The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #102392   Message #2076186
Posted By: Severn
13-Jun-07 - 05:38 PM
Thread Name: Folklore: Lumberjacks, Voyagers and Traders
Subject: RE: Folklore: Lumberjacks, Voyagers and Traders
Speaking as a US resident:

Another book is "Joe Scott The Woodsman-Songmaker (Univ. Of Illinois Press 1978) by Edward D. Ives. Here, Maine folklorist Sandy Ives concentrates on one individual along with an overview of lumber camp singing.

Check out the bibliographies of any of the mentioned books, the Canadian collections of Edith Fowke and Hellen Creighton, and try to access the folksong collections in the libraries of any State or Province University library in the US or Canada.

The Folkways/Smithsonian Folkways catalog keeps all its recordings in print available for custom order. Some good ones are:

Ellen Sreckart-"Songs Of A New York Lumberjack" (Folkways 2354)
"Wolf River Songs-Recorded In The Wisconsin Lumber Camps" (Folkways 4001)
....and recordings by the likes of O.J. Abbott, Sandy Ives and Alan Mills and others.

Folk Legacy has albums by the likes of Tom Brandon (recommended!!)
Lawrence Older, Grant Rogers and others. Access their catalog.

Prestige International had an LP called "Ontario Ballads" from the Fowke collections w/ Abbott, Brandon and others.

Some Canadian Catters can probably help out on what Canadian recordings of the Fowke resordings and others are available.


Good luck!