Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Collection Summary
Title | Chicago Ethnic Arts Project collection, 1976-1981 |
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Inclusive Dates | 1976-1981 |
Call No. | AFC 1981/004 |
Creator | Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress), collector. Illinois Arts Council, sponsor. |
Extent | approximately 14,756 items. |
Extent | 20.75 linear feet. |
Extent (manuscripts) | 269 folders in 14 containers. |
Extent (sound recordings) | 99 sound tape reels : analog, 7 1/2 ips, mono. and stereo. ; 7 in. |
Extent (sound recordings) | 245 sound cassettes : analog. |
Extent (graphic materials) | 3,757 slides : color ; 35 mm. |
Extent (graphic materials) | 10,182 photographs : film negatives, black and white ; 35 mm. |
Extent (graphic materials) | 202 photographs : film negatives, black and white ; 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 in. |
Extent (moving images) | 2 videocassettes (U-Matic) : sound, color ; 3/4 in. |
Language | Collection material in English, Croatian, Greek, Italian, Korean, Lithuanian, Polish, Slovenian, Spanish, and Ukrainian. |
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.af014006 |
LCCN Permalink | LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/2004695177 |
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. |
Online Content | The Chicago Ethnic Arts Project collection is available on the Library of Congress Web site at https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/afconline.afc1981004. |