On May 22, 1971, 50 years ago this Saturday, a portrait of Charles Evans Hughes was presented to Crandall Library during the dedication...

Here's our newest addition to the Folk Arts Collection: Flemish pyrography Christmas chair/table found in neighboring Washington County,...

Mrs Scrap is a doll designed and hand-crafted by Dorothy Murdock DuRose (1909-1999) of Pottersville, Warren County, New York. It's the...

Come springtime, generations of children in the greater Glens Falls area would spend weeks making May Baskets to distribute to friends...

We have an oil painting in our special collections, a portrait of Civil War veteran drummer Truman Kingsley. He is presented as an...

The video animation below is our love letter to Christopher Baldwin. Christopher is a talented cartoonist and graphic novelist, who...

Here's the story of the Shushan Postmaster, a local fishing fly, as told in the video series, Battenkill Inspired: The Flow of...

Marge Prehoda introduced me to celebrating Easter with pysanky. These family heirloom, hand-decorated raw eggs were an important element...

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...

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...

Father Isaac Jogues came home last fall. I brought him back to the Folklife Center from Kasia Maroney Conservation, LLC in Trumansville,...

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...

Today begins a new series of video documentaries called From the Archives, highlighting years of work documenting the folklife and...

Rose B. (Geaudreau/Goodreau) Germain (1915-2000) told me this story about growing up on the Champlain Canal in eastern New York State as...

The Folklife Center at Crandall Public Library created a new logo for its 25th anniversary in 2018, incorporating the log mark of Henry...

Thirty-five years ago I began my first consultant job as a folklorist in upstate New York. Crandall Library wanted to expand their...

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...

"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,...

Our blog will feature musings by the four Folklife Center superheroes seen below (From left, Kevin Rogan, Erica Gonyea, Tisha Dolton,...