Category Archives: Howard T. Glasser Archives of Folk Music and Letter Arts

Archives comes alive to celebrate Howard Glasser’s 81st birthday

On Sunday January 31st, the UMass Dartmouth Archives and Special Collections hosted a ceilidh (pronounced “kaylee”) to celebrate the 81st birthday of Howard T. Glasser – friend, artist, and founder of the SMU/UMD Eisteddfod.  About 70 of Howard’s friends gathered … Continue reading

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Eisteddfod 2010

The Folk Music Society of New York, Inc. is proud to announce the seventh Festival of Traditional Music to be held in New York after a 40 year history of festivals in Pittsburgh and Dartmouth, Massachusetts. The 2010 Eisteddfod returns … Continue reading

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Peter Johnson donates collection of concert recordings to the Howard T. Glasser Archives of Folk Music and Letter Arts

Peter Johnson produced musical concert and coffee house venues for many talented and upcoming folk musicians in Cambridge, Massachusetts during the 1970s. He and his recording engineer Mike Coughlin, visited the archives on Monday, May 17 with Howard T Glasser. … Continue reading

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Folk Music Society of N.Y., Inc. presents Eisteddfod 2009

Folk Music Society of NY Inc. and NY Pinewoods Folk Music Club presents Festival of Traditional Music The 31st Eisteddfod October 16-18, 2009 at the Friar Tuck Inn, 4858 Route 32, Catskill, NY 12414 40 miles south of Albany, 20 … Continue reading

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Howard Glasser and Tom Stern Visit Archives

On June 17, Howard Glasser and Tom Stern toured the new Archives and Special Collections facility and met with archivist Judy Farrar regarding next steps in planning for the future growth of the Howard T. Glasser Archives of Folk Music … Continue reading

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Tryworks Coffeehouse Memorabilia Donated to Howard T. Glasser Archives of Folk Music and Letter Arts

On June 5th the Archives and Special Collections received the records of Tryworks Coffeehouse through former managers Maggi Peirce and Jody Heck. Many boxes were neatly packed and ready to go at the First Unitarian Church in New Bedford, the … Continue reading

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