Description: Doyle Moore is Professor Emeritus of Art and Design at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The Autoharp has been central to his scholarship and work as a performer. During the 1960s, he collaborated with University of Illinois students Jim Hockenhull and Paul Adkins as the Philo Glee and Mandolin Society, a group dedicated to old time and string band … Read More
Frederick K. Plous
Description: Fritz Plous has worked as a freelance writer and journalist for the Chicago Sun-Times and United Press International. In his sophomore year, he discovered traditional music when he heard a freshman student, Jarvis Rich, playing a five-string banjo in the dormitory room across the hall. At Rich’s suggestion, he soon became a member of the CFC, where he joined the … Read More
Jarvis Rich
Description: Jarvis Rich works as a computer programmer in San Francisco. As an undergraduate, he played the banjo and fiddle and became involved with the Campus Folksong Club as a freshman after meeting Vic Lukas at a Student Activities exhibition in the Union. He served as Chairman of Folksings and Master of Ceremonies at CFC events. After a long hiatus from … Read More
Jonathan Allen
Description: Jonathan Allen completed his Ph.D. at the University of Pennsylvania and is Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Illinois , where his work includes research on speech recognition and cochlear technologies. During his undergraduate years at Illinois, he played guitar and banjo and was a member and former president of the Campus Folksong Club. A key event in … Read More
Glenn Ohrlin
Description: Glenn Ohrlin is a cowboy singer and former rodeo circuit rider. He lives on a ranch near Mountain View, Arkansas. Ohrlin’s music is the subject of the Campus Folksong Club’s third album Hell-bound Train. During the 1960s folk revival, he performed on college campuses across the United States and produced subsequent recordings on the Philo and Rounder labels. In … Read More
Judith McCulloh
Description: Judy McCulloh completed her Ph.D in folklore at Indiana University and spent over thirty five years at the University of Illinois Press where her most recent positions included Executive Editor, Assistant Director, and Director of Development. She also edited the renowned Music in American Life series, making her an important force in expanding and transforming ethnomusicology scholarship. She is co-editor … Read More
Lyle Mayfield
Description: Lyle Mayfield is a traditional musician and writer from Greenville, Illinois. He and his wife, Doris have played music together for over sixty years and have passed their appreciation of music on to their children and grandchildren. Lyle and Doris became involved with the Campus Folksong Club after a chance meeting with Archie Green at the print shop where Lyle … Read More
Neil V. Rosenberg
Description: Neil Rosenberg earned a Ph.D. in Folklore from Indiana University and is Professor Emeritus of Folklore at Memorial University in Newfoundland. He is a renowned scholar of bluegrass and folk music and author and editor of a number of texts including Transforming Tradition and The Music of Bill Monroe (co-author). As a graduate student during the 1960s, he also served … Read More
Victor Lukas (Part 1)
Description: Vic Lukas was co-founder of the University of Illinois Campus Folksong Club. He studied anthropology at graduate level at the University of Illinois and Duke University, with additional coursework at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and conducted fieldwork in Jamaica. He has worked for several years as a scientific computer programmer in North Carolina, where he continues … Read More
Victor Lukas (Part 2)
Description: Part 2 is Victor Lukas reading his essay “An Encounter with Robert Johnson”. Date of Interview: June 18, 2007 Interviewer: Tracie Wilson Transcript: Victor Lukas Part 2 Oral History Transcript Related Resources: Campus Folksong Club Oral History Project Files