Title Page | Collection Summary | Arrangement | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content
Collection Summary
| Title | Blue Ridge Parkway Folklife Project collection, 1977-1981 |
|---|---|
| Inclusive Dates | 1977-1981 |
| Call No. | AFC 1982/009 |
| Creator | American Folklife Center |
| Creator | National Park Service |
| Extent | 13 linear ft. |
| Extent (manuscripts) | 161 folders. |
| Extent (sound recordings) | 428 sound tape reels : analog, various speeds ; 5 and 7 in. |
| Extent (sound recordings) | 39 sound cassettes (60 and 90 min. each) : analog. |
| Extent (sound recordings) | 2 sound discs : analog, 33 1/3 rpm ; 12 in. |
| Extent (graphic materials) | circa 25,000 photographs : black and white, color. |
| Extent (graphic materials) | 114 photographic prints : black and white. |
| Extent (moving images) | 14 videocassettes (U-Matic) : sound, color ; 3/4 in. |
| Extent (artifacts) | 1 wooden puzzle. |
| Language | Collection materials 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.af013011 |
| LCCN Permalink | LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/2004695008 |
| Summary | The collection consists of sound recordings, video recordings, photographs, manuscripts, sheet music, printed ephemera, artifacts, administrative records, and ethnographers' field notes related to the 1978 Blue Ridge Parkway Project field survey, conducted by the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, in cooperation with the National Park Service, in and around an area of the Blue Ridge Parkway at the Virginia and North Carolina border. The project documented old-time music, tales, hunting and hunting stories, farming, tobacco cultivation and auctions, vernacular architecture, quilting, foodways (including drying, canning, and baking), religious music and beliefs, as well as dance events featuring square dancing and flatfoot dancing. Recordings and photographs document local music (including concerts, fiddlers' contests, and music in homes), community events, church services and baptisms, local radio programs, and interviews with white and African American residents. . |
| Online Content | Selected interviews and images from the collection on Blue Ridge quilters and quiltmaking are presented in "Quilts and Quiltmaking in America, 1978-1996," an online resource at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/collafc.af000018 |