Arnold Munkel collection, 1935-1998

Author / Creator

Munkel, Arnold, collector

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Physical

Summary

Arnold Munkel (1918-2003) was a mechanic and welder from Spring Grove, Minnesota. He was a dedicated documentarian of Norwegian-American folk music from southeast Minnesota and northeast Iowa. His ...

Arnold Munkel (1918-2003) was a mechanic and welder from Spring Grove, Minnesota. He was a dedicated documentarian of Norwegian-American folk music from southeast Minnesota and northeast Iowa. His recordings are a mix of home, private event, public and festival performances. The collection also includes local festival programs, Munkel's personal records of the performers and instruments represented on the tapes, song books, and other materials. Several of the recordings include announcements or introductions by Munkel. Side A of tape 89138161096 includes Munkel relating an anecdote of his visit to Stonehenge during World War II. Munkel's personal recordings and thorough documentation of these performances represent a unique collection of Norwegian American folk music in the Upper Midwest.

The collection is organized into three series. Series I, Manuscript Materials, is organized into 96 folders consisting of tape recording notes, festival programs, commercially produced sheet music and songbooks, homemade song books, family histories, festival records, correspondence, transcribed lyrics, recording lists, song lists, and memo books. Series II, Sound Recordings, is organized by format: audiotape reels, and audiocassettes. Five commercial audiocassettes are cataloged separately as part of Mills Music Library's audiocassette collection. Series III, Recording Equipment, consists of 3 reel-to-reel tape recorders and 2 audiocassette recorders.

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