Collection Creator:

Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Introduction:

Everyone in New Hampshire has a story to tell. When people think of a "storyteller" they often think of a polished performer with a repertoire of time-honored recitations, legends of the past, or tales of great imagination. But in New Hampshire, storytellers are often everyday people with a gift for language and a wealth of human experiences. They come from every walk of life - the logger down the road, the fellow you go snowmobiling with on the weekends, your co-worker at the woolen mill, or someone whose music you dance to at the town hall. During the research for New Hampshire's presentation at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, fieldworkers interviewed over 450 individuals practicing a variety of traditional musical forms, crafts, and cooking and occupational skills. All of them shared stories that warmed the heart - stories with lessons about the environment, the way the past teaches us about the future, and the importance of community values. The stories reflected the strong sense of individualism in New Hampshire as well as people's desire to work together toward a common goal. The heritage of the spoken word was celebrated in New Hampshire's Festival program, Celebrating New Hampshires Stories, but stories were also told through crafts, recipes, music and dance, and occupational skills. The "Music of New Hampshire" component of the program honored the musical heritage of Yankee, Franco American, Polish, Scottish, Irish, Jewish, African American, and Hispanic communities. The ''Home, Town, and Community" area focused on the cultural traditions that define New Hampshire's sense of place. Domestic and religious crafts and the important political heritage of New Hampshire - the community voice of town meeting and the national precedence of the first-in-the-country presidential primary - were explored in this area. "Ingenuity and Enterprise" examined the inventive nature of industry and small businesses in New Hampshire. The heritage of family-owned and community-based businesses and the way in which fine craftsmen network through guilds were presented. "Seasonal Work and Recreation" explored the cycle of the seasons and the love of the outdoors in New Hampshire, giving rise to the work culture and traditional crafts of recreation. "Farm, Forest, Mountain, and Sea" took a look at the occupations that have emerged from the state's diverse natural resources. Betty Belanus and Lynn Martin were Curators, and Arlene Reiniger was Program Coordinator. A Program Research Committee included: Michael Chaney, J.B. Cullen, Fred Dolan, Jim Garvin, Becky Lawrence, Gail McWilliam, and Melissa Walker. The program was produced with the New Hampshire Commission on the Smithsonian Folklife Festival and its non-profit affiliate Celebrate New Hampshire Culture in partnership with the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts, Department of Cultural Resources, and the State of New Hampshire. The presenting sponsor was Bell Atlantic. Other major sponsors included Fleet Bank NH; Healthsource New Hampshire, A CIGNA Healthcare Company; Public Service of New Hampshire; Sanders, A Lockheed Martin Company; Tyco International Ltd.; Fidelity Investments; Fisher Scientific International Inc.; and The Recording Industries Music Performance Trust Funds.

Researchers:

Jack Beard, Linda Bornstein, Tom Carroll, Deborah Cottrell, Martin Delgadillo, Kate Dodge, Sue Hawkins, Susan Jasse, Kathy Neustadt, Marjorie Goodson, Jill Linzee, Lynn Martin, Louis Mazzari, Rachel Mears, Linda Morely, Julien Olivier, Jessica Payne, Simon Phillips, Matt Pouliott, Fran Kessler Richardson, Andy Stewart, Audrey Sylvester, Josee Vachon, Eleanor Wachs, Quincy Whitney, Patryc Wiggins, Vermont Folklife Center

Presenters:

Jack Beard, Lynn Blye, Deborah Cottrell, J.B. Cullen, Kate Dodge, Burt Feintuch, Lynn Garland, Austin Graton, Sue Hawkins, John Hutton, Susan Jasse, Louis Mazzari, Kathy Neustadt, Julien Olivier, Dereck Owen, Diane Souther, Andy Stewart, Lucie Therrien, Matthew Thomas, Eleanor Wachs, Patryc Wiggins

Participants:

Musical Traditions Franco-American Music Elwin "Shorty" Boulet, bones player, Whitefield, New Hampshire Alan Coté, soirée singer, Auburn, New Hampshire Fabienne Coté, soirée singer, accordionist, Londonderry, New Hampshire Rick Coté, soirée singer, Londonderry, New Hampshire Rejeanne Letourneau, soirée singer, Rochester, New Hampshire Gary Pomerleau, fiddler, Rochester, New Hampshire Joe Pomerleau, fiddler, Rochester, New Hampshire Henry Riendeau, fiddler, Berlin, New Hampshire Larry Riendeau, fiddler, Berlin, New Hampshire Jeanne Trepanier, soirée singer, Rochester, New Hampshire Contra Dance Music OLD NEW ENGLAND -- OLD NEW ENGLANDBob McQuillen, pianist, Peterborough, New HampshireJane Orzechowski, fiddler, Newport, New HampshireDeanna Stiles, flautist, Deerfield, New Hampshire Mary DesRosiers, contra dance caller, Harrisville, New Hampshire Rodney Miller, fiddler, Antrim, New Hampshire David Millstone, contra dance caller, Lebanon, New Hampshire Sylvia Miskoe, accordionist, Concord, New Hampshire Francis Orzechowski, pianist, Newport, New Hampshire David Surette, guitarist, Portsmouth, New Hampshire Jordan Tirrell-Wysocki, fiddler, Canterbury, New Hampshire Harvey Tolman, fiddler, Nelson, New Hampshire Timm Triplett, pianist, Newmarket, New Hampshire Steve Zakon-Anderson, contra dance caller, Hancock, New Hampshire William Zecker, fiddler, guitarist, pianist, Durham, New Hampshire New England Barn Dance Fiddling & Calling TWO FIDDLES -- TWO FIDDLESDudley Laufman, fiddler, caller, Canterbury, New HampshireJacqueline Laufman, fiddler, Canterbury, New Hampshire Singing Squares David Bradley, bassist, Woodstock, New Hampshire Lester Bradley, guitarist, caller, Thornton, New Hampshire Scottish Piping & Dance NEW HAMPSHIRE SCHOOL FOR SCOTTISH ARTS, MANCHESTER -- NEW HAMPSHIRE SCHOOL FOR SCOTTISH ARTS, MANCHESTERMegan Marsh, step dancer, Manchester, New HampshireMaggie Meffen, step dancer, Manchester, New HampshireGordon Webster, bagpiper, Manchester, New HampshireLezlie Patterson Webster, bagpiper, Manchester, New Hampshire Irish Music & Dance Sarah Bauhan, flautist, Dublin, New Hampshire Regina Delaney, harpist, vocals, step and -- ceili -- dancer, Exeter, New Hampshire Michael Serpa, -- bodhran -- , whistle player, Ossipee, New Hampshire Jake Stewart, fiddler, Bow, New Hampshire Polish Music & Dance Daniel Blajda, fiddler, Manchester, New Hampshire Michael Oliszczak, fiddler, Manchester, New Hampshire Gary Sredzienski, accordionist, Greenland, New Hampshire Klezmer Music THE RAYMOND ST. KLEZMER BAND -- THE RAYMOND ST. KLEZMER BANDSandra Dickens, vocals, Nashua, New HampshireNelson Frisselle, percussionist, Manchester, New HampshireAlan Green, clarinetist, vocals, Nashua, New HampshireRuth Weiner Harris, accordionist, Hollis, New HampshireAlan Karlsberg, clarinetist, saxophonist, Nashua, New HampshireFrederick Malkin, pianist, vocals, Londonderry, New HampshireBruce Smith, bassist, Merrimack, New Hampshire African-American Gospel & Spirituals Wilmerlee Findlay, pianist, vocals, Amherst, New Hampshire Minister Lydia Mann, vocals, Manchester, New Hampshire Minister Olga Times, vocals, Nashua, New Hampshire Hispanic Music Bernardo Guzman, guitarist, vocals, Somersworth, New Hampshire Maria Guzman, vocals, Somersworth, New Hampshire Home, Town & Community Comfort in the Home Karen Cook, spinner, Grantham, New Hampshire Vivian Eastman, quilter, Glenn, New Hampshire Barbara Fisher, rug braider, Mt. Sunapee, New Hampshire Dona Larsen, Norwegian knitter, Berlin, New Hampshire Dorothy Towle, quilter, rug hooker, Intervale, New Hampshire Sandra Yacek, wreath maker, Milan, New Hampshire Wayne Yacek, gardener, toolmaker, Milan, New Hampshire Images of Community Andre Belanger, sign maker, Berlin, New Hampshire Jairo Gil, Colombian -- casa -- woodcarver, Manchester, New Hampshire Sara Glines, doll maker, Randolph, New Hampshire Our Shared Border - Franco-American Traditions Gerard Brunelle, woodcarver, Laconia, New Hampshire Albert Hamel, genealogist, Chester, New Hampshire Crafts of Worship & Celebration Marjorie "Moocho" Salomon, -- tallitot -- weaver, Bethlehem, New Hampshire Galina Tregubov, Russian Orthodox icon embroiderer, Claremont, New Hampshire Kung Tai Tsay, Chinese knot tier, Nashua, New Hampshire Community Voice – Political Traditions in New Hampshire Georgi Hippauf, Nashua, New Hampshire Donna Soucy, Manchester, New Hampshire Hearth & Home - Foodways Traditions Chrysanthe Nagios, Greek cook, Bedford, New Hampshire Rebecca Parker, Yankee cook, Randolph, New Hampshire Helen Pervanas, Greek cook, Bedford, New Hampshire Estelle Gamache Ross, Franco-American cook, Allenstown, New Hampshire Ingenuity & Enterprise League of New Hampshire Craftsmen Fred Dolan, decoy carver, Center Barnstead, New Hampshire Anne Winterling, rug hooker, Concord, New Hampshire Craft Guilds Omar Clairmont, furniture maker, Gilmanton, New Hampshire David Lamb, furniture maker, Canterbury, New Hampshire Russell Pope, blacksmith, Newmarket, New Hampshire Jonathan Siegel, furniture maker, Franklin, New Hampshire Hearts to God, Hands to Work - Shaker Crafts in New Hampshire Steve Allman, oval box maker, Canterbury, New Hampshire Barbara Beeler, oval box maker, Contoocook, New Hampshire Norma Badger George, poplar-ware maker, Concord, New Hampshire Rob Roy Robb, weaver, Laconia, New Hampshire Business & Community Arthur Andersop, loom maker, Harrisville Designs, Marlow, New Hampshire Terry Lontine, cooper, Spaulding & Frost, Newton, New Hampshire Polly Pinkham, firefighting suit maker, Globe Firefighting Suits, Northwood, New Hampshire Rob Roy Robb, weaver, Laconia, New Hampshire Business & Family Betty Blanchard, chair re-seater, Concord, New Hampshire Peter Blanchard, chair re-seater, Concord, New Hampshire Bob Taylor, welder, Alstead, New Hampshire Newt Washburn, ash basket maker, Bethlehem, New Hampshire Innovation & Invention Bill Latva, precision machinist, Sunapee, New Hampshire Charles Lawrence, Portsmouth, New Hampshire Naval Shipyard, Stratham, New Hampshire E.D. Miller, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Stratham, New Hampshire Dave Packard, precision machinist, Hillsboro, New Hampshire Adam Taylor, precision machinist, Claremont, New Hampshire Frank E. Wiggins, precision machinist, Guild, New Hampshire Seasonal Work & Recreation Weather Barry Keirn, Climate Change Research Center, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire Greg Zielinski, Glacier Research Group, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire Spring Tim Levesque, Appalachian Mountain Club, Jackson, New Hampshire Peter Limmer, III, hiking-boot maker, Intervale, New Hampshire Clare Long, Appalachian Mountain Club, Glen, New Hampshire Chris Thayer, Appalachian Mountain Club, Jackson, New Hampshire Summer Camp, New Hampshire Lynn Garland, children's activities, Brentwood, New Hampshire Lisa Kelly, children's activities, Westmoreland, New Hampshire Fall Mark Favorite, fly tier, Rochester, New Hampshire Fred Kretchman, rod maker, Nashua, New Hampshire David Price, gun builder, Contoocook, New Hampshire Jay Trayner, canoe builder, Warner, New Hampshire Winter Scott Barthold, snow-making technology, Sno.matic Controls and Engineering, Inc., Lebanon, New Hampshire Paul Doherty, snowmobiler, Gorham, New Hampshire Walter Blander, ski resort design, sno.engineering, Littleton, New Hampshire Ken Hammerle, ski resort design, sno.engineering, Littleton, New Hampshire George Lemerise, ski search and rescuer, Attitash Bear Peak, Jackson, New Hampshire Joel Nordholm, dog-sled maker, Tilton, New Hampshire Matthew Purcell, snow-making technology, Sno.matic Controls and Engineering, Inc., Lebanon, New Hampshire Henri Vallaincourt, snowshoe maker, Greenville, New Hampshire Bruno Vallieres, ski-slope groomer, Attitash Bear Peak, North Conway, New Hampshire Farm, Forest, Mountain & Sea Farming Richard Dionne, bee keeper, Hudson, New Hampshire Mary Ellen Hutchinson, maple sugaring, apple orchards, Canterbury, New Hampshire Roy Hutchinson, maple sugaring, apple orchards, Canterbury, New Hampshire Betty Moulton, maple sugaring, dairy farmer, New Hampton, New Hampshire Robert Moulton, maple sugaring, dairy farmer, New Hampton, New Hampshire Peter Wagner, apple grower, Hampton, New Hampshire Skills & Crafts of Work Animals Bob Boynton, yoke maker, Dunbarton, New Hampshire Hugh Fifield, draft horse worker, storyteller, Canterbury, New Hampshire Bob Graves, oxen teamster, dairy farmer, Walpole, New Hampshire David Kennard, sheepdog trainer, Marlborough, New Hampshire Cliff McGinnis, draft horse worker, veterinary medicine, Pembroke, New Hampshire Andy Westover, oxen teamster, dairy farmer, Walpole, New Hampshire Forest & Lumber Traditions Tom Chrisenton, tree farm, forestry management, Lyndeborough, New Hampshire Virginia Chrisenton, tree farm, forestry management, Lyndeborough, New Hampshire Barry Kelley, sawmill management, Berlin, New Hampshire Stan Knowles, tree farm inspector, North Hampton, New Hampshire The Arts of Historic Restoration David Adams, historic buildings conservationist, Portsmouth, New Hampshire Arnold Graton, Sr., covered bridge conservationist, Ashland, New Hampshire Arnold Graton, Jr., covered bridge conservationist, Concord, New Hampshire Stephen Roy, historic buildings conservationist, Portsmouth, New Hampshire Timber Framing Tedd Benson, timber framer, Alstead, New Hampshire Joel McCarty, timber framer, Alstead, New Hampshire Granite & Stone Doug Faxon, stone wall builder, Walpole, New Hampshire Kevin Fife, stone wall builder, Northfield, New Hampshire Hans Kaufhold, monument carver, Peterborough, New Hampshire Maritime Traditions Jim Antanavich, Sr., gill net maker, Seabrook, New Hampshire Trudy Antanavich, gill net maker, Seabrook, New Hampshire Jeffrey Fogman, boat builder, Barrington, New Hampshire Nate Hanscom, lobster fisherman, Rye, New Hampshire Mike Kozlowski, lobster fisherman, Rye, New Hampshire Arthur Splaine, lobster fisherman, Rye, New Hampshire Carl Widen, lobster fisherman, Rye, New Hampshire

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Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1999 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

CFCH.SFF.1999, Series 2

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Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections

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