 Ellen_Stekert  Sketert go Cornell Yunivasiti an e len for di klass wey Harold Thompson. Harold Thompson na pesin wey de stodi an rekod how dem dey du tins for lokal way. Sketert even hep Harold Thompson tish studet somtimes. Wen di luv wey Stekert get for tradishonal muzik stat to gro, e stat to Waka abaut araund dey rekod an kolet tradishonal song-dem wey singa dey sing for Norta pat of New York. Stekert kolet some muzik from Ezra Fuzzy Barhight. Ezra Barhight na pesin wey dey kot tree down for bush an na Cohocton, New York e dey stay. Stekert rekod an rili dos song in 1958 wit di tahitu Songs of a New York Lumberjack Afta wey Stekert rid filosofi in Cornell Yunivasiti, e go du e Masta digri in folklore for Indiana Yunivasiti. For Indiana Yunivasiti, e kontiniu to dey waka abaut koletin tradishonal song in Kentucky an Souta Indiana. Wen Stekert finish e Masta digri finish, e stat e Ph.D in folklore for Indiana Yunivasiti but na Yunivasiti of Pennsylvania e tek finish e Ph.D an kolet e satifiket. Bikos of di way e dey du e supavisor wok, Stekert finish e Ph.D in 1965. Di nem of e supavisor na Richard Dorson. 