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Re: Images of Polka Music
I recall Myron Floren on a Lawrence Welk album cover or two. Frankie
Yancovich(sp?), Cleveland area polkster, is popular, and I think a local
Cleveland radio station has an hour or two of polka music weekly.
Sharon Lee Butcher
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Erik Nordberg [SMTP:enordber@MTU.EDU]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2000 12:47 PM
> To: ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU
> Subject: Re: Images of Polka Music
>
> >Please let me know if you are aware of any collection of polka music
> >somewhere that may have photographs or other iconographic images that
> >depict this genre of music.
>
> You might try contacting the Iron Range Research Center at Ironworld in
> Northern Minnesota.
> http://www.ironworld.com/index.html
> In addition to their excellent regional history collections and mining
> history material from the Minnesota iron ranges, I seem to recall that
> Ironworld is home to one (of many?) Polka Halls of Fame and an annual
> International Polkafest.
>
> Ed Nelson is the archivist there and his e-mail address is
> ed@ironworld.com
>
> It seems to me that there is also a Polka Hall of Fame in Chicago.
> Probably recalling it from a Midwest Archives Conference tour offering
> many
> years back. Good to know we have several Polka Halls of Fame, eh?
>
> Erik Nordberg
> Michigan Tech
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