Arrangement
The Pinelands Folklife Project collection is organized into five series:
- Series 1: Project administration files
- Series 2: Collected publications and ephemera
- Series 3: Field documentation arranged by fieldworker
- Series 4: Final products
- Series 5: Maps of New Jersey Pinelands
Field Project Identifiers and Logs
Photographs, recordings, and their logs are numbered with field project identifiers which codify the creator, format, year, and/or sequence of a given item.
Black-and-white negatives are identified by the year in which the photograph was taken, the letter "B" which identifies the negative as a black-and-white image, the two-letter initials of the fieldworker, the six-digit number assigned by the photographic processing lab, and a one- or two-digit number representing the roll of film. "B" logs identify the subjects depicted in these negatives.
Color transparencies are labeled with the year in which the photograph was taken, the letter "C" which identifies the transparency as a color image, the two-letter initials of the fieldworker, and the sequential number of the roll of film. "C" logs identify the subjects depicted in these transparencies.
Sound recordings are labeled with the year in which the recording was taken, the letter "A" which identifies the recording as an audiocassette or "R" which identifies it as a reel-to-reel tape, the two-letter initial of the fieldworker, and the sequential number of the recording. AFS numbers were later added as additional identifiers for sound recordings. "A" and "R" logs summarize the conversations recorded on the tapes; logs sometimes include transcripts.