional music |
| Columbia | 1993-1997 | Bootheel Project Records #2 #3 #5 University of Missouri-Columbia, Western Historical Manuscript Collection |
| 1974-2002 | Missouri Folk Arts Program Records #3 #5 University of Missouri-Columbia, Western Historical Manuscript Collection |
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| 1980-1985 | Missouri Origins Project Collection #2 #3 #5 University of Missouri-Columbia, Western Historical Manuscript Collection |
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| 1979-1993 | University of Missouri-Columbia Cultural Heritage Center Records #3 #5 University of Missouri-Columbia, Western Historical Manuscript Collection |
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| Kansas City, KS | 1987 | "Our Girls Used to Be Married to Boys Over There" Exhibit Collection #3 Kansas State Historical Society Re: folk arts in Sugar Creek (Kansas City, MO) & Strawberry Hill (Kansas City, KS) communities |
| Kansas City, MO | 1995-2005 |
Rare Visions and Roadside Revelations Collection #3 |
| Springfield | 2000 | Jam Sessions in Southwest Missouri Collection #3 Missouri State University Re: traditional music in rural communities around Springfield |
| St. Louis | 1980-2000 | International Institute of St. Louis Culture and Community Collection #3 #5 Ann Rynearson Re: Laotian weaving, needlework, dancing |
| West Plains | 2003-2006 | Ozark Traditional Artists Collection #3 West Plains Council on the Arts |
| Washington, DC | 2000 | Bob Holt Local Legacies Collection (Springfield & Ava) #3 Library of Congress, American Folklife Center, Archive of Folk Culture Re: traditional fiddle music |
| 1960-1980 | Missouri Friends of the Folk Arts Collection (Ozarks) #3 Julia Olin, in future: Library of Congress, American Folklife Center, Archive of Folk Culture Re: Ozarks region traditional fiddle, banjo, mandolin, hammered dulcimer, & piano music; African-American shape note singing & blues; Frontier Folk Music Festival & Mississippi Valley Folk Festival |
| Cedarburg | Cedarburg Cultural Center #3 #5 | |
| 1989 | In Tune with Tradition: Wisconsin Folk Music Instruments Documentation Collection | |
| 1993 | Passed to the Present: Ethnic Folk Arts Exhibit Documentation Collection | |
| 1997 | Wisconsin Folk Art: A Sesquicentennial Celebration Exhibit Documentation Collection | |
| Eau Claire | Chippewa Valley Museum Library and Archives #3 | |
| 1998 | Chippewa Valley Museum Folk Arts Survey | |
| 2000 | Farm Life Field Documentation | |
| 1988 | From Hand to Hand: Folk Arts of the Chippewa Valley Project Collection | |
| 1992 | Hmong Folk Arts Documentation Collection | |
| 1993 | Hmong in Eau Claire: Refugees from a Secret War Project Collection | |
| 1990 | Paths of the People: the Ojibwe in the Chippewa Valley Project Collection | |
| 2000 | Rural Life Documentation Initiative/Barn Stories Collection | |
| 1991 | Wisconsin Quilt History Project Collection | |
| Madison | 1979-1986 | Ethnic Music in Northern Wisconsin and Michigan Collection #1 University of Wisconsin-Madison, Mills Music Library; Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center History Center and Archives; & Northern Wisconsin Heritage Connection, Ashland |
| 1984-1986 | German-American Music Project Collection #1 University of Wisconsin-Madison, Mills Music Library |
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| 1990-1991 | Goose Island Ramblers Documentation Project Collection #1 Wisconsin Historical Society Archives Re: polkabilly music |
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| 1991-1992 | Legends of the Supernatural in Southwestern Wisconsin Project Collection #1 University of Wisconsin-Madison Folklore Program |
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| 1942-1979 | Leonard Finseth Collection #1 University of Wisconsin-Madison, Mills Music Library Re: western Wisconsin Old-Time & Norwegian-American traditional music |
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| 1994-1995 | Michigan-Wisconsin Border Project #1 #3 Wisconsin Arts Board Folk Arts Program, Michigan Traditional Arts Program Re: Fine & traditional arts infrastructure identification survey |
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| 1986-2000 | New Glarus Swiss Festivals Collection #1 University of Wisconsin-Madison Archives, University of Wisconsin-Madison Folklore Program |
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| 1976-1994 | Robert Andresen Collection #1 #2 #3 University of Wisconsin-Madison, Mills Music Library Re: Northern Wisconsin & Minnesota traditional music |
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| 1987-1995 | Rosemaling in the Upper Midwest Collection #1 Wisconsin Historical Society Museum, Wisconsin Historical Society Archives |
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| 2000 | Summer Field School 2000 Collection #1 University of Wisconsin-Madison Folklore Program Re: Southwestern Wisconsin traditions: ethnic markets, fish foodways, food gathering & herbalism, Hmong herbalism & needlework, Italian-American gardening & foodways, religious grottos, rosemaling, stonework, storytelling |
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| 1996-1998 | Wisconsin Folklife Festivals Collections #3 #4 Wisconsin Arts Board Folk Arts Program |
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| 1987 | Wisconsin Swiss Traditional Music Project Collection #1 University of Wisconsin-Madison, Mills Music Library |
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| 1984-1996 | Wisconsin Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program Collection #1 #3 Wisconsin Arts Board Folk Arts Program |
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| 1994-1996 | Woodland Indian Traditional Artist Project Collection #1 University of Wisconsin-Madison Folklore Program |
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| Mauston | 1994 | Hocak Wazijaci Artistic Traditions Collection #1 Hocak Wazijaci Language and Culture Preservation Committee Re: Ho-Chunk traditional artistry |
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