Thomas Vennum

5 Collection Items

• Song Catcher: Frances Densmore of Red Wing / Artist Charles Biederman

  During a pledge drive, MPR News Presents broadcasts two American RadioWorks documentaries, “Song Catcher: Frances Densmore of Red Wing” and “Artist Charles Biederman.”

  May. 16, 201360 minSave
• Frances Densmore documentary "Song Catcher..." / Post-discussion and call-in

  Midday rebroadcasts award-winning MPR documentary Song Catcher, Frances Densmore of Red Wing. Following documentary, MPR’s Gary Eichten holds a discussion with guests Marcia Anderson, chief curator and head of the Museum Collections Department at the Minnesota Historical Society; and Faith Bad Bear, assistant curator of Ethnology at the Science Museum of Minnesota.

  Feb. 13, 1997Save
• Pledge drive with rebroadcast of "Song Catcher: Frances Densmore of Red Wing"

  On this pledge drive Midday program, a rebroadcast of MPR documentary Song Catcher: Frances Densmore of Red Wing. Frances Densmore was a Red Wing woman who recorded the songs of Native Americans around the turn of the century.

  Feb. 13, 199553 minSave
• "Song Catcher, Frances Densmore of Red Wing," an MPR documentary

  MPR's Stephen Smith presents the documentary, "Song Catcher, Frances Densmore of Red Wing," which profiles Frances Densmore, a Minnesota music teacher who set out to capture disappearing Indian songs. She is said to be a pioneering anthropologist in preserving American Indian music.

  Nov. 22, 199422 minSave
• Thomas Vennum discusses his book "Wild Rice and the Ojibway People"

  MPR’s Mark Heistad interviews author Thomas Vennum about his book, Wild Rice and the Ojibway People. Vennum discusses the experience of harvesting wild rice and its importance to the Ojibwe People.

  Aug. 20, 1988Save