Title Page | Collection Summary | Arrangement | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content
Collection Summary
| Title | Ethnic Heritage and Language Schools in America Project collection, 1982-1986 |
|---|---|
| Inclusive Dates | 1982-1986 |
| Call No. | AFC 1993/001 |
| Creator | Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress), collector |
| Creator | American Folklife Center, sponsor |
| Extent | 18990 items ; 24 boxes ; 9.6 linear feet. |
| Extent (Manuscripts) | 25 boxes. |
| Extent (Sound Recordings) | 299 sound cassettes : analog. |
| Extent (Sound Recordings) | 60 sound tape reels : analog ; 7 in. |
| Extent (Sound Recordings) | 24 sound tape reels : analog ; 5 in. |
| Extent (Graphic Materials) | 1130 slides : color ; 35 mm. |
| Extent (Graphic Materials) | 9072 photographs : film negatives, black and white ; 35 mm. |
| Extent (Moving Images) | 1 videocassette (UCA 30) ; 3/4 in. |
| Extent (Microfilm) | 4 reels : black and white. |
| Language | Manuscripts and curriculum materials are in: Arabic, Armenian, Chinese, Czech, Dutch, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Hupa, Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Latvian, Lebanese, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, 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.af015003 |
| LCCN Permalink | LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/2004695181 |
| Summary | The collection consists of field notes, interviews, curriculum materials, sound recordings, photographs, and one videorecording resulting from a survey conducted by the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress in 1982 which documented 23 ethnic schools in the United States. Fieldwork was conducted at various locations including: Armenian school in Watertown, Massachusetts; Cambodian school in Houston, Texas; Chinese school in San Antonio, Texas; Czech school in Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Dutch school in Pella, Iowa; German-Russian school in Strasburg, North Dakota; Greek school in Birmingham, Alabama; Greek school in Buffalo, New York; Hebrew school in Nashville, Tennessee; Hungarian school in New Brunswick, New Jersey; Hupa language school in Hoopa Valley, California; Islamic school in Seattle, Washington; Japanese school in Los Angeles, California; Korean school in Silver Spring, Maryland; Latvian school in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Lebanese school in Birmingham, Alabama; Polish school in Chicago, Illinois; Portuguese school in Taunton, Massachusetts; Turkish school in New York, N.Y.; Ukrainian school in Woonsocket, Rhode Island; and the East Harlem Music School in New York, N.Y. |