Dates

• Majority of material found within 1963 - 1969

Extent

3 boxes Linear Feet (The Folkmen, an award-winning folk music group, were primarily based out of Indiana, Pennsylvania at Indiana State College (ISC) and later Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) between 1964 and 1969. During this time, there were ten musicians who played in the Folkmen at various times including the band’s founder David Frye ’68; Warren Allen ’68; Bruce Bly; Larry Carter; Fred Danzinger; Mike Dubois ’68; D.C. Fitzgerald; Jeff Kelley ’69; Alan Luckey ’87, M’89; and George “Woody” Woodbury. The Folkmen ranged between three and five band members who performed together at any given point during this time. Between 1964 and 1969, the Folkmen performed on and off campus throughout the Indiana community, and they participated in regional band competitions, winning awards in 1966 and 1967. To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the formation of the Folkmen, Alan Luckey published Changing Times: The Folkmen at IUP (2014), which chronicles the 1960s as experienced by the Folkmen band members in Indiana, Pennsylvania. According to IUP President, Dr. Michael Driscoll, “In his carefully crafted telling of the stories of a group of young musicians, Luckey places the experiences of normal human beings in the context of the most unusual of times … The shared experience of folk music knits together the stories of the times and of each of the Folkmen.” Changing Times: The Folkmen at IUP (Call Number: ML 421 .F64 L82 2014) can be viewed in the IUP Special Collections and University Archives (302 Stapleton Library), and the Orendorff Music Library (101 Cogswell Hall), and it can be checked out from the Circulating Collection in Stapleton Library. Alan Luckey’s book is available for purchase from the Co-op Store, and all proceeds benefit the Folkmen Scholarship for music majors at IUP. The Folkmen Collection includes albums, awards, correspondence, interviews, memorabilia, photographs, publicity, audio/visual recordings, and scrapbooks of the band. After Alan Luckey published Changing Times: The Folkmen at IUP (2014), the Folkmen Collection was collectively donated by the Folkmen including Bruce Bly, Larry Carter, David Frye, Alan Luckey, and George “Woody” Woodbury. Five scrapbooks (see Box 2) about the Folkmen were compiled by Warren Allen between 1964 and 1969 and given to the Folkmen by his brother Stephen Allen who also donated Manuscript Group 170: The Warren Allen Collection.)

Language of Materials

English