UUS_folkcoll35b.xml Guide to the Barre Toelken sound recording collection1958-1979 Toelken (Barre) sound recording collection1958-1979 Finding aid created by Randy Williams, May 2006. Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008 Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives ©2008
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-11-07. Finding guide is in English in Latin script. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard, 2nd Edition) 2009 Template information was updated to reflect Archives West best practice guidelines. Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives Barre Toelken sound recording collection UUS_FOLK COLL 35b 17 cassette tapes and 4 reel-to-reel tapes .5 linear feet 1958-1979 Fieldwork cassette and reel-to-reel tape recordings made by Barre Toelken from 1958-1979, with the bulk consisting of folksongs and instrumental folk music. Collection materials are in English.

Open to public research. To access the collection a patron must have the following information: collection number, series number, sub-series number, if applicable, box number and folder number (or image number).

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Permission to publish material from the Barre Toelken sound recording collection must be obtained from the Curator of the Fife Folklore Archives and/or the Special Collections Department Head.

In the fall 2005, the materials in this collection were donated by Professor Barre Toelken to the Fife Folklore Archives .

Collection processed by Randy Williams, May 2005. Finding aid created by Randy Williams, May 2006; updated by Randy Williams, March 2012.

Barre Toelken sound recording collection, 1958-1979. (FOLK COLL 35b). Utah State University. Special Collections and Archives Department.

Barre Toelken (director of Utah State University's Folklore Program, 1985-2002) conducted fieldwork throughout his active folklore career from 1954 to the present. Much of that fieldwork was documented through images: slides and photographs.

Collection organized by format: Cassette Tapes and Reel-to-Reel Tapes.

Fieldwork cassette and reel-to-reel tape recordings made by Barre Toelken from 1958-1979, with the bulk consisting of folksongs and instrumental folk music.

 Folk songs. Folk music. Folklore and Folklife Field recordings. Cassette Tapes The Irish Tradition (Three-piece band) recorded live by Barre Toelken at an Irish bar in Washington DC tape 1) No. 1 1975 December 60 minute cassette tape. 1 The Irish Tradition (three-piece band) recorded live by Barre Toelken at an Irish bar in Washington DC (tape 2) No. 2 1975 December 60 minute cassette tape. 1 The Irish Tradition (three-piece band) recorded live by Barre Toelken at an Irish bar in Washington DC (tape 3) No. 3 1975 December 60 minute cassette tape. 1 Field recording by Barre Toelken: "Music Party at Bernie Rasmussen's," Polson, MT (tape 1) No. 4 1979 July 22 90 minute cassette tape 1

Part of American Folklife Center fieldwork survey of Montana.

 Field recording by Barre Toelken: "Music Party at Bernie Rasmussen's," Polson, MT (tape 2) No. 5 1979 July 22 90 minute cassette tape 1

Part of American Folklife Center fieldwork survey of Montana.

 Field recording by Barre Toelken: Kevin Shannon, Irish Traditional Singer, Butte, MT (tape 1) No. 6 1979 July 90 minute cassette tape 1

Part of American Folklife Center fieldwork survey of Montana.

 Field recording by Barre Toelken: Kevin Shannon, Irish Traditional Singer, Butte, MT (tape 2) No. 7 1979 July 90 minute cassette tape 1

Part of American Folklife Center fieldwork survey of Montana.

 Field recording by Barre Toelken: Kevin Shannon, Irish Traditional Singer, Butte, MT (tape 3) No. 8 1979 July 90 minute cassette tape 1

Part of American Folklife Center fieldwork survey of Montana.

 Field recording by Barre Toelken: Father Sarsfield O'Sullivan, Irish Catholic Priest in Butte, MT (tape 1) No. 9 1979 July 90 minute cassette tape 1

Regarding the folklore of Irish immigrants in Butte and surrounding areas. Part of American Folklife Center fieldwork survey of Montana.

 Field recording by Barre Toelken: Father Sarsfield O'Sullivan, Irish Catholic Priest in Butte, MT (tape 2) No. 10 1979 July 90 minute cassette tape 1

Regarding the folklore of Irish immigrants in Butte and surrounding areas. Part of American Folklife Center fieldwork survey of Montana.

 Field recording by Barre Toelken: Father Sarsfield O'Sullivan, Irish Catholic Priest in Butte, MT (tape 3) No. 11 1979 July 90 minute cassette tape 1

Regarding the folklore of Irish immigrants in Butte and surrounding areas. Part of American Folklife Center fieldwork survey of Montana.

 Field recording by Barre Toelken: Father Sarsfield O'Sullivan, Irish Catholic Priest in Butte, MT (tape 4) No. 12 1979 July 90 minute cassette tape 1

Regarding the folklore of Irish immigrants in Butte and surrounding areas. Part of American Folklife Center fieldwork survey of Montana.

 Field recording by Barre Toelken: Hutterite of Turner, MT, singing (tape 1) No. 13 1979 July 90 minute cassette tape 1

Part of American Folklife Center fieldwork survey of Montana.

 Field recording by Barre Toelken: Hutterite of Turner, MT, singing (tape 2) No. 14 1979 July 90 minute cassette tape 1

Part of American Folklife Center fieldwork survey of Montana.

 Field recording by one of Barre Toelken's student: Pine Grove, Alabama Revival (tape 1) No. 15 1973 August 60 minute cassette tape 1

Given to Barre Toelken.

 Field recording by one of Barre Toelken's student: Pine Grove, Alabama Revival (tape 2) No. 16 1973 August 60 minute cassette tape 1

Given to Barre Toelken.

 Field recording by Roger Abrahams: "Deep Down in the Jungle" (texts) in book by same name No. 17 Undated 60 minute cassette tape 1

Given to Barre Toelken.

 Reel-to-Reel Tapes Blaine Stubblefield, folk songs (eastern and western), mostly from his father's collection No. 1 1960s 7 inch reel-to-reel. 2

Given to Barre Toelken by the Weiser, Idaho, Chamber of Commerce. [Item has been duplicated to CD]

Track List:

1. Introduction 2. Big Rock Candy Mountain 3. Erie Canal 4. Way Out in Idaho 5. Courting of the Male Birds 6. Skip to My Lou 7. Chamber of Commerce Commercial 8. Memorial to Blaine Stubblefield 9. Poem about Blane Stubblefield 10. Blaine Tells a Story 11. April 1960 Fiddle Festival: Final Performance Introduction 12. Kemo Kimo

 Old-Time Fiddlers Contest No. 2 1960s 7 inch reel-to-reel. 2

Given to Barre Toelken by the Weiser, Idaho, Chamber of Commerce. [Item has been duplicated to CD]

 Barre Toelken Field Collections of folk songs No. 3 1958-1960 7 inch reel-to-reel. 2

Also includes some of Jean Ritchie's Fieldwork in Scotland and Ireland and Joannie O'Bryant in the Ozark Mountains in the U.S.A.

 British Music Hall Songs No. 4 1960 7 inch reel-to-reel. 2

Given to Barre Toelken by Van Porter. (Duplicated from record).