Jeff Titon

Wooden statue of St. Thaddeus, patron saint of difficult causes, standing in the Notre-Dame du Mont Carmel church, built in 1909, in Lille, northern Aroostook County, Maine. Photo by Jeff Titon. Canon TL-QL 35mm SLR camera, Canon FL 85mm f/1.8 lens, Kodak Ektachrome film, exposure data not recorded.

Is it still there? #147 in a series. Statue of St. Thaddeus, Notre-Dame du Mont Carmel Church, Lille, Maine, 1988. Photo by Jeff Titon. #photography #documentaryphotography #Maine

Yes, that's me too. Good idea. My PhD is in American Studies (1971) and I co-founded the American Studies program at Tufts in the late 1970s, while my closest disciplinary homes were in ethnomusicology and in folklore studies.

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Is it still there? #146 in a series. Child's tombstone, Fort Kent, Maine, 1988. Translation from French: "Alice daughter of Ben and Alice Bosse died at the age of 9 years and 8 days See you in heaven" Photo by Jeff Titon. #photography #documentaryphotography

Is it still there? #146 in a series. Child's tombstone, Fort Kent, Maine, 1988. Translation from French: "Alice daughter of Ben and Alice Bosse died at the age of 9 years and 8 days See you in heaven" Photo by Jeff Titon. #photography #documentaryphotography

Is it still there? #145 in a series. Hilltop Store and Gas, Knox, Maine, July, 2000. Photo by Jeff Titon. #photography #documentaryphotography

Legendary founder of NPR programming Bill Siemering is enjoying Zoom visiting with students so much that he's asked me to put a second call out. No honorarium necessary. Any takers?

We come back this. Touching.

YouTube video by BluesUrbano A1 - Lazy Bill Lucas & His Friends - I Had a Dream

Lazy Bill Lucas & His Friends - I Had a Dream

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Is it still there? #144 in a series. Children's gravestone, Jollett Hollow Church Cemetery, Page Co., Virginia, 1985. Photo by Jeff Titon. #photography #documentaryphotography

Is it still there? #143 in a series. Paradise dormitory entrance, Sterling College, Craftsbury Common, Vermont. The College is set to close after the end of the school year (2026). Photo by Jeff Titon. #photography #documentaryphotography

Is it still there? #142 in a series. Grave markers, family cemetery, Pine Top, Kentucky, 1990. Photo by Jeff Titon. #photography #documentaryphotography

That’s my photo of Sykes on the right. I shot it at the 1970 Ann Arbor Blues Festival.

Remembering Mance Lipscomb and Lightnin’ Hopkins, two blues greats from Texas who passed away on this date. Mance in 1976 and Lightnin’ in 1982.

Mance Lipscomb & Lightnin' Hopkins A Little Boogie
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Celebrating the birthday of blues singer-harmonica player Charlie Musselwhite (1944-), after a concert in Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1970. Photo by Jeff Titon. #photography #documentaryphotography #blues

Celebrating the birthday of blues singer-pianist Roosevelt Sykes (1906-1983), pictured at the Ann Arbor Blues Festival, August, 1970. Photo by Jeff Titon. #photography #documentaryphotography #blues

Celebrating the birthday of blues guitarist Eddie Taylor (1923-1985), pictured at the Wisconsin Delta Blues Festival, Beloit College, Beloit, Wisconsin, February, 1970. Photo by Jeff Titon. #photography #documentaryphotography #blues

Celebrating the birthday of blues singer Bobby "Blue" Bland (1930-2013), pictured here at left at the 1970 Ann Arbor Blues Festival, Ann Arbor, Michigan, August, 1970. Photo by Jeff Titon. #photography #documentaryphotography #blues

Is it still there? #141 in a series. Cedar Grove Old Regular Baptist Church, Hallie, Letcher Co., Kentucky, 1990. Photo by Jeff Titon. #photography #documentaryphotography

Is it still there? #140 in a series. Dump truck, Stonington, Maine, 1988. Photo by Jeff Titon. #photography #documentaryphotography

Celebrating the birthday of blues singer and guitarist Sleepy John Estes (1899-1977), pictured here at left at the 1969 Ann Arbor Blues Festival, Ann Arbor, Michigan, August, 1969. Photo by Jeff Titon. #photography #documentaryphotography #blues

We're looking forward to parterning with Central Arkansas Library Systems to host a big used book sale this Wednesday, January 21st from 4pm-8:30pm. For the WWT pop-up, CALS has pulled a curated selection of adult literary fiction, classics, poetry, various art and philosophy books. Most books are priced between $3-$8. In addition to providing community members with affordable books, the CALS Used Book Sale (CUBS) provides generous funding for library programs. Every time you shop, you support Summer@CALS, Six Bridges Book Festival, Encyclopedia of Arkansas, Count Up Math Tutoring, Rock It! Lab, library gardens, & grants to all CALS branches.

Today! We're looking forward to parterning with Central Arkansas Library Systems to host a big used book from 4pm-8:30pm. For the WWT pop-up, CALS has pulled a curated selection of adult literary fiction, classics, poetry, various art and philosophy books. Most books are priced between $3-$8.

Catching up with January blues birthdays, here is blues and gospel singer Rev. Robert Wilkins (Jan. 16, 1896-May 26, 1987), in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1970, waiting to open with Robert Pete Williams, before a concert by The Band. Photo by Jeff Titon. #photography #documentaryphotography #blues

Celebrating the birthday of blues guitarist Luther Tucker (1936-1993), pictured here at left at the 1969 Ann Arbor Blues Festival. L-R: Luther Tucker, Lightnin' Hopkins, a musician playing harmonica whom I don't know, and Sam Lay. Photo by Jeff Titon. #photography #documentaryphotography #blues

Catching up with some January blues birthdays, here (L-R) are Fred McDowell (Jan. 12, 1904-July 3, 1972), Roosevelt Sykes, and Little Brother Montgomery, at the 1970 Ann Arbor Blues Festival. Photo by Jeff Titon. #photography #documentaryphotography #blues

YouTube video by Me ? Alger Texas Alexander - The Risin' Sun

Texas Alexander - The Risin' Sun

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1929 single for Okeh records

How Does Nature Contribute to the Economy? These Environmental Accountants Are Trying to Find Out - Inside Climate News Experts are trying to determine nature’s financial contributions—and what could happen if they are lost.

An elder of the Ponca Nation denounced humans’ “audacity to assign financial value, in their colonial thought process ways, to the sources of life & living beings - our relatives…To participate in the commodification & financialization of our relatives is an affront to the Natural Laws and...wrong.”

Album “the best of Slim Harpo”

Blues great Slim Harpo (James Moore, d. 1970) was born January 11, 1924/Louisiana.

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