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Primary source materials from the American Folklife Center of the Library of Congress incorporated into lesson plans created by Folksources partners.
Collection Items
Spring thaw in farmland near Woodstock, Vermont
Two images of mud season, or mud time, in Vermont. Image of a muddy road with wheel ruts and snow on the ground (LC-USF33- 030898-M3 [P&P] LOT 1238). Image of a man standing in a flooded field beside a muddy, rutted dirt road (LC-USF33- 030899-M4…
A survey of Lake Champlain, including Lake George, Crown Point, and St. John
1776 map of Lake Champlain. Library of Congress Geography and Map Division.
Coos County, New Hampshire. Cutting ice on the Ottaquetchee River
Image of a man cutting ice with an ice saw. Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
Quebec and Lake Saint-John Railway, Canada
Two images from the Quebec and Lake Saint-John Railway, Canada Collection by the Livernois Photography Studio of Quebec City - Quebec and Lake Saint-John Railway: Hudson's Bay Company Post, Metabetchouan River (LCCN 2021670841) and Quebec and Lake…
Horse-drawn sled with vat of sap from maple sugar trees, which is boiled down to maple syrup. Frank Shurtleff farm, North Bridgewater, Vermont
Image of people and a dog walking beside a horse-drawn sleid transporting a wooden vat of maple sap. Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
Woodstock, Vermont. March, 1940. Town meeting
Two images from the Woodstock, Vermont. March, 1940. Town meeting photographic series by Marion Post Wolcott (LCC 2004678248). Townspeople eating lunch during noon recess of town meeting. Woodstock, Vermont (LC-USF34- 053252-D [P&P]) and Untitled…
Children. Colored children in May pole dance V
Image of a group of Black children performing a maypole dance. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Harmful Langauge Statement:The title used to identify this item in Folk Sources is the original title assigned to it by the Library of…
One-room schoolhouse closed for the summer. Bristol Notch, Vermont.
Image of a one room school house that has closed for the summer. Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
Hay harvest near Lincoln, Vermont
Image of a farmer in a field with a team of horses pausing to pose for photograph while cutting hay, July 1940. Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
Early in the Morning
Sound recording of the song, "Early in the Morning" performed by Victor Marinetti (guitar) and Art Baratono (mandolin) on September 24, 1938 in Lake Linden, Michigan. Recorded by Alan Lomax. Part of the Alan Lomax Collection of Michigan and Wisconsin…