Vermont Folklife
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Title
Vermont Folklife
Description
Primary source materials incorporated into lesson plans created by Vermont Folklife for the Teaching with Folk Sources: Counter(ing) Narratives to the American Story with Ethnographic and Oral History Collections project.
Includes items drawn from the collections of the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress and the Vermont Folklife Archive.
Includes items drawn from the collections of the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress and the Vermont Folklife Archive.
Collection Items
Recorded Song - "Woodsman's Alphabet"
Sound recording of the American folk song, "The Woodsman's Alphabet" performed by Buck Heath and recorded by Jane Beck and John Miller.
Recorded Song - Lester Fairbanks "Jam at Jerry's Rock"
Sound recording of the American folk song, "Jam at Jerry's Rock" performed by Lester Fairbanks and recorded by Margaret MacArthur.
Manuscript - "Marlboro Medley"
Song text manuscript of "The Marlboro Medley" composed by the unnamed brother of Stephen Greenleaf of Marlboro, Vermont and inscribed in 1787. Donated to the Vermont Folklife Archive by Margaret MacArthur in 2004.
Recorded Song - Migmar Tsering "Yamdrok Yumtso ("Cranes")"
Sound recording of Tibetan traditional song, "Yamdrok Yumtso ("Cranes")" performed by Migmar Tsering.
Interview Excerpt - Migmar Tsering "It’s an everyday thing"
Audio and text excerpt from an interview with Migmar Tsering. Migmar describes memories of dancing in his home village in Tibet.
Interview Excerpt - Migmar Tsering "Singing while at work"
Audio and text excerpt from an interview with Migmar Tsering. Migmar tells a story of singing while working at a new job soon after relocating to Vermont, and the impact it had on his career.
Interview Excerpt - Migmar Tsering "In every work of life there is a song"
Audio and text excerpt from an interview with Migmar Tsering, Migmar describes the important role of song in Tibetan culture.
Interview Excerpt - Migmar Tsering "Being Tibetan in Vermont"
Audio and text excerpt from an interview with Migmar Tsering. Migmar describes his feelings about upholding Tibetan culture while raising a family in Vermont.
Interview Excerpt - Migmar Tsering "A Tibetan-Vermonter"
Audio and text excerpt from an interview with Migmar Tsering. Migmar describes his perspective on identifying as a "Tibetan-Vermonter."
Manuscript - "O Canada"
Song text from VFC1998-0007 Martha Pellerin Collection. MS2008-3095-013 Irma Labonté Songbook 1 of 1. Pp. 31-33.