Barre Toelken with his guitar at the 1982 Fife Conference Canyon Picnic. Singing and guitar playing were regular features of the Fife Folklore Conference and Toelken's classes. Upper Guinevah on the opening night of the Fife Conference;
Professor Barre Toelken talks about his life, beginning with his earliest childhood memories in Quabbin Valley Massachusetts--before the dam--including his families’ folk song/ballad traditions, throughout his education and career in folklore.;