Oct. 15, 1951: ALL JOIN IN: Burl Ives, the bearded folk singer, got help on one ballad from patients Kenneth Berg (center), Lancaster, Minn., and Chester Maday (right), 5317 Forty-seventh avenue S., when he entertained at the Glen Lake sanatorium. Ives is currently appearing at the Nicollet hotel. (Minneapolis Tribune)
Feb. 17, 1948: BALLAD SINGER BURL IVES "TALKS A LITTLE, SINGS A LITTLE" / Fans Connie Gjelhaug and Marie Geist [of University High School] interview him at press conference. (Minneapolis Tribune)
Oct. 19, 1948: Though six-foot two inch, 240-pound Ives is on a diet, he still can't resist an occasional pastry. For topping, Ives, an amateur chef, puts on non-fattening yami-yogurt, made from goat's milk. Here he shows Radisson chef Paul Peyrat how much. (Minneapolis Star)
March 3, 1950: HOW ABOUT SOME FLOSS CANDY? Richard Doscher, 11, 4421 Forty-second avenue S., and Michael Decher, 12, 4034 Logan avenue N., attending the Shrine circus as guests of Zuhrah temple, get some special attention from another circus spectator, Burl Ives. The youngster were among outpatients of the Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children who were circus guests. Gallad singer Ives is appearing at the Radisson hotel Flame room. (Minneapolis Star)
Sept. 1, 1951: BURL IVES, the eminent goat fancier, yogurt culturist and folk singer, industriously applied strips of mending tape to his battered guitar case. A photographer, who had given the tape to Ives for a picture "prop," asked the bearded singer would he please stop taping and stand still a minute. "You think I'm not going to use this stuff when it's for free?" (Minneapolis Star)
Oct. 2, 1951: [This is raw caption information from the back of the photo] WAF recruiting. Air force has booth in Sears store. Pfc. Marilyn Wagstrom, 1500 Lincoln Ct. NE., Burl Ives and Joyce Berger, 3916 37th Av. S. (Minneapolis Tribune)
