This episode was written, narrated and produced by Nora Rodes. Editing was by Dave Snyder, Daniel Murphy and Alec Pombriant. Mastering was by Guilford Sound. Musical selections were chosen by Rodes and are listed below. Photo credit is Megan Littlehales. A historic marker for Margaret is at the Marlboro Historical Society.

Haughton House – Make the Wildwood Ring CD (Front Hall Records, 1981) (0.59)

(Front Hall, NY label, founded 1973, published 21 CDs, including a # for Tony Barrand/John Roberts/Nowell Sing We Clear) Instrumental

Frog Went A Courtin’ – Odis Bird (Max Hunter Collection) (1.04 0r .30)The Max Hunter Folk Song Collection - Missouri State University

Magnolia Tree – Fred Atwood (MM Collection, VFC)

Barbara Allen - Make the Wildwood Ring, Margaret MacArthur, Megan Littlehales, Dan & Gary MacArthur

The Half Hitch – On the Banks of Coldbrook CD (Tony Barrand and Keith Murphy)

Braes of Yarrow – Ballads Thrice Twisted CD (©1999 MM) Margaret MacArthur

King John and the Bishop – Ballads Thrice Twisted, Margaret MacArthur

Little Red Hen – Winifred Landman, Margaret MacArthur Collection, Vermont Folklife Center

Single Again – May Nichols, Margaret MacArthur Collection, Vermont Folklife Center

The Tailor and the Mouse – Barbara Linden, Margaret MacArthur Collection, Vermont Folklife Center

Marlboro Merchants – Vermont Ballads and Broadsides CD (Whetstone Records) (©1989 Margaret MacArthur)

Stratton Mountain Tragedy – On the Mountains High CD (Living Folk Records, 1971) (appears another essentially self/close-connection “label”) (©2001 Margaret MacArthur)

Central Vermont Railway Tragedy –On the Mountains High CD Margaret and family

Mary Shaminski I love you – Make the Wildwood Ring, Margaret MacArthur

Farmers Alphabet – Vermont Heritage Songs (©1994, 2006 Margaret MacArthur) Margaret MacArthur

Maple Sweet – Vermont Heritage Songs, Margaret and Megan Littlehales, Dan MacArthur

Newbury’s Bendell Bridge – Vermont Heritage Songs, Margaret and school children

Hills of Dover – The Old Songs CD (Philo, 1975) (Philo bought out by Rounder 1982) Margaret MacArthur

Ranadine – On the Mountains High CD Margaret MacArthur and family

Peri Meri Dixi and Domini – On the Mountains High, Margaret MacArthur and family

PRIMARY LINKS

The Margaret MacArthur Collection at the Vermont Folklife Center, Middlebury, Vermont

https://vtfolklifearchive.org/collections/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=37&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=MacArthur%2C+Margaret%0D%0A

Margaret MacArthur’s Performance at the Library of Congress - June 6, 2005

Film recording of Margaret MacArthur performing ballads and songs from Vermont.

Part of the Homegrown 2005 Concert Series sponsored by the American Folklife Center.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2021687781/

Our theme music is by Ty Gibbons. Thanks to the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Vermont Arts Council and the hundreds of volunteers and community members who support this work.