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make a big whistle of them. This he presented to the President. This whistle was used in the White House to announce the dinner hour. It was used by all of the succeeding presidents until President Tedd.y Roosevelt's time—then it was no longer needed.
In the evening a fine program of storytelling, singing, dancing and lumber camp games was given in one of the big bunkhouses. This program President Lincoln greatly enjoyed. He told a few of his own best stories. These were retold in Wisconsin camps for many years after.
DANCING AND STORYTELLING-Some of the bunkhouse nights were given over to dancing. On these occasions a number of the lum¬ berjack dancers gave exhibitions of their art. They were good but Shanty Boy excelled all of them, both as to variety and performance. Jigs, hornpipes, hoe-downs, buck and wing, reels, double-shuffle and other dances were all in his line. "He not only danced with his feet but with his hands and eyes." He was a constellation. He could cake- walk with the best. He put his whole soul into every dance. With his nimble feet he imitated a team or teams crossing a wooden bridge, an approaching railroad train, a nest of angry hornets, a sawmill or a waterfall. With them he could sing a song or deliver a message. Som¬ ersaults and cartwheels were a part of some of his acrobatic dances. As a bunkhouse storyteller he easily out-distanced all rivals. Many of his best yarns he brought from Maine and New England. Most were humorous tales. Some of the best of the Paul Bunyan legends he orig¬ inated. Some tales he told in the Swede or in the French-Canadian lingo. Of Indian and Negro stories he had a bagfull. His tales of the ferocious wild animals of the pinewoods filled the greenhorn lumber¬ jacks with such fear that it was necessary for some of the older men to put them in their bunks when the entertainment was over.
Shanty Boy obtained a hymnal somewhere. After a while he begaii to sing some of the fine old Gospel hymns. These became very popular with the men. So came Shanty Boy's gradual transition from camp entertainer to camp evangelist. In this camp role he also obtained wide fame.
PAUL'S FARM—Paul Bunyan had a big farm in Iowa. During the Hot-Hot-Summer he sent Shanty Boy and a small crew to Iowa to manage it. That year the corn he had planted matured very rapidly.
Object Description
| Page Title | Folklore Pamphlets, 1921-1945 |
| Author | Brown, Charles E. (Charles Edward), 1872-1946 |
| Place of Publication | Madison, Wis. |
| Source Creation Date | 1921-1945 |
| Language | English |
| Digital Format | XML |
| Electronic Publisher | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Rights | We believe that online reproduction of this material is permitted because its copyright protection has lapsed or because sharing it here for non-profit educational purposes complies with the Fair Use provisions of the U.S. Copyright Law. Teachers and students are generally free to reproduce pages for nonprofit classroom use. For advice about other uses, or if you believe that you possess copyright to some of this material, please contact us at asklibrary@wisconsinhistory.org. |
| Electronic Publication Date | 2006 |
| Digital Identifier | TP423000 |
| Description |
Charles E. Brown (1872-1946) was curator of the Museum of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin and secretary of the Wisconsin Archaeological Society. He also collected a substantial body of folklore on Wisconsin Indians, lumbering, steamboating, local history, and related topics which he published in pamphlet form. Brown created these pamphlets for the Wisconsin Archaeological Society, the Wisconsin Folklore Society, courses he taught during University of Wisconsin summer sessions, and simply as privately published booklets for the amusement of his friends and colleagues. Most are only 4-8 pages long. In the printed booklets, Brown did not usually cite sources for the tales, but his correspondence and research notes are available in the Wisconsin Historical Society Archives in boxes 2-10 of Wis Mss HB.
The links below will open a collection of 47 pamphlets totaling 444 pages that were issued between 1921 and 1945 (all that are known to exist). They have been grouped loosely according to subject and appear in the following order: Native American Folklore: Indian Folk Lore (1921), Moccasin Tales (1935), Birchbark Tales (1941), Lake Mendota Indian Legends (1927), Indian Flower Toys and Games (1931), Lake Mendota: Prehistory, History and Legends (1933), Winabozho, Hero-God of the Indians of the Old Northwest (1944), Indian Star Lore (1930), Wigwam Tales (1930) Lumbering and Logging: Paul Bunyan Tales (1922; revised editions, 1927 and 1929), Paul Bunyan and Tony Beaver Tales (1930), Paul Bunyan, American Hercules (1937), Paul Bunyan Classics (1945), Paul Bunyan Natural History (1935), Flapjacks from Paul Bunyan's Cook Shanty (1941), Brimstone Bill (1942), Johnny Inkslinger (1944), Bunyan Bunkhouse Yarns (1945), Shanty Boy (1945), Ole Olson (1945), Sourdough Sam (1945) Other Wisconsin & American Folklore: Ghost Tales (1931), The Ridgeway Ghost (1943), "Cousin Jack" Stories (1940; Cornish folklore), Prairie Stories (1934), Whiskey Jack Yarns (1940; river rafting folklore), Old Man River (1940), Sea Serpents (1942), Bluenose Brainerd Stories (1943), Bear Tales (1944), Ben Hooper Tales (1944), Hermits (1945), Lost Treasure Tales (1945), Flower Toys and Games (1923), Insect Lore (1929), Cowboy Tales (1929), Little Stories about George Washington (1932), Gems: Magic, Mystery and Myths of Precious Stones (1932), Old Stormalong Yarns (1933), Cloud Lore (1935), Gypsy Lore (1935), Flower Lore (1938), The Trees of the Campus (1925), Wisconsin Indians (1933), French Pathfinders of Wisconsin (1934) |
| Owner | Wisconsin Historical Society Library |
| Format | Text |
| Recommended Citation | Use the bibliographic data on the cover or title page of each individual pamphlet, concluding with the phrase Online facsimile at http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=1622 |
| Document Number | TP423 |
| Size | 46 items ; 19-28 cm. |
| URL | http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=1622 |
| Owner Collection | Pamphlet Collection; Pamphlets in Rare Book Collection |
| Genre | pamphlet; |
| State/Province | Wisconsin |
| Sub-Topic | Mid-19th century Immigration; Development of the Railroads; Early U.S. Settlement; Farming and Rural Life; The French Fur Trade; Great Lakes Steamships and Canals; Lead Mining in SOuthwestern Wisconsin; Lumbering and Forest Products; |
| Art | Folklore |
| Education | University of Wisconsin |
| Type | Text |
Description
| Page Title | [Page 3] |
| Author | Brown, Charles E. (Charles Edward), 1872-1946; |
| Place of Publication | Madison, Wis. |
| Source Publisher | Wisconsin Folklore Society |
| Source Creation Date | 1945 |
| Language | English |
| Digital Format | JPG |
| Electronic Publisher | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Rights | We believe that online reproduction of this material is permitted because its copyright protection has lapsed or because sharing it here for non-profit educational purposes complies with the Fair Use provisions of the U.S. Copyright Law. Teachers and students are generally free to reproduce pages for nonprofit classroom use. For advice about other uses, or if you believe that you possess copyright to some of this material, please contact us at asklibrary@wisconsinhistory.org. |
| Electronic Publication Date | 2006 |
| Digital Identifier | TP423182 |
| Owner | Wisconsin Historical Society Library |
| Format | Text |
| Size | 4 p. ; 19 cm. |
| Owner Collection | Pamphlet Collection |
| Owner Object ID | 89- 4221 |
| Genre | pamphlet; |
| Full Text | make a big whistle of them. This he presented to the President. This whistle was used in the White House to announce the dinner hour. It was used by all of the succeeding presidents until President Tedd.y Roosevelt's time—then it was no longer needed. In the evening a fine program of storytelling, singing, dancing and lumber camp games was given in one of the big bunkhouses. This program President Lincoln greatly enjoyed. He told a few of his own best stories. These were retold in Wisconsin camps for many years after. DANCING AND STORYTELLING-Some of the bunkhouse nights were given over to dancing. On these occasions a number of the lum¬ berjack dancers gave exhibitions of their art. They were good but Shanty Boy excelled all of them, both as to variety and performance. Jigs, hornpipes, hoe-downs, buck and wing, reels, double-shuffle and other dances were all in his line. "He not only danced with his feet but with his hands and eyes." He was a constellation. He could cake- walk with the best. He put his whole soul into every dance. With his nimble feet he imitated a team or teams crossing a wooden bridge, an approaching railroad train, a nest of angry hornets, a sawmill or a waterfall. With them he could sing a song or deliver a message. Som¬ ersaults and cartwheels were a part of some of his acrobatic dances. As a bunkhouse storyteller he easily out-distanced all rivals. Many of his best yarns he brought from Maine and New England. Most were humorous tales. Some of the best of the Paul Bunyan legends he orig¬ inated. Some tales he told in the Swede or in the French-Canadian lingo. Of Indian and Negro stories he had a bagfull. His tales of the ferocious wild animals of the pinewoods filled the greenhorn lumber¬ jacks with such fear that it was necessary for some of the older men to put them in their bunks when the entertainment was over. Shanty Boy obtained a hymnal somewhere. After a while he begaii to sing some of the fine old Gospel hymns. These became very popular with the men. So came Shanty Boy's gradual transition from camp entertainer to camp evangelist. In this camp role he also obtained wide fame. PAUL'S FARM—Paul Bunyan had a big farm in Iowa. During the Hot-Hot-Summer he sent Shanty Boy and a small crew to Iowa to manage it. That year the corn he had planted matured very rapidly. |
| Type | Text |