CURRENT POSITIONS: Adjunct Professor of English and Anthropology, University of Nebraska; Essayist, CBS-TV News, "Sunday Morning"; contributing editor, Successful Farming; Interviewer and host, Nebraska Educational Television, Roger Welsch &...; President, Plains Heritage Inc.; Owner and manager, Primrose Tree Farm (certified by State of Nebraska)

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
University of Nebraska, 1958-60
Dana College, Blair, Nebraska, 1960-64
Nebraska Wesleyan University, 1964-1973
Centennial Fellow, University of Nebraska, 1973-75
University of Nebraska, 1973-present
Visiting Lecturer, Eastern Illinois Uni, summer, 1979
Fife Conference on Western Culture, Utah State Uni,1979,1980, 1981, 1983, 1988, 1989; Fife Honor Lecturer, 1984
Coe Lecturer, Uni of Wyoming (Cody), summer, 1982; O'Connor Lecturer, 1985
Visiting lecturer, Uni of Oregon, summer, 1982
Falkenstein Lecturer, Frankfurt, 1983
Northcentral Writers Conference Lecturer, Bemidji, Minnesota, 1984
Wichita State Folk Music Seminar, 1985

HONORS:
Outstanding Young Faculty Award, Nebr Wesleyan 1967
Adopted into Omaha Tribe (sponsors: Alfred Gilpin, John Turner, and Clyde Sheridan), 1967; inducted into Tiapiah Gourd Dance Society, 1968.
Distinguished Teaching Award, Uni of Nebr, 1977
Fling Fellowship, 1978
Associate Fellow, Center for Great Plains Studies, 1983-
USIA Lecturer, Germany, 1983
Nebraska Arts Council Touring Program, 1983-1985
Governor's Commission on Martin Luther King Day, 1985-6
President, Nebraska Folklore Society, 1963-4
Doctor of Humane Letters, Kearney State College, August,1989.
Special Lecturer, Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, New York, August 9, 1989
Trailblazer Award, NebraskaLand Foundation, March, 1990
Nebraska Public Speaker of the Year, 1990, Uni of Nebr Speech Honoraries
Governor's Commission on the Nebraska Quasquicentennial, 1990-
Nebraska Highway 58 renamed "Roger Welsch Avenue" June 13, 1990, by action of the Governor of the State of Nebraska and the State Highway Commission.
Friend of Festivals Award, Nebraska Travel Industry, March 6, 1991.
Nebraska 1992 Olympic Committee Advisory Board
Executive Board, Mari Sandoz Foundation, 1991-
Distinguished Nebraskan, Washington DC Nebraska Club, September, 1992
Ruth Etting Award for Contributions to Live Performance, June, 1993
Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben Contributions to Agriculture Award, September, 1993
Host and Emcee, National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Awards, Washington DC, 1993, 1994, 1995.
1996 Nebraska Farm Leader of the Year, Progressive Farmer magazine, February 1, 1996.
1996 Distinguished Lecturer, Mari Sandoz Heritage Society, June, 1996.
1996 Friend of Nebraska Award, Seward, Nebraska, July 4, 1996.
1996 Pathfinder Award, Fremont Area Art Association, July 14, 1996.
1997 Master Storyteller Award, McCook Nebraska, May 30, 1997.
Nominated by Rep. Bill Barrett for the President's Art Medal, March, 2000.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:
American Folklore Society (life member)
Assoc of Living History Farms and Ag Museums (Exec board, 1974-78)
International Congress for Ethnographic Foodways Research
Folk Arts Panel, Natl Endowment for Arts 1977-1980 (Chair, 1980); National Heritage Awards, Awards Ceremony Host: 1993, selection panel, 1994.
Nebraska State Historical Society (Life Member; Board of Directors, 1986-1989, resigned in high dudgeon)

MISC:
Field representative and presenter, Festival of American Folklife, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC and the Federal Republic of Germany
Board of Directors, Mari Sandoz Society
Board of directors: Heritage Research Associates
Plains Heritage Incorporated
Contributing Editor, NEBRASKA FARMER, 1985-1997
Guest artist, "Magic of Christmas," Omaha Symphony, Dec 15-18, 1988
Main Stage Lecturer, Chautauqua, Chautauqua, New York, July, 1989; June, 1994
Nebraska State Olympic Committee, 1994-
Faculty, Disney Institute, Orlando, Florida, February 1996.
Guest artist, "Lincoln Portrait," Opera Omaha, Sept 7 1997

BOOKS:

TREASURY OF NEBRASKA PIONEER FOLKLORE (Uni of Nebraska Press; Lincoln, 1966)
SOD WALLS: THE STORY OF THE NEBRASKA SOD HOUSE (Purcells, Broken Bow, 1968); reprinted 1992, J & L Lee, Lincoln, Nebraska.
FOLKLORE METHODOLOGY (Bibilographic and Special Series of American Folklore Society, Vol 21, U of Texas Press; Austin, 1971)
SHINGLING THE FOG AND OTHER PLAINS LIES (Swallow Press; Chicago, 1972)
TALL TALE POSTCARDS: A PICTORIAL HISTORY (A.S.Barnes; Cranbury, N.J. 1976)
OMAHA TRIBAL MYTHS AND TRICKSTER TALES (Ohio U Press; Athens, 1981; paperback edition, Lee Books, Lincoln, 1994)
MISTER, YOU GOT YOURSELF A HORSE: TALES OF OLD-TIME HORSE TRADING (U of Nebraska Press; 1981)
CATFISH AT THE PUMP: HUMOR AND THE FRONTIER (Plains Heritage; Lincoln, 1982)
GERMANS AND GERMAN-RUSSIANS IN NEBRASKA (editor) (Center for Great Plains Studies, University of Nebraska; Lincoln, 1980)
INSIDE LINCOLN (Plains Heritage; Lincoln, 1984)
YOU KNOW YOU'RE A NEBRASKAN (Plains Heritage, Lincoln, 1985)
BEAUTIFUL DANNEBROG (edited from original manuscript by P. M. Hannibal) (Plains Heritage, Lincoln, 1986)
YOU KNOW YOU'RE A HUSKER (Plains Heritage, Lincoln, 1986)
CATHER'S KITCHENS (University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, 1987)
THE LIARS CORNER (Plains Heritage, Lincoln, 1988)
IT'S NOT THE END OF THE EARTH BUT YOU CAN SEE IT FROM HERE (Villard Press, New York, 1990; Paper = Fawcett, 1993)
TOUCHING THE FIRE: BUFFALO DANCERS, THE SKY BUNDLE, AND OTHER TALES (Villard Press, New York, 1992; paper = Fawcett, 1993; Bison Edition, U of N Press, 1997)
LIARS TOO; THE LEGEND CONTINUES (Lee Book Publishers, Lincoln, 1993)
UNCLE SMOKE TALES: FOUR NEHAWKA COYOTE STORIES (Alfred Knopf, New York, 1994)
OLD TRACTORS AND THE MEN WHO LOVE THEM: HOW TO KEEP YOUR FAMILY RUNNING AND YOUR TRACTOR HAPPY (Motorbooks International, Osceola WI, 1995)
HOW COLD IS IT? (Lee Books, Lincoln, 1996)
DIGGIN' IN AND PIGGIN' OUT: THE TRUTH ABOUT FOOD AND MEN, (HarperCollins, New York, 1997).
BUSTED TRACTORS AND RUSTY KNUCKLES (Motorbooks International, Osceola WI, 1997).
YOU KNOW YOU'RE AN OLD TRACTOR NUT WHEN... (Plains Heritage, Dannebrog NE, 1998).

RECORDINGS:
"Sweet Nebraska Land" (Folkways Records; New York, 1965) ("Horse Wrangler" re-issued in Smithsonian Folkways "Cowboy Songs" album, 1991)
"Highway to Heritage" (Nebr Dept of Economic Development; Lincoln, 1985)
"Omaha Indian Music" (Foreword in liner notes) (American Folklife Center, Library of Congress; Washington, D.C., 1985)
"The Prairie: Pistol to Plow" (Media Productions; Lincoln, 1986)
Audio Guide to Highway Two, "A Special Highway," writer and talent, Highway Two association, 1990.

MAJOR MEDIA CREDITS (interviews, spots, minor contributions not noted):
"Sundown Shindig," host and writer, Nebraska Educational TV, 1970.
"Hand-Me-Downs," host and writer, Nebraska Educational TV, 1984.
Six segments of "On the Road" with Charles Kuralt, CBS News, 1975-1987.
"Omaha Music," CBS News "Sunday Morning, with Charles Kuralt, 1985.
Interview with Dick Cavett, PBS, "Dick Cavett Show," 1982; C-NBC, "Cavett," 1992.
Plains Parade series, co-host, Nebr ETV, 1987-88.
"Storytelling," writer and host, Western Kentucky State Uni TV.
"Postcard from Nebraska," writer and host, CBS News, "Sunday Morning, 1988-present.
"Guinness World of Sports," writer and host of 12-show series, ESPN (cable sports network), 1989.
"Laughter on the Frontier" and "Bad Men and Worse," two one-hour specials, Nebr Ed TV, writer and performer, 1989.
Two segments of Dick Cavett's "The Comedy Show, 1985, 1989.
"The Old Farmers Almanac Video," co-star with Willard Scott and Jonathan Winters, 1990 (Praxis Media, Norwalk CO).
"The Return of the Sacred Pole," voice-over host, Nebraska Educational TV, 1990.
"Last of the One-Room Schools," Nebr ETV, 1995.
"Roger Welsch & ...," weekly half-hour interview show, Nebraska Educational TV, January 1995-

ARTICLES AND REVIEWS (*=popular, **=fiction, rev = review):

1963:

"Literary: I Wonder As I Wander," THE COMMUNICATOR, I:1, March, 1963, p. 2.
"Folkways" (rev), BULLETIN OF NEBR FOLKLORE SOCIETY, II:1, Fall, 1963.
"The Autoharp" (rev), BULLETIN OF NEBR FOLKLORE SOCIETY, II:1, 1963.
"Deutsche Volkslieder demokratischen Charakters" (rev), JOURNAL OF AMERICAN FOLKLORE, 76:302, October, 1963, pp. 357-8.

1964:

"Molbo Tales", FOLKWAYS, January, 1964, pp. 20-1.
*"Comment on Presidential Assassination Songs", FOLK MUSIC, June, 1964, pp. 51-2.
"The Cornstalk Fiddle", JOURNAL OF AMERICAN FOLKLORE, 77:305, July, 1964, pp. 262-3.

1965:

"On the Curative Capabilities of a Folk Cure", WESTERN FOLKLORE, XXIV:3, July, 1965, pp. 200-1.
*"Nebraska Round Barns", MAGAZINE OF THE MIDLANDS, October, 1965, pp. 4-5.

1966:

"Ballads and Folkongs of the Southwest" (rev), ETHNOMUSICOLOGY, January, 1966.
"Nebraska Folk Finger Games", WESTERN FOLKLORE, XXV:3, July, 1966, pp. 173-194.
"Folk Voices of Iowa" (rev), ETHNOMUSICOLOGY, X:3, September, 1966, p. 133.
"Die Bauernhaeuser des Kantons Graubuenden" (rev), WESTERN FOLKLORE, October, 1966, p. 262.
*"American Folk Stringed Instruments: Part I", SPINNING WHEEL, December, 1966, pp. 16-7.

1967:

*"American Folk Stringed Instruments: part II", SPINNING WHEEL, January, 1967, pp. 12-3.
*"Pioneer Reverse Bragging", MAGAZINE OF THE MIDLANDS, Feb, 1967.
*"Songs of the Nebraska Trails", LINCOLN FOCUS, July, 1967.
"Heimat und Volkstum: Bremer Beitraege zur niederdeutschen Volkskunde 1962/3" (rev), WESTERN FOLKLORE, XXVI:3, July, 1967, pp. 208-9.
"Deutsche Volkslieder mit ihren Melodien,V: Balladen" (rev), WESTERN FOLKLORE, XXVI:3, July, 1967.
"An American Numskull Tale: The Polack Joke", WESTERN FOLKLORE, XXVI:3, July, 1967, pp. 183-6.
*"Omaha Tribal Customs at the Macy Powwow", MAGAZINE OF THE MIDLANDS, August, 1967.
*"The Cornhusk Doll", SPINNING WHEEL, September, 1967.
"Songs of the Great American West" (rev), NEBRASKA HISTORY, 48:3, Autumn, 1967
"The Nebraska Soddy", NEBRASKA HISTORY, 48:4, Winter, 1967, pp. 335-42.

1968:

"An Age of Barns" (rev), WESTERN FOLKLORE, XXVII:1, January, 1968, p. 62.
*"Nebraska's Baled-Hay Buildings", NEBRASKA FARMER, January, 1968.
*"Who Says That Ain't Hay", (baled-hay architecture), MAGAZINE OF THE MIDLANDS, January, 1968.
"Nebraska's Round Barns: Folk Architecture", JOURNAL OF POPULAR CULTURE, I:4, July, 1968, pp. 403-9. (Reprinted in Elliott Oring's FOLK GROUPS AND FOLKLORE GENRES, A READER, Utah State Uni Press, 1989.)
"Lure of the Limerick" (rev), JOURNAL OF AMERICAN FOLKLORE, 81:322, October-December, 1968.
"A Note on Definitions", JOURNAL OF AMERICAN FOLKLORE, 81:321, July-September, 1968, pp. 262-4.

1969:

"The Nebraska Folklore Society", in "North American Folklore Societies", JOURNAL OF AMERICAN FOLKLORE SOCIETY, 82:323, January-March, 1969, pp. 23-4.
"Sod Construction on the Plains", PIONEER AMERICA, I:2, July, 1969, pp. 13-17. Reprinted in George Carney's BASKETS, BARNS & BLUEGRASS: A GEOGRAPHY OF AMERICAN FOLKLIFE 1998.
"Populism and Folklore", KANSAS QUARTERLY, I:4, Fall, 1969, pp. 114-20.
"Folklore and Oral History", TRANSACTIONS OF THE NATIONAL COLLOQUIUM ON ORAL HISTORY, November, 1969.

1970:

"Die Bauernhaeuser des Kantons Graubuenden, Vol 2" (rev), WESTERN FOLKLORE, XXIX:2, April, 1970, pp. 131-3.
"Das Bauernhaus in Brandenburg und im Mittelgebiet" (rev), WESTERN FOLKLORE, XXIX:2, Apr, 1970, pp. 131-3.
"Nebraska's Round Barns", NEBRASKA HISTORY, 51:1, Spring, 1970,
*"Welsch's Law", AMATEUR WINEMAKER, XIII:5, May, 1970.
"Sandhill Baled Hay Construction", KEYSTONE FOLKLORE QUARTERLY, Spring, 1970, pp. 17-34.
"Iron-Eye's Family" (rev), NEBRASKA HISTORY, 51:2, Summer, 1970, pp. 258-9.
"Jim Whitewolf: Biography of a Kiowa Apache" (rev), JOURNAL OF POPULAR CULTURE, IV:1, Summer, 1970.
"A 'Buffalo Skinner's' Family Tree", JOURNAL OF POPULAR CULTURE, IV:1, Summer, 1970, pp. 107-29.
*"Psyching Up For Winemaking", AMATEUR WINEMAKER, XIII:10, October, 1970

1971:

"Ballads of the Great West" (rev), JOURNAL OF POPULAR CULTURE, IV:3, Winter, 1970, p. 1020.
"'Folklore Archives of the World' and 'Perspectives on Folklore and Education'" (rev), JOURNAL OF AMERICAN FOLKLORE, 83:329, July-September, 1970.
"Handbuch der Volkstumlichen Boote in Oestlichen Niederdeutschland" and "Coloquium Balticum Ethnographicen" (rev), JOURNAL OF AMERICAN FOLKLORE, 83:329, July-September, 1970.
*"When The Cows Ate the School", MAGAZINE OF THE MIDLANDS, October, 1971.
"The Myth of the Great American Desert", NEBRASKA HISTORY, 25:3, Fall, 1971, pp. 255-265.
"Ein mecklenburgischer Volkserzaehler: Die Geschichte des August Rust" and "Historische Volkssagen zwischen Elbe und Niederrhein" (rev), WESTERN FOLKLORE, XXX:2, April, 1971"
"Probleme und Methoden volkskundlicher Gegenwartsforschung" (rev), JOURNAL OF AMERICAN FOLKLORE, 84:333, July-September, 1971.

1972:

*"Child of the Plains: The Young Indian," MAGAZINE OF THE MIDLANDS, January 23, 1972.
"Brewing and Beer Traditions in Norway: The Social-Anthropological Background of the /Home/ Brewing Industry" (rev), JOURNAL OF AMERICAN FOLKLORE, 84:334, October-December, 1971, p. 465.
"Haussprueche und Volkskultur: Die thematischen Inschriften der Praettigauer Haeuser und Geraete, Kirchen und Glocken, Bilder und Denkmaeler" (rev), JOURNAL OF AMERICAN FOLKLORE, 85:335, January-March, 1972.
"Traditional Omaha Foodways," KEYSTONE FOLKLORE QUARTERLY, Winter, 1971-2, pp. 165-170.
"Alltags- und Festspeisen: Wandel und gegenwaertige Stellung" (essay rev), KEYSTONE FOLKLORE QUARTERLY, Winter, 1971-2.
"Sorry Chuck--Pioneer Foodways," NEBRASKA HISTORY, 53:1, Spring, 1972, pp. 99-113.
*"Children of the Plains: The Young Homesteader," MAGAZINE OF THE MIDLANDS, June 11, 1972.
"The German Language in America, " (rev), JOURNAL OF AMERICAN FOLKLORE, 85:337, July-September, 1972, p. 289.
*"The Indian Travel-All," MAGAZINE OF THE MIDLANDS, October 1, 1972.
*"The Monster of Sand Hills Lake," MAGAZINE OF THE MIDLANDS, October 1, 1972.
"Ugh! Me Tonto: An Example of Cultural-Linguistic Castration and, Almost Incidentally, a Review of Virginia Armstrong's I HAVE SPOKEN" (rev), JOURNAL OF POPULAR CULTURE, VI:1, Summer, 1972, pp. 214-221.

1973:

*"A Once Formidable Barrier" (The Missouri River and Plains history in folklore), MAGAZINE OF THE MIDLANDS, Feb 18, 1973.
*"The Great Hoopsnake Controversy," MAGAZINE OF THE MIDLANDS, March 25, 1973.
*"Here's the Jackalope," MAGAZINE OF THE MIDLANDS, March 25, 1973.
*"His Wurst Night," MAGAZINE OF THE MIDLANDS, Apr 29, 1973.

1974:

"Very Didactic Simulation: Workshops in the Plains Pioneer Experience at the Stuhr Museum," HISTORY TEACHER, VII:3, May, 1974, pp. 356-364.
Reprinted in Jay Anderson's A Living History Reader, Volume 1 (AASLH, Nashville), pp.138-141.
*"Decorating the Sod House," MAGAZINE OF THE MIDLANDS, June 2, 1974.
"Mock Apple Pie: The conventional Teacher in an Unconventional Educational Program," THE CENTENNIAL EXPERIENCE: FACULTY PERSPECTIVES OF A CLUSTER COLLEGE, summer, 1974, pp. 30-48.
"An Historical Seminar," A note on the Stuhr Museum educational workshops, LIVING HISTORICAL FARMS BULLETIN, December, 1974.
"Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Alienation," Symposium, Aug 2, 1972, Center for 20th-Century Studies, U of Wisconsin, June, 1974.

1975:

*"Chain Letters: Their Weakest Link," MAGAZINE OF THE MIDLANDS, Feb 2, 1975.
"The Lore of Still Building, Moonshine: Its History and Folklore" and "The Second Oldest Profession: An Informal History of Moonshining in America" (rev), JOURNAL OF AMERICAN FOLKLORE, 87:346, October-December, 1974.
"A Note on Practical Jokes, " SOUTHERN FOLKLORE QUARTERLY, XXVIII:4, December, 1975, pp. 253-257.
"Bigger'n Life: The Tall-Tale Postcard," SOUTHERN FOLKLORE QUARTERLY, XXXVIII:4, December, 1975, pp. 311-323.
"Sowbelly and Seedbanks: The Living History Museum as a Process Repository," ANNUAL OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR LIVING HISTORICAL FARMS AND AGRICULTURAL MUSEUMS, 1974.
"Mock Apple Pie: The Conventional Teacher in an Unconventional Educational Program," INTERFACE, I:2, reprinted from 1974 entry above.
"The Incompleat Folksinger" (rev), JOURNAL OF AMERICAN FOLKLORE, 88:349, July-September, 1975.
"The German-Russians: Two Centuries of Cultural Submergence and Resurgence," /Workpapers of the/ AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF GERMANS FROM RUSSIA, No. 19, December, 1975, pp. 25-29.

1976:

"American Plains Indian Ethnogastronomy," ETHNOLOGISCHE NAHRUNGSFORSCHUNG, 1975.
"Railroad-Tie Construction on the Pioneer Plains," WESTERN FOLKLORE, XXXV:2, Apr, 1976.
"German-Russians: A Place to Call Home," BROKEN HOOPS AND PLAINS PEOPLE: A CATALOG OF ETHNIC RESOURCES IN THE HUMANITIES: NEBRASKA AND THEREABOUTS, 1976.
"Git Along, Little Dogies: Songs and Songmakers of the American West" (rev), THE WESTERN HISTORICAL QUARTERLY, VII:4, October, 1976, pp. 431-432.
"Crap Traps and Donkey Baseball: On the Status of Urban-Rural Sports," JOURNAL OF POPULAR CULTURE, X:1, Summer, 1976.

1977:

"Shelters on the Plains," NATURAL HISTORY, LXXXVI:5, May, 1977, pp. 48-53. (reprinted in Strategies: A Rhetoric and Reader, Tibbetts and Tibbetts, Harper-Collins, 1992)
"Tales of California from the History and Folklore of the Far West" and "Tall Barney, Giant of Beals Island" (rev), JOURNAL OF AMERICAN FOLKLORE, 90:356, Apr-June, 1977, pp. 220-221.
*"The Way It Was," NEBRASKALAND MAGAZINE, 55:7, July, 1977, pp. 16-19.
*"The Great Beer Mystery," MAGAZINE OF THE MIDLANDS, November 6, 1977.

1978:

*"The Way it Was, Part Two," NEBRASKALAND, 56:3, March, 1978, pp. 16-18.
*"Weeds: If You Can't Beat 'Em, Eat 'Em," MAGAZINE OF THE MIDLANDS, June 4, 1978.
"The Meaning of Folk Architecture: The Sod-House Example," KEYSTONE FOLKLORE, 21:2, 1977, pp. 35-49.
THE SUMMER IT RAINED: WATER AND PLAINS PIONEER HUMOR, Nebraska Water Resources Center, January, 1978.
"The Wood Carver," NORWEGIAN-AMERICAN WOOD CARVING OF THE UPPER MIDWEST, Norwegian-American Museum exhibit catalog, 1978, pp. 21-26.
"Folklore Today..." and "Roads into Folklore", Festschrifts for Richard Dorson (rev), JOURNAL OF AMERICAN FOLKLORE, 91:362, October-December, 1978.

1979:

*"How to Light a Frontier Fire," MAGAZINE OF THE MIDLANDS, May l3, 1979.
"This Mysterious Light Called an Airship: Nebraska 'Saucer' Sightings, 1897, " NEBRASKA HISTORY, 601, SPRING, 1979, pp. 92-113.
"Peopling the High Plains" (rev), NEBRASKA HISTORY, 60:1, Spring, 1979, pp. 114-115.
*"How to Get Off a Horse When Your Britches Are Glued to the Saddle," MAGAZINE OF THE MIDLANDS, June 10, 1979.
"Front Door, Back Door," NATURAL HISTORY, 88:6, June-July, 1979, pp. 76-83.
"The Homeless: The Tragedy of Volga German Farmers" (translation from German), JOURNAL OF AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF GERMANS FROM RUSSIA, 2:1, Spring, 1979, pp. 15-17.

1980:

WOODROW CORNETT: LETCHER COUNTY BUTCHER (study guide for film of the same title) Appalshop, 1980.
"A Critical Bibliography of American Folk Art" (rev), JOURNAL OF AMERICAN FOLKLORE, 93:367, January-March, 1980.
"Deutsche Sagen" and "Deutsche Sprichwoerter und Redensarten" (rev), JOURNAL OF AMERICAN FOLKLORE, 93:367, January-March, 1980.
"Design Notebook: Unused Front Doors: Why Guests Head for the Kitchen," NEW YORK TIMES, January, 1980.
OAKSIE (study guide for film of same title, basketry and traditional music), Appalshop, 1980.
"Beating a Live Horse: Yet Another Note on Definitions and Defining," PERSPECTIVES ON AMERICAN FOLK ART, 1980, pp. 218-233.
*"In Search of the Warrior Rabbit," FRONTIER, July, August, 1980.
"Mythical Creatures of the USA and Canada" (rev) JOURNAL OF AMERICAN FOLKLORE, 93:369, July-September, 1980.
"A Proper Book of Sexual Folklore" (rev) JOURNAL OF AMERICAN FOLKLORE, 93:370, October-December, 1980.
*"The Barn-Watcher's Guide," MAGAZINE OF THE MIDLANDS, November 9, 1980.
"No Fuel Like an Old Fuel," NATURAL HISTORY, November, 1980, pp. 76-81.
"Nebraska Log Construction: Momentum in Tradition," NEBRASKA HISTORY, Fall, 1980, pp. 310-335.

1981:

"Folklore and the Dead Things," THE NEBRASKA HUMANIST, 3:1-2, Spring-Fall, 1981.
*"Folklore: Fact or Fancy?" UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES NEWSLETTER, Spring, 1981.
"An Interdependence of Foodways and Architecture: A Foodways context on the American Plains," FOOD IN PERSPECTIVE (Transactions of the Third International Congress for Ethnographic Foodways Research), 1981.
"A Voice from the Past: A German-Russian Life, Part 1," JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY FOR GERMANS FROM RUSSIA, Spring, 1981, 4:1.
"Straight from the Horse Trader's Mouth," KANSAS QUARTERLY, Spring, 1981, 13:2.
"Folklore from Kansas: Customs, Beliefs, and Superstitions" (rev) GREAT PLAINS QUARTERLY, Summer, 1981, I:3.
"Carved in Wood: Folk Sculpture in the Arkansas Ozarks" (rev) JOURNAL OF AMERICAN FOLKLORE, 94:373, July-September, 1981.
"Run Away! Run Away! Fleeing Headlong from a Definition of folk Art," PROCEEDINGS OF THE MIDWESTERN CONFERENCE ON FOLK ARTS AND MUSEUMS (1980), 1981.

1982:

"Leon 'Peck' Clark: Basketmaker" "Oaksie" and "The Medders Family--North Georgia Potters" (essay rev) JOURNAL OF AMERICAN FOLKLORE, 95:375, January-March, 1982.
*"Thar's Gold in Them Thar Fantasies," MAGAZINE OF THE MIDLANDS, March 7, 1982.
OF TREES AND DREAMS: THE FICTION, FACT AND FOLKLORE OF TREE PLANTING ON THE NORTHERN PLAINS, Nebraska Forest Service, 1982.
"Homes on Wheels" (rev) WINTERTHUR PORTFOLIO, 17:2-3, Autumn, 1982, pp. 168-169.
"Mountain Canaries: Cantankerous Mules," AMERICAN WEST, November/December, 1982, pp. 61-65.

1983:

"Hand Me Downs" (three one-hour television scripts on Plains folk arts), Nebr Educational TV, May, 1983.
*"Are You or Are You Not a Nebraskan?" MAGAZINE OF THE MIDLANDS, June 19, 1983.
*"You Know You're a Nebraskan When..." MAGAZINE OF THE MIDLANDS, October 16,1983
*"What's That Boot Doing On The Fence?" MAGAZINE OF THE MIDLANDS, October 30, 1983

1984:

"The Old Villagers: The Omaha and Ponca" NEBRASKALAND (special issue), January-February, 1984, 62:1, pp. 10-20.
"Rising to Speak" NEBRASKALAND (special issue), January-February, 1984, 62:1, pp. 112-115.
"Rattlesnakes" and "Out of the Old Rock," Review, JOURNAL OF THE WEST, January, 1984, pp. 108-109.
"Enzyklopaedie des Maerchens," review, JOURNAL OF ENGLISH AND GERMANIC PHILOLOGY, 82:4, p. 612.
"Festivals and Festivals," THE NEBRASKA HUMANIST, Spring 1984, 7:1, pp. 10-15.
*"Sandcat Safari," NEBRASKALAND, August, 1984, 62:7, pp. 42-45.
"The Pure Experience of Order: Essays on the Symbolic in the Folk Material Culture of Western America," rev., NEW MEXICO HISTORICAL REVIEW, 59:3, 1984, p. 327.
*"Lincoln--A Lower Freezing Point," LINCOLN MAGAZINE, 4:5, November-December, 1984, p. 23. (Reprinted as "Supposed to be Another Doozy," NEBRASKA TRUCKER, 46:4, December, 1984, p. 7)

1985:

*"The Invasion of the Ballot Snatchers," LINCOLN MAGAZINE, 4:6, January-February, 1985, p. 22.
"Consideration of the Folk Artist: A Commentary on Warren Roberts's Investigating the Tree-Stump Tombstone in Indiana," AMERICAN MATERIAL CULTURE AND FOLKLIFE: A PROLOGUE AND DIALOGUE (Uni of Michigan Press; Ann Arbor, 1985; paper, Utah State U Press, 1992), pp. 145-146.
*"Snow Fun," LINCOLN MAGAZINE, 4:7, Mar-Apr, 1985, p. 22.
*"A Word About The Dump," LINCOLN MAGAZINE, 4:8, May-June, 1985, p. 22.
"Ozark Baptizings, Hangings, and Other Diversions: Theatrical Folkways of Rural Missouri," (rev) WESTERN HISTORICAL QUARTERLY, XVI:2, APRIL, 1985, PP. 209-210.
*"Stuck in Lincoln," LINCOLN MAGAZINE, 4:9, July-August, 1985, p. 14.
*"Make That the Triple Dragon," LINCOLN MAGAZINE, 5:7, P. 16.
*"Liars' Corner," NEBRASKA FARMER, September 7, 1985, 127:17, p. 18.

1986:

*Monthly column with the NEBRASKA FARMER, "The Liars' Corner."
*Twice monthly column with the LINCOLN JOURNAL.

*"Sniping," NEBRASKALAND, April, 1986, 64:3, pp. 12-15, 42.
DINE BAHANE: THE NAVAJO CREATION STORY (rev), JOURNAL OF THE WEST, pp. 88-9.
*"The Real American Legend," THE WORLD AND I (WASHINGTON TIMES), 88:4, pp. 216-223.
*"Wood Lore," THE WORLD AND I (WASHINGTON TIMES), 1:8, pp. 210-213.
"Folktales and Folksongs: Literature of the Frontier," THE FRONTIER HERITAGE IN NEBRASKA LITERATURE AND ART, Nebraska Literary Heritage Assoc., pp. 33-40.
"German-Russian Folk Architecture in Southeastern South Dakota," rev., GREAT PLAINS QUARTERLY, Fall, 1986, 6:4, p. 307.

1987:

Weekly column ("Roger, Over and Out") in five Nebraska newspapers.
Monthly columns with the NEBRASKA FARMER, "The Liars Corner"; GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE, "Funny Beesness"; and THE RED ANGUS JOURNAL, "Cowchips."

"A Bumper Crop," THE WORLD AND I, (WASHINGTON TIMES), 2:2, February, 1987, pp. 522-531.
*"Humor on the Range," SICKLE AND SHEAF, 77:2, Winter, 1987, p. 30.
*"Centennial Fever: Who's Counting?" MIDWEST LIVING, June, 1987.
New introduction to Melvin Gilmore's PRAIRIE SMOKE (Minnesota Historical Society Press; St. Paul, 1987), pp. 11-23.
"The Horse Trader," THE WORLD AND I (WASHINGTON TIMES), 2:8, August, 1987, pp. 500-513.
*"The Payday Papers" (Commentary on Nebraska's Constitution), MAGAZINE OF THE MIDLANDS, September 6, 1987, p. 20.
"Boots on Fence Posts," THE WORLD AND I (WASHINGTON TIMES), 2:9, September, 1987, pp. 560-571.
"Wolf and the Winds" (rev), SOUTH DAKOTA HISTORY, 17:1, Spring 1987, pp. 80-81.
"Lutefisk:Food as Symbol," THE WORLD AND I (WASHINGTON TIMES), 2:12, December, 1987, pp. 462-468.
"Eagle in the New World: German Immigration to Texas and America" (rev) WESTERN HISTORICAL QUARTERLY, XVIII:4, October, 1987, p. 459.

1988:

Monthly column in the KANSAS FARMER, twice monthly column in the NEBRASKA FARMER, weekly column in eight Nebraska newspapers, regular columns in GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE, RED ANGUS JOURNAL, AND DAIRYWORLD.
Monthly essays on CBS's "Sunday Morning" with Charles Kuralt
Writer and host of ESPN's "The Guinness World of Sports Records."

"A Common Land, A Diverse People: Ethnic Identity on the Prairie Plains" (rev) NEBRASKA HISTORY, 69:1, Spring, 1988, p. 44-45.
"Truth Never Sleeps: Myths of the Omaha," THE WORLD AND I, (WASHINGTON TIMES), 3:5, MAY, 1988, pp. 484-492.
*"A Tall Tale," PLAIN TURF (Holdrege, Nebr: Golf Course Sups Assn), JUNE, 1988, p. 5.
*"The Great Zucchini Conspiracy," MIDWEST LIVING, 2:4, August, 1988, pp. 28, 33.
"Fair to Middlin'," THE WORLD AND I, (WASHINGTON TIMES), 3:8, August, 1988, pp.
"The Endless Chain," THE WORLD AND I, (WASHINGTON TIMES), 3:9, September, 1988, pp. 500-511.
"Plains Folk: A Commonplace of the Great Plains" (rev), GREAT PLAINS QUARTERLY, 8:4, Fall 1988, p. 238.

1989:

Twice monthly column in the NEBRASKA FARMER, weekly column in eight Nebraska newspapers, regular columns in GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE.
Seventeen essays on CBS's "Sunday Morning" with Charles Kuralt
Writer and host of ESPN's "The Guinness World of Sports Records."
Co-star (with Jonathan Winters and Willard Scott) on the OLD FARMERS ALMANAC 1990 VIDEO TAPE (Praxis Media, So Norwalk, Conn).

"Dry Humor: When the Rains Fall Rarely on the Plains," NATURAL HISTORY, January 1989, pp. 70-71.
"The Way to Independence: Memories of a Hidatsa Indian Family, 1840-1920" (REV) WINTERTHUR PORTFOLIO, 23:4, Winter, 1988, pp. 288-289.
"American Rites of Passage," THE WORLD & I (WASHINGTON TIMES), 4:9, Sept 1989, pp. 624-633.
"Native American Legends" (rev.) WESTERN FOLKLORE, XLVIII:1, January 1989, pp. 74-75.
"A Peasant's Pride," THE WORLD & I (WASHINGTON TIMES), 4:12, Dec 1989, pp. 626-633.

1990:

Twice monthly column in the NEBRASKA FARMER, weekly column in thirteen Nebraska newspapers.

"The Omaha Tribal Powwow," THE WORLD & I (WASHINGTON TIMES), 5:2, FEB 1990, pp. 606-617.
"Reflections on Plains Folklore," NORTH DAKOTA HISTORY, 56:4, Fall, 1989, pp. 5-9.
"The Laughing Gods: An Introduction to the Trickster Essays, a Symposium," THE WORLD & I, WASHINGTON TIMES, April, 1990, 5:4, pp. 615-624. (Also organizer of symposium.)
**"A Place of Splendid Dreams," NATURAL HISTORY, May, 1990, pp. 78-81.
**"Last Straw" (reprint of "Grover Bass" from It's Not the End of the Earth But You Can See It From Here), PENTHOUSE, 219, May 1990, pp. 18, 124, 132.
*"Hot? You Call This Hot?" COUNTRY AMERICA, I:9, July-August, 1990, p. 96.
"Knowing Coyote" (rev. of Skywater by Melinda Worth Popham), THE WORLD & I (WASHINGTON TIMES) 5:9, September, 1990, pp. 380-385.
"A Home on the Range," THE WORLD & I (WASHINGTON TIMES) 5:9, September, 1990, pp. 618-629.
"Blue Ribbon: A Social and Pictorial History of the Minnesota State Fair" (rev.) MINNESOTA HISTORY, 52/4, Winter, 1990, p. 161.

1991:

Twice monthly column in the NEBRASKA FARMER, weekly column in sixteen Nebraska newspapers, monthly column ("Science Lite") in Natural History magazine.

*"Tools: A Graduate Seminar," COOPERATIVE PARTNERS, January, 1991, p. 25.
"Long Road Home" (rev.) JOURNAL OF THE WEST, Winter, 1990, pp. 104-105.
*Foreword, "Nebraska's Five Seasons: The Best of Paul Fell," J & L Lee, Lincoln, Summer, 1991.
"House and Home, Wall and Door," THE WORLD AND I (WASHINGTON TIMES) 6:7, JULY, 1991, pp. 644-655.
*"Why God Put Mosquitoes on This Earth," NATURAL HISTORY 7:91, July, 1991, pp. 66-69.
"The Central Dakota Germans: Their History, Language, and Culture" (rev.) JOURNAL OF AMERICAN FOLKLORE, Summer, 1991, 104:413, pp. 399-400.
*"Are Forks dispensable?" WORLD & I (WASHINGTON TIMES) 6:11, November, 1991, pp. 282-287.
"The Trickster Among Us," (review-essay) WORLD & I (WASHINGTON TIMES) 6:11, November, 1991, pp. 381-385.

1992:

Twice monthly column in the NEBRASKA FARMER, weekly column in sixteen Nebraska newspapers, monthly column ("Science Lite") in Natural History magazine.

*"It Was So Cold That Sounds Froze," COUNTRY AMERICA, 3:4, February, 1992, p. 96.
"The Names We Give," WORLD & I (WASHINGTON TIMES) January, 7:1, 1992, pp. 646-651.
"Heartland History" (essay-rev. of Least Heat-Moon's PrairyErth), WORLD & I (WASHINGTON TIMES) March, 1992, 7:3, pp. 332-337.
*"A Missing Entry in Your Life List," LIVING BIRD, August, 1992, 11:4, pp. 6-7.
"A Song for the Pioneers," AUDUBON, Nov-Dec, 1992, 94:6, pp. 112-115; reprinted in March, 1993, READER'S DIGEST, pp. 73-5; reprinted in Las Vegas Avicultural Society Newsletter, Feb 1994.

1993:

Twice monthly column in the NEBRASKA FARMER, weekly column in nineteen Nebraska newspapers, monthly column ("Science Lite") in Natural History magazine, quarterly column in The Esquire Gentleman, book reviews: Los Angeles Times.

"Larger than Life: The American Tall-Tale Postcard, 1905-1915" (rev.), JOURNAL OF THE WEST, January, 1993, p. 94.
*"Roger's Rules for Collecting Old Iron and Living with Your Wife," SUCCESSFUL FARMING, Mid-February, 1993, pp. 38-39; reprinted in Granite Threshermen's Association newsletter, 1994.
*Letter from Dannebrog: To Some Nebraskans, Paying for Parking is a Foreign Idea, NEWSDAY: CURRENTS, July 4, 1993, New York, p.2.
"Them Thar Hills" (book review essay), Los Angeles TIMES Book Review Supplement, April 4, 1993, pp. 4, 15.
*"Roger's Rules for Restoring a Tractor for Fun and Profit," SUCCESSFUL FARMING, August, 1993, pp. 30-31.
*"Although I Loathe Opera," LA Times Book Reviews, Oct. 10, 1993, pp. 4, 10.

1994:

Twice monthly column in the NEBRASKA FARMER, weekly column in nineteen Nebraska newspapers, monthly column ("Science Lite") in Natural History magazine, column "The Gentleman Farmer" in The Esquire Gentleman, book reviews: Los Angeles Times, twice annual column in Successful Farming.

*"Hooping It Up," COOPERATIVE PARTNERS, January, 1994, 6:1, p. 16.
*"Roger's Rules for Carburetor Adjustment," SUCCESSFUL FARMING, March, 1994.
*"Laugh and Look Back," COUNTRY AMERICA, March, 1994, 5:5, p. 111.
"Indi'n Humor: Bicultural Play in Native America" (rev.), SOUTH DAKOTA HISTORY, Spring 1994, 24:1, Pp. 50-51.
*"Come On In, The Door's Open," COOPERATIVE PARTNERS, May/June 1994 6:4, pp. 22-3.
"The Naked Truth," ANTHROPOLOGY, ANNUAL EDITIONS (reprinted from NATURAL HISTORY), August 1993, Dushkin Publishing Group (Guilford Conn), pp. 32-33.

1995:

Twice monthly column in the NEBRASKA FARMER, weekly column in 26 Nebraska newspapers, monthly column ("Science Lite") in Natural History magazine, occasional column "The Gentleman Farmer" in The Esquire Gentleman, twice annual column in Successful Farming.

"Restorer, Mechanic, Gear Head, or Dabbler," SUCCESSFUL FARMING, Mid-February 1995, 93:3, p. 43.
"Overalls: An Overview," ESQUIRE GENTLEMAN, Fall 1994, 2:2, pp. 71-74.
"Book of Elders"; "The Dream Seekers" rev. Western Historical Quarterly xxvi:2, pp. 233-234.
"Wagon Wheel Kitchens," rev. Great Plains Quarterly, Winter 1995, 15:1, pp. 70-1.
Foreword, HARRIETT'S DANISH COOKBOOK (By Harriett, Nielsen, Record Publishing, Cairo, Nebr.), Winter 1995.
Foreword, ON BEHALF OF THE WOLF AND THE FIRST PEOPLE (by Joseph Marshall, Red Crane Publishing, Santa Fe), 1995.

1996:

Twice monthly column in the NEBRASKA FARMER, weekly column in 30 Nebraska newspapers, monthly column ("Science Lite") in Natural History magazine, twice annual column in SUCCESSFUL FARMING.

"From the Mouths of Babes," COUNTRY AMERICA, Feb 1996, 7:4, p. 104.
"Welding with Ol' Rog," SUCCESSFUL FARMING, Mid-Feb 1996, 94:3, 1996, p. 1996.
"Tough Daisies: Kansas Humor from 'The Lane County Bachelor' to Bob Dole," rev. Nebraska History, Summer, 1996, 77:2, p. 108-9.
"First and Largest" (Report on Auburn, Indiana, auto show and museum), AUTOWEEK, Nov 11, 46:46, pp. 30-31.

1997: Columnist and Contributing Editor, SUCCESSFUL FARMING.

1998: Columnist and Contributing Editor, SUCCESSFUL FARMING.

Foreword, THIS OLD TRACTOR: A TREASURY OF VINTAGE TRACTORS AND FAMILY FARM MEMORIES, editor: Michael Dregni, Voyageur Press, Stillwater MN, 1998.
Foreword, FARM TRACTOR COLLECTIBLES, editor: Lee Klancher, Motorbooks International, Osceola WI, 1998.
"Heroic Adventures in a Summer Kitchen," NEW YORK TIMES, House and Home, July 30, 1998, p. 11.

1999: Columnist and Contributing Editor, Successful Farming.

Foreword, THIS OLD FARM: A TREASURY OF FAMILY FARM MEMORIES: Editor: Michael Dregni, Voyageur Press, Stillwater MN, 1999.