Laurie Kay Sommers

Born: 01/19/1955   Lansing , MI
Parents: Lawrence M. and Marjorie S. Sommers
Spouse: David Winder
Children: n/a
Contact Information:
Email : [email protected]
Phone : unlisted
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Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
Fishtown: Leland Michigan's Historic Fishery
- 2013 Michigan Notable Book
Michigan History Adult Traverse City [Mich.] Arbutus Press/Fishtown Preservation Society 2012
"Urban Appalachian Folklore" in The Encyclopedia of Appalachia
- With Janet Langlois
Non Fiction Adult University of Tennessee Press 2006
The Florida Music Train
- with Cindy Kerchmar, et al. multimedia instructional unit, Florida Folklife Program
Non Fiction Adult , Children Florida Department of State 2002
"The Okefenokee" and "Beaver Island" in American Musical Traditions
- Jeff Todd Titon, ed.
Non Fiction Adult MacMillan 2001
Beaver Island House Party (with CD) Michigan History Adult East Lansing/Beaver Island [Mich.] : Michigan State University Press : Michigan State University Museum : Beaver Island Historical Society 1996
Fiesta, fe y cultura : celebrations of faith and culture in Detroit's Colonia Mexicana / by Laurie Kay Sommers in collaboration with Casa de Unidad Cultural Arts and Media Center
- Celebrations of faith and culture in Detroit's Colonia Mexicana. Detroit's Colonia Mexicana.
Michigan Adult Detroit, Mich. : Casa de Unidad Cultural Arts and Media Center ; East Lansing : Michigan State University Museum, 1995
Dull Remarks on a Sharp Subject
- in Festival of Michigan Folklife Program Book
Non Fiction Adult Michigan State University Museum 1991
Michigan, a geography / Lawrence M. Sommers, with Joe T. Darden, Jay R. Harman, Laurie K. Sommers. Michigan , Travel Adult Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press 1984
Numerous articles in National periodicals Non Fiction Adult 1980 -2000
Surveying Michigan's historic and architectural resources : a how-to-do guide
- Compiled and edited by Laurie K. Sommers and Janet Kreger
Michigan History Adult [Lansing, Mich.] : Michigan History Division, Department of State 1980
What is the aim or goal of your writing: I attribute my success to "my parents, my education, being in the right place at the right time, a true enjoyment of cultural diversity and traditional culture." My work ethic is "take pride in your work; enjoy what you do."

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: Yes

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Author

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Education Doctorate (Ed.D.) Wayne State University Detroit , MI 1970

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
Director South Georgia Folklife Project Valdosta State university 1998
Independent Consultant in Folklore and Ethnomusicology 1995 -1998
Folklife Specialist and Curator Michigan State University Museum East Lansing , MI 1988 -1995
Co-Curator
- Michigan Program
Smithsonian Festival of American Folklife 1987
Independent Consultant Folklore and Historic Preservation 1982 -1986
Assistant Historian Michigan History Division Lansing , MI 1977 -1978
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