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May 19, 1890 Springfield, Vermont, United States Died on 23 May 1972 (aged 82)
American collector of folk ballads
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About Helen Hartness Flanders
- Helen Hartness Flanders (May 19, 1890 – May 23, 1972), a native of the U.S.
- state of Vermont, was an internationally recognized ballad collector and an authority on the folk music found in New England and the British Isles.
- At the initiative of the Vermont Commission on Country Life, Flanders commenced a three-decade career capturing traditional songs that were sung in New England—songs that, in many cases, traced their origin to the British Isles.
- The timing of her life work was critical, coming as it did when people were turning away from traditional music in favor of listening to the radio.
- Today her nearly 4,500 field recordings, transcriptions and analyses are housed at the Flanders Ballad Collection at Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont and have been a resource for scholars and folk singers, since the establishment of the collection in 1941.
