, ▁by ▁Allen ' s ▁advice , ▁a ▁record ▁of ▁S no oks ▁E ag lin ▁in ▁New ▁Orleans ▁and ▁sold ▁it ▁to ▁Fol k ways ▁Records . ▁ ▁The ▁following ▁record ings ▁were ▁released ▁by ▁his ▁own ▁record ▁label , ▁Fol k - L y ric . ▁It ▁was ▁a ▁labor ▁O ster ▁carried ▁alone , ▁pack aging ▁and ▁sending ▁the ▁records ▁to ▁buy ers ▁and ▁review ers , ▁with ▁art works ▁l ith ograph ed ▁by ▁hand . ▁Other ▁artists ▁of ▁the ▁label ▁included ▁Re ver end ▁Pear ly ▁Brown , ▁Louisiana ▁H one yd ri ppers ▁and ▁the ▁du o ▁But ch ▁C age ▁and ▁Will ie ▁B . ▁Thomas . ▁By ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s ▁its ▁catalog ue ▁was ▁sold ▁to ▁Ar ho ol ie ▁Records . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 3 ▁O ster ▁went ▁as ▁a ▁visit ing ▁professor ▁to ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Iowa , ▁College ▁of ▁Liberal ▁Arts ▁and ▁Sciences . ▁The ▁next ▁year ▁he ▁received ▁associate ▁professor ship ▁and ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 8 ▁full ▁professor ship . ▁Un like ▁L SU , ▁this ▁university ▁wished ▁to ▁dedic ate ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁English ▁curr icul um ▁to ▁fol kl ore . ▁In ▁Iowa ▁he ▁developed ▁many ▁new ▁courses , ▁from ▁American ▁Fol k ▁Liter ature ▁to ▁American ▁Jewish ▁Writ ers ▁to ▁Blues , ▁R ag time , ▁and ▁Jazz . ▁ ▁His ▁effort ▁to ▁record ▁and ▁ende ar ▁folk ▁arts ▁en su ed ▁in ▁Iowa ▁with ▁re