Victor Lukas (Part 1) · Voices of Illinois · University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library

Title: Victor Lukas (Part 1)
Date(s): 6/18/2007
Interviewee(s): Viktor Lucas See all items with this value
Interviewer(s): Tracie Wilson See all items with this value
Summary: Vic Lukas was co-founder of the University of Illinois Campus Folksong Club. He studied anthropology at graduate level at the University of Illinois and Duke University, with additional coursework at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and conducted fieldwork in Jamaica. He has worked for several years as a scientific computer programmer in North Carolina, where he continues to live, and has received many awards for work in photography and film. Music continues to be central in his life. He plays regularly with the Maudlin Brothers, a group dedicated to gospel music and songs of tragic romance and plays old-time music with the Porch Climbers. He is an active participant in fiddle conventions and music festivals and has taught courses on the history of Blues and Country music at the Augusta Heritage Center at Davis & Elkins College.
Subject(s): campus folksong club See all items with this value; folk music See all items with this value
Related Resources: https://archives.library.illinois.edu/archon/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=5687
transcript: https://libraryvoicesil.web.illinois.edu/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Lukas_18062007.pdf