Elmer Stahlman (1902-1997) shared his recollections of his family's apple farm stand in 1990 as a part of a Survey of the Apple Culture...

Here's another video in the series From the Archives, based on my grant-funded research documenting the folklife and traditions of our...

Hand-crafted paper mâché vejigante masks from Puerto Rico caught my eye in 2004 while walking on Broadway, proudly displayed in a hair...

John Hamm (1920-2006) told me this story in 1989 for a Folk Arts Project where I first interviewed residents about their childhood...

Here's another video in the series of documentaries called From the Archives, based on my grant-funded research documenting the folklife...

This morning, The Folklife Center received a wonderful new collection. Jon Patton and his sister Mary Jo Patton Russell stopped by on...

Harry and I in the Strawberry Patch, a painting by Clara Mae Orto, is one of the many unique works found in our Folk Arts Collection at...

We are now the proud owners of 100 Amigurumi crocheted animals. A large box arrived in May. Its contents were originally part of an...

A few years ago, in the papers of my grandparents, Arthur and Mabel (Hamm) DeGarmo of Schuylerville, Saratoga County, New York, I found a...

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,...