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Minnesota Folksong Collection
Treasures of traditional folksong from northern Minnesota including archival recordings from 1924.

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  • Archival Material by Singer
    • Michael Dean (Virginia, MN)
    • Reuben Phillips (Akeley, MN)
    • Israel Phillips (Akeley, MN)
    • Seymore Phillips (Akeley, MN)
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    • Dòrain
    • Buddy Ferrari
    • The Lost Forty
    • An Luan
    • Brian Miller
    • Al Waisley
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    • The Winterm'n

Similar Resources

Archival Sources Online (with a “northwoods” bias!)

Collections that Include Sound Recordings
Folksongs of Another America (Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan)
Wisconsin Folksong Collection
Alan Lomax Collection of Michigan and Wisconsin Recordings
California Gold: Northern California Folk Music from the 30s
John Quincy Wolf Collection (Ozarks)
Max Hunter Collection (Ozarks)
W is for the Woods (Adirondacks, NY)
Vermont Folklife Center
Maine Song and Story Sampler
Field Recordings of Angelo Dornan (New Brunswick)
MacEdward Leach and the Songs of Atlantic Canada (Newfoundland, Nova Scotia)
Singers and Songs of County Clare (Ireland)
Irish Traditional Music Archive
Tobar an Dualchais (Scotland)
Whalsay’s Heritage of Song (Shetland Islands)

Archives of Early Commercial Recordings
UCSB Cylinder Audio Archive

Primarily Text-Only Collections
Mudcat
Songs of The Newfoundland Outports at GEST
The Full English

Broadsides, Sheet Music and Other Published Sources
Internet Archive
Library of Congress Digital Collections
Isaiah Thomas Broadside Ballads Project (Boston)
Levy Sheet Music Collection
UCSB English Broadside Ballad Archive
Historic American Sheet Music – Duke
Irish Sheet Music Archives
Broadside Ballads Online from the Bodleian Libraries (England)

Bibliographies, Indexes
Traditional Ballad Index



Explore the Archive:
Archival recordings of MN singers, song transcriptions and more.



Explore Videos:
See and hear current artists doing songs from the archive.



Minnesota Folksong Challenge:
Learn a song yourself and add your own song video to this site!

This activity is made possible by the voters of
Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State
Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation
from the arts and cultural heritage fund.