Square Dance Foundation of New England

2012 Hartford, CT Convention

1976 Portland, ME Convention

2012 Hartford, CT Convention

Welcome to the Square Dance Foundation of New England!

The Library/Museum of the Square Dance Foundation of New England (SDFNE) has been closed, however the SDFNE continues to exists as an online entity at: http://www.sdfne.org. It is important to realize that a large collection of materials from the SDFNE collection are available on the SDFNE.org web site. Most important among these are the full set of Bob Brundage interviews with more than 100 leading square dance people from the past 60 or more years and the complete digitized issues of the New England Caller/Northeast Square Dancer magazines. The complete publications of five major caller note services are also available on the web site. There are many other items available for viewing.

The collection of historical materials has been transferred to the University of New Hampshire. The Milne Special Collections Library there has what is probably the largest collection of square dance related material anywhere in the world. As we closed our museum we moved a huge amount of books, documents, recordings, photographs and other items to the UNH Library. These added to the already substantial collections we had been sending over the past decade. The task of organizing and cataloging this material will take years. To help support the University’s work on this task the SDFNE has recently made a contribution of $5000 and we hope to continue this support in the future.

Many of the books and records that we have shared with UNH over the past decade have already been cataloged and are listed on the UNH web site. To search for books use the web address: https://www.library.unh.edu/ then enter the keyword SDFNE. Click here to look for records and enter the collection name SDFNE. Other types of materials will require a more specific identification and help with searching the very complete donation lists that the Foundation has on our computers. If you are searching for something like that, contact Jim Mayo: jmayo329@aol.com or John Wedge: jbwedge@gmail.com.

In November of 2016, the SDFNE transferred much of the remainder of it's museum documents and artifacts to the Museum of Dance in Saratoga Springs, NY. At this time, Square Dancing is not yet mentioned on the web site of the Museum of Dance, however they have informed us that they will be featuring a special page and a display on Square Dancing in the near future. Our contact is programming and outreach director coordinator, Jessica Munson. Her email address is: info@dancemuseum.org. They're web site is: http://www.dancemuseum.org/.

Also, check out the Square Dance History Site at: https://squaredancehistory.org/.

Lane, Frank: SIO Hall of Fame, CALLERLAB Milestone

FRANK LANE INTERVIEW Bob Brundage: Well, good morning again and this is Bob Brundage. Today I am at Estes Park, Colorado. Beautiful setting in the mountains and I am with Frank Lane. Barbara had to leave a little early this morning but will be back and I might try …

Laufman, Dudley

DUDLEY LAUFMAN INTERVIEW February 29, 2004 Bob Brundage – This is Bob Brundage and today is February 29th, Leap Year Day, 2004 and I have the pleasure of talking to Dudley Laufman up in New Hampshire by telephone and looking forward to an interesting interview finding out all about Dudley’s …

LeClair, Johnny: SIO Hall of Fame, CALLERLAB Milestone

JOHNNY LECLAIR INTERVIEW September 30, 1997 Bob Brundage: Well, hi again, this is Bob Brundage and the date today is September 30, 1997. Today, we have the pleasure of talking to Johnny LeClair. I had written to him up in Wyoming and he is on his way through today, here …

Leger, Dick: SIO Hall of Fame, CALLERLAB Milestone, NE Yankee Clipper, SDFNE Hall of Fame

DICK LEGER November 15, 1996 Bob Brundage: So here we are again; this is Bob Brundage continuing our little oral history project. And today we are in the big state of Rhode Island, talking to Mr. Dick Leger. I hope Sue gets back pretty soon because we’d like to get …

Livingston, Bob

BOB LIVINGSTON INTERVIEW February 3, 2004 Bob Brundage – OK. Well, hi again, this is Bob Brundage, Today is February the Third, this is 2004 and today we are talking by long distance telephone to Bob Livingston back in Middletown, CT and I’m very interested in his experiences over the …

Luttrell, Melton: SIO Hall of Fame, CALLERLAB Milestone

MELTON LUTTRELL INTERVIEW MARCH 22, 1997 Bob Brundage:Well, hi again, it’s Bob Brundage. Today is March the 22nd; we’re attending the Callerlab Convention at Los Angeles International Airport, and, um, tonight we’ve made contact with Melton Luttrell from Texas and, uh, anxious to hear all about his square dance experience. …