Studer, Norman; Papers

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Table of Contents

Summary Information ...... 3 Biographical Sketch ...... 3 Scope and Contents ...... 5 Arrangement of the Collection ...... 6 Administrative Information ...... 7 Related Materials ...... 8 Controlled Access Headings ...... 8 Collection Inventory ...... 9 Biographical ...... 9 Little Red School House and Elisabeth Irwin High School ...... 12 Downtown Community School ...... 14 Administration ...... 14 Activities ...... 25 Camp Woodland ...... 32 Administration ...... 32 Activities ...... 37 Post-Camp ...... 46 Photographs ...... 48 School Photographs ...... 48 Camp Woodland Photographs ...... 49 General Images ...... 52 Audio Recordings ...... 53 Films ...... 54 Writings ...... 57 Writings of ...... 58 Diaries and Travelogues ...... 65 Subject Files ...... 67

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Summary Information

Repository: M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives Title: Norman Studer Papers ID: apap116 Date [inclusive]: 1817-2012 Physical Description: 18.84 cubic ft. plus films and audio recordings Physical Location: The materials are located onsite in the department. Language of the English . Material: Abstract: The Norman Studer Papers document his career as both an educator and ardent Catskill folklorist. The collection includes significant material relating to his work as director of the Downtown Community School in New York City and Camp Woodland in the Catskills. Preferred Citation

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

Identification of specific item, series, box, folder, Norman Studer Papers, 1817-2012. M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University at Albany, State University of New York (hereafter referred to as the Studer Papers).

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Biographical Sketch

Norman Studer, educator, folklorist, author, was born in Whitehouse, Ohio on September 7, 1902. In 1917, Studer left home, enlisted in the United States Navy, and served as a quartermaster aboard the U.S.S. Edgecomb. Upon the conclusion of World War I, Studer returned home to complete his high school education, whereupon he matriculated to Oberlin College. Studer spent three years at Oberlin, leaving after his third year to become an editor of The New Student – a newspaper for "the voice of the student revolt movement" in New York City. Studer eventually returned to college completing his A.B. in History at Columbia University in 1929. He continued his studies at Columbia, earning an A.M in Political Science in 1931.

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In 1931 Studer embarked upon a forty-year career in education, commencing with a teaching assignment at Erie Day School in Erie, Pennsylvania. Following two years at Erie, Studer taught at the Little Red School House, a cooperative, experimental school founded by Elisabeth Irwin, located in lower Manhattan. Studer was attracted to the experimental and progressive curriculum cultivated by Irwin and the other educators at the Little Red School House. In 1941, Studer chaired the committee founding the Elisabeth Irwin High School, and worked there as both teacher and administrator for the following ten years.

Studer's association with Elisabeth Irwin proved influential in shaping his pedagogical vision, both in the classroom and beyond. While at the Little Red School House, Studer developed and taught a unit entitled "Slavery and the Negro Problem" that led to a life long interest in ethnic studies and "intergroup relations," the equivalent of the current study of multiculturalism or multicultural studies. It was also during his tenure at the Little Red School House that Studer realized the importance of field trips as an integral component of the curricular experience. Through field trips, Studer discovered that he could inform his students, in a more immediate and kinesthetic sense, of the rich history and heritage that lay just beyond the school walls. As a teacher, Studer also participated in "June Camp" – a one- month field trip to Camp Quannacut, near Pine Bush, New York – in which students lived in a democratic community within a rural environment. Studer ran June Camp from 1936-1940.

In 1938, Studer joined the staff of Camp Hilltop - a progressive educational summer camp - initially as head counselor and then as director of education. Camp Hilltop closed in 1940; however, Studer, along with Camp Hilltop's former director, Rose Sydney, and three others, Regine Dicker (Ferber), Sara Abelson (Abramson), and Studer's wife Hannah, founded Camp Woodland in Phoenicia, New York, located in the heart of the Catskill Mountains. Camp Woodland strove to create a democratic environment where children of varying religions, socioeconomic, and ethnic backgrounds from the New York City area could steep in the rich ecology of the Catskill region for two months each summer.

The curriculum and experience of Camp Woodland were deeply rooted in the folklore and folk culture of the Catskill Mountains. Norman Cazden and Herb Haufrecht were Camp Woodland's music directors. Studer attempted to incorporate the endemic culture, history, and rituals of the Catskill region into the Camp Woodland curriculum by cultivating a symbiotic relationship with the camp and the Catskill denizens. He would often take carloads of campers to visit the local residents, then invite the residents back to camp to share their regional folklore and music, as well as teach the traditional crafts of the region. The two-month summer camp concluded each season with a folk festival that brought together the campers and Catskill residents for a weekend of music, drama, dancing, story telling, and song. The annual Folk Festival of the Catskills was the high point of each season and became very popular with the campers, folk musicians, and local residents. The annual event attracted luminary musicians such as Pete Seeger, Bessie Jones, Norman Cazden, and Herb Haufrecht as well as local talent that included Grant Rogers, Harry Siemsen, George Edwards, Ernie Sagan, George Van Kleeck, and Etson Van Wagner. Studer captured the folk festivals on tape, and in many instances the recordings remain the only known extant audio recordings of these local musicians playing and singing the ballads and songs of the Catskills. These recordings were later compiled, transcribed, and edited by Cazden, Haufrecht, and Studer in a book entitled Folk Songs of the Catskills. Studer was director of Camp Woodland from its inception (1940) to dissolution (1962).

In 1951, Studer became director of the Downtown Community School located at 235 East 11th Street in lower Manhattan. The Downtown Community School was a progressive, cooperative, racially integrated

- Page 4- Studer, Norman; Papers school, founded in 1944 by a group of parents and educators. As director, Studer attempted to create a curriculum that was aimed at promoting a healthy concept of self and a deeper understanding of society. Studer brought many of the ideas and philosophies of the Little Red School House, Elisabeth Irwin High School, and Camp Woodland to the Downtown Community School, particularly his interest in ethnic studies, folklore, field trips, and racial integration. Throughout his career as an educator and administrator, Studer championed cultural and racial integration in the educational environment. In 1956, the annual Conference on Intergroup Education – a forum for educators, parents, and community members designed to encourage inter-racial and inter-cultural education – was founded. Studer's approach to the education of children was always direct, active, and personal. He exemplified this by continuing to sponsor and steward annual field trips for the seventh and eighth grade students throughout his tenure at the Downtown Community School. Studer remained director of the Downtown Community School until 1970. The school closed in 1971.

Studer was the author of numerous articles, two books, and one poem, nearly all of which dealt with the themes of folklore and education. Folk Songs of the Catskills, edited by Norman Cazden, Herbert Haufrecht, and Norman Studer, published by SUNY Albany Press in 1982, "is an annotated volume of traditional ballads and songs collected under the auspices of Camp Woodland." Cazden, Haufrecht and Studer assiduously compiled, recorded, transcribed, and edited the songs and music over the course of forty-two years. Both Cazden and Studer passed away prior to its publication, leaving Haufrecht to see the project through to completion. The folk culture of the Catskill region was predominately transmitted orally; therefore, Folk Songs of the Catskills has to be considered the definitive treatment of Catskill folk music, as many of the informants have passed away. Also published posthumously, A Catskill Bear Hunter: Mike Todd's Story by Purple Mountain Press in 1988, is Studer's "folk biography" of Mike Todd, a Catskill native and good friend of Studer's, who spent numerous summers at Camp Woodland; he also serves as the subject of Studer's poem "All the Homespun Days," written in his memory.

Norman Studer died October 27, 1978. His wife Hannah and daughter Joan Studer Levine survived him.

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Scope and Contents

The Norman Studer Papers document his career as both an educator and ardent Catskill folklorist. The papers are particularly robust in documenting his administrative activities as director of both the Downtown Community School (1951-1970) and Camp Woodland (1940-1962). The strength of the collections lies in the discrete and manifold formats documenting two essential themes: progressive education and the folklore and culture of the Catskills. Materials include unpublished manuscripts, manuscript drafts, typescripts, reprints, notes, correspondence, diaries, student writings, litigation, news clippings, audio recordings, 8mm and 16mm films, and photographs. The papers contain an extraordinary collection of reel-to-reel audiotapes capturing local Catskill informant interviews, a wide array of regional and national folk singers performing, folk festivals, and educational activities at the Downtown Community School. There is also a substantial collection of photographs documenting the people and activities at the Downtown Community School and Camp Woodland. There are a number of photographs of notable local and national folk personalities, including George Edwards, Herbert Haufrecht, Norman

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The collection contains nearly all of Studer's published and unpublished writings. Studer's writings generally address the issues of regional folklore and how to assimilate folklore into curriculum – Community Life and Woodland Story, two unpublished manuscripts exemplify this synthesis. There are a number of diaries and travelogues in the writing series; however, they are generally ephemeral and unrevealing as a result of their terse and sporadic nature.

Although there is sparse documentation of Studer's teaching activities in the collection, there are a few significant examples, such as the material related to African American studies at the Little Red School House and the Downtown Community School. It appears that Studer was an early advocate of incorporating African American studies into his curriculum. As director of the Downtown Community School and Camp Woodland, he sought to cultivate and nurture equal opportunity enrollment. In addition to the African American studies material, there is substantial material related to the field trip units Studer developed.

For additional photographs of Camp Woodland, please see the Murray Weiss Papers, APAP-338.

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Arrangement of the Collection

The collection is organized into the following series:

1 Series 1 - Biographical, 1932-2001, Undated 2 Series 2 - Little Red School House and Elisabeth Irwin High School, 1935-1950, Undated 3 Series 3 - Downtown Community School, ca. 1944-1973, Undated 4 Subseries 1: Administration, ca. 1944-1973, Undated 5 Subseries 2: Activities, 1945-1971, Undated 6 Series 4 - Camp Woodland, 1938-2012, Undated 7 Subseries 1: Administration, 1938-1963, Undated 8 Subseries 2: Activities, 1940-1974, Undated 9 Subseries 3: Post-Camp, 1977-2012, Undated 10 Series 5 - Photographs, ca. 1934-ca. 1970, Undated 11 Subseries 1: School Photographs, ca. 1934-ca. 1970, Undated 12 Subseries 2: Camp Woodland Photographs, ca. 1938-1958, Undated 13 Subseries 3: General Images, Undated 14 Series 6 - Audio Recordings, 1935-1950, Undated 15 Subseries 1: Downtown Community School, 1952-1970, Undated 16 Subseries 2: Camp Woodland, 1944-1962, Undated 17 Series 7 - Films, ca. 1946-1962, Undated 18 Series 8 - Writings, 1926-1997, Undated 19 Subseries 1: Writings of, 1926-1997, Undated

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Administrative Information

Publication Statement M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives

Revision Description Peter Runge completed initial processing Jodi Boyle arranged 2004 and 2012 accessions Jodi Boyle created EAD finding aid Encoded in EAD by Jodi Boyle 2003 2012 2013-2014 2013

Processing Information Processed in 2002 by Helen Weltin.

Access Access to this collection is unrestricted with the exception of select files noted below. Researchers seeking access to these materials should contact the head of Special Collections and Archives.

Copyright The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming with the laws of copyright. Whenever possible, the M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives will provide information about copyright owners and other restrictions, but the legal determination ultimately rests with the researcher. Requests for permission to publish material from this collection should be discussed with the Head of Special Collections and Archives.

Acquisition Information Initial items in this manuscript group were donated to the University Libraries, M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives, by Joan Studer Levine in 2001 and 2002. Additional accessions were received in 2004 from Joan Studer Levine and the Maine Folklife Center at the University of Maine in Orono. The department received additional donations during and immediately following a reunion of Camp Woodland, held at the University at Albany in July 2012. 2012 donors include Jeannie Blumenfeld McCabe, Mady Chalk, Joan Cooper Uhrman, Carolyn Kopperl Bensinger, Nancy Kurshan, Norman and Joan Studer Levine, Beth Lewis, Niela Miller, Robert "Bobby" Orlins, and Bob and Laura Cooper Stein. Joan Studer Levine donated additional items in

- Page 7- Studer, Norman; Papers 2008 and 2015. Former camper Shari Segel Goldberg donated materials in 2018. Carl Tannenbaum, son of camper Beulah Tannenbaum, donated material in 2020.

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Related Materials

Separated Materials Archivists transfered a two volume monograph Folk Songs of the Catskills to the books division of Special Collections. The catalogue record for the monograph aren now included in the University Library Catalog.

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Controlled Access Headings

• African Americans and Civil Rights Organizations • Travel • Social Activists and Public Advocates • Native Americans • Music • Folklore • Education • Conservation and the Environment • Athletics and Sports • Architecture • Progressive education--New York (State) • Camps--New York (State) • Folklore--New York (State) • Folklore and education--New York (State) • Folk music--New York (State)--Catskill Mountains (N.Y.) • Folk festivals--New York (State) • Black-and-white film • Correspondence • Color film (film) • Photographs • Programs (documents) • Drafts (documents) • Tape reels - Page 8- Studer, Norman; Papers • Files by subject • Manuscripts for publication • Diaries • Newsclippings • Notes • Student projects • Articles • Oral histories • Studer, Norman • Cazden, Norman, 1914-1980 • Haufrecht, Herbert, 1909-1998 • Seeger, Pete, 1919- • Todd, Mike, 1877-1960 • Rogers, Grant, 1907- • Edwards, George • Siemsen, Harry • Camp Woodland • Downtown Community School • Little Red School House (New York, N.Y.) • Elisabeth Irwin High School

Collection Inventory

Biographical, 1932-2001Undated Physical Description: 0.85 cubic ft. Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically.

Scope and Contents

This series contains Norman Studer's curriculum vitae, a partial autobiography, a brief biography, memorial tributes, family photographs, family records, and correspondence. The correspondence has been identified by correspondent's name only when the volume or significance warrants such separation; however, the bulk of the correspondence is arranged chronologically. Notable correspondents include Pete and Toshi Seeger and David Dunaway, Seeger's biographer as well as a former Camp Woodland camper.

This series also includes materials related to Norman Studer's daughter Joan Studer Levine, including her writings, graduation commencement program and relevant correspondence from the 1980s through 2001. Levine also collected records related to Studer family reunions and genealogy.

Title/Description Instances Address Book, Undated Box 1 (1- Folder 1 Biographical)

Autobiography, Undated

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Box 1 (1- Folder 2 Biographical)

Biography, Undated Box 1 (1- Folder 3 Biographical)

Birth Announcement of Joan Studer, Undated Box 1 (1- Folder 4 Biographical)

Childhood Education Materials, Undated Box 1 (1- Folder 5 Biographical)

Correspondence, 1932-1970 Box 1 (1- Folder 6 Biographical)

Correspondence, 1971-1977 Box 1 (1- Folder 7 Biographical)

Correspondence, 1977-1978 Box 1 (1- Folder 8 Biographical)

Correspondence, Undated Box 1 (1- Folder 9 Biographical)

Correspondence about George Edwards, Box 1 (1- Folder 10 1946-194719511965-1966 Biographical)

Correspondence about Mike Todd Projects, 1958-1978Undated Box 1 (1- Folder 11 Biographical)

Correspondence about Woodland with Edward "Sandy" Ives and Box 1 (1- Folder 12 Pat Murkland, 1975-1978 Biographical)

Correspondence, Brooks, Jackie, 1964-1976Undated Box 1 (1- Folder 13 Biographical)

Correspondence, Cazden, Norman, 19681970-1978 Box 1 (1- Folder 14 Biographical)

Correspondence, Dunaway, David, including Transcript of History Box 2 (1- Folder 1 Interview about Camp Woodland, 1975-1976 Biographical)

Correspondence, Levine (Studer), Joan, 198019872001 Box 2 (1- Folder 2 Biographical)

Correspondence, Levine (Studer), Joan about Archives, Box 2 (1- Folder 3 19952001-2000 Biographical)

Correspondence, Levine (Studer), Joan with Publishers, 1987 Box 2 (1- Folder 4 Biographical)

Correspondence, Publishers and Producers, Box 2 (1- Folder 5 1955-19561972-197319751978Undated Biographical)

Correspondence, Seeger, Peter and Toshi, 196719761978Undated Box 2 (1- Folder 6 Biographical)

Correspondence, Studer, Hannah with Publishers, 1980 Box 2 (1- Folder 7 Biographical)

Correspondence, Todd, Mike, 1955-19561958-19591971

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Box 2 (1- Folder 8 Biographical)

Curriculum Vita, Undated Box 2 (1- Folder 9 Biographical)

Driving Instruction Certificate, Undated Box 2 (1- Folder 10 Biographical)

"Education Built on American Tradition," Testimonial to Norman Box 2 (1- Folder 11 Studer, Undated Biographical)

Faculty Identification Card, Adelphi University, Undated Box 2 (1- Folder 12 Biographical)

Folkways Lecture, 1971 Box 2 (1- Folder 13 Biographical)

Guest Books from Norman Studer's Memorial, 1978 Box 2 (1- Folder 14 Biographical)

Job Search, 19701972 Box 2 (1- Folder 15 Biographical)

Memorial Tributes to Norman Studer, 1978 Box 2 (1- Folder 16 Biographical)

Newsclipping about Folk Festival held in Memory of Norman, Box 2 (1- Folder 17 1979 Biographical)

Photographs, 1977Undated Box 2 (1- Folder 18 Biographical)

Queens College Commencement Program for Joan Studer, 1951 Box 2 (1- Folder 19 Biographical)

Reception in Honor of Norman Studer, 1956Undated Box 2 (1- Folder 20 Biographical)

Statement of David Dunaway on Camp Woodland, 1977 August Cassette 1 18

Studer Family Photographs, 1947Undated Box 2 (1- Folder 21 Biographical)

Studer Family Reunion, 1993 Box 2 (1- Folder 22 Biographical)

Studer Family Tree and Swiss Relatives, Box 2 (1- Folder 23 19821992-19931999-2000Undated Biographical)

Studer, Hannah, 1935-1936Undated Box 2 (1- Folder 24 Biographical)

Studer Portraits, Undated Oversized 1 Folder 1

Subpoena to Appear Before Committee on Character and Box 2 (1- Folder 25 Fitness in the Matter of the Application of Sidney Rosenberg for Biographical) Admission to the Bar, 1956

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Term Paper by Joan Studer Levine, including Appendices that Box 2 (1- Folder 26 Provide Background and Context for the Downtown Community Biographical) School, 1970

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Little Red School House and Elisabeth Irwin High School, 1935-1950Undated Physical Description: 0.4 cubic ft. Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically.

Scope and Contents

Norman Studer was an educator and administrator at the Little Red School House and Elisabeth Irwin High School from the early 1930s until 1951. There is a relatively insignificant amount of material related to Studer's teaching activities, with the exception of a folder entitled "Slavery and the Negro Problem." The folder contains notes, bibliographies, and analyses of an educational unit Studer developed addressing the historical and cultural position of the "American Negro" in the late 1930s and early 1940s. The material documents Studer's early interest in the concept of American democracy and interracial relations, as well as his collaborative approach to the subject, which includes portions of student interviews revealing their attitudes toward African Americans, the Civil War and slavery. Also of interest is the folder entitled Our Voice, containing several copies of a student run publication featuring articles, prose, drama, poetry, and opinions of students at the Little Red School House.

Title/Description Instances The Bulletin, 1942 Box 1 (2- Folder 1 Little Red School House and Elisabeth Irwin High )

Committee to Draft Proposals to UNESCO, 1950 Box 1 (2- Folder 2 Little Red School House and Elisabeth Irwin High )

"Democracy," by Rhonda E. Harris, Mabel Hawkins, Norman Box 1 (2- Folder 3 Studer, Undated Little Red School House and Elisabeth Irwin High )

Dramatics, Assembly Programs and Plays, Undated Box 1 (2- Folder 4 Little Red School House and Elisabeth Irwin High )

"Eighth Grade Teacher at Little Red Schoolhouse", Undated Box 1 (2- Folder 5 Little Red School House

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and Elisabeth Irwin High )

Exploratory Trips, 1947Undated Box 1 (2- Folder 6 Little Red School House and Elisabeth Irwin High )

Folklore in a Democracy, 1945 Box 1 (2- Folder 7 Little Red School House and Elisabeth Irwin High )

Folklore in the Metropolis, 1946Undated Box 1 (2- Folder 8 Little Red School House and Elisabeth Irwin High )

Folklore at the World's Crossroads, 1946-1947Undated Box 1 (2- Folder 9 Little Red School House and Elisabeth Irwin High )

Folklore in a Democracy, 1949 Box 1 (2- Folder 10 Little Red School House and Elisabeth Irwin High )

Hardenburg Mansion, 1947Undated Box 1 (2- Folder 11 Little Red School House and Elisabeth Irwin High )

"Joe Mulliner," Play and Notes, 1939Undated Box 1 (2- Folder 12 Little Red School House and Elisabeth Irwin High )

Our Voice, Student Publication, 1936 Box 1 (2- Folder 13 Little Red School House and Elisabeth Irwin High )

Philipse Castle Visit, 1950Undated Box 1 (2- Folder 14 Little Red School House and Elisabeth Irwin High )

Postcard of Little Red Schoolhouse Mural, 1935 Box 1 (2- Folder 15 Little Red

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School House and Elisabeth Irwin High )

Slavery and the Negro Problem -- Educational Unit, Undated Box 1 (2- Folder 16 Little Red School House and Elisabeth Irwin High )

Student Record of Achievement - [RESTRICTED], 1938 Box 1 (2- Folder 17 Little Red Conditions Governing Access: School House Conditions Governing Access and Elisabeth Must consult archivist before viewing this material. Irwin High )

Student Writing Samples, Undated Box 1 (2- Folder 18 Little Red School House and Elisabeth Irwin High )

Student Writings, Collected Folklore, 1945Undated Box 1 (2- Folder 19 Little Red School House and Elisabeth Irwin High )

"Thirteens Look at Their World", 1942Undated Box 1 (2- Folder 20 Little Red School House and Elisabeth Irwin High )

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Downtown Community School, ca. 1944-1973Undated Physical Description: 3.65 cubic ft. Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically.

Scope and Contents

Norman Studer served as the Director of the Downtown Community School from 1951 until April 1970. His daughter Joan Levine also taught at the school until 1970. This series is divided into Administration and Activities subseries.

Administration, ca. 1944-1973Undated

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Scope and Contents

The Administration subseries documents Norman Studer's day-to-day activities as the Director of the Downtown Community School. Included are Board of Trustee meeting minutes, a copy of the Downtown Community School by-laws, core curriculum notes, teacher's guides, admissions policy reports, correspondence to parents and staff members, and material related to interracial and intercultural education. In 1963, Studer invited a group of African American parents boycotting a segregated school in Engelwood, NJ to bring their 31 children to a Freedom School at the Downtown Community School so the children could continue their education durign the struggle.

There are a number of folders related to the abrupt resignation of the long-time director of the Downtown Community School Nursery School, Irene Neurath, at the conclusion of the 1967-1968 academic year. The resignation shocked the administration, Board of Trustees, as well as the parents. Two years later (April 1970), the Board of Trustees asked for Studer's resignation. One year later, the school closed. There is a significant amount of material related to Studer's final years at the Downtown Community School.

Please note that files relating to student or personnel records are restricted.

Title/Description Instances 5th Annual Inter-School Conference, 1954 Box 1 (3- Folder 1 Downtown Community School)

20th Anniversary Essay/Speech, ca. 1965 Box 1 (3- Folder 2 Downtown Community School)

20th Anniversary Dinner Dance Honoring Norman Studer and Box 1 (3- Folder 3 Irene Neurath, 1965 Downtown Community School)

25th Anniversary Yearbook, 1970 Box 1 (3- Folder 4 Downtown Community School)

1960-1964 Graduates and High School Selections, Undated Box 1 (3- Folder 5 Downtown Community School)

Accounting-Billing, 19651969 Box 1 (3- Folder 6 Downtown Community School)

Administrative and Personnel Issues - [RESTRICTED], Box 1 (3- Folder 7 19651969-1970Undated Downtown Community Conditions Governing Access: School) Conditions Governing Access

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Admissions, 1970

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Box 1 (3- Folder 8 Downtown Community School)

Alumni Correspondence and Updates, Box 1 (3- Folder 9 1962-196319681976-1977Undated Downtown Community School)

Alumni List, ca. 1962 Box 1 (3- Folder 10 Downtown Community School)

Alumni Parents' Committee, 1968 Box 1 (3- Folder 11 Downtown Community School)

American Experience from Sources, Undated Box 1 (3- Folder 12-13 Downtown Community School)

Board of Trustees, "68 Revolution", 1967-1968 Box 1 (3- Folder 14 Downtown Community School)

Board of Trustees, "68 Revolution", 1968-1969 Box 1 (3- Folder 15 Downtown Community School)

Board of Trustees, Conflicts, 1968 April 03 Box 1 (3- Folder 16 Downtown Community School)

Board of Trustees, Crisis Meeting and Future Role of Norman Box 1 (3- Folder 17 Studer, 1970 Downtown Community School)

Board of Trustees, General Correspondence - [RESTRICTED], Box 1 (3- Folder 18 1968-1970 Downtown Community Conditions Governing Access: School) Conditions Governing Access

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Board of Trustees, Meeting Minutes, and Supplemental Box 1 (3- Folder 19 Materials, 1966-1967 Downtown

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Community School)

Board of Trustees, Meeting Minutes and Supplemental Box 1 (3- Folder 20-22 Materials, 1968 Downtown Community School)

Board of Trustees, Meeting Minutes and Supplemental Box 1 (3- Folder 23 Materials, 1969-1970 Downtown Community School)

Board of Trustees, Meeting Notices, 1967-19681970 Box 1 (3- Folder 24 Downtown Community School)

Board of Trustees, Nursery School, 1968 Box 1 (3- Folder 25 Downtown Community School)

Brochures, Undated Box 1 (3- Folder 26 Downtown Community School)

Budgets, 1966-1968Undated Box 1 (3- Folder 27 Downtown Community School)

Building Committee, 19671970 Box 1 (3- Folder 28 Downtown Community School)

By-Laws Revisions, 1968 Box 1 (3- Folder 29 Downtown Community School)

Children's Book in Intergroup Relations, 1956 Box 1 (3- Folder 30 Downtown Community School)

Chronology and List of Famous Parents, Undated Box 1 (3- Folder 31 Downtown Community School)

Class Rosters, 1969-1970 Box 1 (3- Folder 32 Downtown Community School)

Class Rosters, 1963-19641967-1969 Box 1 (3- Folder 33 Downtown - Page 17- Studer, Norman; Papers

Community School)

Communications Committee, 1969 Box 1 (3- Folder 34 Downtown Community School)

Community Action Freedom School, Englewood and PS 41 and Box 1 (3- Folder 35 JHS 3 Boycotts, 1963-1964Undated Downtown Community School)

Consultants, 1969Undated Box 1 (3- Folder 36 Downtown Community School)

Contract with Parents, ca. 1960s Box 1 (3- Folder 37 Downtown Community School)

Controversial Issues at Downtown Community School, Undated Box 1 (3- Folder 38 Downtown Community School)

Core Curriculum 1, Junior High School, 1962Undated Box 1 (3- Folder 39 Downtown Community School)

Core Curriculum, Notes, 19601969Undated Box 1 (3- Folder 40 Downtown Community School)

Curriculum, 7th Grade Social Studies Test, Undated Box 1 (3- Folder 41 Downtown Community School)

Curriculum, 7th and 8th grade, 1969Undated Box 1 (3- Folder 42 Downtown Community School)

Curriculum, 8th Grade, Delaware County, 19671969Undated Box 1 (3- Folder 43 Downtown Community School)

Curriculum, 8th Grade Reading and Writing, Undated Box 1 (3- Folder 44 Downtown Community School)

Curriculum, Architecture, New York, Undated Box 1 (3- Folder 45 Downtown - Page 18- Studer, Norman; Papers

Community School)

Curriculum, Art, 1961-1963Undated Box 1 (3- Folder 46 Downtown Community School)

Curriculum, The Catskills, Undated Box 1 (3- Folder 47 Downtown Community School)

Curriculum, Creative Writing, 195419621969Undated Box 1 (3- Folder 48 Downtown Community School)

Curriculum Handbook, Discipline and Appendix, Undated Box 1 (3- Folder 49 Downtown Community School)

Curriculum, Humanities Core Program, 1969 Box 1 (3- Folder 50 Downtown Community School)

Curriculum Outline, 1966-19671969-1970Undated Box 1 (3- Folder 51 Downtown Community School)

Curriculum, Poetry, 1969Undated Box 1 (3- Folder 52 Downtown Community School)

DCS as Cooperative, Undated Box 1 (3- Folder 53 Downtown Community School)

"DCS: Cooperative Community or Bureaucratic Corporation?", Box 1 (3- Folder 54 ca. 1970 Downtown Community School)

DCS Fair, 1970 Box 1 (3- Folder 55 Downtown Community School)

Death of Stephen Rinaldi and Subsequent Lawsuit, Box 2 (3- Folder 1 1963-19651967-196819711973Undated Downtown Community School)

Delinquent Account Guidelines - [RESTRICTED], Box 2 (3- Folder 2 1969-1970Undated Downtown - Page 19- Studer, Norman; Papers

Conditions Governing Access: Community Conditions Governing Access School)

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Director, Communication with Parents, Board and Staff, Box 2 (3- Folder 3 1968-1970Undated Downtown Community School)

Downtown Paper #1: Agenda for the 70s, 1970 Box 2 (3- Folder 4 Downtown Community School)

Downtown Paper #2: Children Read Their Landscape, 1970 Box 2 (3- Folder 5 Downtown Community School)

Downtown Paper #4: The Future of Intergroup Education at Box 2 (3- Folder 6 Downtown Community School, 1970 Downtown Community School)

The Downtowner, 19561962-19641967Undated Box 2 (3- Folder 7 Downtown Community School)

Enrollment, 19481966-1970Undated Box 2 (3- Folder 8 Downtown Community School)

Education Committee, 19621968-1969 Box 2 (3- Folder 9 Downtown Community School)

Enrollment Committee, Admission Policy, 1969-1970 Box 2 (3- Folder 10 Downtown Community School)

Enrollment Committee, Admissions Controversy, 1969-1970 Box 2 (3- Folder 11 Downtown Community School)

Evaluation Panel, 1970 Box 2 (3- Folder 12 Downtown Community School)

Finale - [RESTRICTED], 1968-1970Undated Box 2 (3- Folder 13 Downtown Conditions Governing Access:

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Financial Statements, 1964-1968 Box 2 (3- Folder 14 Downtown Community School)

Fire Drill Procedures, 1961 Box 2 (3- Folder 15 Downtown Community School)

Focus of Educational Development Through the Years, Prepared Box 2 (3- Folder 16 by Norman Studer, 1970 Downtown Community School)

Goals in Education for the Coming School Year, Undated Box 2 (3- Folder 17 Downtown Community School)

A Handbook for Parents, 1968 Box 2 (3- Folder 18 Downtown Community School)

History of the Downtown Community School, ca. Box 2 (3- Folder 19 19441964Undated Downtown Community School)

Ideas for Supervision, Undated Box 2 (3- Folder 20 Downtown Community School)

"In Memory of Una Buxenbaum", 1968 Box 2 (3- Folder 21 Downtown Community School)

Insurance Policies, 1969 Box 2 (3- Folder 22 Downtown Community School)

Integration, 19651968Undated Box 2 (3- Folder 23 Downtown Community School)

Interculture and Intercultural Committee, Box 2 (3- Folder 24 19531956-195719601968Undated Downtown

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Community School)

Jane Reed Library of Americana, Undated Box 2 (3- Folder 25 Downtown Community School)

List of Official DCS Periodic Corporate Reports, 1970 Box 2 (3- Folder 26 Downtown Community School)

The Local Scene, American Experience from Sources, Undated Box 2 (3- Folder 27-28 Downtown Community School)

Nancy Bloch Library and Book Award, Box 2 (3- Folder 29 19511955-19581961-19621965-1969Undated Downtown Community School)

Newsletter with Biographical Sketch of Norman Studer, Box 2 (3- Folder 30 Undated Downtown Community School)

Nominating Committee, 1968 Box 2 (3- Folder 31 Downtown Community School)

Norman Studer Speaks, 1964 Box 2 (3- Folder 32 Downtown Community School)

Office Reorganization, 1969-1970Undated Box 2 (3- Folder 33 Downtown Community School)

Orange Co. Agriculture Extension, 1964Undated Box 2 (3- Folder 34 Downtown Community School)

Parent Grievance Committee, 1968 Box 2 (3- Folder 35 Downtown Community School)

Parent Inactivity, 1970Undated Box 2 (3- Folder 36 Downtown Community School)

Parent Representatives, 1968 Box 2 (3- Folder 37 Downtown - Page 22- Studer, Norman; Papers

Community School)

Personnel Lists, 1968-1970 Box 2 (3- Folder 38 Downtown Community School)

A Plan for DCS, 1970Undated Box 2 (3- Folder 39 Downtown Community School)

Policy and Organizational Jurisdiction, 1970 Box 2 (3- Folder 40 Downtown Community School)

Proposals for a Conference and Dinner Celebrating a Quarter Box 2 (3- Folder 41 Century of Education for Community Living at Downtown Downtown Community School, 1969 Community School)

Reports to the Board, 19651969-1970 Box 2 (3- Folder 42 Downtown Community School)

Staff, Terence Barrell, 1970 Box 2 (3- Folder 43 Downtown Community School)

Student Problems - [RESTRICTED], Undated Box 2 (3- Folder 44 Downtown Conditions Governing Access: Community Conditions Governing Access School) Must consult archivist before viewing this material.

Suggested Inventory of Social Living in the School Community, Box 2 (3- Folder 45 1969 Downtown Community School)

Suggestion to Establish a Parent Organization at DCS, 1968 Box 2 (3- Folder 46 Downtown Community School)

Teacher Contract, 19671969-1970 Box 2 (3- Folder 47 Downtown Community School)

Teacher's Guide, 8th Grade Geography, 1967 Box 2 (3- Folder 48 Downtown

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Community School)

Teacher's Guide, American History, ca. 1966Undated Box 2 (3- Folder 49 Downtown Community School)

Teacher's Guide, Catskills Trip, 1969Undated Box 2 (3- Folder 50 Downtown Community School)

Teacher's Guide, Folklore, Undated Box 2 (3- Folder 51 Downtown Community School)

Teacher's Guide, Slavery, Undated Box 2 (3- Folder 52 Downtown Community School)

Teacher's Guide, Slavery and Early New York History, Undated Box 2 (3- Folder 53-54 Downtown Community School)

Teacher's Handbook, Undated Box 2 (3- Folder 55 Downtown Community School)

Teaching Writing, Undated Box 2 (3- Folder 56 Downtown Community School)

Tuition, 1969-1970 Box 2 (3- Folder 57 Downtown Community School)

Tuition Aid - [RESTRICTED], 1968-1969Undated Box 2 (3- Folder 58 Downtown Conditions Governing Access: Community Conditions Governing Access School) Must consult archivist before viewing this material.

Union Relations - [RESTRICTED], 19611963Undated Box 2 (3- Folder 59 Downtown Conditions Governing Access: Community Conditions Governing Access School) Must consult archivist before viewing this material.

"What does the Nursery School Teacher Teach?" by Elizabeth Box 2 (3- Folder 60 Doak, 1951 Downtown

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Community School)

Yearbooks, 19481951-1952 Box 2 (3- Folder 61 Downtown Community School)

Activities, 1945-1971Undated Scope and Contents

The Activities subseries contains material produced by or involving the students of the Downtown Community School, as well as Norman Studer, beyond his administrative responsibilities. Materials include notes from field trips, graduation dramas, student writings, and Downtown Community School publications, the Downtowner and Scribbler. The Downtowner was an internally published periodical containing a calendar of events, an editorial from Studer, announcements, and student writings. The Scribbler differed in that it was solely composed of student writings from each grade level. This subseries is particularly strong in its representation of field trips sponsored by Studer, many of which were taken to the Catskill Mountains. The folders often include itineraries, curricular guides, local history and maps, as well as student reflections and drawings. Many of the Downtown Community School graduation dramas were predicated on the field trip experiences. Also of interest are a number of folders containing general student writings and drawings and a file on the successful 1965 efforts by the children to help save the historic Old Merchant's House in New York City from demolition.

Title/Description Instances Architecture Tour, Undated Box 1 (3- Folder 1 Downtown Community School)

Calendar of Events for 25th Anniversary Year, 1970 Box 1 (3- Folder 2 Downtown Community School)

CITY DAY, Undated Box 1 (3- Folder 3 Downtown Community School)

Class Trip Reports, Grades 1-4, Undated Box 1 (3- Folder 4 Downtown Community School)

Dairy Farm Visit Recollections, 1970 Box 1 (3- Folder 5 Downtown Community School)

Downtown Walks, 1969Undated Box 1 (3- Folder 6 Downtown Community School)

E-Day Landmark Walk, 1970 Box 1 (3- Folder 7 Downtown

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Community School)

Efforts to Establish Sojourner Truth Memorial by Downtown Box 1 (3- Folder 8 Community School, 1969 Downtown Community School)

Efforts to Save Old Merchant's House, 1965Undated Box 1 (3- Folder 9 Downtown Community School)

Embroideries by Leslie Dublin, ca. 1969 Box 1 (3- Folder 10 Downtown Community School)

Field Trips, 5th Grade Trip to Pennsylvania, Undated Box 1 (3- Folder 11 Downtown Community School)

Field Trips, 6th Grade Trip to Pennsylvania, 1954Undated Box 1 (3- Folder 12 Downtown Community School)

Field Trips, 6th Grade Trip to Orange and Ulster Countries, Box 1 (3- Folder 13 Undated Downtown Community School)

Field Trips, 7th Grade, Undated Box 1 (3- Folder 14 Downtown Community School)

Field Trips, 7th Grade Cooperstown and Hurley Trip, Box 1 (3- Folder 15 1968-1969Undated Downtown Community School)

Field Trips, Bus Duties and Committee Forms, Undated Box 1 (3- Folder 16 Downtown Community School)

Field Trips, Catskills including Related Curriculum, Box 1 (3- Folder 17 1966Undated Downtown Community School)

Field Trips, Great Swamp, 19621964-1969Undated Box 1 (3- Folder 18 Downtown Community School)

Field TripsMoods and Landscapes - Delaware County, Sketches Box 1 (3- Folder 19-22 and Writings by 8th Grade, 1969 Downtown - Page 26- Studer, Norman; Papers

Community School)

Field Trips, New Jersey, 1964Undated Box 1 (3- Folder 23 Downtown Community School)

Field Trips, Staten Island, 1966Undated Box 1 (3- Folder 24 Downtown Community School)

Field Trips, Wallkill Valley Ecology Trip, 1969Undated Box 1 (3- Folder 25 Downtown Community School)

General Writings about Field Trips Undertaken, Undated Box 1 (3- Folder 26 Downtown Community School)

Graduation Play, 1960 Box 1 (3- Folder 27 Downtown Community School)

Graduation Play, "Big Mose, New York's Own Paul Bunyan", Box 1 (3- Folder 28 1965 Downtown Community School)

Graduation Play, "Tim Horn Rebellion," and Graduation Box 1 (3- Folder 29 Program, 1955 Downtown Community School)

Hand Me Downs, collected by the 7th and 8th Grades, Undated Box 1 (3- Folder 30 Downtown Community School)

High Rock Park Nature Conservation Center, 1968 Box 1 (3- Folder 31 Downtown Community School)

"How Can We Best Educate to Eliminate Racism," Forum Box 1 (3- Folder 32 Moderated by Norman Studer, 1968-1969Undated Downtown Community School)

Intercultural Workshops, 19451953-19551959-1960Undated Box 1 (3- Folder 33 Downtown Community School)

Intergroup Education Conference, 1958-1963 Box 1 (3- Folder 34 Downtown - Page 27- Studer, Norman; Papers

Community School)

Ledger with Accounting Notes from 7th and 8th Grade Field Box 1 (3- Folder 35 Trips, 1966-1968 Downtown Community School)

Leonard Covello Lectures, Undated Box 1 (3- Folder 36 Downtown Community School)

Map of Field Trip by Danny Conrad and Kara Yeargans, Oversized 1 Folder 2 Undated

Outline of Study of Staten Island, 1966Undated Box 1 (3- Folder 37 Downtown Community School)

"Parents Work" by Class 2L, 1964 Box 1 (3- Folder 38 Downtown Community School)

Photographs of New York City by Student, Undated Box 1 (3- Folder 39 Downtown Community School)

The Pioneer Museum at the Downtown Community School, Box 1 (3- Folder 40 Undated Downtown Community School)

Plays, "Sojourner Truth", 1969Undated Box 1 (3- Folder 41 Downtown Community School)

Plays About Staten Island, Undated Box 1 (3- Folder 42 Downtown Community School)

Plays, "The Days of the Tall Ships," "Twilight in the Dust Box 1 (3- Folder 43 Bowl'" "The Sun Goes Down on the Medicine Man," "The Story Downtown of a Piece of Pink Cotton," and "The Dark Nights of Slavery", Community Undated School)

Program for Graduation Exercises including Play "The Tredwell Box 1 (3- Folder 44 House", 1963 Downtown Community School)

Program for Graduation Exercises including Play "The Truth Box 1 (3- Folder 45 Shall Set You Free", 1956 Downtown

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Community School)

Program of the Black Studies Workshops, 1969 Box 1 (3- Folder 46 Downtown Community School)

Proposed Freedom Walk for Lower Manhattan, Undated Box 1 (3- Folder 47 Downtown Community School)

Red Thunder Cloud, 1970Undated Box 1 (3- Folder 48 Downtown Community School)

Revolution Walk, Undated Box 1 (3- Folder 49 Downtown Community School)

Round Table on City Folklore and Its Uses, Undated Box 1 (3- Folder 50 Downtown Community School)

Scribbler, 1959-19631965 Box 1 (3- Folder 51 Downtown Community School)

Sleepy Hollow Restorations, 1967 Box 1 (3- Folder 52 Downtown Community School)

Sojourner Truth, 1969Undated Box 1 (3- Folder 53 Downtown Community School)

The Stoop, 1971 Box 1 (3- Folder 54 Downtown Community School)

Student Reflections of New York City, 19641970Undated Box 1 (3- Folder 55 Downtown Community School)

Student Sketches (1 of 2), 1963-1964Undated Box 1 (3- Folder 56 Downtown Community School)

Student Sketches (2 of 2), 1963-1964Undated Box 2 (3- Folder 1 Downtown - Page 29- Studer, Norman; Papers

Community School)

Student Writings, Black Studies, Undated Box 2 (3- Folder 2 Downtown Community School)

Student Writings, Catskills, 19621970Undated Box 2 (3- Folder 3 Downtown Community School)

Student Writings, City People, Undated Box 2 (3- Folder 4 Downtown Community School)

Student Writings, City Talk, Undated Box 2 (3- Folder 5 Downtown Community School)

Student Writings, Cooperstown Trip, 1952 Box 2 (3- Folder 6 Downtown Community School)

Student Writings, Collected Folklore, Undated Box 2 (3- Folder 7 Downtown Community School)

Student Writings, Family, Undated Box 2 (3- Folder 8 Downtown Community School)

Student Writings, Living History, Short Stories, Plays and Songs Box 2 (3- Folder 9 by 8th Graders in Creative Writing Class, 1961-1964Undated Downtown Community School)

Student Writings, Moods and Moments, Undated Box 2 (3- Folder 10 Downtown Community School)

Student Writings, New Jersey, 19601962Undated Box 2 (3- Folder 11 Downtown Community School)

Student Writings, New York City, 1969Undated Box 2 (3- Folder 12 Downtown Community School)

Student Writings, Pets, Undated Box 2 (3- Folder 13 Downtown - Page 30- Studer, Norman; Papers

Community School)

Student Writings, Poems about Sojourner Truth, 7th Grade, ca. Box 2 (3- Folder 14 1959 Downtown Community School)

Student Writings, Poetry, Undated Box 2 (3- Folder 15 Downtown Community School)

Student Writings, Short Stories, Undated Box 2 (3- Folder 16 Downtown Community School)

Students Writings, Songs, Undated Box 2 (3- Folder 17 Downtown Community School)

Student Writings, Sounds of the City, Undated Box 2 (3- Folder 18 Downtown Community School)

Student Writings, Stories Based, Undated Box 2 (3- Folder 19 Downtown Community School)

Student Writings, Students Who Lived Elsewhere, Undated Box 2 (3- Folder 20 Downtown Community School)

Student Writings, Summer Camp, Undated Box 3 (3- Folder 1 Downtown Community School)

Student Writings, Trips to Pennsylvania, 1954Undated Box 3 (3- Folder 2 Downtown Community School)

Student Writings, Unbound Notebook of poems, Drawings and Box 3 (3- Folder 3 Stories, Mr. Mogil's Class, 1969 Downtown Community School)

Workshop for Democracy, 1945 Box 3 (3- Folder 4 Downtown Community School)

Westchester County Sheep to Shawl Event, 1969 Box 3 (3- Folder 5 Downtown - Page 31- Studer, Norman; Papers

Community School)

Untitled Play, Undated Box 3 (3- Folder 6 Downtown Community School)

Trip Menu, 1965 Box 3 (3- Folder 7 Downtown Community School)

Tours of Harlem, 1968-1970 Box 3 (3- Folder 8 Downtown Community School)

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Camp Woodland, 1938-2012Undated Physical Description: 3.26 cubic ft. Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically.

Scope and Contents

Norman Studer, Rose Sydney, Regine Dicker (Ferber), Sara Abelson (Abramson), and Hannah Studer, founded Camp Woodland in Phoenicia, New York in 1940. Norman Studer served as camp director until 1962. A 1963 fire destroyed the camp buildings.

This series is divided into three subseries - Administration, Activities, and Post-Camp.

Administration, 1938-1963Undated Scope and Contents

The Administration subseries documents the functions of the director, Board of Trustees, and staff of Camp Woodland as they relate to the operation of the Camp. Materials include annual reports, meeting minutes, correspondence, litigation, counselor in training handbooks, as well as documents related to the Larkin Committee and an investigation of Norman Studer and Camp Woodland for possible subversive activities and ties to the Communist Party. The annual reports provide fiscal summary data related to the operation of the Camp, including, but not limited to, tuition costs, expenditures, operating costs, tax liability, fixed assets and accumulated depreciation, and accumulated funds. These reports were prepared by certified public accountants and record the fiscal state of Camp Woodland in great detail. The folder entitled "Board of Director's Dispute" documents an effort by three of Camp Woodland's founders and Board members - Mrs. Ferber, Mrs. Sydney, and Mrs. Abramson - to separate themselves, legally and financially, from the Camp. It is unclear what precipitated the dispute, but ultimately, it appears there were philosophical differences as well as divergent financial interests.

Of particular interest are the folders pertaining to the Larkin Committee's investigation of Norman Studer and Camp Woodland as having sympathetic ties with the Communist Party. During the early months of 1955, the Joint Legislative Committee on Charitable and Philanthropic Agencies and Organizations of New York (also known as the Larkin Committee after Committee Head State Senator Edward Larkin) investigated the possibility of - Page 32- Studer, Norman; Papers

subversive training and indoctrination of children in Communist-established summer camps. In the report, Studer was specifically "identified as a long-time member of the Communist Party." Studer was also accused of having "purposely hired Communists as his assistants at the camp." One of the possible assistants being alluded to may have been Pete Seeger, who is also identified in this report as being "Pro-Communist." Studer testified before the Committee in August 1955; however, formal charges were never filed against Studer nor Camp Woodland. When testifying, Studer invoked the Fifth Amendment when asked about Communist Party membership, answered other questions and read a prepared statement. The files include Studer's statement, subpoena, related correspondence (including hate mail sent to Studer), newsclippings, and Committee resolutions and a final report.

There also are a small number of documents related to Camp Hilltop where Norman Studer served as director of education before helping to found Camp Woodland.

Title/Description Instances Administrative Notes, 1959-1961Undated Box 1 Folder 1 (4-Camp Woodland)

Annual Report, 1944 Box 1 Folder 2 (4-Camp Woodland)

Annual Report, 1945 Box 1 Folder 3 (4-Camp Woodland)

Annual Report, 1946 Box 1 Folder 4 (4-Camp Woodland)

Annual Report, 1947 Box 1 Folder 5 (4-Camp Woodland)

Annual Report, 1948 Box 1 Folder 6 (4-Camp Woodland)

Annual Report, 1949 Box 1 Folder 7 (4-Camp Woodland)

Annual Report, 1950 Box 1 Folder 8 (4-Camp Woodland)

Annual Report, 1951 Box 1 Folder 9 (4-Camp Woodland)

Annual Report, 1952 Box 1 Folder 10 (4-Camp Woodland)

Annual Report, 1953 Box 1 Folder 11 (4-Camp Woodland)

Annual Report, 1954

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Box 1 Folder 12 (4-Camp Woodland)

Annual Report, 1955 Box 1 Folder 13 (4-Camp Woodland)

Annual Report, 1956 Box 1 Folder 14 (4-Camp Woodland)

Annual Report, 1957 Box 1 Folder 15 (4-Camp Woodland)

Annual Report, 1958 Box 1 Folder 16 (4-Camp Woodland)

Annual Report, 1959 Box 1 Folder 17 (4-Camp Woodland)

Area Hotel Discrimination, 1951Undated Box 1 Folder 18 (4-Camp Woodland)

Bibliography, Undated Box 1 Folder 19 (4-Camp Woodland)

Board of Directors Dispute and Related Legal Materials, Box 1 Folder 20 19521958-1963Undated (4-Camp Woodland)

Board of Directors Meeting Minutes and Correspondence, Box 1 Folder 21 1954-1962Undated (4-Camp Woodland)

Budgets, ca. 1953 Box 1 Folder 22 (4-Camp Woodland)

Camp Hilltop, 1938Undated Box 1 Folder 23 (4-Camp Woodland)

Camp Hilltop Brochures, Undated Box 1 Folder 24 (4-Camp Woodland)

Camp Woodland Brochures, Undated Box 1 Folder 25 (4-Camp Woodland)

Camp Woodland, Correspondence, 1942-1962Undated Box 1 Folder 26 (4-Camp Woodland)

Camp Woodland Goals and Reflections, Undated - Page 34- Studer, Norman; Papers

Box 1 Folder 27 (4-Camp Woodland)

Camp Woodland Organization, ca. 1945 Box 1 Folder 28 (4-Camp Woodland)

Camp Woodland Parents Association, 19541957-1961Undated Box 1 Folder 29 (4-Camp Woodland)

Camp Woodland's Design for Integration, Undated Box 2 Folder 1 (4-Camp Woodland)

Camper Council, 1946-19471950Undated Box 2 Folder 2 (4-Camp Woodland)

Campers List, 19531955-19591961-1962 Box 2 Folder 3 (4-Camp Woodland)

Certificate of Incorporation, 1942 Oversized 1 Folder 3

Communications to the Staff, Undated Box 2 Folder 4 (4-Camp Woodland)

Correspondence to Staff, No Positions Available, 1958 Box 2 Folder 5 (4-Camp Woodland)

Counselor-in-Training Reports, 1949Undated Box 2 Folder 6 (4-Camp Woodland)

Counselor-in-Training Yearbook, 1958 Box 2 Folder 7 (4-Camp Woodland)

Counselor's Handbook, ca. 1945 Box 2 Folder 8 (4-Camp Woodland)

Deferred Salaries, 1962Undated Box 2 Folder 9 (4-Camp Woodland)

Dewey Administration Investigation of Camps, Thompkins- Box 2 Folder 10 Rabin Joint Legislative Committee, 1954 (4-Camp Woodland)

Difficulty Advertising for Camp Woodland as a Result of Larkin Box 2 Folder 11 Committee Investigation, 1954-1957Undated (4-Camp Woodland)

Duties and Responsibilities, Undated

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Box 2 Folder 12 (4-Camp Woodland)

Efforts to Bring Little Rock Nine to Camp Woodland, 1958 Box 2 Folder 13 (4-Camp Woodland)

End-of-Season Suggestions, Planning, Reports, Box 2 Folder 14 1943-1961Undated (4-Camp Woodland)

Evaluations, 1953Undated Box 2 Folder 15 (4-Camp Woodland)

Executive Committee, Undated Box 2 Folder 16 (4-Camp Woodland)

Film, 1949 Box 2 Folder 17 (4-Camp Woodland)

Fire, 1963 Box 2 Folder 18 (4-Camp Woodland)

Folklore Education at Woodland, Undated Box 2 Folder 19 (4-Camp Woodland)

Guest Books, 1952-1956 Box 2 Folder 20 (4-Camp Woodland)

Guide for Group Leaders, Undated Box 2 Folder 21 (4-Camp Woodland)

Hate Mail Resulting from Publicity from Larkin Committee, Box 2 Folder 22 1956Undated (4-Camp Woodland)

Investigation '55, Larkin Committee, 1954-1956Undated Box 2 Folder 23 (4-Camp Woodland)

Larkin Committee Investigation, Concerns of Downtown Box 2 Folder 24 Community School Parents, 1955-1956 (4-Camp Woodland)

Larkin Committee, Newsclippings, 1955-1956 Box 2 Folder 25 (4-Camp Woodland)

Map by Joan Goldhirsch, ca. 1950 Oversized 1 Folder 4

Parents Lists, 19511953-1962Undated

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Box 3 Folder 1 (4-Camp Woodland)

Precamp Orientation, 1951 Box 3 Folder 2 (4-Camp Woodland)

Property Dispute with Lewis Hallenbeck, 1953-1954 Box 3 Folder 3 (4-Camp Woodland)

Staff and Counselor Reflections, Undated Box 3 Folder 4 (4-Camp Woodland)

Staff Meeting Minutes, 193919441948-1949Undated Box 3 Folder 5 (4-Camp Woodland)

Staff Roster, 1955-19561959-19601962 Box 3 Folder 6 (4-Camp Woodland)

Unsubstantiated Rumor about Refusing Rosenberg Children at Box 3 Folder 7 Camp, 1954 (4-Camp Woodland)

Woodland Newsletter, 1941-1947 Box 3 Folder 8 (4-Camp Woodland)

Work Camp, 1948Undated Box 3 Folder 9 (4-Camp Woodland)

Youth Week, 1961Undated Box 3 Folder 10 (4-Camp Woodland)

Activities, 1940-1974Undated Scope and Contents

The Activities subseries consists primarily of publications, event announcements, writings, and art produced by campers, or counselors of Camp Woodland. Notable materials include copies of the Camp magazine, Neighbors; programs, announcements, news clippings, and correspondence related to the Folk Festival of the Catskills; ephemeral publications; and various creative writings. There also are materials about the Folk Museum.

The publication Neighbors was originally published as the Folk Festival of the Catskills program, but eventually became a separate publication in 1944 and continued until 1962. It evolved into an annual magazine devoted to recording the explorations and discoveries of campers and camp counselors each summer. Please note that the Studer Papers do not have a complete run of Neighbors. Noted musician and composer, Norman Cazden, and occasionally Herbert Haufrecht, supervised the folk music contributions of Neighbors; as a result, it became a rich source of sheet music and lyrics for regional folksongs.

Camp Woodland culminated each year with the annual Folk Festival of the Catskills. Studer invited many of the local fiddlers, musicians, dance callers, and ballad singers to join the campers in a folk festival performance for the counselors, community members, and parents. Studer organized the folk festival with the manifold purpose of - Page 37- Studer, Norman; Papers

reviving the Catskill heritage of folk music and dance. Pete Seeger periodically performed at the Folk Festival of the Catskills, particularly during the early years. Many of the festivals were recorded by Studer, and are located in Series 6: Audio Recordings and Series 7: Films. Please note that the Folk Festival of the Catskills files have different types and amounts of materials depending upon the year. Some simply have programs or a list of events. Others have this, but also feature extensive planning records, newspaper clips, analysis and speeches.

The Folk Museum of the Catskills began with a small collection of tools representing folk life in the region. These were held at Camp Woodland, but the museum sought a more permanent home during the next two decades. The museum was first housed in the Butterfly House at Camp, then in a home on Main Street in Phoenicia, and later at the Ski House at Simpson Ski Slope. In 1957 campers began clearing land and a site at the Camp for a new museum structure. The Museum was dedicated during the 1962 Folk Festival of the Catskills. After Camp Woodland closed, Studer relocated the materials to a museum at the Downtown Community School and eventually these tools were donated to other museums and repositories. Several tools are now held at the M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives. Please see the Folk Festival of the Catskills files for additional content on the museum.

Title/Description Instances Athletic Schedule, Undated Box 1 Folder 1 (4-Camp Woodland)

Autobiography of a Bluestone Quarry, Undated Box 1 Folder 2 (4-Camp Woodland)

Camp Diary of Nancy Kurshan, 1958 Box 1 Folder 3 (4-Camp Woodland)

Camp Woodland Felt Patch, Junior Camp, ca. 1945 Box 1 Folder 4 (4-Camp Woodland)

Camper Writings, Articles by Campers on Sholam, Undated Box 1 Folder 5 (4-Camp Woodland)

Camper Writings, Articles from 1949Neighbors, Undated Box 1 Folder 6 (4-Camp Woodland)

Camper Writings, Camp Life, Undated Box 1 Folder 7 (4-Camp Woodland)

Camper Writings, Camper Council, Undated Box 1 Folder 8 (4-Camp Woodland)

Camper Writings, Drought and Flood, Undated Box 1 Folder 9 (4-Camp Woodland)

Camper Writings, Living Things, Undated Box 1 Folder 10 (4-Camp Woodland)

Camper Writings, Photocopied Compilation from Various Summers, Undated - Page 38- Studer, Norman; Papers

Box 1 Folder 11 (4-Camp Woodland)

Camper Writings, Poetry, 1954Undated Box 1 Folder 12 (4-Camp Woodland)

Camper Writings, Recollections of Catskills Residents, Box 1 Folder 13 1950Undated (4-Camp Woodland)

Camper Writings, Summer Highlights, Undated Box 1 Folder 14 (4-Camp Woodland)

Camper Writings, Tall Tales, Undated Box 1 Folder 15 (4-Camp Woodland)

Camper WritingsThoughts: Serious and Silly, ca. 1960 Box 1 Folder 16 (4-Camp Woodland)

Camper Writings, Trips and Visits, Undated Box 1 Folder 17 (4-Camp Woodland)

Camper Writings, Work Camp, 1957-19581960Undated Box 1 Folder 18 (4-Camp Woodland)

Camper Writings, World Youth Week, Undated Box 1 Folder 19 (4-Camp Woodland)

Campfire, 1946 Box 1 Folder 20 (4-Camp Woodland)

Canal Trip, Undated Box 1 Folder 21 (4-Camp Woodland)

"The Compleat Folk Singer," by Sam Delaney, Undated Box 1 Folder 22 (4-Camp Woodland)

Catskill Caller, 1941-1962Undated Box 1 Folder 23 (4-Camp Woodland)

Catskill Folklore and Oral History Collected by Campers or at Box 1 Folder 24 Camp, 1944-1945194719501954Undated (4-Camp Woodland)

"The Coming of the Peoples", Undated

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Box 1 Folder 25 (4-Camp Woodland)

Composer's Notebook of Catskill Folk Music, Camper Niela Box 1 Folder 26 Miller, ca. 1948-1952 (4-Camp Woodland)

Cookouts and Overnights, Undated Box 1 Folder 27 (4-Camp Woodland)

Correspondence with Escuela Nacional de Danzas Folkloricas Box 1 Folder 28 Argentinas, 1948 (4-Camp Woodland)

"Dances From Woodland", 19451955 Box 1 Folder 29 (4-Camp Woodland)

Drama at Woodland, 19471954Undated Box 1 Folder 30 (4-Camp Woodland)

Drawings by Joan Goldhirsch-Roelof, Undated Box 1 Folder 31 (4-Camp Woodland)

Edwards, George (SeeCatskill Caller for More Tributes), Box 1 Folder 32 19461949Undated (4-Camp Woodland)

Exhibit of Photographs of Camp Woodland by Helene Pragan, Box 1 Folder 33 1946 (4-Camp Woodland)

"Exploration: Unearthing Local History and Folklore with the Box 1 Folder 34 People of the Catskills," by A.A. Hartwell, 1948 (4-Camp Woodland)

Farewell Banquet, 19461950-19531958 Box 1 Folder 35 (4-Camp Woodland)

Folk Festival of the Catskills, 2nd Annual, 1941Undated Box 1 Folder 36 (4-Camp Woodland)

Folk Festival of the Catskills, 3rd Annual, 1942 Box 1 Folder 37 (4-Camp Woodland)

Folk Festival of the Catskills, 4th Annual, 1943 Box 1 Folder 38 (4-Camp Woodland)

Folk Festival of the Catskills, 4th Annual, Undated Oversized 1 Folder 15

Folk Festival of the Catskills, 5th Annual, 1944Undated

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Box 1 Folder 39 (4-Camp Woodland)

Folk Festival of the Catskills, 6th Annual, 1945 Box 1 Folder 40 (4-Camp Woodland)

Folk Festival of the Catskills, 7th Annual, 1946 Box 1 Folder 41 (4-Camp Woodland)

Folk Festival of the Catskills, 8th Annual, 1947Undated Box 1 Folder 42 (4-Camp Woodland)

Folk Festival of the Catskills, 9th Annual, 1948 Box 1 Folder 43 (4-Camp Woodland)

Folk Festival of the Catskills, 10th Annual, ca. 1949 Oversized 1 Folder 5

Folk Festival of the Catskills, 1950 Box 1 Folder 44 (4-Camp Woodland)

Folk Festival of the Catskills, 1951 Box 1 Folder 45 (4-Camp Woodland)

Folk Festival of the Catskills, 12th Annual, ca. 1951 Oversized 1 Folder 6

Folk Festival of the Catskills, 1953Undated Box 1 Folder 46 (4-Camp Woodland)

Folk Festival of the Catskills, 14th Annual, ca. 1953 Oversized 1 Folder 7

Folk Festival of the Catskills, 1954Undated Box 1 Folder 47 (4-Camp Woodland)

Folk Festival of the Catskills, 1955 Box 1 Folder 48 (4-Camp Woodland)

Folk Festival of the Catskills, 1956Undated Box 1 Folder 49 (4-Camp Woodland)

Folk Festival of the Catskills, 1957 Box 1 Folder 50 (4-Camp Woodland)

Folk Festival of the Catskills, 1958 Box 1 Folder 51 (4-Camp Woodland)

Folk Festival of the Catskills, 1959Undated

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Box 1 Folder 52 (4-Camp Woodland)

Folk Festival of the Catskills, ca. 1961 Box 1 Folder 53 (4-Camp Woodland)

Folk Festival of the Catskills, 1962 Box 1 Folder 54 (4-Camp Woodland)

Folk Festival of the Catskills, Nellie Bly Ballard Art Exhibit, Box 1 Folder 55 1960Undated (4-Camp Woodland)

Folk Festival of the Catskills, Partial List of Dates, Undated Box 1 Folder 56 (4-Camp Woodland)

Folk Museum, Catalogue Cover, Undated Box 1 Folder 57 (4-Camp Woodland)

Folk Museum, Artifact Descriptions, Undated Box 1 Folder 58 (4-Camp Woodland)

Folk Museum, Beginnings, 19531959Undated Box 1 Folder 59 (4-Camp Woodland)

Folk Museum, Donor List, 1953 Box 1 Folder 60 (4-Camp Woodland)

Folk Museum, Flyers about Museum, 1951Undated Box 1 Folder 61 (4-Camp Woodland)

Folk Museum, Hoop Making, Undated Box 1 Folder 62 (4-Camp Woodland)

Folk Museum, Inventory, 1962Undated Box 1 Folder 63 (4-Camp Woodland)

Folk Museum, Newsclippings, Undated Box 1 Folder 64 (4-Camp Woodland)

Folk Museum, Newsclippings About Building and Dedication of Box 1 Folder 65 Museum at Camp Woodland, 19601962 (4-Camp Woodland)

Folk Museum, Pieces Lent to Camp Thoreau, 1972 Box 1 Folder 66 (4-Camp Woodland)

Folk Museum, Programming, Undated - Page 42- Studer, Norman; Papers

Box 1 Folder 67 (4-Camp Woodland)

Folk Museum, Woodland Collection, Undated Box 1 Folder 68 (4-Camp Woodland)

Folk Museum, Woodland Collection Exhibits, 1950Undated Box 1 Folder 69 (4-Camp Woodland)

Gifts for the Arkville Museum, from Norman Studer, 1974 Box 1 Folder 70 (4-Camp Woodland)

Goals for Children at Camp, Undated Box 1 Folder 71 (4-Camp Woodland)

Hiking Trips, Undated Box 1 Folder 72 (4-Camp Woodland)

Hill Top Highlights, 1940 Box 1 Folder 73 (4-Camp Woodland)

Jones, Bessie, 1958Undated Box 1 Folder 74 (4-Camp Woodland)

The Junior Woodlander, 1952 Box 1 Folder 75 (4-Camp Woodland)

Maps of Trips, Undated Box 1 Folder 76 (4-Camp Woodland)

Modern Dance, Undated Box 1 Folder 77 (4-Camp Woodland)

Music, Writing and Photos from Loose Pages of Neighbors, Box 1 Folder 78 Undated (4-Camp Woodland)

My Songbook, Undated Box 1 Folder 79 (4-Camp Woodland)

Neighbors, 1946-1949 Box 1 Folder 80 (4-Camp Woodland)

Neighbors, 1950 Box 1 Folder 81 (4-Camp Woodland)

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Box 1 Folder 82 (4-Camp Woodland)

Neighbors, 1954-1958 Box 1 Folder 83 (4-Camp Woodland)

Neighbors, 19601962 Box 1 Folder 84 (4-Camp Woodland)

Notebook of Nature Counselor Beulah Tannenbaum, 1950-1952 Box 1 Folder 85 (4-Camp Woodland)

Olympic Day, Undated Box 1 Folder 86 (4-Camp Woodland)

"One Camper Remembers…", Undated Box 1 Folder 87 (4-Camp Woodland)

Our Catskill Neighbors, 1945 Box 1 Folder 88 (4-Camp Woodland)

Patriotism, 1942Undated Box 1 Folder 89 (4-Camp Woodland)

Peace on Earth, 1961 Box 1 Folder 90 (4-Camp Woodland)

Plays, "Action on Dingle Hill", 1958Undated Box 2 Folder 1 (4-Camp Woodland)

Plays, "Boney Quillen", 1953 Box 2 Folder 2 (4-Camp Woodland)

Plays , "Canalers, Canalers…by Norman Studer," Presented by Box 2 Folder 3 the Woodland Players, Undated (4-Camp Woodland)

Plays, Cantatas, and Modern Dances by Woodland Players, Box 2 Folder 4 Undated (4-Camp Woodland)

Plays, "Down Rent", 19411945 Box 2 Folder 5 (4-Camp Woodland)

Plays, "The Lonesome Train", 1944-1945 Box 2 Folder 6 (4-Camp Woodland)

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Box 2 Folder 7 (4-Camp Woodland)

Plays, "Sojourner Truth", 19531962 Box 2 Folder 8 (4-Camp Woodland)

Plays, "They Came to Shalom", 1960 Box 2 Folder 9 (4-Camp Woodland)

Plays, "The Way it Used to Be", 1954-1955Undated Box 2 Folder 10 (4-Camp Woodland)

Plays, "We've Come from the City," by Herbert Haufrecht, Box 2 Folder 11 194519481956 (4-Camp Woodland)

Possible Trips for Groups, Undated Box 2 Folder 12 (4-Camp Woodland)

Poster with Images, Undated Oversized 1 Folder 8

Programs for Final Periods of Camp, 19451947 Box 2 Folder 13 (4-Camp Woodland)

Report of Music at Camp Woodland, 1960 Box 2 Folder 14 (4-Camp Woodland)

Sampsonville Trips, Undated Box 2 Folder 15 (4-Camp Woodland)

Sholam, 19571972 Box 2 Folder 16 (4-Camp Woodland)

Slack, Orson, 1945-19461952Undated Box 2 Folder 17 (4-Camp Woodland)

Smith, Ernie, Poetry, 19441948Undated Box 2 Folder 18 (4-Camp Woodland)

"The Story of Samsonville," by Louis Sarlin, Camp Woodland, Box 2 Folder 19 Undated (4-Camp Woodland)

Storytelling, Undated Box 2 Folder 20 (4-Camp Woodland)

Trip to Water System, Watershed, Reservoir, 1949Undated

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Box 2 Folder 21 (4-Camp Woodland)

Trip Program, Undated Box 2 Folder 22 (4-Camp Woodland)

Trips, General Rules and Guides, Undated Box 2 Folder 23 (4-Camp Woodland)

Todd, Mike, 1960Undated Box 2 Folder 24 (4-Camp Woodland)

Upstate Meets Downstate Folk Music Concert, 1961 April 05 Box 2 Folder 25 (4-Camp Woodland)

Visit to Malby Hollow and Jacky Brook Farm, 1962 Box 2 Folder 26 (4-Camp Woodland)

V-J Day at Camp Woodland, 1945Undated Box 2 Folder 27 (4-Camp Woodland)

Wood Bones Made by Mike Todd for Bobby Orlins, Junior Artifact-box Camp, ca. 1945 1

Woodlanders at College by Matie Chalk, ca. 19571962 Box 2 Folder 28 (4-Camp Woodland)

Work Camper, 1953 Box 2 Folder 29 (4-Camp Woodland)

Work Camp Courier, 1961 Box 2 Folder 30 (4-Camp Woodland)

The World is a Neighborhood, 1944-1946 Box 2 Folder 31 (4-Camp Woodland)

Post-Camp, 1977-2012Undated Scope and Contents

This small subseries contains materials documenting Camp Woodland related activities and events which occurred after the camp closed. This includes reunions and the creation of The Woodland Sampler, a compilation of Catskill folk music played at Camp Woodland, including some recordings from the annual Folk Festival of the Catskills. Norman Studer embarked on the The Woodland Sampler project in 1977, a year before his death, and it was continued by his family, including daughter Joan Studer Levine and grandson Eric Levine. The Levines published a cassette and an accompanying booklet detailing the songs, poetry and music on the tape in 1987.

Title/Description Instances

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1997 Camp Woodland Reunion Administrative Materials, Box 1 Folder 1 1997Undated (4-Camp Woodland)

1997 Camp Woodland Reunion Photographs, Box 1 Folder 2 1997-1998Undated (4-Camp Woodland)

1997 Camp Woodland Reunion Registration Forms and Roster, Box 1 Folder 3 1997Undated (4-Camp Woodland)

1997 Camp Woodland Reunion Survey and Follow-up, Box 1 Folder 4 19972002 (4-Camp Woodland)

Botkin Celebration, Library of Congress, 2001 Box 1 Folder 5 (4-Camp Woodland)

"Camp Woodland: Progressive Education and Folklore in the Box 1 Folder 6 Catskill Mountains of New York State," by Dale Johnson, 2002 (4-Camp Woodland)

California Reunion of Larry Spellens, Danny Braunstein, Eddie Box 1 Folder 7 Barad, Bobby Orlins, 2002 (4-Camp Woodland)

Camp Woodland Reunion Alumni List, Undated Box 1 Folder 8 (4-Camp Woodland)

List of Folk Songs Compiled by Carolyn (Kopperl) Bensinger, Box 1 Folder 9 Undated (4-Camp Woodland)

Map, Camp Woodland, Drawn by Robert "Bobby" Orlins, 2012 Box 1 Folder 10 (4-Camp Woodland)

Memorial to Herbert Haufrecht, 1998 Box 1 Folder 11 (4-Camp Woodland)

New York Folk Love Society Grant Application, 2001Undated Box 1 Folder 12 (4-Camp Woodland)

Woodland Letter and List, 2001Undated Box 1 Folder 13 (4-Camp Woodland)

The Woodland Sampler, 19872001Undated Box 1 Folder 14 (4-Camp Woodland)

The Woodland Sampler Permissions, 1977-19801983-19851987-1989Undated

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Box 1 Folder 15 (4-Camp Woodland)

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Photographs, ca. 1934-ca. 1970Undated Physical Description: 3.21 cubic ft. Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically.

Scope and Contents

Unless noted, this series contains photographs and postcards taken, collected by or featuring Norman Studer. There are images from the Little Red School House, Elisabeth Irwin High School, Downtown Community School, Camp Woodland, family trips out-of-state, and various New York locations. While archivists, Studer family members and former students and campers have made identifications where possible, the majority of the photographs contain unidentified individuals or events and are undated.

School Photographs, ca. 1934-ca.1970Undated Scope and Contents

The School photographs subseries contains images of children's activities, classes, field trips, special guests, including Red Thunder Cloud, and performances. The bulk of the photographs are from the Downtown Community School, but there are some images from the Little Red School House and Elisabeth Irwin High School.

Title/Description Instances Downtown Community School, Annual Art Show, Undated Oversized 2 Folder 1

Downtown Community School, Art Classes, Undated Box 1 (5- Folder 1 Photographs)

Downtown Community School, Chief Red Thunder Cloud, Box 1 (5- Folder 2 Undated Photographs)

Downtown Community School, Field Trips, 1964Undated Box 1 (5- Folder 3 Photographs)

Downtown Community School, Field Trips, Undated Box 1 (5- Folder 4-6 Photographs)

Downtown Community School, Folk Dancing, Undated Box 1 (5- Folder 7-10 Photographs)

Downtown Community School, Musical Performances, Undated Box 1 (5- Folder 11 Photographs)

Downtown Community School, Old Merchant's House Box 2 (5- Folder 1 Christmas Performance, 1965Undated Photographs)

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Downtown Community School, Plays and Performances, Box 2 (5- Folder 2 Undated Photographs)

Downtown Community School, Poetry Reading, ca. 1970 Box 2 (5- Folder 3 Photographs)

Downtown Community School, Sojourner Truth, Undated Box 2 (5- Folder 4 Photographs)

Downtown Community School, Students, 1962Undated Box 2 (5- Folder 5 Photographs)

Elisabeth Irwin High School Visit to Upstate New York, Box 2 (5- Folder 6 Undated Photographs)

Little Red School House New Jersey Trip, Undated Box 2 (5- Folder 7 Photographs)

Little Red School House, Norman Studer's First Class, ca. 1933 Box 2 (5- Folder 8 Photographs)

Studer, Norman, Undated Box 2 (5- Folder 9 Photographs)

Camp Woodland Photographs, ca. 1938-1958Undated Scope and Contents

The Camp Woodland photographs subseries documents the activities of the campers, the Folk Festivals of the Catskills, and many of the Catskill indigenes, including Dick and George Edwards, Harry Robinson, Grant Rogers, Ernie Sagan, Harry Siemsen, Orson Slack, and George Van Kleeck. There are a number of photographs of Norman Cazden and Herbert Haufrecht, both of whom served as musical directors for the camp, photographs of Norman Studer, as well as photographs of Pete Seeger playing his banjo. There is a file of photographs of Camp Hilltop as well.

Former camper Joan Simon Faulkner also donated digitized versions of many of her black and white and color photographs from Camp Woodland from 1954, 1960, and 1962 and of the 1958 Folk Festival of the Catskills. Please contact the Department to access these.

Title/Description Instances Activities, Undated Box 1 (5- Folder 1-2 Photographs)

Animals, Undated Box 1 (5- Folder 3 Photographs)

Animals, Undated Oversized 2 Folder 2

Artwork, Undated Box 1 (5- Folder 4 Photographs)

Artwork, Undated Oversized 2 Folder 3

Athletics, 1957Undated Box 1 (5- Folder 5 Photographs)

Athletics, Undated Oversized 2 Folder 4

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Box 1 (5- Folder 6 Photographs)

Camp and Area Buildings, Undated Oversized 2 Folder 5

Camp Hilltop, ca. 1938-1939 Box 1 (5- Folder 7 Photographs)

Camper and Staff Portraits, Undated Box 1 (5- Folder 8-9 Photographs)

Camper and Staff Portraits, Undated Oversized 2 Folder 6

Campfires, Undated Box 1 (5- Folder 10 Photographs)

Catskill Residents, Undated Box 1 (5- Folder 11 Photographs)

Cazden, Norman and Herbert Haufrecht, Undated Box 1 (5- Folder 12 Photographs)

Chorus, Undated Box 1 (5- Folder 13 Photographs)

Cooking and Meals, Undated Box 1 (5- Folder 14 Photographs)

Cooking and Meals, Undated Oversized 2 Folder 7

Crafts, Undated Box 1 (5- Folder 15 Photographs)

Crafts, Undated Oversized 2 Folder 8

Dramatics, Undated Box 1 (5- Folder 16 Photographs)

Edwards, Dick, Undated Box 1 (5- Folder 17 Photographs)

Edwards, George, Undated Box 1 (5- Folder 18 Photographs)

Flag Raising, Undated Box 1 (5- Folder 19 Photographs)

Folk Festival of the Catskills, Undated Box 1 (5- Folder 20-22 Photographs)

Folk Festival of the Catskills, Undated Oversized 2 Folder 9

Gardening, Undated Box 1 (5- Folder 23 Photographs)

Hikes, Undated Box 1 (5- Folder 24 Photographs)

Hecht, Nova, Undated Box 1 (5- Folder 25 Photographs)

Masquerade, Undated

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Box 1 (5- Folder 26 Photographs)

Meetings, including Parent Visits, Undated Box 1 (5- Folder 27 Photographs)

Museum, Undated Box 1 (5- Folder 28 Photographs)

Oxen, Undated Box 1 (5- Folder 29 Photographs)

Performances, including Folk Dancing, Undated Box 1 (5- Folder 30 Photographs)

Performances, including Folk Dancing, Undated Oversized 2 Folder 10

Photocopies of Photographs from Camp Woodland, Undated Box 1 (5- Folder 31 Photographs)

Photographs Donated by the Maine Folklife Center, Undated Box 1 (5- Folder 32 Photographs)

Postcards, Undated Box 1 (5- Folder 33 Photographs)

Pagan, Susan, Undated Box 1 (5- Folder 34 Photographs)

Robinson, Harry, Undated Box 1 (5- Folder 35 Photographs)

Rogers, Grant, Undated Box 1 (5- Folder 36 Photographs)

Sagan, Ernie, Undated Box 1 (5- Folder 37 Photographs)

Scanned Photographs from Joan Cooper's Album, Undated Box 2 (5- Folder 1 Photographs)

Scenery and Landmarks, Undated Box 2 (5- Folder 2 Photographs)

Science, Undated Box 2 (5- Folder 3 Photographs)

Science, Undated Oversized 2 Folder 11

Scrapbook, Carolyn Kopperl Bensinger, 19491954Undated Box 2 (5- Folder 4 Photographs)

Scrapbook, Sara Abramson, Undated Box 2 (5- Folder 5 Photographs)

Scrapbook, Unidentified, 19521957Undated Box 2 (5- Folder 6 Photographs)

Seeger, Pete, ca. 1950 Box 2 (5- Folder 7 Photographs)

Siemsen, Harry, 1958Undated

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Box 2 (5- Folder 8 Photographs)

Slack, Orson, Undated Box 2 (5- Folder 9 Photographs)

Studer with Campers and Guests, Undated Oversized 2 Folder 12

Swimming, Undated Box 2 (5- Folder 10-11 Photographs)

Swimming, Undated Oversized 2 Folder 13

Todd, Mike, Undated Box 2 (5- Folder 12 Photographs)

Trips, Undated Box 2 (5- Folder 13 Photographs)

Van Kleeck, George, Undated Box 2 (5- Folder 14 Photographs)

Van Wagner, Etson, Undated Box 3 (5- Folder 1 Photographs)

Visiting with Catskill Region Residents, Undated Box 3 (5- Folder 2 Photographs)

V-J Day, ca. 1945 Box 3 (5- Folder 3 Photographs)

War Related Activities, ca. 1942-1945 Box 3 (5- Folder 4 Photographs)

Woodworking, Undated Oversized 1 Folder 9

Working Outdoors, 1957-1958Undated Box 3 (5- Folder 5 Photographs)

Working Outdoors, Undated Oversized 2 Folder 14

Yale, Marvin, Undated Box 3 (5- Folder 6 Photographs)

General Images, Undated Scope and Contents

This subseries consists of a small number of general photographs and postcards, many likely taken or acquired on trips.

Title/Description Instances Bowne House, Undated Box 1 (5- Folder 1 Photographs)

Catskill Postcards, Undated Box 1 (5- Folder 2 Photographs)

Darling, Johnny and Martha Ann, Undated

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Box 1 (5- Folder 3 Photographs)

Doolittle, Frank Wesley, Undated Box 1 (5- Folder 4 Photographs)

Fishing, Undated Box 1 (5- Folder 5 Photographs)

Gaspard de Coligny, Colonel William, Undated Box 1 (5- Folder 6 Photographs)

Homes Torn Down for Reservoir Development, Undated Box 1 (5- Folder 7 Photographs)

IBM Building, Undated Box 1 (5- Folder 8 Photographs)

Michigan, Undated Box 1 (5- Folder 9 Photographs)

Old Stone Aqueduct, Undated Oversized 2 Folder 15

Peeling and Piling Hemlock Bark for Prattsville Tannery, Box 1 (5- Folder 10 Undated Photographs)

Post Cards, Undated Box 1 (5- Folder 11 Photographs)

Stone Structure, Undated Box 1 (5- Folder 12 Photographs)

Trip to Gaspee, Undated Box 1 (5- Folder 13 Photographs)

Unidentified Locations, Undated Oversized 2 Folder 16

Unidentified Performance, Undated Box 2 (5- Folder 1 Photographs)

Unidentified Portraits, Undated Box 2 (5- Folder 2 Photographs)

Unidentified Portraits, Undated Oversized 2 Folder 17

Unidentified Trips by Norman Studer, some possibly the Box 2 (5- Folder 3 Catskills, Undated Photographs)

Unidentified Work Crew, Undated Oversized 2 Folder 18

Village with Thatched Roof Homes, Undated Box 2 (5- Folder 4 Photographs)

Water Supply, Ashokan Construction, Undated Box 2 (5- Folder 5 Photographs)

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Audio Recordings, 1944-1970Undated

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Scope and Contents

This series contains audio recordings of special events and everyday activities at the Downtown Community School and Camp Woodland. The Department digitized hundreds of reel-to-reel audio recordings to date and these are available through LUNA, the Department's digital asset management system.

Title/Description Instances Downtown Community School, 1952-1970Undated Digital Object: Hyrax Search: Downtown Community School Scope and Contents

The Downtown Community School audio recordings document guest speakers, student discussions and readings, school plays, intergroup conferences, lectures, staff meetings, musical performances, school trips, oral histories and other programs. Highlights of the subseries include recordings about race relations and the boycott that took place at the Lincoln School in Englewood, NJ in February 1963 and a visit to the school from Red Thunder Cloud, last native speaker of the Catawba Indian language. Please visit Downtown Community School recordings in LUNA to listen. Not all recordings are identified or dated.

Camp Woodland, 1944-1962Undated Digital Object: Hyrax Search: Camp Woodland Scope and Contents

The Camp Woodland audio recordings may be one of the more significant components of the collection. While at Camp Woodland, Norman Studer recorded numerous oral histories of many of the indigenous Catskill residents as well as the annual Folk Festival of the Catskills. Studer was acutely aware that he was in a position to capture the ethnographic folk culture, music, and ecology of a fading era. In many instances, the tapes represent the only extant recordings and variations of a number of songs.

Highlights of the Camp Woodland audio recordings include Pete Seeger and Bessie Jones performing at the Folk Festival of the Catskills and at Camp Woodland. A July 1962 recording documents counselor Hector Angula teaching Seeger Guantanamara for the first time and a discussion of the lyrics of the song by the two men.

Please visit Camp Woodland recordings in LUNA to listen. Not all recordings are identified or dated.

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Films, ca. 1946-1962Undated

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Physical Description: 9 films Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Scope and Contents

The film series contains nine 16mm and 8mm films, many of which record activities at Camp Woodland. Also included is a film of the 1951 graduation ceremonies at the Downtown Community School and a copy of the Jules Victor Schwerin film Indian Summer. Films 1-8 were reformatted and are available for viewing in the M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives' research room. All requests to view this series should be made in advance of a researcher's visit to the Department.

Title/Description Instances Untitled Woodland Film, ca. 1946 Film 1 Physical Description: 18 minutes Black and White Scope and Contents

Film contains Camp Woodland activities including: a Sunday meeting at the amphitheater, swimming pool, baseball, long jump, badminton, guitar player (Don Muffson?), whittling, painting, typing, camp store or mailroom, hot dogs on an open fire, campers hiking, local houses, construction of a dam or reservoir (5:00), George Edwards, chopping wood, campers interviewing local residents, Prattsville sign, man in horsedrawn haywagon, campers returning to camp with a woman's spinning wheel, campers swimming at falls, campers rebuilding the amphitheater, sharpening blades, whittling, George Edwards, Norman Cazden conducting children singing, Camp Woodland 4H Club, footrace, Museum of Farm Implements, and the Seventh Annual Folk Festival of the Catskills which included dancing, singing, and George Van Kleek.

Untitled Woodland Film, ca. 1946 Film 2 Physical Description: 4 minutes, 20 seconds Black and White Scope and Contents

Camp Woodland activities including some duplication of Film 1. Activities include: people visiting camp, an audience of adults and campers watching performances, campers performing, campers playing sports, campers making their beds, camp buildings, and campers packing to leave camp for the summer.

Untitled Downtown Community School Film, 1951 Film 3 Physical Description: 3 minutes Black and White

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Scope and Contents

Graduation ceremony at the Downtown Community School in 1951. Includes: graduates entering, musical performances, awarding of diplomas, graduates processing out, the audience leaving, and the refreshment table.

Indian Summer, 1960 Film 4 Physical Description: 28 minutes Black and White Scope and Contents

From Folkfilms. Producer and director, Jules Victor Schwerin; scenario, Peggy Lawson, Jules Schwerin; narration, Jules Schwerin, Lawrence Weinberg; narrator, Jared Reed; music score, Peter Seeger, Michael Seeger; editor, Peggy Lawson; director of photography, associate producer, Julius Tannenbaum; additional photography, Max Glenn, Milek Knebel; narrator, Jared Reed; Catskill folklorist, Norman Studer. Participants: Robert circa Gregory (old man), Ralph Vanderlip (boy), Grant Rodgers (fiddler), Walter L. Terry (judge), David and Herta Marshall (singers), the people of Cannonsville, Delhi, Deposit, Granton, Rock Rift, Walton, West Branch, Delaware River, State of New York.

On the first hot day of summer, an old farmer goes fishing just as he has done for many years on the West Branch of the Delaware River. A young boy, his frequent fishing companion, eagerly takes him to see the first giant bulldozers, which are to begin construction on the Cannonsville Reservoir. In order to provide more water for the cities, the vast project will flood the valley. The old man goes to the general store and walks the length of the valley to talk about his concerns, but most people do not support him. The young people of the valley celebrate at a barn dance. The old man resists eviction with his unloaded flintlock. The next day, he watches as the houses and farms are burned to clear the way.

Untitled Woodland Film, 1960 Film 5 Physical Description: 11 minutes Color Scope and Contents

This film includes some title cards, which are indicated here in quotation marks. Camp Woodland activities including: "Camp Woodland 1960," "Sunday Meeting," dancing, eating dinner, "Pete Seeger" performing onstage, "1960 Folk Festival," dancing, choral performance, "Good-Bye to Campers," "Rusty Bringing Up Supplies," boy pulling a sled of supplies through the snow, playing in the snow, and downhill skiing.

Untitled Woodland Film, 1961 Film 6

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Physical Description: 25 minutes Color Scope and Contents

This film includes some title cards, which are indicated here in quotation marks. Camp Woodland activities including: "1961 Olympics at Camp Woodland," races in the swimming pool, "Work Camp Contest" (1:47), "Middle Camp High Jump" (2:45), "At the Pool" (3:35), Native American dancers providing a demonstration for campers (12:03), "Ballgame," "Visiting Day," "Senior Camp," "Mardi Gras," campers in raingear, and campers leaving camp for the summer.

Untitled Woodland Film, Undated Film 7 Physical Description: 9 minutes, 15 seconds Black and White Scope and Contents

Camp Woodland activities including: campers, farm animals, arts and crafts, sports, dancing (Sara Abelson?), campers carrying food baskets, campers eating, Norman Studer with campers at a lake, campers drinking milk, foot races, jungle gym, swimming in camp pool, and dancing.

Untitled Woodland Film, Undated Film 8 Physical Description: 11 minutes, 45 seconds Color Scope and Contents

A group of Camp Woodland campers and counselors on a canoe trip. Includes sequences of campers swimming in a lake, paddling canoes, carrying canoes down roads, and their campsite.

Untitled Film, Undated Film 9 Scope and Contents

No description is available.

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Writings, 1926-1997Undated Physical Description: 3.85 cubic ft. Arrangement

Subseries 1 is arranged alphabetically and Subseries 2 is chronological.

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Scope and Contents

This series contains all Norman Studer's writings from diaries to published articles, including posthumous reprints. There also are works co-written with others or background materials authored by other individuals, such as Camp Woodland campers. The series is sub-divided into Studer's writing and his diaries and travelogues.

Writings of, 1926-1997Undated Scope and Contents

This subseries contains manuscript and typescript drafts, typescripts, notes, reprints, monographs, and a small amount of correspondence related to Studer's writing projects. Of interest are two typescript drafts of unpublished projects: Community Life and Woodland Story both of which are reflective pieces examining Studer's life and work at the Downtown Community School and Camp Woodland respectively. Please note that Studer published some Woodland Story chapters separately. For instance, "Folklore from a Valley that Died" (Chapter 9) was a standalone article in New York Folklore Quarterly in 1956. The standalone article "Yarns of a Catskill Woodsman" (Chapter 16) appeared in New York Folklore Quarterly in 1955. "Mike Todd's Story" (Chapter 11) later evolved into and was published as A Catskill Woodsman. A draft of Woodland Story's Chapter 17 entitled "Our Catskill Teachers" also appears as a section of a draft of Chapter 3. Therefore draft text is found in both files. This collection is missing later draft chapters of Woodland Story so there are gaps in the order.

Many of the unpublished writings in this series reflect Studer's interest in the folk culture of the Catskills, such as "Action on Dingle Hill," "Forgotten Hero of New York's Slave Railway," "Local Song Writing in the Catskills," and "A Quest for American Roots." Also of interest is an early draft of Folk Songs of the Catskills entitled Music of the Catskills and a final typescript draft of Folk Songs of the Catskills, a collaborative projected compiled and edited by Norman Cazden, Herbert Haufrecht, and Norman Studer.

Title/Description Instances "Action in the American Tradition", Undated Box 1 (8- Folder 1 Writings)

"Action on Dingle Hill," Anti-Rent Wars Research, Undated Box 1 (8- Folder 2 Writings)

"Action on Dingle Hill," Typescript, Undated Box 1 (8- Folder 3 Digital Object: Online Object Uploaded through Hyrax UI Writings)

"Action on Dingle Hill," Typescript Draft with Annotations, Box 1 (8- Folder 4 1958Undated Writings)

"All the Homespun Days", 1961 Box 1 (8- Folder 5 Writings)

American History, Undated Box 1 (8- Folder 6 Writings)

Articles to be Revised, Undated Box 1 (8- Folder 7 Writings)

"Bark Shanty", Undated Box 1 (8- Folder 8 Writings)

Bibliography of Writings on Education, 1970 Box 1 (8- Folder 9 Writings)

"Big Mose, New York's Own Paul Bunyan", 19431951Undated

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Box 1 (8- Folder 10 Writings)

"Boney Quillen of the Catskills", 19491951Undated Box 1 (8- Folder 11 Writings)

"Camp Woodland Trips", Undated Box 1 (8- Folder 12 Writings)

"The Cannonsville Story", 1957 Box 1 (8- Folder 13 Writings)

"Captain Jack: War of the Lava Beds", 1963Undated Box 1 (8- Folder 14 Writings)

Castle Clinton, 1951Undated Box 1 (8- Folder 15 Writings)

Catskill Trip, Undated Box 1 (8- Folder 16 Writings)

A Catskill Woodsman: Mike Todd's Story, 1988 Box 1 (8- Folder 17 Writings)

A Catskill Woodsman: Mike Todd's Story, Clippings and Box 1 (8- Folder 18 Reviews, 19811988 Writings)

A Catskill Woodsman: Mike Todd's Story, Interviews, Box 1 (8- Folder 19 1964Undated Writings)

A Catskill Woodsman: Mike Todd's Story, Permission to Use Box 1 (8- Folder 20 Published Materials, 1978Undated Writings)

A Catskill Woodsman: Mike Todd's Story, Third Printing Box 1 (8- Folder 21 Celebration, 1997 Writings)

A Catskill Woodsman: Mike Todd's Story, Typed Draft, Undated Box 1 (8- Folder 22 Writings)

"The Child's Roots in the City", Undated Box 1 (8- Folder 23 Writings)

"The Child Went Forth", Undated Box 1 (8- Folder 24 Writings)

"Children Without Race Prejudice", Undated Box 1 (8- Folder 25 Writings)

"City Slickers in the Catskill Woods", Undated Box 1 (8- Folder 26 Writings)

Community Life, Notes, Undated Box 1 (8- Folder 27 Writings)

Community Life, Chapter 1 - Progressive Education: Beginnings, Box 1 (8- Folder 28 Undated Writings)

Community Life, Chapter 2 - A Viable Community, Undated Box 1 (8- Folder 29 Writings)

Community Life, Chapter 2 - Lost Community, Undated

- Page 59- Studer, Norman; Papers

Box 1 (8- Folder 30 Writings)

Community Life, Chapter 3 - The Larkin Committee, Undated Box 1 (8- Folder 31 Writings)

Community Life, Chapter 4 - Intergroup Education: Our Greatest Box 1 (8- Folder 32 Public Service, Undated Writings)

Community Life, Chapter 5 - Revolt the 60s, Undated Box 1 (8- Folder 33 Writings)

Community Life, Chapter 6 - Planning for Intercultural Growth, Box 1 (8- Folder 34 Undated Writings)

Community Life, Chapter 7 - Cooperative Into Corporation, Box 1 (8- Folder 35 Undated Writings)

Community Life, Chapter 8 - Talking to Some Future Box 1 (8- Folder 36 Generations, Undated Writings)

Edwin Arlington Robinson, Undated Box 1 (8- Folder 37 Writings)

Elisabeth Irwin High School, Undated Box 1 (8- Folder 38 Writings)

Eric and Michael, Undated Box 1 (8- Folder 39 Writings)

"Experience and Expression", Undated Box 1 (8- Folder 40 Writings)

"Faulkner- Descriptions, His Philosophy", Undated Box 1 (8- Folder 41 Writings)

"Figures on the Rocks," Poem About Zadoc Pratt, Undated Box 1 (8- Folder 42 Writings)

Film and Writing Ideas, 19621970Undated Box 1 (8- Folder 43 Writings)

"Folk Festival of the Catskills", 1955Undated Box 1 (8- Folder 44 Writings)

"Folk Museum of the Catskills", Undated Box 1 (8- Folder 45 Writings)

Folk Songs of the Catskills, Chapter 1 - Lumbering, Undated Box 1 (8- Folder 46 Writings)

Folk Songs of the Catskills, Chapter 2 - Songs of War and Box 1 (8- Folder 47 Battle, Undated Writings)

Folk Songs of the Catskills, Chapter 3 - Ballads About True Box 1 (8- Folder 48 Love, Undated Writings)

Folk Songs of the Catskills, Chapter 4 - Courting Too Slow, Box 1 (8- Folder 49 Undated Writings)

Folk Songs of the Catskills, Chapter 5 - Love Meets Obstacles, Undated - Page 60- Studer, Norman; Papers

Box 1 (8- Folder 50 Writings)

Folk Songs of the Catskills, Chapter 6 - Tragedies, Undated Box 1 (8- Folder 51 Writings)

Folk Songs of the Catskills, Chapter 7 - Legends, Undated Box 1 (8- Folder 52 Writings)

Folk Songs of the Catskills, Chapter 8 - Religious Songs, Box 1 (8- Folder 53 Undated Writings)

Folk Songs of the Catskills, Chapter 9 - Pioneer Days, Undated Box 1 (8- Folder 54 Writings)

Folk Songs of the Catskills, Chapter 10 - Working and Hard Box 1 (8- Folder 55 Times, Undated Writings)

Folk Songs of the Catskills, Chapter 11 - Shabby-Genteel, Box 1 (8- Folder 56 Undated Writings)

Folk Songs of the Catskills, Chapter 12 - Outlaws and Ruffians, Box 1 (8- Folder 57 Undated Writings)

Folk Songs of the Catskills, Chapter 13 - Scrapes and Escapades, Box 1 (8- Folder 58 Undated Writings)

Folk Songs of the Catskills, Chapter 14 - Merry Ditties, Undated Box 2 (8- Folder 1 Writings)

Folk Songs of the Catskills, Chapter 15 - Nonsense Songs, Box 2 (8- Folder 2 Undated Writings)

Folk Songs of the Catskills, Material from Norman Cazden, Box 2 (8- Folder 3 Undated Writings)

"Folklore Manual", Undated Box 2 (8- Folder 4 Writings)

"Forgotten Hero of New York's Slave Railway", 1969 Box 2 (8- Folder 5 Writings)

"George Edwards--Folk Singer of the Catskills", 1955 Box 2 (8- Folder 6 Writings)

"Harry Siemsen: Teacher of Life", 19561974-1976Undated Box 2 (8- Folder 7 Writings)

Haybarn Hill, 1954Undated Box 2 (8- Folder 8 Writings)

"Her Name Was Truth", 1950Undated Box 2 (8- Folder 9 Writings)

"How We Related Experience and Writing in Early Box 2 (8- Folder 10 Adolescence", Undated Writings)

"Ideologies and Utopias", 1969 Box 2 (8- Folder 11 Writings)

Indians, Undated

- Page 61- Studer, Norman; Papers

Box 2 (8- Folder 12 Writings)

"Iree Weaver", Undated Box 2 (8- Folder 13 Writings)

"Lines Written in the Amphitheater", 1962 Box 2 (8- Folder 14 Writings)

List of Catskill Residents Interviewed, 1978Undated Box 2 (8- Folder 15 Writings)

Little Red School House: Where I Began, Undated Box 2 (8- Folder 16 Writings)

"Local History: A Neglected Resource", 1942 Box 2 (8- Folder 17 Writings)

"Local Song Writing in the Catskills", Undated Box 2 (8- Folder 18 Writings)

"Lookout in the Catskills", Undated Box 2 (8- Folder 19 Writings)

"The Lower East Side Story: Emphasizing the Mobilization Box 2 (8- Folder 20 Area", 1962 Writings)

Mr. Bear of the Catskills, Correspondence, 1978 Box 2 (8- Folder 21 Writings)

Mr. Bear of the Catskills, Early Draft of A Catskill Woodsman: Box 2 (8- Folder 22-23 Mike Todd's Story, Undated Writings)

Music of the Catskills, Working Title of Folk Songs of Box 2 (8- Folder 24 the Catskills, Draft Introduction, Correspondence, Chapter Writings) Overviews, 1979Undated

Music of the Catskills, Working Title of Folk Songs of the Box 2 (8- Folder 25 Catskills, Draft pages 1-150, Undated Writings)

Music of the Catskills, Working Title of Folk Songs of the Box 2 (8- Folder 26 Catskills, Draft Pages 151-275, Undated Writings)

Music of the Catskills, Working Title of Folk Songs of the Box 2 (8- Folder 27 Catskills, Draft Pages 251-303, Undated Writings)

My Book of Short Stories, 1976-1977 Box 2 (8- Folder 28 Writings)

The New Person, Undated Box 2 (8- Folder 29 Writings)

Outline for Historical Fiction Stories, 1975 Box 2 (8- Folder 30 Writings)

"The Place of Folklore in Education", 19531962Undated Box 2 (8- Folder 31 Writings)

Poetry, 1969-1970Undated Box 2 (8- Folder 32 Writings)

Progressive Education, Undated - Page 62- Studer, Norman; Papers

Box 2 (8- Folder 33 Writings)

Proposal for a Source Book in American History for Junior High Box 2 (8- Folder 34 Schools, Undated Writings)

Proposed Book on Catskill People, Undated Box 2 (8- Folder 35 Writings)

Reflections for a Book and Journal Entry About a Visit to Mt. Box 2 (8- Folder 36 Sinai Hospital, 1978Undated Writings)

"A Quest for American Roots", Undated Box 2 (8- Folder 37 Writings)

"Resource Booklet for the Local Community: Laboratory for Box 2 (8- Folder 38 Social Learning" by Joan S. Levine with Norman M. Levine and Writings) Norman Studer, 1975

Reviews by Norman Studer, 1951Undated Box 2 (8- Folder 39 Writings)

"Revolt in the American Colleges," by Norman Studer, 1926 Oversized 1 Folder 10

The Shawangunks, 1968Undated Box 2 (8- Folder 40 Writings)

"A Shrine to Freedom Hidden Away in Queens ", Undated Box 2 (8- Folder 41 Writings)

Sojourner Truth Article Correspondence, 1977 Box 2 (8- Folder 42 Writings)

"Sojourner Truth Returns to Ulster County", Undated Box 2 (8- Folder 43 Writings)

Song Making in the Catskills, Notes on Songs, Undated Box 2 (8- Folder 44 Writings)

Song Making in the Catskills, Notes on Songs, Norma Cazden, Box 2 (8- Folder 45 1972Undated Writings)

"Sons of Liberty in NYC", 1951Undated Box 2 (8- Folder 46 Writings)

Speech on Folk Music Possibly Delivered at an Upstate Box 2 (8- Folder 47 Downstate Concert, Undated Writings)

"The Story of Mike Todd," Mary Bogardus and Norman Studer, Box 2 (8- Folder 48 1970Undated Writings)

Tales from Dry Book, 196319671970/Undated Box 2 (8- Folder 49 Writings)

"Three Witch Stories from the Catskills", Undated Box 2 (8- Folder 50 Writings)

Thoughts on Van Wyck Brothers New England Renaissance, Box 2 (8- Folder 51 Journal, Undated Writings)

"To Save the Woodland Idea", 1961Undated

- Page 63- Studer, Norman; Papers

Box 2 (8- Folder 52 Writings)

"The Town They Called Peace", 1950Undated Box 3 (8- Folder 1 Writings)

"Turning Back the Waters of the Ashokan", Undated Box 3 (8- Folder 2 Writings)

UNICEF, In Memory of Steven Rinaldi, Undated Box 3 (8- Folder 3 Writings)

Untitled Manuscript, Folklore and Education, Undated Box 3 (8- Folder 4 Writings)

Untitled Manuscript, Visitors to Downtown Community School, Box 3 (8- Folder 5 1970Undated Writings)

Untitled Manuscript, White and Black Folklore, Undated Box 3 (8- Folder 6 Writings)

"The Value of Landmarks in Writing", Undated Box 3 (8- Folder 7 Writings)

"Wartime Education for Democracy at Camp", ca. 19421943 Box 3 (8- Folder 8 Writings)

"'Whirling' and Applejack in the Catskills", 1952 Box 3 (8- Folder 9 Writings)

"The Winter Soldier", 1975 Box 3 (8- Folder 10 Writings)

Woodland Story , Chapter 1 - Beginnings at the Little Red Box 3 (8- Folder 11-12 Schoolhouse, Undated Writings)

Woodland Story , Chapter 2 - Look We Have Made a World, Box 3 (8- Folder 13 Undated Writings)

Woodland Story , Chapter 3 - Reading the Catskill Landscape, Box 3 (8- Folder 14 Undated Writings)

Woodland Story , Chapter 4 - A Fable of Two Communities, Box 3 (8- Folder 15 Undated Writings)

Woodland Story , Chapter 5 - The Reservoir Near Sholam, Box 3 (8- Folder 16 Undated Writings)

Woodland Story , Chapter 6 - George Edwards and Marvin Yale, Box 3 (8- Folder 17 Undated Writings)

Woodland Story , Chapter 7 - Red Hill County, Undated Box 3 (8- Folder 18 Writings)

Woodland Story , Chapter 8 - Our Neighbors and Their Music, Box 4 (8- Folder 1 Undated Writings)

Woodland Story , Chapter 9 - Folklore from a Valley that Died, Box 4 (8- Folder 2 Undated Writings)

Woodland Story , Chapter 10 - Whirling and Songmaking in the Western Catskills, Undated - Page 64- Studer, Norman; Papers

Box 4 (8- Folder 3 Writings)

Woodland Story , Chapter 11 - Mike Todd's Story, Undated Box 4 (8- Folder 4 Writings)

Woodland Story , Chapter 14 - The Last Years, Undated Box 4 (8- Folder 5 Writings)

Woodland Story , Chapter 15 - Mike Todd, Bear Hunter, Box 4 (8- Folder 6 Undated Writings)

Woodland Story , Chapter 16 - Yarns of a Catskill Woodsman, Box 4 (8- Folder 7 ca. 19551958Undated Writings)

Woodland Story , Chapter 17 - Our Catskill Teachers, Undated Box 4 (8- Folder 8 Writings)

Woodland Story , Chapters on Sojourner Truth and the Guns of Box 4 (8- Folder 9 Cornell, Undated Writings)

Woodland Story , Early Drafts, 1949Undated Box 4 (8- Folder 10 Writings)

Woodland Story , Footnotes, Undated Box 4 (8- Folder 11 Writings)

Woodland Story , Fragments, Undated Box 4 (8- Folder 12 Writings)

Woodland Story , Outline of Chapters, Undated Box 4 (8- Folder 13 Writings)

Diaries and Travelogues, ca. 1931-1978Undated Scope and Contents

The Diaries and Travelogues subseries consists primarily of travelogues documenting several school field trips and family vacations. The diaries document aspects of Studer's personal landscape, and were kept sporadically.

Title/Description Instances Diary, Long Island, ca. 1931 Box 1 (8- Folder 1 Writings)

Diary, 1932 Box 1 (8- Folder 2 Writings)

Gaspe Diary, ca. 1935 Box 1 (8- Folder 3 Writings)

Gaspe Sketches and Writings, ca. 1935Undated Box 1 (8- Folder 4 Writings)

Diary, Transient Camp, ca. 1935Undated Box 1 (8- Folder 5 Writings)

Diary, Mt. Sinai Hospital, 1937 Box 1 (8- Folder 6 Writings)

Trip to East Branch Valley, 1949 - Page 65- Studer, Norman; Papers

Box 1 (8- Folder 7 Writings)

Diary of Trip to South, ca. 1957 Box 1 (8- Folder 8 Writings)

European Diary, 1963 Box 1 (8- Folder 9 Writings)

Western Diary I, 1964 Box 1 (8- Folder 10 Writings)

Western Diary II, 1965 Box 1 (8- Folder 11 Writings)

Western Trip, 1965 Box 1 (8- Folder 12 Writings)

Canadian Trip I, 1966 Box 1 (8- Folder 13 Writings)

Canadian Trip II, 1966 Box 1 (8- Folder 14 Writings)

Summer, 1967 Box 1 (8- Folder 15 Writings)

Scandinavia, 1969 Box 1 (8- Folder 16 Writings)

Vermont and New Hampshire, ca. 1970 Box 1 (8- Folder 17 Writings)

Appointment Book and Diary, 1970-1972 Box 1 (8- Folder 18 Writings)

Diary, 1973 Box 1 (8- Folder 19 Writings)

Appointment Book, 1974 Box 1 (8- Folder 20 Writings)

Diary Pages and Appointment Book, 1975 Box 1 (8- Folder 21 Writings)

Appointment Book, 1976 Box 1 (8- Folder 22 Writings)

Diary, 1977ca. 1978 Box 1 (8- Folder 23 Writings)

Diary, 1978 Box 1 (8- Folder 24 Writings)

Diaries, Undated Box 1 (8- Folder 25 Writings)

Fragments of a Southern Trip, Undated Box 1 (8- Folder 26 Writings)

LRSH [Little Red School House] Days Diary, Undated

- Page 66- Studer, Norman; Papers

Box 1 (8- Folder 27 Writings)

Looking at America, Undated Box 1 (8- Folder 28 Writings)

Part of Diary of Trip to the Southwest, Undated Box 1 (8- Folder 29 Writings)

Taos, Mesa Verde, Yellowstone, Undated Box 1 (8- Folder 30 Writings)

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Subject Files, 1817-1999Undated Physical Description: 3.62 cubic ft. Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically.

Scope and Contents

The Subject Files series is an accumulation of material representing Studer's two primary interests: folklore and progressive education. Materials include notes, reprints, typescripts, news clippings, bound newspapers, journals, and writings of others. Of particular interest is a master's thesis by Marilyn Kimball entitled George Edwards: Catskill Folksinger. There is a typescript copy of "Merry Ditties: A Collection of Delectable Songs" from various traditional sources and a reprint of "Catskill Lockup Songs," both by Norman Cazden. Also located in this series is a copy of Herbert Haufrecht's "Woodland Serenade." There are three bound volumes of The New Student, a student run newspaper published and printed out of New York City during the 1920s and edited by Studer prior to his entering Columbia University.

Title/Description Instances The Abelardian, 1967 Box 1 (9- Folder 1 Subject Files)

"Abe Sammons' AppleJack", Undated Box 1 (9- Folder 2 Subject Files)

African American History and Folklore, 19721976Undated Box 1 (9- Folder 3 Subject Files)

"Aggressive Humor on the East Branch," by Herbert Halpert, 1946 Box 1 (9- Folder 4 Subject Files)

Alienation, Undated Box 1 (9- Folder 5 Subject Files)

"Along the Kansas Line", Undated Box 1 (9- Folder 6 Subject Files)

American Culture, Undated Box 1 (9- Folder 7 Subject Files)

The American Experience, Englewood Public Schools, ca. 1978

- Page 67- Studer, Norman; Papers

Box 1 (9- Folder 8 Subject Files)

The American Soldier, 1969Undated Box 1 (9- Folder 9 Subject Files)

Animal Woodcuts by Jonathan Fisher, Undated Oversized 1 Folder 11

Anti-Rent War, 1942194519601962Undated Box 1 (9- Folder 10 Subject Files)

"Another Kind of Crockett," by Norman Strong, Undated Box 1 (9- Folder 11 Subject Files)

The Archive of Folk Songs in the Library of Congress, 1974 Box 1 (9- Folder 12 Subject Files)

Art Coss, 1944Undated Box 1 (9- Folder 13 Subject Files)

Articles on Folklore in Education and Children's Folklore, Box 1 (9- Folder 14 1953Undated Subject Files)

Bear Stories, 1946195019521959-1960Undated Box 1 (9- Folder 15 Subject Files)

The Black Panther, 1970 Box 1 (9- Folder 16 Subject Files)

Bob Gregory, Undated Box 1 (9- Folder 17 Subject Files)

Bowne House, Flushing, New York, Undated Box 1 (9- Folder 18 Subject Files)

Brant, Joseph, 1953Undated Box 1 (9- Folder 19 Subject Files)

Canal Transportation, 1961Undated Box 1 (9- Folder 20 Subject Files)

Card with Harriet Tubman, Undated Box 1 (9- Folder 21 Subject Files)

Carl Carmer Center for Catskill Mountain and Hudson River Box 1 (9- Folder 22 Studies, including Studer Exhibit, 1979-1980 Subject Files)

The Catskill Canister, 1979-1980 Box 1 (9- Folder 23 Subject Files)

Catskill Folk Festival, 1977 Box 1 (9- Folder 24 Subject Files)

Catskill Folk Festival, 1978 Box 1 (9- Folder 25 Subject Files)

Catskill Folksay, 19471950Undated Box 1 (9- Folder 26 Subject Files)

Catskill Geology, 1957Undated

- Page 68- Studer, Norman; Papers

Box 1 (9- Folder 27 Subject Files)

"Catskill Lockup Songs," by Norman Cazden, 1960 Box 1 (9- Folder 28 Subject Files)

Catskill Mountain News, 1948-19581963Undated Box 1 (9- Folder 29-30 Subject Files)

Catskill Mountain Players, 1976-1977 Box 1 (9- Folder 31 Subject Files)

"The Catskill Mountain, A Catskill Folk Song Sampler", 1975 Box 1 (9- Folder 32 Subject Files)

Catskill Valley Historical Society, Undated Box 1 (9- Folder 33 Subject Files)

Catskills, 1974-1975Undated Box 1 (9- Folder 34 Subject Files)

Center for Educational Interaction, 1975-1976Undated Box 1 (9- Folder 35 Subject Files)

The Chronicle of Early American Industries, 1949-1955 Box 1 (9- Folder 36 Subject Files)

The Chronicle of Early American Industries, 1956-1962 Box 1 (9- Folder 37 Subject Files)

City Architecture and Preservation, Undated Box 1 (9- Folder 38 Subject Files)

Collected Catskill Folklore, 1950Undated Box 1 (9- Folder 39 Subject Files)

Collecting Folklore, 194519521968Undated Box 1 (9- Folder 40 Subject Files)

Community, The Soil for Roots, Undated Box 1 (9- Folder 41 Subject Files)

Connecticut History, Undated Box 1 (9- Folder 42 Subject Files)

Conservation, Undated Box 1 (9- Folder 43 Subject Files)

Cornwallville Conservation and Gilboa-Leeds Transmission Line Box 1 (9- Folder 44 Route, 19711973 Subject Files)

Country Life, Undated Box 1 (9- Folder 45 Subject Files)

Covered Bridges, 194819531955Undated Box 1 (9- Folder 46 Subject Files)

Death of a Valley by Dorothea Lange and Pickle Jones, 1960 Box 1 (9- Folder 47 Subject Files)

Delaware County, Undated

- Page 69- Studer, Norman; Papers

Box 1 (9- Folder 48 Subject Files)

De Nio, Pierre and Mary, 1958-19591963Undated Box 1 (9- Folder 49 Subject Files)

Downsville News Clips, 19451948 Box 1 (9- Folder 50 Subject Files)

Dutchess County, New York, 1964Undated Box 1 (9- Folder 51 Subject Files)

"Education and Community," by Fred Newmann and Donald Box 1 (9- Folder 52 Oliver, 1966 Subject Files)

Education Bibliography, Undated Box 1 (9- Folder 53 Subject Files)

Emotion and the Education Process, Undated Box 1 (9- Folder 54 Subject Files)

Ernie Sager and the Traveling Show, Undated Box 1 (9- Folder 55 Subject Files)

Example of Folklore, Undated Box 1 (9- Folder 56 Subject Files)

"The Experience of Knowledge," by John F. Gardner, 1972 Box 1 (9- Folder 57 Subject Files)

Farming, 1950 Box 1 (9- Folder 58 Subject Files)

Five Papers in Education, 19491953Undated Box 1 (9- Folder 59 Subject Files)

Flax Processing, 1959Undated Box 1 (9- Folder 60 Subject Files)

The Folk Dancer, 1945 Box 1 (9- Folder 61 Subject Files)

Folkdance - Folksong with Karl Finger, 1977-1978Undated Box 2 (9- Folder 1 Subject Files)

Folklore Notes and Clippings, 19591975Undated Box 2 (9- Folder 2 Subject Files)

Fontier, Undated Box 2 (9- Folder 3 Subject Files)

General Folklore Meetings and Notes, 19481960Undated Box 2 (9- Folder 4 Subject Files)

George Edwards: Catskill Folksinger, Marilyn Kimball Thesis, Box 2 (9- Folder 5 Chapters 1-3, 1966 Subject Files)

George Edwards: Catskill Folksinger, Marilyn Kimball Thesis, Box 2 (9- Folder 6 Chapters 4-6, 1966 Subject Files)

George Edwards: Catskill Folksinger, Marilyn Kimball Thesis, Box 2 (9- Folder 7 Postscript, Bibliography and Appendices, 1966 Subject Files) - Page 70- Studer, Norman; Papers

Greene County, 196319711973-19741976Undated Box 2 (9- Folder 8 Subject Files)

Hallenbeck, Lew, 1948 Box 2 (9- Folder 9 Subject Files)

Haufrecht, Herbert, 1980 Box 2 (9- Folder 10 Subject Files)

Huckleberry Bill, Undated Box 2 (9- Folder 11 Subject Files)

"The Hudson and the Rhine," by George William Curtis, Undated Box 2 (9- Folder 12 Subject Files)

Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, 1968-1969Undated Box 2 (9- Folder 13 Subject Files)

"In the Olden Days," Social Studies Project Compiled by Joan Box 2 (9- Folder 14 Levine's Students with the Help of Norman Studer, 1976-1977 Subject Files)

"Intellectual Education," by David Mallery, Undated Box 2 (9- Folder 15 Subject Files)

James Alexander, Weaver, 1956 Box 2 (9- Folder 16 Subject Files)

Jeffersonian Movement, 1958Undated Box 2 (9- Folder 17 Subject Files)

John Burroughs, 19481954 Box 2 (9- Folder 18 Subject Files)

"Johnny Appleseed, Jr." by Pete Seeger, Undated Box 2 (9- Folder 19 Subject Files)

Journal of American Folklore, 1959 Box 2 (9- Folder 20 Subject Files)

Kingston, New York History, 19521961-1962 Box 2 (9- Folder 21 Subject Files)

"The Knickerbocker Line", Undated Box 2 (9- Folder 22 Subject Files)

Landmarks, 195319621968 Box 2 (9- Folder 23 Subject Files)

Langston Hughes, 1967 Box 2 (9- Folder 24 Subject Files)

"Leather Breeches", 1939 Box 2 (9- Folder 25 Subject Files)

Leland Teich, 1978Undated Box 2 (9- Folder 26 Subject Files)

"A Letter," by David Taylor, Undated Box 2 (9- Folder 27 Subject Files)

Man: A Course of Study, 1970Undated

- Page 71- Studer, Norman; Papers

Box 2 (9- Folder 28 Subject Files)

Map of Historic Hurley, Undated Oversized 1 Folder 12

Materials about Norman Studer, Grant Rogers, Herbert Haufrecht, Box 2 (9- Folder 29 Mike Todd from Wilma Studer Porter, 1999 Subject Files)

Mathew Lyon, 1975Undated Box 2 (9- Folder 30-33 Subject Files)

"Maxcy Gregg" by Robert Krick, 1973 Box 2 (9- Folder 34 Subject Files)

Mathew Lyon, 1975Undated Box 2 (9- Folder 35 Subject Files)

"Merry Ditties: A Collection of Delectable Songs," Compiled, Box 2 (9- Folder 36 Edited and Arranged by Norman Cazden, 1955 Subject Files)

Mexican Folk Art, 1925-1927193319361941Undated Box 2 (9- Folder 37 Subject Files)

Mike Todd, 194019541960Undated Box 2 (9- Folder 38 Subject Files)

Mileage Fact Sheet of the Appalachian Trail, 1978 Box 2 (9- Folder 39 Subject Files)

Mill House, Undated Box 2 (9- Folder 40 Subject Files)

Mining, 1964Undated Box 2 (9- Folder 41 Subject Files)

"Music of the Catskills," by Herbert Haufrecht and Norman Box 2 (9- Folder 42 Cazden, 1948 Subject Files)

Nat Turner, Undated Box 2 (9- Folder 43 Subject Files)

Native Americans, 19611969 Box 2 (9- Folder 44 Subject Files)

"New Approaches in Education," by David Malley, Undated Box 2 (9- Folder 45 Subject Files)

New Hampshire Patriot Issue, 1817 Oversized 1 Folder 13

New Paltz Center for Catskill Mountain and Hudson River Box 2 (9- Folder 46 Studies, 1974-19751977Undated Subject Files)

New York City Neighborhood Survey, 1978 Box 2 (9- Folder 47 Subject Files)

New York City Water Supply, 1947Undated Box 2 (9- Folder 48 Subject Files)

The New Student, 1924-1927 Oversized 3

"A Note on Folklore" by Constance Rourke, Undated

- Page 72- Studer, Norman; Papers

Box 2 (9- Folder 49 Subject Files)

Notebook, 1977Undated Box 2 (9- Folder 50 Subject Files)

Notes on Catskill History, Undated Box 2 (9- Folder 51 Subject Files)

"The Old Country Stove," by Janet MacFarlane, 1948 Box 2 (9- Folder 52 Subject Files)

Old Forge, Undated Box 2 (9- Folder 53 Subject Files)

Olney Smith, Undated Box 2 (9- Folder 54 Subject Files)

Oral History, Etson Von Wagoner, 1944Undated Box 2 (9- Folder 55 Subject Files)

Oral History, Interview with William Vandemark, Undated Box 2 (9- Folder 56 Subject Files)

Oral History, Mrs. Celian Kelder, 1953Undated Box 2 (9- Folder 57 Subject Files)

Oral History, Notes on Visit to Many Jane Shaver, 1948 Box 3 (9- Folder 1 Subject Files)

Oral History, "Raising the Mill," D.C McLaughlin, Undated Box 3 (9- Folder 2 Subject Files)

Oral History, Recollections of Verney Falls, Undated Box 3 (9- Folder 3 Subject Files)

Orange County, NY, 19541961Undated Box 3 (9- Folder 4 Subject Files)

Palisades, 1969 Box 3 (9- Folder 5 Subject Files)

Parson Jonathan Fisher, 1965-1966Undated Box 3 (9- Folder 6 Subject Files)

"The Passing Parade," by G. Edwards, 1956 Box 3 (9- Folder 7 Subject Files)

People's Songs, 1945-1946Undated Box 3 (9- Folder 8 Subject Files)

Pepacton Reservoir, the Human Host, 1948-1954Undated Box 3 (9- Folder 9 Subject Files)

Pete Markle, Undated Box 3 (9- Folder 10 Subject Files)

Physiographic Diagram of the New York Region, Undated Oversized 1 Folder 14

The Pioneer, Livingston Manor Central School, Featuring New Box 3 (9- Folder 11 York History and Culture, 1939 Subject Files)

- Page 73- Studer, Norman; Papers

Pioneer Woman, 1939 Box 3 (9- Folder 12 Subject Files)

Poems and Prose from Mrs. Thelma Patel's Class, 1972Undated Box 3 (9- Folder 13 Subject Files)

"Politics of the Attack on Black Studies," by Robert Allen, 1974 Box 3 (9- Folder 14 Subject Files)

Prattsville and Zadock Pratt, 194819571968-1969 Box 3 (9- Folder 15 Subject Files)

Private Education, 1968-19691971Undated Box 3 (9- Folder 16 Subject Files)

"Proclaim Liberty Unto All the Land," Brief Biography of Box 3 (9- Folder 17 Sojourner Truth, Undated Subject Files)

Progressive Education, 1952 Box 3 (9- Folder 18 Subject Files)

Purposes and Objectives of a Proposed Applied Folklore Center in Box 3 (9- Folder 19 New York City, 1960 Subject Files)

Quarles Colonial Home Arts Festival, Project of Joan Studer, 1976 Box 3 (9- Folder 20 Subject Files)

Queens Then and Now Exhibit, 1975-1976 Box 3 (9- Folder 21 Subject Files)

Rafting on the Delaware, 194519501953Undated Box 3 (9- Folder 22 Subject Files)

Railway Electrification in Japan, Undated Box 3 (9- Folder 23 Subject Files)

Red Thunder Cloud, 1971197419831996Undated Box 3 (9- Folder 24 Subject Files)

Restoration of Richmond Town, 1961 Box 3 (9- Folder 25 Subject Files)

"Reorientation in Education", Undated Box 3 (9- Folder 26 Subject Files)

Sheep Industry, Undated Box 3 (9- Folder 27 Subject Files)

Sholem Settlement, Undated Box 3 (9- Folder 28 Subject Files)

Sketches, Undated Box 3 (9- Folder 29 Subject Files)

Sleepy Hollow and Tarrytown, Undated Box 3 (9- Folder 30 Subject Files)

Social Studies Curriculum, 1974Undated Box 3 (9- Folder 31 Subject Files)

Sojourner Truth and Hurley, New York, 1968Undated

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Box 4 (9- Folder 1 Subject Files)

Sojourner Truth Library Dedication, 1971Undated Box 4 (9- Folder 2 Subject Files)

Sojourner Truth Memorial Fund, 1970-1971Undated Box 4 (9- Folder 3 Subject Files)

"Songmaker of the Catskills: Grant Rogers", 1965 Box 4 (9- Folder 4 Subject Files)

Songs, 194219441946Undated Box 4 (9- Folder 5 Subject Files)

Songs Collected and Arranged by Herbert Haufrecht, Box 4 (9- Folder 6 1943Undated Subject Files)

Spring Folk Festival, 1977 Box 4 (9- Folder 7 Subject Files)

The Spy House, Hurley, New York, Undated Box 4 (9- Folder 8 Subject Files)

Squire Elwyn Davis, 19601972Undated Box 4 (9- Folder 9 Subject Files)

Stamps, New York Theme, Undated Box 4 (9- Folder 10 Subject Files)

Stoney and Sparrow Troubadours of the Hudson Valley and Box 4 (9- Folder 11 Catskill Mountains, Undated Subject Files)

"Stony Hollow," Norman Cazden Scores, 1949 Box 4 (9- Folder 12 Subject Files)

Sunnyside, Undated Box 4 (9- Folder 13 Subject Files)

Sunnyside and Woodside Histories, 1976Undated Box 4 (9- Folder 14 Subject Files)

Symposium on the Hudson River School of Art, 1973 Box 4 (9- Folder 15 Subject Files)

Temporary Commission to Study the Catskills, Box 4 (9- Folder 16 19711973-1974Undated Subject Files)

"Theory for American Folklore," by Richard Dorson, Undated Box 4 (9- Folder 17 Subject Files)

Tignish Arts Foundation, 1965-1966Undated Box 4 (9- Folder 18 Subject Files)

"The True Moral and Diverting Tale of the Cardiff Giant,", 1948 Box 4 (9- Folder 19 Subject Files)

Van de Bogart, Aron, 1945-1946Undated Box 4 (9- Folder 20 Subject Files)

Varieties of Folklore, Undated

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Box 4 (9- Folder 21 Subject Files)

Vermont, Undated Box 4 (9- Folder 22 Subject Files)

Vision and Visual Thinking, 1966Undated Box 4 (9- Folder 23 Subject Files)

"Vitality of Tradition and Local Songs," by Herbert Halpert, Box 4 (9- Folder 24 Undated Subject Files)

Walt Whitman House, Undated Box 4 (9- Folder 25 Subject Files)

Water Conservation, 1959Undated Box 4 (9- Folder 26 Subject Files)

The Water Supply of the City of New York, 1947 Box 4 (9- Folder 27 Subject Files)

West Shokan Lake, 19601974 Box 5 (9- Folder 1 Subject Files)

Walking Tours of the Museum of the City of New York, Undated Box 5 (9- Folder 2 Subject Files)

Water Shortage, 1949Undated Box 5 (9- Folder 3 Subject Files)

"When His Own Came Back," by Edward Eugene Ragna, Undated Box 5 (9- Folder 4 Subject Files)

Wild Life and Nature, 19621965-1966Undated Box 5 (9- Folder 5 Subject Files)

"Woodland Serenade," by Herbert Haufrecht, 1956 Box 5 (9- Folder 6 Subject Files)

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