Todd DeGarmo
A portrait of Charles Evans Hughes
On May 22, 1971, 50 years ago this Saturday, a portrait of Charles Evans Hughes was presented to Crandall Library during the dedication...
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Todd DeGarmo
May 12, 20211 min read
Flemish pyrography
Here's our newest addition to the Folk Arts Collection: Flemish pyrography Christmas chair/table found in neighboring Washington County,...
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Todd DeGarmo
May 5, 20213 min read
Mrs. Scrap & Dorothy DuRose
Mrs Scrap is a doll designed and hand-crafted by Dorothy Murdock DuRose (1909-1999) of Pottersville, Warren County, New York. It's the...
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Todd DeGarmo
Apr 28, 20218 min read
May Baskets
Come springtime, generations of children in the greater Glens Falls area would spend weeks making May Baskets to distribute to friends...
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Todd DeGarmo
Apr 21, 20216 min read
Who painted Drummer Truman Kingsley?
We have an oil painting in our special collections, a portrait of Civil War veteran drummer Truman Kingsley. He is presented as an...
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Todd DeGarmo
Apr 14, 20211 min read
Drawn to Folklife: An Illustrated Tour
The video animation below is our love letter to Christopher Baldwin. Christopher is a talented cartoonist and graphic novelist, who...
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Todd DeGarmo
Apr 7, 20211 min read
Shushan Postmaster
Here's the story of the Shushan Postmaster, a local fishing fly, as told in the video series, Battenkill Inspired: The Flow of...
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Todd DeGarmo
Mar 31, 20212 min read
Celebrating Easter with Pysanky
Marge Prehoda introduced me to celebrating Easter with pysanky. These family heirloom, hand-decorated raw eggs were an important element...
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Todd DeGarmo
Mar 24, 20213 min read
Buff Mittens by Katie Cross
Katie Cross (Katherine Baker Cross, 1916-1989) introduced me to buff mittens in 1987. I met her at a church bazaar in the foothills of...
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Todd DeGarmo
Mar 17, 20211 min read
Jack Leadley: An Adirondack Legend
Here's a video memory of my friend, Jack, and his mastery of Black Ash basketry and other things Adirondack. It is the second episode of...
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Todd DeGarmo
Mar 10, 20213 min read
Father Isaac Jogues comes home
Father Isaac Jogues came home last fall. I brought him back to the Folklife Center from Kasia Maroney Conservation, LLC in Trumansville,...
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Todd DeGarmo
Mar 3, 20214 min read
Sap's Running
I wrote this piece 7 years ago for my editor's column in Voices: The Journal of New York Folklore, Spring-Summer 2014, Vol. 40: 1-2. It...
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Todd DeGarmo
Feb 24, 20211 min read
Balsam in the Adirondacks
Today begins a new series of video documentaries called From the Archives, highlighting years of work documenting the folklife and...
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The Folklife Center at Crandall Public Library
Feb 17, 20214 min read
Canalboat Childhood
Rose B. (Geaudreau/Goodreau) Germain (1915-2000) told me this story about growing up on the Champlain Canal in eastern New York State as...
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The Folklife Center at Crandall Public Library
Feb 10, 20213 min read
Happy 200th Birthday, Henry Crandall
The Folklife Center at Crandall Public Library created a new logo for its 25th anniversary in 2018, incorporating the log mark of Henry...
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The Folklife Center at Crandall Public Library
Jan 29, 20214 min read
The tied quilt tradition
Thirty-five years ago I began my first consultant job as a folklorist in upstate New York. Crandall Library wanted to expand their...
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The Folklife Center at Crandall Public Library
Dec 8, 20204 min read
Life with a Gingerbread Man Cookie
In the spirit of giving this holiday season, I thought I would share a memory written for me by my mother, Elsie DeGarmo-Smith, who we...
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Todd DeGarmo
Oct 28, 20204 min read
Trick or Treat!
"Trick or Treat!" we'd shout in unison, as our neighbor opened the door. We didn't expect to get–or give–a "trick". Halloween, for us,...
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The Folklife Center at Crandall Public Library
Jul 7, 20201 min read
Welcome to the Blog
Our blog will feature musings by the four Folklife Center superheroes seen below (From left, Kevin Rogan, Erica Gonyea, Tisha Dolton,...
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