Folk Arts Foundation records, 1943-1965.

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Folk Arts Foundation records, 1943-1965.

Correspondence, minutes, programs, reports, and other papers documenting the activities of this organization formed in 1944 to increase the knowledge and practice of folk arts in America. They mention publication of the North Star Folk News, the International Institute (St. Paul), the work of Marjorie Edgar and Frances T. Densmore in recording songs and music, Finnish arts, and projects to preserve folk dancing, ethnic foods, literature, and crafts.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6684182

Minnesota Historical Society Library

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Densmore, Frances, 1867-1957

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Frances Theresa Densmore was born on May 21, 1867 in Red Wing, Minnesota. She studied at the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music from 1884 to 1887. Her professional interest in the music of Native Americans dates from the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago. In 1905, she made her first visit to the Minnesota tribes and in 1907 began to record Indian music under the auspices of the Smithsonian Institution's Bureau of American Ethnology. During her fifty years with the Bureau, she recorded near...

Nolte, Julius M. (Julius Mosher), 1894-1964

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Jerabek, Esther, 1897-1979

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Thompson, Johan Jørgen.

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Botkin, Benjamin Albert, 1901-1975

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Allen, Robert E. Barton.

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Rissanen, Juho, 1873-1950

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Edgar, Marjorie, 1889-1960

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Stocker, Clara

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International Institute (Saint Paul, Minn.)

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Folk Arts Foundation of America (Saint Paul, Minn.).

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Thompson, Stith, 1885-1976

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Professor of English and Folklore at Indiana University. From the description of Papers, 1911-1972. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 52599598 ...

Krey, August C. (August Charles), 1887-1961

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August Charles Krey was born in Germany on June 29, 1887. At an early age, his family immigrated to Wisconsin. All of his degrees were earned from the University of Wisconsin between 1907 and 1914. In the same period, he taught high school in Milwaukee. In 1910 he was an instructor at the University of Texas and in 1912 he took an appointment at the University of Illinois. In 1913 he came to the University of Minnesota where he spent the remainder of his career teaching history. In 1915 he becam...

Blegen, Thdodore Christian, 1891-1969.

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Qualey, Carlton C. (Carlton Chester), 1904-....

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Loevinger, Gustavus, 1881-1957.

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Sickels, Alice L. (Alice Lilliequist)

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Widén, Albin, 1897-

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