W. Dean Edwards collection, 1946-2002

Collection Summary

Title	W. Dean Edwards collection, 1946-2002
Inclusive Dates	1946-2002
Call No.	AFC 1995/015
Creator	W. Dean Edwards and Peg Edwards
Extent	2619 items.
Extent	11 boxes.
Extent (manuscripts)	71 folders.
Extent (sound recordings)	25 sound cassettes : analog.
Extent (sound recordings)	4 sound tape reels : analog, 3 3/4 ips ; 7 in.
Extent (moving images)	19 videocassettes (VHS) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Extent (moving images)	1 videocassette (U-Matic).
Extent (graphic images)	1128 photographs (44 folders, photographic prints, negatives) : black-and-white, color +9 folders oversize, 1 painting.
Language	Collection materials are in English.
Location	American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Finding Aid Permalink	Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/eadafc.af013009
LCCN Permalink	LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/2007700239
Summary	The collection includes manuscripts, photographs, sound recordings, and videotapes documenting the activities of a traditional American square and contra dance group, the Fun Finders, from Colorado Springs, Colorado from 1946 to 2002. Fun Finders was organized as an exhibition square-dance group by W. Dean Edwards, who directed the group from the 1940s through the 1980s with his wife Peggy Edwards. Sound and videorecordings of square-dance calling and instructional videos for square and contra dancing are included.