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 to live, and has received many awards for work in photography and film. Music continues to be central in his life. He plays regularly with the Maudlin Brothers, a group dedicated to gospel music and songs of tragic romance and plays old-time music with the Porch Climbers. He is an active participant in fiddle conventions and music festivals and has taught courses on the history of Blues and Country music at the Augusta Heritage Center at Davis & Elkins College.
Date of Interview: 6/18/2007
Interviewer: Tracie Wilson
Transcript: Victor Lukas Part 1 Oral History Transcript
Related Resources: Campus Folksong Club Oral History Project Files