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Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Catalog Number |
1999.012.0005 |
Description |
A copy of a group photograph of the chorus. Welsh immigrants' skills were vital to the development of the slate industry in New York and Vermont. They not only brought quarrying experience but also language, culture, and traditions of their native land. The Welsh Male Chorus of Poultney was perhaps the most celebrated of the many choral groups organized by Welsh immigrants and their descendants in the Slate Valley. Formally reorganized in 1939, the choir originated from a successful bid by a group of quarrymen to win an eisteddfod, a Welsh cultural festival and competition, held in Granville in 1931. Regularly rehearsing at the Welsh Presbyterian Church of Poultney, the "professional caliber" of this workingman's choir became well known across New England and New York. Welsh-language hymns, folksongs, and the ddraig goch (red dragon) upon their white stoles testified to the choir's cultural heritage. There are twenty two men, three women, and one boy. The members are listed on back--Individuals named under people are listed from left to right from the front row to the back: Gilfeather, Norma Jones, Gladys M. Hughes, Beatrice Morris, Ernest Borichevsky, Nicholas Roberts, William W. Jones, Evan H. Jones, Llewelyn Hughes, Gwilym Evans, John Morris, G. Emmett Jones Jr., Herbert R. Parker, William Parker, Fred Hughes, John Dylun Williams, Evan Glyn Williams, Richard Glyn Jones Sr., Herbert R. Roberts, Glyn W. Mason, James N. Thomas, William Thomas, Carl Williams, Hayden Gilman, William Jones, Glyn Morris, Willard G. |
Date |
c. 1952 |
People |
Gilfeather, Norma Jones, Gladys M. Hughes, Beatrice Morris, Ernest Borichevsky, Nicholas Roberts, William W. Jones, Evan H. Jones, Llewelyn Hughes, Gwilym Evans, John Morris, G. Emmett Jones Jr., Herbert R. Parker, William Parker, Fred Hughes, John Dylun Williams, Evan Glyn Williams, Richard Glyn Jones Sr., Herbert R. Roberts, Glyn W. Mason, James N. Thomas, William Thomas, Carl Williams, Hayden Gilman, William Jones, Glyn Morris, Willard G. |
Subjects |
Music Choruses Churches Religion Religious Organizations Culture Welsh Culture Welsh Descendants Welsh Heritage Welsh Language Welsh-American Relations |
Search Terms |
Poultney, VT Poultney Welsh Male Chorus |