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Collection Summary
| Title | John Dildine and Ginny Dildine papers, 1957-2014 |
|---|---|
| Inclusive Dates | 1957-2014 |
| Bulk Dates | 1957-1995 |
| Call No. | AFC 2018/009 |
| Creator | Dildine, John |
| Creator | Dildine, Ginny |
| Extent (items) | 1602 items ; 12 containers ; 88 linear inches. |
| Extent (sound recordings) | 3 sound cassettes : analog. |
| Extent (manuscripts) | 1225 items. |
| Extent (graphic materials) | 246 slides : color ; 35 mm. |
| Extent (graphic materials) | 27 photographic prints : black and white ; various sizes. |
| Extent (graphic materials) | 2 photographic prints : color ; 3 1/2 x 5 in. |
| Extent (graphic materials) | 4 posters. |
| Extent (graphic materials) | 36 drawings. |
| Extent (artifacts) | 59 artifacts. |
| Language | Collection material 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.af019006 |
| LCCN Permalink | LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/2018655310 |
| Summary | The John Dildine and Ginny Dildine papers document their involvement in folk music, crafts, and other folk revival activities from the 1950s-1995. The Dildines played pivotal roles in the Folklore Society of Greater Washington, Fox Hollow Festival, and National Folk Festival Association. Their work with puppetry was important in the revival of that art form and the collection includes Ginny Dildine's sketches and patterns for puppets, photographs of puppet performances at festivals, and the Dildine Family manuscript songbook, with notations about puppet performances. Correspondents include Bob Beers, Evelyne Beers, Gordon Bok, George and Gerry Armstrong, Pete Seeger, Toshi Seeger, Mike Seeger, Michael Cooney, and others. The collection also includes fan mail for John Dildine's folk music radio programs. Photographs include color slides of the Fox Hollow Folk Festival (1966, 1970); Mariposa Folk Festival (1970, 1972); the Newport Folk Festival (1967) including photographs of Pete Seeger, Mike Seeger, Hedy West, Joan Baez, Buffy Sainte-Marie, and others; the Dildine puppets (1970s); the Folklore Society of Greater Washington picnic (1965), and the Smithsonian Folklife Festival (1967). The collection includes the transcript of an interview with John Dildine conducted by Julie McCullogh in 1993; and correspondence and outlines related to the Kennedy Center Honors video interview with Pete Seeger, conducted by John Dildine in Beacon, New York, June 7, 1995. |