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American Disaster Songs Fall–Winter 2004 Volume 30: 3–4 The Journal of New York Folklore American Disaster Songs The Veterans History Project African American Fraternity Folklore Lysistrata and Puppets for Peace Blackface Minstrel Shows in the Adirondacks From the Director In a process that Project, which gathers veterans’ narratives provide folklore information and resources began in September throughout New York State. The New York for teachers. The curriculum guide, “Voices 2003, the board and Folklore Society is pleased to be an official of New York Traditions,” provides resourc- staff of the New partner in this effort. es for the fulfillment of New York State York Folklore Soci- A Library of Congress program adminis- English language arts curriculum, and we ety have completed tered by the American Folklore Society, the are presenting workshops on folklore in a new strategic plan Veterans’ History Project was created by an act education throughout the state. To arrange that charts a course of Congress on October 27, 2000, “to collect a workshop for your school district or pur- for the Society. The the memories, accounts, and documents of chase a curriculum guide, please contact the first task was to agree war veterans” and “to preserve these stories of New York Folklore Society. upon a vision for the Society and to reeval- experience and service for future generations.” uate our mission statement. The new vision The NYFS staff has conducted workshops 2005 Partnerships and mission statements, approved in March and provided technical assistance to central This spring, NYFS will be partnering with 2004, are the following: New York schools and historical societies that the Museum Association of New York and Vision: The New York Folklore Society recog- wish to initiate a project. Our Mentoring and the Upstate History Alliance at a conference nizes and celebrates the extraordinary in everyday Professional Development Program has pro- titled “The Next Generation,” to be held April life, bringing focus to the traditions of our state’s vided assistance so that projects can continue 24–25, 2005, at the Rochester Museum and diverse peoples. New York Folklore Society is the beyond the initial startup work supported by Science Center. Each year the MANY/ leading resource for folklore and folklife by dissemi- the Library of Congress. If you would like UHA conference, the largest gathering of nating research and information throughout the state. more information on the project or want to museum professionals and volunteers in Mission: The New York Folklore Society fosters host a workshop, please contact the New York the state, brings together individuals from the study, promotion, and continuation of folklore Folklore Society, (518) 346-7008. all types and sizes of museums, historical and folklife of New York’s diverse cultures through societies, and other cultural institutions. We education, advocacy, support, and outreach. Sponsored “Field Trips” are pleased to be in partnership with them The board then identified five goals for Since its beginnings, NYFS has sponsored at to explore issues in which we share common the Society’s next five years: least one conference a year. Increasingly in the concerns. Please contact us if you would like • diversify and increase financial support; past sixty years, this conference has explored to receive a conference brochure. • strengthen programs and services; the folklore and folk culture of the host region. This spring NYFS will also partner with • create a better public image and posi- Building on that successful concept, we have the Mid-Atlantic Folklore Association, at an tion for the New York Folklore Society; retitled this program “New York Field Trips” annual conference in the Catskills at Round • recognize and incorporate the perspec- as part of our effort to bring the conferences’ Top, New York, on May 13–15, 2005. The tives and contributions of diverse peoples educational offerings to a wider audience. Mid-Atlantic Folklore Association is an throughout every level of NYFS, its pro- The 2004 Field Trip took place on October association of folklorists and allied cultural grams and services; and 29–30 in the Finger Lakes. “Watkins Glen: specialists who seek to further the under- • systematize, stabilize, and increase Where NASCAR Meets Nature” explored standing, appreciation, and presentation of effectiveness of financial and management the area’s foodways, International Speedway, folk culture in New York, New Jersey, Penn- operations. salt industry, and natural beauty. Next year’s sylvania, Maryland, Delaware, the District The full plan, developed with the help of “Celebrating 60 Years of Folklore Writing” of Columbia, Virginia, and West Virginia. consultant Diane Strock-Lynskey of S-L As- will be at Sleepy Hollow and mark the sixti- Please contact NYFS, at (518) 346-7008, sociates, was presented at our annual meeting, eth year of the New York Folklore Society if you would like details and registration on October 29, 2004, at Watkins Glen, New journal. Come celebrate with us! information. York. Copies are available on request. Ellen McHale, Ph.D., Executive Director Resources for Educators New York Folklore Society [email protected] Veterans’ History Project With support from the National Endow- www.nyfolklore.org This issue of Voices: The Journal of New York ment for the Arts and the New York State Folklore focuses on the Veterans’ History Council on the Arts, NYFS is working to Erratum “Having a real effect upon the legislation and public policies that are impacting traditional cultures in America will require our stepping up to the plate early and educating ourselves on how to fight politically.” —Peggy A. Bulger, American Folklore Society Presidential Address, 2002 Contents Fall–Winter 2004 8 Features 6 The Vietnam Veterans Oral History and Folklore Project by Lydia Fish 8 War Stories: Vietnam Experiences Retold in Plastic, Dirt, and Paint by Varick Chittenden and Photographs by Martha Cooper 12 Validating the Vets: A Legacy of Experience and Service by Mary Zwolinski 14 Telling War Stories in Chemung County 22 by Heather A. Wade 18 Everyday History Saved on Tape by Gregory M. Lamb 22 The Survival of Blackface Minstrel Shows in the Adirondack Foothills by Susan Hurley-Glowa 29 Infused with Spirit: National Heritage Fellow Chuck Campbell by Robert Stone 32 Catskill Folk Festivals: A Sense of the Dance of Life by Karyl Denison Eaglefeathers 36 “We Never Will Forget”: Disaster in American Folksong from the Nineteenth Century to September 11, 2001 by Revell Carr 42 Burning Messages: Interpreting African American Fraternity Brands and Their Bearers by Sandra Mizumoto Posey Departments and Columns 32 2 Field Notes 4 Upstate by Varick A. Chittenden 5 Downstate by Steve Zeitlin 21 Lawyer’s Sidebar by Paul Rapp 28 Eye of the Camera by Martha Cooper 31 Library Essentials byTom van Buren 35 Foodways by Lynn Case Ekfelt Cover: Anonymous. 1840. “On the 42 46 Media Bites Burning of the Steamer Lexington.” by Jeff Bradbury Broadside printed at 71 Greenwich Lane, New York City. Courtesy of 47 Book Reviews John Hay Library, Brown University. Fall–Winter 2004, Volume 30: 3–4 1 Puppets for Peace: The Remake of Aristophanes’ Lysistrata BY EMILY DAVIS In winter 2003, the invasion of Iraq was and to become part of an international move- planned to meet at the park across from the imminent. In response, two New York ac- ment. United Nations on the appointed date. Be- tresses, Kathryne Blume and Sharron Bower, Because puppetry is one of our theatrical tween that chilly rehearsal in Brooklyn and the organized the Lysistrata Project, subtitled “A specialties, we decided to create a large-puppet performance, we lost several actors, including World-Wide Theatrical Act of Dissent.” Large- Lysistrata. Our puppet creator, Shannon Har- our main character, but others stepped in to FIELD NOTES ly through person-to-person contact, people vey, brainstormed what simple images could all over the world found out about the idea to best conjure up this war comedy and con- stage readings, performances, and interpreta- cluded that because the play focused so blunt- tions of the ancient Greek comedy Lysistrata, ly on sexuality, we should employ images that written by Aristophanes. This bawdy antiwar would quickly symbolize man and woman. Fall–Winter 2004 · Volume 30: 3-4 play explores what happens when the wom- To that end, the female characters were enor- Editors Felicia Faye McMahon and Sally Atwater en of Greece decide to stop the war by giving mous bright red lips, and the male characters Photography Editor Martha Cooper up sex. The idea of the project was to get as were cannons and rockets. Since we’d not gone Design Mary Beth Malmsheimer Printer Digital Page, Inc. many productions of the play performed as for subtlety, we felt we could best tell the story possible throughout the city and ultimately in musical form. I began writing the “Lysis- Editorial Board Varick Chittenden, Lydia Fish, Nancy Groce, Lee Haring, Libby Tucker, around the world on March 3. The bolder trata Rap,” partly inspired by a rock musical Kay Turner, Dan Ward, Steve Zeitlin and bigger, the better. version of the play I’d seen as a child. Voices: The Journal of New York Folklore Our company, Messenger Theatre Compa- At a meeting with about 50 other artists in is published twice a year by the ny, found out about the project via e-mail and a black box theater at New Dramatists, we New York Folklore Society, Inc. 133 Jay Street instantly joined in. We had been feeling a learned how to get permits to perform in P.O. Box 764 growing frustration and helplessness about public spaces and heard advice about what to Schenectady, NY 12301 world events and had been searching for ways do if arrested for performing in a public space New York Folklore Society, Inc.
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