Field Recording Events

Here are rosters of field recording sessions made during formal projects, most funded by grants. In some cases, I was an independent scholar (or graduate student). In others, I was a contracted freelance folklorist.
Highlighted names or instruments link to selected recordings by that artist from one or more events.
Highlighted IDs link to stories or field notes.

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Indiana Hoedown: Traditional Music from the Hoosier State

Indiana Committee for the Humanities & Indiana Arts Commission grants, 1979-80

Recordings in Archives of Traditional Music, Indiana University.

ID#	Date	Event/Artist	Hometown	Instrument	Style / Ethnicity
IH001	6/21/1979	Francis Geels	Decatur	fiddle	traditional
IH005	8/25/1979	Fiddle Contest at Tri-State Gas Engine & Tractor Assoc. Reunion in Portland: Lowell Logan; Dillard Armstrong; Bob Leidigh; Adlie Hedges; &c.	Muncie; Bryant; Defiance, Ohio; Portland	fiddle	bluegrass
IH007	9/15/1979	Hoagland Oktoberfest: Maumee Valley Polka Band; The Barons (Saturday)	Napoleon, Ohio; Detroit	accordion; brass &c.	dance / German polka
IH008	9/16/1979	Hoagland Oktoberfest: The Imperials; The Vandenberg Orchestra (Sunday)	Toledo, Ohio; Holland, Michigan	accordion, brass &c.	dance / German & Dutch polka
IH009	9/29/1979	Dale Alles & the Alles Family Band: Dance at Alles' Barn	Roanoke	accordion, electric guitar &c.	square dance
IH010	10/11/1979	Herman Fox, Hugh Sowers & The Entertainers: At the Rudisill Senior Center in Fort Wayne	Fort Wayne; Arcola	concertina & fiddle	German
IH011	10/12/1979	Herman Fox & Hugh Sowers & The Entertainers	Fort Wayne; Arcola	concertina & fiddle	German
IH012	10/25/1979	Vic Rigsby	Cromwell	fiddle & banjo	traditional; bluegrass
IH013	10/29/1979	Dillard Armstrong Ritchell Bowman & Collins Ciscon	Bryant	fiddle, mandolin & guitar	bluegrass
IH014	10/29/1979	Adlie Hedges	Portland	fiddle	traditional
IH015	10/30/1980	Noble Melton	Indianapolis	fiddle; interview	traditional
IH016	11/8/1979	William Bernard Lee & Bill Hardy	Nashville; Monroe County	fiddle, guitar & vocals	traditional; bluegrass
IH017	11/17/1979	David Hall with Mike & Marvin Flowers	Monticello	fiddle	traditional; bluegrass
IH018	11/11/1979	Clay 'Pete' Smith with Country Bluegrass	Star City	fiddle & vocal	traditional; country
IH019	11/13/1979	Francis Geels	Decatur	fiddle	traditional
IH020	11/27/1979	Clay "Pete" Smith	Star City	fiddle; interview	traditional
IH021	11/29/1979	Henry Rigsby with Vic Rigsby & Clella Rigsby	Wawaka	banjo & vocals	traditional
IH022	11/29/1979	Ken Stonebreaker	Albion	fiddle	traditional
IH023	11/30/1979	Toad Bradley	Servia	fiddle	traditional
IH024	11/30/1979	Jam at the Bandstand in Wabash: Dave Johnson; Jim Cornell; & c.	Wabash; Fort Wayne	banjo, mandolin &c.	bluegrass
IH025	12/13/1979	George & Dan Berger	Fort Wayne	accordion & trumpet	German polka
IH026	12/15/1979	Donald Duff & the Duff Family Band	Lebanon	fiddle & vocals	traditional; gospel
IH027	12/18/1979	Hector Phillips & the Patoka Valley Boys: In Bears Back Room in Bloomington	Petersburg, Winslow	fiddle, mandolin &c.	traditional
IH028	12/20/1979	Eleanor Gianikeff	Fort Wayne	interveiw	Macedonian
IH029	1/4/1980	Hector Phillips	Petersburg	fiddle	traditional
IH030	1/8/1980	Julian Cramer	Martinsville	mandolin, guitar	popular; ragtime
IH031	1/11/1980	Jam at the Bandstand in Wabash: Ray Moore; Kenny DeMarcus; &c.	Servia; Wabash	fiddle, vocals &c.	bluegrass
IH032	1/12/1980	Fritz Ehrhart's German Band: Dance at the Fort Wayne Sport Club	Fort Wayne	accordion &c.	dance / German
IH033	1/16/1980	James Acree	Indianapolis	vocals	ballads & folksongs
IH034	1/16/1980	Edgar Hursey	Ligonier	fiddle & plectrum banjo	traditional
IH035	1/17/1980	Dan Gellert	Elkhart	fiddle & banjo	folk revival
IH036	1/19/1980	Linda Myers	Decatur	interview	German
IH037	1/28/1980	Harold Zimmerman	Convoy, Ohio to Fort Thomas, Kentucky	fiddle	traditional
IH038	1/31/1980	Roy Litton	Lebanon	interview
IH039	2/2/1980	Ray & Canton Moore (Moore Brothers); Toad Bradley	Servia	fiddle, mandolin &c.	bluegrass
IH041	2/20/1980	John Hasse	Bloomington	piano; interview	ragtime
IH042	2/21/1980	Frank Hall & Bob Herring	Bloomington	fiddle; interview	folk revival
IH044	2/29/1980	Helen Reynolds	Monroeville	piano	ragtime; popular
IH045	3/15/1980	Shorty Cook	Fort Wayne	interview	hillbilly
IH046	4/17/1980	Homer Birge	Lebanon	vocals; harmonica	traditional
IH050	4/20/1980	The Kastorians led by Pete Tsouklas: Dance for Philip of Macedon Society in Fort Wayne	Crown Point	clarinet, brass &c.	dance/ Greek
IH051	4/22/1980	The Johnsons: Live at the Ground Round in Fort Wayne	North Manchester	banjo, mandolin &c.	bluegrass
IH052	5/10/1980	Sandy & the Keynotes: Square dance at St. Louis Parish Hall in Besancon	Fort Wayne	accordion &c.	square dance
IH053	5/12/1980	Steve Jugloff	Fort Wayne	interview	Macedonian
IH055	5/24/1980	New Harmony Fiddlers Day: Ebert 'Mac' McClain; Hector Phillips; Stephanie White; Brian Hubbard; Billy & Teresa &c.	Danville; Petersburg; New Albany; Bloomington	fiddle, vocals &c.	traditional; country
IH056	6/10/1980	Ken Smelser	Paoli	fiddle	traditional
IH057	6/17/1980	Steve Duray	Fort Wayne	concertina & accordion	Slovenian polka
IH058	6/17/1980	Jack Childress	Wabash	banjo, vocals &c.	old-time; bluegrass
IH059	6/21/1980	Beamon Wille Band & Mark Oliphant (caller): Square dance at the Linton Armory	Bloomfield; Indianapolis	fiddle; calling	square dance
IH061	7/8/1980	Dallas Henderson	Indianapolis	banjo	traditional
IH062	7/15/1980	Mark Oliphant	Greene County to Indianapolis	interview	square dance caller
IH063	7/16/1980	Wednesday Night Dance: Brad Leftwich; Brian Hubbard; Gary Stanton; Steve Hinnefeld; & c.	Bloomington	fiddle, banjo &c; interview	square dance; folk revival
IH064	7/19/1980	Dale Alles & the Alles Family Band: Dance at Alles' Barn	Roanoke	accordion, electric guitar, banjo &c.	square dance
IH065	8/9/1980	Ebert 'Mac' McClain	Danville	fiddle	traditional
IH066	8/10/1980	Oscar "Butch" Kunkler & Herb Obermeyer as Obie & Ossie	Fulda	fiddle, guitar & vocals	German
IH067	8/10/1980	Satkamp Family, featuring Wayne Satkamp	Stendahl	fiddle, guitar, vocals &c.	country / German
IH068	8/12/1980	Fritz Ehrhart	Fort Wayne	diatonic accordion	German polka

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Indiana Hoedown: Found Recordings

ID#	Year	Artist	Title/Description	Reference	Homeyown
IH002	1948-49	Joe Taylor & the Indiana Redbirds	78s recorded at Universal Studios in Chicago	Joe Taylor	Fort Wayne
IH003	c1950	The Downhomers	radio transcriptions & commercial discs	Shorty Cook	Fort Wayne
IH004 IH006	1967-79 c1950	Nancy Lee & the Hilltoppers	WOWO broadcasts transcription dubs	Sam DeVincent	Fort Wayne
IH040	1979	Easy Street String Band	recorded at WFIU studios	Frank Hall; Bob Herring	Bloomington
IH043	1950-58	Hoosier Cornhuskers; Prairie Pioneers; Barbara Price & the Golden River Boys	air tests	Pete Smith; Bob Homan	Fort Wayne
IH047	1948	Blackhawk Valley Boys; Karl Conner; Jeanne Bostleman	radio transcriptions & air tests	Donald Lake	Fort Wayne
IH048	1946-47	The Downhomers; Blackhawk Valley Boys; Judy & Jen; & c.	excerpts from the 'Hoosier Hop' on WOWO	Donald Lake	Fort Wayne
IH049	1942-59	Homer Lovell & Friends	home recordings by Joe Fannestock of Greenville, Ohio	Doris Lovell	Winchester
IH054	1957	Francis Geels; Jay Dickerson; Joe Taylor; Charlie Walters; & c.	excerpts from WGL broadcasts	Joe Taylor	Fort Wayne
IH060	1950c	Elia E. Calcoff Orchestra; Bill Skimos Band	recorded at WOWO studios	Steve Jugloff	Fort Wayne
IH069	1940c	Frank Wisehart	home recordings made at Wabash College	Roy Litton	Frankfurt
IH070 IH071	1970s	Bill Skimos Band	Balkan Folk Music; Balkan Folk Music 2	Bill Skimos	Fort Wayne
IH072	1960	Joe Altman & the Spaasmachers	St. Meinrad centennial LP	Oscar Kunkler	St. Meinrad
IH073	1980c	The Wolcott Family	LP	donation	Ellettsville
IH074	1977	The Patoka Valley Boys	Pike County Pickin'	Hector Phillips	Petersburg
IH075	1980	Hector Phillips & the Patoka Valley Boys	self-titled LP	Hector Phillips	Petersburg
IH076	1970s	Green Mountain Grass	The Old Home Place	Vic Rigsby	Noble County
IH077	1979	Collins Cisco & the KY Grass	Down Home Fever	Dillard Armstong	Portland
IH078	1979	Shady Grove String Band	First Deal	Adlie Hedges	Muncie
IH079	1980	Wildwood Flowers	If the Truth Were Known	David Hall	Monticello
IH080	1970s	The Moore Brothers with the Pike County Hikers	Sounds of Bluegrass	Ray Moore	Servia
IH082	1980	The Johnsons	Regressive Bluegrass	David Johnson	North Manchester
IH083	1970s	Steve Jugloff	Son of Electric Macedonian	Steve Jugloff	Fort Wayne
IH084	1970s	The Tri-County Travelers	Authentic Bluegrass	Jack Childress	Wabash
IH085	1950c	Curley Bradley & the Harmoneers; The Prairie Ramblers; & c.	radio transcriptions	donation	Chicago

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Graduate School projects & dissertation research

Indiana University Folklore Institute, 1976-88

Recordings in Archives of Traditional Music, Indiana University

This first set of fieldwork events led to my enrollment in the Folklore Department at IU. They were made for an independent project at a previous graduate school program at Wayne State University in Detroit, but are marred by technical issues.

ID#	Date	Event/Artist	Hometown	Instrument	Style / Ethnicity
IH301	12/26/1976	Carl Bischoff	Decatur	fiddle; zither	Anglo-American; German
IH302	12/27/1976	Herman Fox	Fort Wayne	concertina	German; Anglo-American
IH303	12/29/1976	Fred Flauding	Bluffton	folksongs; harmonica
IH304	12/28/1976	Clara Flaugh Franke	Monroeville	interview	German
IH305	12/29/1976	Francis Geels	Decatur	interview

Many of the recordings I made in 1981 were subcontracted by David A. Brose's "Ohio-Indiana Folklife," a project funded by an Indiana Arts Council grant. Those events marked with an asterisk (*) were executed for Dr. Warren Roberts summer seminar in fieldwork, held in Dubois County. All of these recordings are held by the Archives of Traditional Music, Indiana University.

GL009	7/16/81	Millard Barger	Paragon	fiddle
GL010	7/23/81	James Atkinson	Lebanon to Indianapolis	fiddle; piano	traditional; ragtime
GL011	7/17/81	Ken Smelser & Mousey Wininger	Paoli	fiddle; piano
GL012	1981	Ken Smelser	Paoli	fiddle
GL013*	08/05/81	Gus's Gang: Senior Citizens dance at the Huntingburg Youth Center	Huntingburg	dance band
GL014*	8/10/81	Powell Cummings & Ken Smelser	Cuzco; Paoli	fiddle
GL015*	8/12/81	The Satkamp Family: Senior Citizens dance at the Huntingburg Youth Center	Stendahl	dance band; square dance	Anglo-American; German
GL016*	8/15/81	Walter & Brian Seitz	Dubois	fiddle; banjo; country
GL017*	8/15/81	Herb Wenning & Family	Portersville	fiddle; dance calls	Anglo-American; German
GL018*	8/15/81	Fiddle Contest at Haysville Somerfest: Herb Wenning; Sharon Wenning; Hoyt ---; &c.	Dubois County	fiddle
GL019*	8/15/81	Louise & the Country Gentlemen: dance at Haysville Somerfest	Dubois County	dance band	Anglo-American; German
GL020*	9/??/81	Walter Zuercher	Berne	accordion; music box	Swiss
GL021*	9/26/81	Harold Haug	Ferdinand	fiddle	Anglo-American; German
GL022*	09/26/81	Joe Witzberger & the Rhythmaires: Wedding Anniversary Dance in St. Henry	Ferdinand	mandolin; dance band	Anglo-American; German
GL023	1981	Everett 'Smoky' Morgan	Eckerty	fiddle
AF068	1981	Lotus & Cyprien Dickey at home: tunes recorded by David A. Brose	Paoli	fiddle
AF069	1981	Cyprien & Lotus Dickey at home: songs recorded by David A. Brose	Paoli	folksongs; vernacular songs
GL024	11/19/81	Lotus Dickey: concert at IU Fine Arts Auditorium (for Folklore classes)	Paoli	fiddle; folksongs; original songs
GL026	11/27/81	Ken Smelser with Brad Leftwich	Paoli; Bloomington	fiddle

My PhD dissertation ended up focusing on social dance, and the relationship between the square dance and polka revival communities in a northern Indiana rural district. It could have gone differently, as Midwestern fiddling was an equally intriguing topic. The next set of recording events is dominated by dissertation research, but also shows the growing impact of Lotus Dickey, spanning my move to Chicago in 1986.

GL044	07/11/82	Buck Creek Bluegrass: square dance at Virgil Fulford's barn in Hindustan	Hindustan, Monroe County	square dance; bluegrass
GL031	7/26/82	Ervin Williams	Oxford	fiddle
IH307	9/18/83	Hoagland Oktoberfest (Sunday): Maumee Valley Polka Band; Sound of the Sorgenbrecher	Napoleon, Ohio; Detroit	dance band	German / polka
IH308	10/9/83	Hoagland Grape Fest at Quixote Hills: Maumee Valley Polka Band (sponsored by Hoagland Volunteer Fire & EMS)	Napoleon, Ohio; Defiance, Ohio	dance band	German / polka
IH309	9/20/85	Hoagland Oktoberfest (Friday): Bavarian Brass	Defiance, Ohio	dance band	German / polka
IH310	9/21/85	Hoagland Oktoberfest (Saturday): The Echoes; Maumee Valley Polka Band	Warren, Michigan;	dance band	German / polka
IH311	9/22/85	Hoagland Oktoberfest (Sunday): Sound of the Sorgenbrecher; Bavarian Brass	Detroit; Defiance, Ohio	dance band	German / polka
IH312	1985	Hoagland Hayloft Reunion: Adventure Music with Al Vachon (caller)	Hoagland, Fort Wayne	square dance band	traditional; vernacular
GL043	1985	Wright Brothers: At Springs Valley High School in French Lick	French Lick to Carmel	country band
GL034	1986	Lotus Dickey: On Music Down Home with Paul Tyler & Bob Lucas	Paoli, Bloomington	fiddle; folksongs; original songs
GL035	1986-87	Lotus Dickey & Paul Tyler: Orange County Fiddle Tune Project	Paoli, Bloomington	fiddle
GL037	1986-87	Lotus Dickey: miscellaneous folksongs recorded by Pat Mahaffee and Paul Tyler	Paoli	fiddle; folksongs; original songs
GL039	c1982c	Lotus Dickey: Greatest Hits (home recording)	Paoli	fiddle; folksongs; original songs
GL038	5/19/87	Cyprien Dickey & Lotus Dickey	Paoli	fiddle
GL036	1988	Lotus Dickey: Lotus Dickey's Original Songs (home recording)	Paoli	fiddle; folksongs; original songs
GL042	6/4/1988	Mefford Scott &c.: Raleigh Community Club saturday night dance	Raleigh	square dance; dance band	traditional; swing
GL040	4/6/1989	Lotus Dickey with Dickey's Disciples: recording session at the Old Town School of Folk Music	Paoli; Chicago	fiddle
IH313-316, IH318-323	1985-88	various participants	interviews at home near Hoagland, Indiana
IH317	5/20/1988	Al Vachon	home visit	square dance caller	Anglo-American; French
IH324	6/18/1988	Marvin Scheumann	home visit	former musician
IH325	6/19/1988	Amos Kline	home visit	venue operator
IH326	6/19/1988	Norvin 'Snorty' Bultemeier	home visit near Decatur, Indiana	event producer

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Folk Arts Survey of Central & Southern Illinois

Eastern Illinois University School of Fine Arts, 1983 & 1991-92

Original recordings made by Paul Tyler and fieldwork associate John Holliday are in Tarble Arts Center at EIU in Charleston. A small selection of recordings were dubbed for DrDosido's personal collection. A double asterisk (**) marks recordings not held by DrDosido.

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ID#	Date	Event/Artist	Hometown	Instrument	Style / Ethnicity
**	7/6/1983	The Merry Melodeers: Cecil Terneus & Rowena Mears	Decatur	fiddle & piano	pop songs
**	7/8/1983	Veston Hatfield & Estol "Buss" Hazelbaker	Muncie	fiddle & guitar	traditional
GL104	7/17/ & 9/10/1983	Sunday service & choir rehearsal at St Johns Missionary Baptist Church: Rev. James Rice & Olivia Glass	Decatur	worship service; choir	Afro-American
GL101	7/18/1983	Mervin "Skeet" Evans & Kenny Williams w/ Arlin Dietz	Decatur, Shelbyville	old time songs; fiddle
**	7/19/1983	Church of God Camp Meeting at Camp Warren. With Joe Page & others.	Decatur	worship service; Gospel	Anglo-American
**	7/20/1983	Nellie & Bill Berry	Maroa	piano & harmonica	popular & traditional
**	7/28/1983	Joe Page's Band (at Hank's Stonewood Inn)	Decatur	fiddle & guitar	country
**	7/29/1983	Wayne Carter's Band (at Nick of Time)	Decatur	keyboards	jazz; blues
**	7/30/1983	Country jam session in Potomac town park	Potomac	guitar &c.	country
**	7/31/1983	Mason Temple Church of God in Christ	Danville	Gospel	Afro-American
**	7/31/1983	Bluegrass jam at Kickapoo State Park with Lawrence "Farmer" Stultz & others	Danville	fiddle; banjo; &c.	bluegrass
GL106	8/13/1983	Cecil Polley - recorded by John Holliday	Witt	fiddle
GL107	8/18/1983	Archie Smothers - recorded by John Holliday	Pana	fiddle
GL109	8/1/1983	Raymond Massey	Camargo	ballads & folksongs
GL103	9/7/1983	Mervin 'Skeet' Evans with Linda Dust	Shelbyville	ballads; folksongs
**	9/8/1983	Music party with Millard Meeks, Jerry Hardiman & others.	Camargo	guitar &c.	country
**	9/10/1983	Hank & Mike Haynes	Decatur	tenor banjo; guitar	Irish songs; folk songs
GL102	9/10/1983	Bill Rutherford (caller) & Glenn Abbott (fiddle): Square dance at LaPlace Community Hall	Decatur, Mattoon	square dance; fiddle
GL105	9/11/1983	Robert Valentine; Jim Smith	Monticello	fiddle
GL108	9/12/1983	Charles Keele	Westville	fiddle
**	9/12/1983	Tennessee Street Travelers with Bill & Twylla Wadhams, also Jim Mitchell & Allen Wait	Danville	guitar &c.	Bluegrass Gospel
**	9/25/1983	Country jam session at the Murdock Village Hall with Clarence Ingram, Randy Bartlett & others	Murdock	fiddle; guitar; &c.	country
**	9/25/1983	Andy Symanski's Band	Danville	fiddle; &c.	swing; popular
**	9/25/1983	Abundant Life Tabernacle	Danville	Gospel	Afro-American
GL110	1983	Illinois fiddlers recorded by John Holiday: Cecil Polley; Arlin Dietz; Archie Smothers; & c.	various	fiddle
GL111	11/24/1991	Jim Hoiles	Greenville	fiddle
GL114	12/14/1991	Illinois Fiddler's Association meeting in Shelbyville	various	fiddle
GL115	2/7/1992	Johnny Barnhart	Sorrento	fiddle
GL116	2/10/1992	Tom McElroy	Tower Hill	fiddle
GL117	2/10/1992	Ernest Ringo	Shelbyville	fiddle

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Ethnic Dance Music in Indiana

Indiana Arts Commission grant, 1986-87

Recordings in Archives of Traditional Music, Indiana University.

ID#	Date	Event/Artist	Hometown	Instrument	Style / Ethnicity
IH201	10/11/1986	Dance at the Sunset Hall in Fort Wayne: Los Casadores; Los Gorionceros [sp?]	Marion	accordion; bajo sexto &c.	dance / Tejano
IH202	11/1/1986	Bill Skimos Band: Macedonian Ball at Shrine Auditorium	Fort Wayne	clarinet, accordion &c.	dance / Macedonian
IH203	11/8/1986	Milan Opacich with the Drina Orchestra: at the Old Mill Restaurant in Merrillville	Schererville	prim, brac &c.	tamburitza / Serbian & Croatian
IH204	12/6/1986	Bill Skimos	Fort Wayne	interview	Macedonian
IH205	12/6/1986	Justus III: Hoagland Country Club dance at U.A.W. Hall in Fort Wayne	Fort Wayne	electric guitar, keyboard &c.	square dance
IH206	1/31/1987	Vietnamese New Year's: Loi Tran Vu Hien; Ngo Nguyen &c.	Fort Wayne	vocals, keyboard &c.	Vietnamese
IH207	2/10/1987	Dan Danilovich & youth folk dance group at St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Church	Calumet City, Illinois; Merrillville	interview; dance rehearsal	Serbian
IH208	3/1/1987	Orchestra Balkan: Dance at S/S Peter & Paul Macedonian Orthodox Church	Gary	accordion &c.	dance / Macedonian
IH209	3/26/1987	Star Serenaders: At the Golden Shell in Chicago	Hammond	brac; bugarija &c.	tamburitza / Serbian & Dalmatian
IH210	4/19/1987	Performance at S/S Peter & Paul in Gary: Ljupko Milensovic with Balkanske Igre folk dance troupe	Chicago	kaval, guida & accordion	South Slavic
IH211	4/19/1987	Pelister: Dance at S/S Peter & Paul in Gary	Waukegan, Illinois	accordion &c.	dance / Macedonian
IH212	4/20/1987	Jerry Kurdys' Polka Party: Radio show & dance for Dyngus Day at Mike Berta's Place	South Bend	accordion &c.	dance; polka / Polish
IH213	4/24/1987	Neo Kyma (New Wave): Dance at S/S Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Merrillville	Addison, Illinois (event in Merrillville, Indiana)	keyboards, bouzouki &c.	dance / Greek
IH214	4/24/1987	Star Serenaders: At Marvin's in Highland	Hammond	brac; bugarija &c.	tamburitza / Serbian & Dalmatian
IH215	5/24/1987	United Serbs: Dance at St. Elijah's Serbian Orthodox Church in Crown Point	Caumet City, Illinois	accordion, keyboard &c.	dance / Serbian
IH216	11/29/1987	Steve Deanovich	Hammond	interview	Serbian & Dalmatian

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Folk Arts Survey of Waukegan & Zion, Illinois

David Adler Cultural Center, 1987 & 1990

Original recordings at DACC in Libertyville, Illinois. A small selection of recordings were dubbed for DrDosido's personal collection. A double asterisk (**) marks recordings not held by DrDosido.

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ID#	Date	Event/Artist	Hometown	Instrument	Style / Ethnicity
**	5/15/1987	Julie Weakley with Just the Three of Us	Waukegan	brac, bugarija & bass	tamburitza / Croatian
GL118	5/16/1987	El Conjunto Fortuna; Tropical del Valle: El Gran Baile	Waukegan	acordeon, bajo sexto &c.; keyboards, saxophone &c.	Musica Norteña / Tejano; Mexican
**	5/17/1987	Jane Gregorin Bena  with Waukegan Midwest Polka Showcase: At Vy's Yellow Bird in Antioch	Waukegan (event in Antioch)	button box accordions, saxophone &c.	polka / Slovenian
**	5/22/1987	Jerry Emerzian	Waukegan	oud, dumbek	Armenian
**	5/24/1987	St. Nicholas Serbian Church youth folk dance groups in Merrillville, Indiana	Waukegan	folk dance	Serbian
GL119	5/27/1987	Raymond Podboy	Waukegan	button box accordion	Slovenian
**	6/9/1987	Bill Jereb with Slovenic Home Choral Society	Waukegan	vocal	Slovenian
GL120	6/11/1987	Don Adams	Wadsworth	caller	old-time
EF140	6/12/1987	Arvid Anderson	Waukegan	accordion	Norwegian
GL121	6/17/1987	Warren Lauer	Wildwood	accordion, harmonica	old-time
**	6/28/87	Stanley Assee with the Mellotones Steel Band	Waukegan	steel pans	Afro-Caribbean
**	7/28/1987	Osmo Puistolahti with Sibelius Male Chorus	Gurnee	vocal & guitar	Finnish
GL122	8/1/1987	Trini Esparza El Conjunto Fortuna	Waukegan	acordeon, bajo sexto &c.	Tejano (Norteña)
**	8/4/1987	Lilia Briones * with Ballet Folklorico de San Jose	Waukegan	folk dance	Mexican
GL123	8/9/1987	Mellotones Steel Band; Filipino American Association dancers at Waukegan Lakefront Festival	Waukegan	steel pans; folk dance	Afro-Caribbean; Filipino
GL124	10/1/1987	Jerry Emerzian	Waukegan	oud	Armenian
GL125	11/1/1987	Emil Swanson	Zion	mandolin, fiddle	old-time
**	1990	Trini Esparza con Los Ecos del Norte: recorded by Juan Dies	Waukegan	bajo sexto, vocal	musica nortena / Tejano
**	1990	unnamed performer: recorded by Juan Dies	Zion	vocals	Hindustani
GL132	1990	John Campbell	Zion	Afro-American	piano blues

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Old-Time Fiddling in Wyoming

Wyoming Arts Foundation, 1987

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ID#	Date	Event/Artist	Hometown	Instrument	Style / Ethnicity

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Miscellaneous Grants

Some projects produced field recordings. Others resulted in historical documentation and analysis.

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ID#	Artist	Summary/Comment
Southern Illinois University Museum & Urban Traditions, "Folk and Ethnic Arts: A Statewide Survey," 1984. Fieldworker in three rural communities. Reported on visual arts. (See A Feeling for Life: Cultural Identity, Community and the Arts, by Margy McClain, 1988.)
Folklorist-in-Residence at Morton East High School, Cicero, Illinois, 1993. Advised teachers on using folk arts in curriculum. Organized ethnic arts folk festival.
no ID#	Cicero Concertina Circle	In March 1993, I visited a Friday night session of a loosely organized group of Polish concertinists (Chemnitzer-style) that met in a Cicero Park District fieldhouse. No recording was made.
GL172	Bohemian-American Concertina Club	On 3/18/1993, I recorded the regular Friday night rehearsal of this community orchestra that has been in existence since the turn of the 20th century. (I was also given a recording of uncertain provenance of the ensemble giving a public performance.)
Indiana Heritage Research Fellowship, Indiana Committee for the Humanities, 1997. “A Retrospective on Traditional Fiddling in Indiana” for Indiana Fiddlers Gathering, Inc. "A Classified and Annotated Inventory of Written Sources" containing 293 items.
Weinburg Fellowship for Independent Scholars, Newberry Libray, Chicago, 1998. “A History of Traditional Fiddling in the Old Northwest: Analysis of Select 19th and 20th Century Tune Collections.”
Producer/Folklorist for Illinois Humanities Council, Chicago, 2002-05 Folk Songs of Illinois #2: Fiddlers, a CD and booklet in a series distributed by University of Illinois Press. Also consulted on #1 and #3 in the series.
GL201	various	Studio sessions with Chirps Smith & Stephanie Coleman; Liz Carroll; Mary Allsopp; Polish Highlanders; & Sones de Mexico
GL202	Artie P. Crowder	Obtained copy of recording made by Ron Brown at his home in Harvey, Illinois in 1977.
GL203	various	Obtained copies of selected recordings made by Garry Harrison of Charleston, Illinois, circa 1976.
GL205-206	Harvey "Pappy" Taylor& Noah Beavers	Obtained copies of 1977 & 1979 recordings from the Tarble Arts Center at Eastern Illinois University.
GL207	Marti Kapugi	Interviewed at his home in Chicago in 2005 about the Kapugi Brothers Tamburitza orchestra, and especially violinists Bela Balog and Mel Dokich.
GL208	Don Peterson	Interviewed by telephone in his home in Paxton, Illinois about Swedish Music in Chicago. Obtained demo recording from the Nordic Cowboys.
GL209	Henry Hall	Obtained copy of 1953 recording in the David McIntosh Collection from the Museum at Southern Illinois University.
EF200	Anita Olsen	Interviewed by telephone in her home in Oak Park about Swedish ensemble that included her father Sigurd Olsen and fiddler John Sens. Eventually obtained copies of recordings made by Tyler Wilson in 1974 & 1975.
EF211	Kerry Nyen	Interviewed by telephone in his home in Belvidere, Illinois about the music of his family. Obtained cassette album: Nyen's Nordic Band . . . Plays Old Time Music.
Field researcher for Starr-Gennett Foundation, 2005. Gathered oral histories of musicians who recorded at Gennett Records studios in the early 1930s and of former employees of Starr Piano Company in Richmond, Indiana.
GL215	Robert Hilbert	Interviewed at his home in Eaton, Ohio. Obtained copies of 78 phonodiscs he had recorded with Wing's Rocky Mountain Ramblers in 1934 (AO350).
HT209	Hoyt "Slim" Bryant	Interviewed via telephone hookup at his home in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Obtained copies of 78 phonodiscs he had recorded with Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats in 1933.
Field Researcher for Smithsonian Folklife Center/Old Town School of Folk Music, 2005-06. Interviews and planning for “Latino Music in Chicago,” leading to performances, exhibitions and interpretations as part of Nuestra Música at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, 2006.
GL218	Juan Dies	Interviewed at the Old Town School of Folk Music about his role in starting the La Peña concert series in the 1990s and establish the ensemble Sones de Mexico.
GL219	Victor Pichardo; Pedro Gomez; Henry Roa	Interviewed at home or at the Old Town School of Folk Music about their parts in Sones de Mexico, the local mariachi scene and family music, and Ballet Folklorico de Chicago.
Music and History Researcher & Consultant, 2004 & 2007-08. For The Hayloft Gang: The Story of the WLS National Barn Dance, an independently produced video documentary broadcast on WTTW-Chicago and the Public Broadcasting Service.
Master-Apprentice Program, Illinois Arts Council. 2014 & 2015. Old-Time Dance Fiddling with apprentice Judy Higgins.
Master-Apprentice Program, Illinois Arts Council. 2018. Old-Time Square Dance Calling with apprentice Kolleen Blume.

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A Report on 50 Years of Indiana Folk Music, 1938-1988

Archives of Traditional Music

Summer Repository Research Fellowship, Institute of Advanced Studies, Indiana University-Bloomington, 2016.

From the ATM's holdings, I indexed and mapped 283 collections of folk music made in Indiana over the course of a half century. It starts with Alan Lomax's visit in 1938, the earliest collection with sound recordings. It stops with DrDosido's collections made in the late 1980s. A review of IU's library catalog displays a curious shift in collections deposited in the ATM by folklore and ethnomusicology graduate students. Interest in local music traditions apparently waned in favor of documenting other global musics. Based on personal interactions with recent graduate students, there are some signs that point to a re-emerging interest in local music-making.

The following roster lists collections for which I have sample recordings. They are grouped by demographics: Anglo-American, European Ethnic and Minority Ethnic. Within each group, they are listen chronologically. The following roster shows little from the 1980s. The last years of the half century indexed are mostly collections by David A. Brose (uncatalogued to date) and by DrDosido. The former are listed above.

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Anglo-American

ID#	Year	Artist	Collector	Hometown	Style / Ethnicity
IH-402	1938	Thomas Bryant;	Alan Lomax Collection - English (Lomax 38c)	various	ballads & folksongs; fiddle
IH-423	1941	various	Herbert Halpert Collection (Halpert 41)	various	folksongs; bawdy songs
IH-416	1949	Hammy Hinkle & Dale McClung	Joseph Raben Collection (Raben 49)	Bloomington	fiddle
IH-421	1955	Homer Arthur; Metford Willingham; Lee Watkins	Richard Castner Collection (Castner 55)	Monroe County	fiddle
IH-422	1956	South Family; Jimmy Campbell;	Guthrie Meade Collection (Meade 56)	Dolan
IH-415	1957	Shelby Thompson	Robert Black Collection (Black 57)	Bloomington	folksongs
IH-405	1960	Thurman Percifield; Lucinda Rhodes; Eudora Kelly; &c	Donald Winkelman Collection (Winkelman 60)	Brown County	folksongs; fiddle tunes; square dance
IH-408	1960	Harriet Hyden	Jerry Kline Collection (Kline 60)	Ellettsville	folksongs; guitar
IH-434	1960	C. Robert Keppel	Jerome Wenker Collection (Wenker 60)	Monroe County	folksongs
IH-407	1962	Roger Richardson	Judy McCulloh Collection (McCulloh 62b)	Martinsville	fiddle
IH-410	1962	Bill Turpin; Joybells Gospel Quartet; Eugene McCoslin; &c	Bruce Jackson Collection (Jackson 62b)	Michigan City	country; gospel
IH-413	1962	Roger Richardson	Judy McCulloh Collection (McCulloh 62c)	Martinsville	fiddle
IH-418	1962	Eddie Crum; Sam McGuire	Judy McCulloh Collection (McCulloh 62a)	Harrodsburg	fiddle; folksongs
AF-033	1962-64	Ella Parker; Anna Underhill; Oscar Parks; Virgil Sandage	Art Rosenbaum Collection (Rosenbaum 61-64]	multiple	ballads & folksongs
IH-437	1962-76	Bernard Lee, Loren Parker & Pat Dunford	Pat Dunford Collection 1962-76 (Dunford - Indiana)	multiple	fiddle; banjo; ballads & folksongs
IH-412	1963	Sister Grace Hillenberg; Elder Frank Quillen	Bruce Jackson Collection (Jackson 63)	Bloomington	gospel
AF-030	1963-66	John W. Summers	Art Rosenbaum Collection (Rosenbaum 66)	Wabash County	fiddle
AF-031	1964	Vern Smelser	Art Rosenbaum Collection (Rosenbaum 64)	Paoli	ballads & folksongs
AF-032	1964	Ken Smelser	Art Rosenbaum Collection (Rosenbaum 64)	Paoli	fiddle
IH-438	1964	Rev. W.W. Cissna	Rev. W.W. Cissna Collection (Cissna 64)	Warrocl	hymns
IH-420	1971	Hector Phillips; Tony Rothrock; Ed Riley; Albert Swain; &c	Ed Riley Collection (Riley 71)	Pike County	fiddle
IH-435	1972	Alva May; Luther May; Harry Baker	John Ream Collection (Ream 72)	Smithville	fiddle, mandolin
IH-424	1974-75	W.E. Fisher	Robert Cogswell-Gary Stanton Collection (Cogswell 75)	Bedford	fiddle
IH-440	1975	Zion Hill Assembly of God; Trinity Pentacostal; Rev. Curtis;	Paula Tadlock & Meryl Gordon Collection (Tadlock 75)	Dubois County	gospel
IH-425	1981	Lena Watson & Nellie Martin; George Williamson & Mabel Damron; &c	Mary Hufford Collection (Hufford 81)	multiple	gospel, country, fiddle

European Ethnic

IH-403	1938	Josephine Caney; Doyle Joyce & chorus; Leah McCoy Maille	Alan Lomax Collection - French (Lomax 38b)	Vincennes	folksongs / French
IH-404	1938	Joni Easch & Elias F. Bontrager	Alan Lomax Collection - Amish (Lomax 38c)	Goshen	hymns / German
IH-433	1951	Georgia Tarsouli	George Herzog Collection (Herzog 51)	Bloomington	lullabies; folksongs / Greek
IH-401	1952-53	various	Harriet Munn Collection (Munn 52)	various	Multi-ethnic
IH-442	1953	Rose Valley; &c.	Alfred Pouinard Collection (Pouinard 53)	Vincennes	folksongs / French
IH-414	1960	Mrs. William Hamilton	John McGinnis Collection (McGinnis 60a)	Columbus	folksongs / German
IH-411	1961	Mallah Mordah & Grace Nefouse	Bruce Jackson Collection (Jackson 61)	Indianapolis	Sephardic songs / Jewish
IH-406	1966	Kastorians; Elizabeth Dioff; Rev. & Mrs. Boris Georgiev	Peter Gold Collection (Gold 66)	Crown Point; Indianapolis	dance music / Macedonian; Bulgarian
IH-417	1975	David Shaftman; Nathan Shaftman; Dick Stafford; Sam Horowitz	Rebecca Shaftman Collection (Shaftman 75)	Indianapolis	sacred songs / Jewish
IH-432	1975	New Lituanus Band; Lithuanian Student Choral Group	Elena Bradunas Collection: Banquet of Lithuanian Hunters and Fisherman (Bradunas 75)	Lake County	choral songs; dance band / Lithuanian
EF-015	1976	The Drina Band	Richard March [March 76]	Gary	Tamburitza
EF-016	1976	Linda Pappas & the Trio	Richard March [March 76]	Gary	Greek
IH-436	1976	Mini-Tones	John Hasse Collection (Hasse 76b)	Lake County	dance band / Greek

Minority Ethnic

IH-443	1960	Inez Maria Fonseca; &c	Mike Lieber Collection: Brazilian, Persian (Lieber 60)	Bloomington	folksongs / Brazilian
IH-428	1962	Traveling Inner Lights	Art Rosenbaum Collection (Rosenbaum 62a)	Indianapolis	gospel / Afro-American
IH-444	1965	unknown	Frank Gillis Collection: Powwow (Gillis 65)	multiple	Powwow / American Indian
IH-409	1966	Yank Rachell & Shirley Griffith	Neil Rosenberg Collection (Rosenberg 66)	Indianapolis	blues / Afro-American
IH-426	1966	Iron Eyes Cody & Iron Eyes Cody, Jr.; Robideaux Boys; &c	Gerald Johnson Collection: Gary Powwow (Johnson 66)	multiple	pow-wow / American Indian
IH-427	1968	United Male Chorus	Richard Dorson Collection: preliminary Gary Project (Dorson 68)	Gary	Gospel / Afro-American
IH-439	1970	Rev. E.D. Butler; Second Baptist Church	Rev. E.D. Butler Collection (Butler 70)	Monroe County	gospel
IH-429	1974	Yank Rachell & Shirley Griffith	Robert Cogswell-John Hasse Collection: concert at Indiana University (Cogswell 74)	Indianapolis	Blues / Afro-American
IH-431	1974	Helen Hartfield; & congregation; & choir	John Hasse Collection: Mercy Mission broadcasts and choir rehearsal (Hasse 74)	Bloomington	gospel / Afro-American
IH-430	1976	various	John Hasse Collection: Afro-American gospel (Hasse 76a) - excerpts from 76-133-B/F]	various	Gospel / Afro-American
IH-441	1976	various	Phyllis May & Jean Kaplan Collection (May 76)	Indianapolis	jump rope rhymes / Afro-American

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