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The New Hampshire Folklife website is a project of the Traditional Arts Program of the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts (NHSCA), a division of the Department of Cultural Resources, State of New Hampshire.

Comments, suggestions, and corrections can be sent to Traditional Arts Coordinator Lynn Martin Graton. Click here to send email.

Major funding for this website was provided by the National Endowment for the Arts through a Folk & Traditional Arts Infrastructure grant.

NHSCA

NHSCA Director - Rebecca L. Lawrence

Council Chair - Jim Kelley

Commissioner Dept of Cultural Resources - Van McLeod

Traditional Arts Coordinator and Project Director - Lynn Martin Graton

New Hampshire Folklife is hosted by the State Library, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources, State of New Hampshire. Information & Technology Support: Theresa Pare Curtis, Marta Boyle, Linda Sheldon & Lorna Zorko

Phase I of New Hampshire Folklife was designed by:

PixelMEDIA, Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Special thanks to:

Dr. Betty Belanus, Smithsonian Center for Folklife & Cultural Heritage; Gary Samson; Ann Kontak; Julie Mento; Julien Olivier; Jeff Warner; Jack Beard; Frumie Selchen; Marcia Congdon; and Lisa Kryger.

Oversight of the New Hampshire presentation at the 1999 Smithsonian Folklife Festival & the 2000 Celebrate New Hampshire Festival was provided by:

• The New Hampshire Commission on the Smithsonian Folklife Festival (1997-2001)

• Celebrate New Hampshire Culture (1999-2001)

• Smithsonian Institution's Center for Folklife Programs and Cultural Studies

• The New Hampshire State Council on the Arts

Funding support for the NH program was provided by numerous corporations, businesses, and individuals including:

• Bell Atlantic (Verizon)

• Fidelity Investments

• Fisher Scientific International Inc.

• Fleet Bank NH

• Grappone Auto Junction

• Healthsource NH, A CIGNA Healthcare Company

• New Hampshire National Guard

• Public Service of New Hampshire

• Sanders, A Lockeed Martin Company

• Tyco International Ltd.

• The Recording Industries Music Performance Trust Funds

• Anheuser Busch Companies, Inc.

• Citizens Bank

• Clark Hill Sugary, Inc.

• Heritage New Hampshire-Stoney Morell

• MCT Telecom

• New Hampshire Sweepstakes Commission

• New Hampshire State Department of Corrections

• New Hampshire Army National Guard

• New Hampshire Department of Travel and Tourism Development

• University of New Hampshire Extension Services, Division of Forestry

• Wheelabrator Technologies, Inc.

• For a complete listing of the many companies, businesses, and inividuals who helped to support these projects, contact the: New Hampshire State Council on the Arts.