The list below catalogs the informants for the songs in the Heritage Songbook. The emphasis is on lyrics, but where tunes were found in the Upper Midwest, I have listed sources for those also. Note: I have not tried to catalog all the “pop” songbooks I consulted; the books cited here are only those consisting of field collections or publications of early sheet music.
Catalog of Song Informants
| Informant | Home | Song(s) | Collection |
| William N. Allen | Wausau, WI | The Banks of the Little Eau Pleine | Rickaby |
| Anne B. Anderson | Bemidji | The Red River Valley | Supplied by Margaret Anderson |
| Odell Bjerkness | Edina, MN | Oleana | (Waltz collection) |
| M(ichael) C(assius) Dean | Virginia, MN | The Bigler’s Crew | Rickaby |
| Billie Johnson of Lundy’s Lane | Dean | ||
| Caroline of Edinboro Town | Dean | ||
| The Croppy Boy | Dean | ||
| The Cumberland’s Crew | Dean, Rickaby (tune) | ||
| Darling Nelly Gray | Dean | ||
| The Day That I Played Baseball | Dean | ||
| The Flying Cloud | Dean | ||
| Heenan and Sayers | Dean | ||
| The Last Fierce Charge | Dean | ||
| The House Carpenter | Dean | ||
| Last Winter Was a Hard One | Dean | ||
| Lost on the Lady Elgin | Dean | ||
| Marching Through Georgia | Dean | ||
| O’Shaughanesey | Dean | ||
| On the Banks of the Wabash | Dean | ||
| The Persian’s Crew | Dean, Rickaby (tune) | ||
| Red Iron Ore | Dean, Rickaby (tune) | ||
| Skibbereen | Dean | ||
| Young Charlotte | Dean | ||
| Austin Faricy | Austin, MN | Mary Hamilton | recorded by Sam Hinton |
| Laina Haavisto | Ely, MN | Pium Paum | Edgar/Hakala |
| A. C. Hannah | Bemidji, MN | (The Jam on) Gerry’s Rocks | Rickaby |
| James Whalen | Rickaby | ||
| George M. Haskins | Gordon, WI | James Bird (tune) | Rickaby |
| John Healy | Saint Paul, MN | In Good Old Colony Days (partial text) | (Waltz collection) |
| John James Johnson | (Ohio/Indiana border) | James Bird (tune) | (Doris Chriswell, Palmyra, NY) |
| Rose Wilder Lane | (Mansfield, MO) | The Merry Golden Tree | Randolph |
| Sweet Bessie from Pike | Randolph | ||
| Elma Snyder McDowell | Saint Cloud, MN | Old Granny Wales | (Stanchfield collection, MHS) |
| Olga and Sue Simi | Cloquet, MN | Pium Paum | Edgar/Hakala |
| Ed Springstad | Bemidji, MN | The Shanty-Boy and the Farmer’s Son | Rickaby |
| W. H. Underwood | Bayport, MN | Jack Haggerty | Rickaby |
| Robert B. Waltz | Saint Paul, MN | Lord Randall | (Waltz Collection) |
| Mrs. W. J. Whipple | Winona, MN | In Good Old Colony Days | Belden |
| Laura Ingalls Wilder | Walnut Grove, MN/ | Uncle John is Sick Abed | On the Banks of Plum Creek |
| Mansfield, MO | Polly, Put the Kettle On | On the Banks of Plum Creek | |
| Weevily Wheat | On the Banks of Plum Creek |
Catalog of Source Books
| Book | Song | Informant |
| H. M. Belden, Ballads and Songs Collected by the Missouri Folk-Lore Society (1955) | The Maid of Prairie du Chien (text) | unnamed, Clinton County, MO(?) |
| In Good Old Colony Days (partial text) | Mrs. W. J. Whipple | |
| Theodore C. Blegen and Martin B. Ruud, Norwegian Emigrant Songs and Ballads (1936) | Oleana | |
| M(ichael) C(assius) Dean, The Flying Cloud (1922) | Billie Johnson of Lundy’s Lane | M. C. Dean |
| The House Carpender | M. C. Dean | |
| Lost on the Lady Elgin | M. C. Dean | |
| Darling Nelly Gray | M. C. Dean | |
| Marching Through Georgia | M. C. Dean | |
| O’Shaugahanesey | M. C. Dean | |
| Skibbereen | M. C. Dean | |
| Last Winter Was a Hard One | M. C. Dean | |
| Red Iron Ore (text) | M. C. Dean | |
| The Day That I Played Baseball | M. C. Dean | |
| On the Banks of the Wabash | M. C. Dean | |
| Caroline of Edinboro Town | M. C. Dean | |
| The Croppy Boy | M. C. Dean | |
| The Cumberland’s Crew | M. C. Dean | |
| The Flying Cloud | M. C. Dean | |
| Heenan and Sayers | M. C. Dean | |
| The Last Fierce Charge | M. C. Dean | |
| The Persian’s Crew | M. C. Dean | |
| Young Charlotte | M. C. Dean | |
| Edith Fowke & Richard Johnston, Chansons de Québec/Folk Songs of Quebec (1957) | C’est L’aviron | |
| Edith Fowke, Alan Mills, Helmut Blume, Canada’s Story in Song (1960?) | Brave Wolfe | |
| Joyce E. Hakala, The Rowan Tree: The Lifework of Marjorie Edgar (2007) | Pium Paum | Laina Haavisto, Olga and Sue Simi |
| Vera Brodsky Lawrence, Music for Patriots, Politicians, and Presidents: Harmonies and Discords of the First Hundred Years (1975) |
Jefferson and Liberty | |
| Grace Lee Nute, The Voyageur (1931) | A la claire fontaine | |
| Vance Randolph, Ozark Folksongs (1946-1950) | The Merry Golden Tree | Rose Wilder Lane |
| Sweet Bessie from Pike | Rose Wilder Lane | |
| Franz Rickaby, Ballads and Songs of the Shanty-Boy (1926) | James Bird (tune) | George M. Haskins |
| Red Iron Ore (tune) | M. C. Dean | |
| The Bigler’s Crew | M. C. Dean | |
| The Cumberland’s Crew | M. C. Dean | |
| The Persian’s Crew | M. C. Dean | |
| (The Jam on) Gerry’s Rocks | A. C. Hannah | |
| James Whalen | A. C. Hannah | |
| The Banks of the Little Eau Pleine | William N. Allen | |
| Jack Haggerty | W. H. Underwood | |
| The Shanty-Boy and the Farmer’s Son | Ed Springstad | |
| Carl Sandburg, The American Songbag (1927) | The Day That I Played Baseball (tune) | |
| The Colorado Trail | (“a hoss wrangler” in Duluth) | |
| Leah Jackson Wolford, The Play-Party in Indiana (1916) | Uncle John is Sick Abed |
The Minnesota Heritage Songbook 