American Folklife Center News (Summer 2006)
Folklife Center News AMERIC A N F O L K L I F E C ENTER COWBOY POETRY: THE CURIOUS CASE OF THE PEARL R. NYE: LIFE ON THE THEN AND NOW LOWERMILK DISCS OHIO AND ERIE CANAL BOARD OF TRUSTEES Librarian Appointees: Tom Rankin, Chair, North Carolina Jane Beck, Vice-chair, Vermont Norma Cantú, Texas Kojo Nnamdi, District of Columbia Congressional Appointees: Daniel Botkin, California C. Kurt Dewhurst, Michigan Mickey Hart, California Dennis Holub, South Dakota William L. Kinney Jr., South Carolina Marlene Meyerson, New Mexico Folklorist David Stanley An update on one of our most AFC announces a major Web Charlie Seemann, Nevada Kay Kaufman Shelemay, Massachusetts 3 describes the history and 11 interesting collections of cow- 13 presentation focused on the Presidential Appointees: songs and life of Pearl R. Nye, a tradition of cowboy poetry, from boy lore, a recording of songs sung Mary Bomar, Director, National Park Service its beginnings on the great cattle by cowboy music pioneer Romaine canal boat captain on the Ohio and Lisette M. Mondello, Assistant Secretary for drives of the 1880s to today’s Lowdermilk. Erie Canal. Public and Governmental Affairs, Department of Veterans Affairs National Cowboy Poetry Gathering. Ex Officio Members James H. Billington, Librarian of Congress AMERIC A N F O L K L I F E C ENTER Lawrence M. Small, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution The American Folklife Center was created in 1976 by the U.S. Congress to “preserve and present Dana Gioia, Chairman, National Endowment American folklife” through programs of research, documentation, archival preservation, reference for the Arts service, live performance, exhibition, publication, and training.
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