. . . "Flanders, Helen Hartness"@en . . "1972Z"^^ . "1972-05-23Z"^^ . . . "1890-05-19Z"^^ . "Helen Hartness Flanders"@en . "Helen Hartness Flanders (May 19, 1890 \u2013 May 23, 1972), a native of the U.S. state of Vermont, was an internationally recognized ballad collector and an authority on the folk music found in New England and the British Isles. At the initiative of the Vermont Commission on Country Life, Flanders commenced a three-decade career capturing traditional songs that were sung in New England\u2014songs that, in many cases, traced their origin to the British Isles."@en . . "American collector of folk ballads" . "Helen Edith Hartness"@en . "1890Z"^^ . . .