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Bloomington, Indiana. I studied at Indiana University's Folklore Institute, earning my Ph.D. in 1979 (received in 1980).
Sept. 1971: Portrait of Tom and Betsy in Bloomington
Tom at I.U.'s Folklore Institute
The South County Rounders:
Tom Adler (banjo); Howard Wight "Rusty" Marshall (mandolin); Darrell Nehring (bass); Tom Skinker (guitar)
Tom Adler (banjo); Howard Wight "Rusty" Marshall (mandolin); Darrell Nehring (bass); Tom Skinker (guitar)
January 1972: Dinner Party at Adler home in Chicago
June 1972: Pörtschach am Wörtersee -- Tom and Betsy on a hike
while vacationing in Austria
while vacationing in Austria
Austria: Trip to Grossglockner glacier
Fall 1972: Hiking with dog "Rudi"
in Brown County State Park
in Brown County State Park
June 1973: Howard "Rusty" Marshall and Tom
at Bean Blossom
at Bean Blossom
June 1973: Howard "Rusty" Marshall and Tom
in the Banjo Contest
in the Banjo Contest
Oct. 1974: Tom and Betsy in a field at Old World Wisconsin
c. 1974: The Pigeon Hill String Ticklers
Edgar "Smiley" Yates and the Bluegrass Kentuckians
Ed Yates (Guitar and singer); Tom Adler (banjo); Helen Yates (Bass and singer);
Tracy Yates (mandolin); Fred Cornish (Fiddler)
Ed Yates (Guitar and singer); Tom Adler (banjo); Helen Yates (Bass and singer);
Tracy Yates (mandolin); Fred Cornish (Fiddler)
Blanton Owen (fiddle) and Tom Adler (banjo)
playing oldtime music at Conner Prairie Pioneer Settlement, then owned by Eli Lilly & Co.
playing oldtime music at Conner Prairie Pioneer Settlement, then owned by Eli Lilly & Co.
Bluegrass band, "Greasewood" Bloomington IN, c. 1976. BACK: Larry Knotts, Tom Skinker, Sandy Starr, Timmy Duran. FRONT: John "Ory" Stith, Tom Adler and two canine-Americans
Jan. 1976: Kokomo Bros ("hot progressive bluegrass")
Tim Moody, Tom Adler, John Staley, Dan Vanada
Tim Moody, Tom Adler, John Staley, Dan Vanada
South Central Georgia folklife fieldwork team at the Library of Congress. L to R: (Standing): Carl Fleischhauer, Bill Lightfoot, Alan Jabbour, David Stanley. (Sitting): Tom Adler, Howard "Rusty" Marshall, Beverly Robinson
1977: Playing with the Kokomo Bros at
The Ground Round, Lafayette, IN
The Ground Round, Lafayette, IN
Fall, 1977: Tom, ready for fieldwork at Bean Blossom -- with our great dog Molly
1977-78: At the Stabilizer, Lafayette, IN
In ancticipation of the birth of our first son, Carter,
I grew a beard in early 1978 and kept it for about 3 years.
In ancticipation of the birth of our first son, Carter,
I grew a beard in early 1978 and kept it for about 3 years.
c. 1978: Playing with the Kokomo Bros
July 28, 1978: Holding my son Carter Mosby Adler on the day he was born... At the hospital in Bloomington, IN
Indiana University Ph.D. Diploma (earned in 1979, received in 1980)
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