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Chicago Ethnic Arts Project collection, 1976-1981
approximately 14,756 items.. 20.75 linear feet.. 269 folders in 14 containers. . 99 sound tape reels : analog, 7 1/2 ips, mono. and stereo. ; 7 in. . 245 sound cassettes : analog. . 3,757 slides : color ; 35 mm. . 10,182 photographs : film negatives, black and white ; 35 mm. . 202 photographs : film negatives, black and white ; 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 in. . 2 videocassettes (U-Matic) : sound, color ; 3/4 in. . -- American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
The collection consists of sound recordings, photographs, manuscript materials, videorecordings, publications, ephemera, administrative files, and field notes produced and collected during the 1977 Chicago Ethnic Arts Project field survey from 1976-1981; but primarily during fieldwork conducted by fourteen folklorists directed by the American Folklife Center in 1977. The final project report presented to the Illinois Arts Council summarized the current conditions and folk arts needs in a number of Chicago's ethnic communities. Materials from post-project activities such as workshops in the ethnic communities and a traveling photographic exhibit by Jonas Dovydenas are also included.
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W.P.A. California Folk Music Project collection, 1936-1991
7 boxes 4.5 linear feet.. manuscripts: 115 folders.. 239 sound discs (35 hours) : analog, 78 rpm, mono. ; 12 in.. 170 photographic prints : black and white ; various sizes.. 24 drawings.. -- American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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The California Folk Music Project of the California Work Projects Administration (WPA) was conceived and directed by Sidney Robertson Cowell and co-sponsored by the Music Department of the University of California, Berkeley, and the Music Division, Library of Congress from 1938 to 1940. Additional support was provided by the New Music Society of California and the Society of California Pioneers. The resulting collection of sound recordings, photographs, correspondence, field notes, and drawings documents the musical culture, including religious music and folk song, of many ethnic and English-language performers in northern California. The collection includes the documentation of the music of Anglo Americans, Armenians, Assyrians, Basques, Croatians, English, Finns, Hungarians, Icelanders, Italians, Norwegians, Russian Molokans, Scots, Portuguese, Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Spaniards and Spanish Americans from 1938 to 1940. The sound recordings were deposited in the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress in 1940. The collection also includes a few instantaneous sound discs made by Sidney Robertson Cowell in Missouri and Iowa for the Farm Security Administration in 1936-1937, and includes folk music research, writing, photographs, and technical drawings and sketches of the musical instruments, generated by Cowell and by the WPA staff who worked for her, plus related documents to 1991.
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Diane Wolkstein collection, 1960-2013
approximately 13,526 items. approximately 6,838 documents. 274 sound cassettes : analog. 7 sound cassettes (DAT) : digital. 7 sound tape reels : analog ; 5 in.. 6 sound tape reels : analog ; 7 in.. 6 sound tape reels : analog ; 10 in.. 244 sound discs (CD) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.. 371 sound files (WAV, AIFF) : digital. 658 photographs : film negatives, black and white ; 35 mm. 20 photographs : film negatives, black and white ; 4x5 in.. 13 photographs : film negatives, black and white ; 120 mm. 9 photographs : film negatives, black and white ; 126 film. 4 photographs : film negatives, black and white ; 8x10 in.. 313 photographs : film negatives, color ; 35 mm. 62 photographs : film negatives, color ; 126 film. 2 photographs : film negatives, color ; 4x5 in.. 2 photographs : color transparencies ; 35 mm. 514 photographs : prints, color ; various sizes. 338 photographs : prints, black and white ; various sizes. 50 photographs : contact sheets, black and white ; various sizes. 2,152 photographs : digital : JPG, PSD. 204 videocassettes (MiniDV) : analog. 82 videocassettes (VHS) : analog. 34 videocassettes (Hi8) : analog. 7 videocassettes (VHS-C) : analog. 5 videocassettes (U-matic) : analog. 4 videocassettes (DVCam) : analog. 4 open reel video tape : analog ; 1/2 in.. 2 videocassettes (BetacamSP) : analog. 2 film reel : analog ; 16 mm. 145 videodiscs (DVD) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.. 1,147 video files (IFO, BUP, VOB, MOV, MP4, MPG): digital. -- American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
Performance recordings, publicity, story drafts, photographs, and research files comprising the professional archive of storyteller Diane Wolkstein.
Bruce Jackson and Diane Christian collection, circa 1961-1988
approximately 3346 items. 5 containers. 27.5 linear feet. 5 containers; approximately 1400 items. 197 sound cassettes : analog. 1062 sound tape reels (5 in., 7 in., 10 in.) : analog. 10 photographs : film positives, color ; 35 mm. 3 photographs : prints, black and white ; 5 x 6 in. and smaller. approximately 614 film elements. approximately 60 videocassettes. -- American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Documentation of fieldwork conducted by Bruce Jackson in prisons in Indiana, Missouri, and Texas; recordings at concerts and festivals including the Newport Folk Festival 1963-1965, 1967-1968; interviews conducted at various events including Resurrection City, 1968; interviews with and performances by various blues artists, folk artists, and others including poets and literary figures, 1961-1980s; production footage for film documentaries on various topics by Bruce Jackson and Diane Christian.