“A Treasury of Nebraska Pioneer Folklore” compiled by Roger Welsch is now available on cartridge and for download on BARD, the Braille and Audio Reading Download service. BARD is a service offered by the Nebraska Library Commission Talking Book and Braille Service and the National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled at the Library of Congress.
This collection of Nebraska pioneer folklore is taken largely from the Nebraska Folklore Pamphlets issued by the Federal Writers’ Project in the 1930s. Contents include songs of trail and prairie and of the Farmers’ Alliance, white man’s yarns and Indian tales, pioneer Nebraska folk customs, sayings, proverbs, beliefs, children’s games, cooking, and cures.
TBBS borrowers can request “A Treasury of Nebraska Pioneer Folklore” DBC02031 or download it from the National Library Service BARD (Braille and Audio Reading Download) website. If you have high-speed internet access, you can download books to your smartphone or tablet, or onto a flash drive for use with your player. You may also contact your reader’s advisor to have the book mailed to you on cartridge.
