Administrative Information
Acquisition
The collection was acquired in 1987-1988.
Existence of Copies
A reference copy of the collection was given to the Lowell Historic Preservation Commission, which intended to use it as the nucleus for a folklife archive at the Partick J. Mogan Cultural Center.
Preferred Citation
Lowell Folklife Project collection (AFC 1987/042), Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Item Numbering System
A numbering system for sound recordings and graphic images was used for the Lowell Folklife Project and they are arranged alphabetically by the last name of the fieldworker. The following codes are used:
LFP: Lowell Folklife Project
Fieldworker Initials:
MB: Michael Bell
JB: John Lueders-Booth
DD: Douglas DeNatale
BF: Barbara Fertig
CF: Carl Fleischhauer
MM: Mario Montaño
MN: Martha Norkunas
TR: Tom Rankin
RA: Refugee Arts Group
DT: David Taylor
EW: Eleanor Wachs
Document Type:
A: audiocassette
B: back and white negatives
C: color slide
CC: dubbed copy of loaned tape
R: reel-to-reel