The guiding light and the actual collector, the one who found the songs in Folksongs Out Of Wisconsin, was, as someone might have mentioned above but I'm not certain, Ms Helene Stratman Thomas.

In 1984 Judy Rose was the host of Wisconsin Public Radio's folk program called Simply Folk. She also put together an wondrous series of eleven programs that were called A WISCONSIN PATCHWORK. With Judy's expert knowledge of the collected material, these programs contained introductions for the recorded examples chosen that were absolutely mesmerizing!

If you can find these shows, you will be amazed at the quantity of different ethnic song types that were a real part of the Wisconsin landscape during Helene Stratman Thomas' collecting years.

Good luck!!

Art Thieme