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| Series 5: Documentation: sound recordings, 1977-1981 (continued) | |||||||||||||
| Subseries 3: Workshops | |||||||||||||
| Administrative materials | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 14/235 | Proposal for workshops to Illinois Arts Council | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 14/236 | Grant agreement between American Folklife Center and Illinois Arts Council | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 14/237 | Planning, list of instructors | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 14/238 | Financial statements | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 14/239 | Miscellaneous administrative materials | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 14/240 | Press releases, publicity, and public relations | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 14/241 | Workshop invitations to potential participants | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 14/242 | Mailing lists for workshop participants | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 14/243 | Correspondence | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 14/244 | Schedule for workshop | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 14/245 | Handouts for workshops | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 14/246 | Instructors' reports | ||||||||||||
| Workshops, participants, miscellaneous notes | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 14/247 | Greek | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 14/248 | Irish | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 14/249 | Italian | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 14/250 | Latino (Spanish-speaking, Filipino) | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 14/251 | Lithuanian | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 14/252 | Polish | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 14/253 | Ukrainian | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 14/254 | Yugoslavian | ||||||||||||
| Photographic Exhibit, Inside Our Homes, Outside Our Windows | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 14/255 | Tentative proposal budget worksheets, September, 1978 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 14/256 | Final proposal, October, 1978 | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 14/257 | Fund raising for proposed exhibit and catalog | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 14/258 | Cooperative arrangement with Museum of Contemporary Art--notes and correspondence | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 14/259 | Exhibit design--notes and correspondence | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 14/260 | Reference slides of exhibit prints | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 14/261 | Caption list and xeroxes of exhibit prints | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 14/262 | Exhibit catalog, Inside our Homes, Outside our Windows | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 14/263 | Exhibit handout | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 14/264 | Publicity, press releases | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 14/265 | Exhibit reception--announcements, invitations, mailing list | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 14/266 | Exhibit travel--miscellaneous documents | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 14/267 | Exhibit travel--Milwaukee installation-National Center for Urban Ethnic Affairs | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 14/268 | Logs for videocassettes | ||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER 14/269 | Correspondence concerning videocassettes | ||||||||||||
| Videocassette--unedited work tape including remarks by Jonas Dovydenas on the Chicago Ethnic Arts Project, December 1980 | |||||||||||||
| Videocassette--program for use at National Center for Urban Ethnic Affairs, Milwaukee installation of photo exhibit, January 1981 | |||||||||||||
| Series 6: Sound Recordings, 1977 | |||||||||||||
| Subseries 1: Greek | |||||||||||||
| Tape ID: AFC 1981/004: AFS 20524A | Interview with Mrs. Theodora Siakotos and Maria Lecas about embroidery, Palos Hills, Illinois, April 18, 1977 | ||||||||||||
| MBRS shelflist: RYA 0601 | |||||||||||||
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| 1 audiocassette, C-60 | |||||||||||||
| Interview about embroidery with Theodora Siakotos and Maria Lecas at the home of Mrs. Siakotos in Palos Hills; topics include a general discussion of reasons for creating the craft, about buying patterns economically from Greece, motifs are free hand patterns; pointing out needlework in house, decorative; how embroidery is done, counting out on paper patterns; reasons for doing needlework; observation made that women work today and have less time for craft; discussion of items in house, George and Martha Washington pattern, the need to import traditional patterns; about Byzantine geometric patterns, recent popularity, transmission of patterns and technique; relationship of needlework to dowry, less important in U.S. than in Greece; about the friends who embroider; Mrs. Siaktotos's observations on why people do needlework, liking pretty things, handmade things; discussion of cooking traditional foods; observations why her daughter doesn't embroider, role of husband; satin pillow cases in traditional woven pattern, displayed in house; discussion of monetary value placed on her needlework, she would not sell her work, if you know how to do it you wouldn't do it; showing table cloths; Maria Lecas summarizing labor involved; discussion of the tradition, few of the younger generation are involved, due to television, etc.; about how men do weaving, women embroider and do more delicate fabric crafts, Maria Lecas says, "If women don't do it, it's going to disappear"; discussion of Peter [Georganas?], a bouzouki player and friend of the Siakotos family; exchange with fieldworker about his plans for field visits; duration of this recording, 22 minutes. | |||||||||||||
| Tape ID: AFC 1981/004: AFS 20525A | Interview with Mrs. Theodora Siakotos and Maria Lecas about embroidery, coffee cup reading, and folk healing practices, Palos Hills, Illinois, April 19, 1977 | ||||||||||||
| MBRS shelflist: RYA 0602 | |||||||||||||
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| 1 audiocassette, C-60 | |||||||||||||
| Interview about embroidery, coffee cup reading, and folk healing practices, with Theodora Siakotos and Maria Lecas at the home of Mrs. Siakotos in Palos Hills; topics include discussion of embroidered Byzantine cross design; about Mrs. Siakotos's design and color preferences, yel1ow and gold; discussion of coffee cup rending by Maria Lecas, cup belonging to fieldworker Peter Bartis, about the attitude towards this, preparing of the cup, turning it over, straining grounds and drying; Mrs. Siakotos tells about an Irish woman who gave a valid tea leaf reading; Maria Lecas observes that young unmarried girls often read cups, how one reads a cup, seeing birds and animals and being more sensitive; Maria reads fieldworker Jonas Dovydenas's cup and then the cup of Mrs Siakotos; observation made that fortune telling is contrary to church doctrine; about the attitude of Mrs. Siakotos's young daughter, who thinks it is dumb; Mrs. Siakotos tells about a man in the market who gave her a cheap gold chain and Maria's response; Mrs. Siakotos tells about another man who complained about a woman was working at the cash register where she always works; discussion of folk medical practices, vendouzes (cupping), letting blood from newborns to prevent pimples when older, beliefs and practices associated with a baby "born with a veil," how in the northern part of Greece women give birth standing up to avoid suffocating the newborn; Maria Lecas discusses reading palms and faces; duration of this recording, 23 minutes. | |||||||||||||
| Tape ID: AFC 1981/004: AFS 20526A - 20526B | Interview with Angelos G. Kontaxis about the Greek American community, Chicago, Illinois, part 1-2, April 20, 1977 | ||||||||||||
| MBRS shelflist: RYA 0603 | |||||||||||||
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| Part 1 of a 2-part interview with Angelos G. Kontaxis recorded at his home at 918 N. Karlov Ave.; Mr. Kontaxis is associated with the Division of Community Services, Department of Human Resources; topics include discussion of his job, community service; comparison of Greek Americans with problems of other communities, no problems with housing, mostly language problems; discussion of differences between Greeks and Greek Americans, same problem as between young and old, although young Greeks follow traditions more closely, Good Friday practices, for example; about a focus on family tradition; Greek culture is maintained by language and the way that Greeks work together; John Georganas as an example of continuity in family tradition, teaching bouzouki and other instruments to his family; advice to Illinois Arts Council, there is a need for promotion and of interest by the state and media, complains that attention is only paid on special occasions, there is a need for steady interest; seeks in depth intimate contact rather than monetary support; on the role of government to promote through all media, need for special museums; discussion of modern Greek attitude toward old culture; about how managers and recording company staff determine repertoire, while performers still prefer old traditions. Part 2 of a 2-part interview with Angelos G. Kontaxis recorded at his home at 918 N. Karlov Ave.; topics include description of the Greek American community, "where the church is, there is the Greek community; description of organizations, political and based on regional origins in Greece and Asia Minor; stress on persistence of tradition, artists become teachers; Mr. Kontaxis urges longer contact of type provided by the folklife ethnic arts project. | |||||||||||||
| Tape ID: AFC 1981/004: AFS 20527A - 20527B | Interview with Fotis Listas, Chicago, Illinois, part 1-2, April 20, 1977 | ||||||||||||
| MBRS shelflist: RYA 0604 | |||||||||||||
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| Part 1 of a 2-part interview with Fotis Litsas at his home, 5700 N. Sheridan Rd., apartment 1103; topics include a wide range of stories; story of a playing card reader and related incident, Sutana, the widow of the town predicts that the sergeant will get a bed, and a bed falls on him; Fotis Litsas gives personal experience account of his attempt to learn as the widow's understudy; stories related to icon, direct communication with icon; discussion of a woman who is of peculiar linguistic situation, a trilingual anomaly; discussion of linguistics; story of an icon in Mycenea, about a woman who threatened not to provide oil for altar candle if the Holy Virgin did not protect her son; story of the finding of the miraculous Icon of the Virgin, about a peasant woman's visions of the Mother of God, Panagia, and the woman's long struggles to dig up hidden Icons, in solid rock, with visions at 3-day intervals, continues in part 2, duration of this part 23 minutes. Part 2 of a 2-part interview with Fotis Litsas at his home, 5700 N. Sheridan Rd., apartment 1103; topics include continuation from part 1 of story about the finding of the miraculous Icon of the Virgin, about a peasant woman's visions of the Mother of God, Panagia, and the woman's long struggles to dig up hidden Icons, in solid rock, with visions at 3-day intervals, comments on the prominence of mathematical factors in folk belief and religion, finally others are enlisted to help dig and Icons are found, face is like one from Asia Minor, may be the Evangelist Luke; discussion of incubation; duration of this part 13 minutes. | |||||||||||||
| Tape ID: AFC 1981/004: AFS 20528A - 20528B | Discussion at a display of needlework arranged by Mrs. Apostolopoulos at the Yarn and Canvas shop, Chicago, Illinois, part 1-2, April 21, 1977 | ||||||||||||
| MBRS shelflist: RYA 0605 | |||||||||||||
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| Part 1 of a 2-part recording of an interview-conversations at the Yarn and Canvas shop; the people heard include shop manager Mrs. Apostolopoulos, Mrs. Pope Mouflouzelis, Marie Stanis, Chrisy Klinakis, Vicky [Vikki?] Papadopoulos, Mrs. Despo Poulos; the recording was made during a display of needlework arranged by Mrs. Apostolopoulos for the fieldworker's benefit, some exchanges are in Greek; the early part of the recording focuses on an elderly Cretan woman (74 years old); description of "machine" employed in a weaving process, a hand loom; about a silk apron, raising the silkworm, design borrowed from a ladies wedding gown, about the length of time to make this; good luck charms, about the evil eye and its relationship to needlework and the particular centerpiece displayed, stitching in blue beads for good luck; Mrs. Apostolopoulos translating comments of Cretan woman, about her attitude towards her work end the present attention,noting that life in America is very different; Mrs. Apostopoulos's observation on handicrafts: "Everything that you put in your house must be decorated." Part 2 of a 2-part recording of an interview-conversations at the Yarn and Canvas shop; the people heard include shop manager Mrs. Apostolopoulos, Mrs. Pope Mouflouzelis, Marie Stanis, Chrisy Klinakis, Vicky [Vikki?] Papadopoulos, Mrs. Despo Poulos; the recording was made during a display of needlework arranged by Mrs. Apostolopoulos for the fieldworker's benefit, some exchanges are in Greek; in the recording, a woman admires a handmade baby swaddling cloth which is then tied around fieldworker to much laughter; Vicky [Vikki?] Papadopoulos discussing needlepoint, technique, and design, she displays works done at ages 9, 14, 18, 20, and 22; Marie Stanis discusses the length of time to make tablecloth; about cross stitching; discussion with Mrs. Apostolopoulos concerning the blackface minstrel figure stitched on to her girlhood bureau cloth by her mother, noting that Uncle Tom's Cabin was popular novel in Greece at that time; Mrs. Apostolopoulos discusses the traditional arts in Greeece and the U.S. | |||||||||||||
| Tape ID: AFC 1981/004: AFS 20529A | Interview with Fotis Litsas and Mrs. Demetra Aneste concerning personal experiences, local legends, traditional narratives, beliefs, practices, and memorial services, Chicago, Illinois, April 21, 1977 | ||||||||||||
| MBRS shelflist: RYA 0606 | |||||||||||||
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| 1 audiocassette, C-60 | |||||||||||||
| Interview with Fotis Litsas and Mrs. Demetra (Della) Aneste at the Aneste home, 5849 North Bernard St.; discussion covers local legends, traditional narratives, beliefs and practices, including memorial services; discussion of Memorial Day Services at cemetery, special services for children, dress in white, white candy Jordan almonds added to wheat (may be reference to sitari), about photographs on gravestones; discussion of "death photo" of deceased laid out for family; about the burial of priests; stories by Fotis Litsas about chanter, about deacon who misreads, about the old person who requested that the chant be done in the Corinthian way; Mrs. Aneste discusses her father in response to story told by fieldworker, also discusses why Greeks came to the U.S., to make money and earn a dowry for sister or daughter; discussion of dowry, reason and context; Mrs. Aneste offers favorable opinion and reasons concerning "matched marriage"; about training for girls in household crafts in public school; story by Mrs. Aneste of a woman known to her who waited for her matched husband for 17 years only to find he had grown old. | |||||||||||||
| Tape ID: AFC 1981/004: AFS 20530 - 20531 | Interview and performances by the Georganas family, Chicago, Illinois, part 1-2, April 21, 1977 | ||||||||||||
| MBRS shelflist: RXA 1004-1005 | |||||||||||||
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| 2 audiotape reel, 7 in. | |||||||||||||
| Part 1 of a 2-part session with the Georganas family; John, leader, vocals, bouzouki; Peter, bouzouki, guitar; Anastasia, vocals; George, drum; selections include three songs with interview segments; ensemble performance, Anastasia sings lead; John comments on his musical background, recording experience, folk heritage; his professional musical life began in the U.S. in 1965; Mrs. Georganas discusses family musical heritage, all the children know how to play; story of a ballad about Greek resistance in a Turkish war, circa 1821; song at fast tempo; Peter, the oldest boy, comments on his reasons for playing music; song, with bouzouki, John sings, family vocal harmony on choruses; Peter discussed his preferences in music; John talks about his work as a shoemaker, and about when, where, and how he plays, occupational history; courtship story, about Mrs. Georganas interest in music; a "very old song" played on bouzouki and drum, John sings; explanation of the lyrics, explained, John states his reasons for choosing a song; song, bouzouki, guitar, drum, vocal chorus, family singing; discussion of reasons for producing a record, one of the dreams or John's life (music box in the background plays "Never on Sunday" very slowly); song, one of John's compositions. Part 2 of a 2-part session with the Georganas family; John, leader, vocals, bouzouki; Peter, bouzouki, guitar; Anastasia, vocals; George, drum; selections include six songs and eight interview segments; discussion of John's feelings about traditional music and its value, he doesn't think it will ever die out; song, John's "favorite," song with a more complex melody here, the story behind the song; song, bouzouki lead, guitar in background. | |||||||||||||
| Tape ID: AFC 1981/004: AFS 20532A - 20532B | Discussion of the Greek American Community by John Lambru, Chicago, Illinois, part 1-2, April 22, 1977 | ||||||||||||
| MBRS shelflist: RYA 0607 | |||||||||||||
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| Part 1 of a 2-part interview with John Lambru at his office for Hellenic Interlude, 755 N. Western Ave; topics include population figures and the number of organizations, focus on the Congress of Greek Amer1can Organizations and the United Hellenic American Congress; why Greek Americans like this country and need for them to organize; discussion of traditional culture; focus on special problems in the community, problems of modern life; what is being done to preserve the arts, dance groups, need for Greek museum, but political life is now taking all the attention; about the attitude towards new arrivals from Greece, Hellenic Interludes is an examples of bilingual radio to help hasten Americanization; how Mr. Lambru does not fear that traditional arts are fading away. Part 2 of a 2-part interview with John Lambru at his office for Hellenic Interlude, 755 N. Western Ave; topics include Mr. Lambru's soliloquy concerning the love of Greeks for America and the need to Americanize; how everyone should study all ethnic cultures in order to understand one another; about fieldwork and advice for the Illinois Arts Council, the need for building to begin a program, do not need money directly but rather time and interest; discussion of the need for government to control facilities for study of Greek American culture; importance of community control and need for government leaders and Greek Americans to avoid power struggle. | |||||||||||||
| Tape ID: AFC 1981/004: AFS 20533 | Recording of John Hemonas playing bouzouki and guitar, Chicago, Illinois, April 22, 1977 | ||||||||||||
| MBRS shelflist: RXA 1006 | |||||||||||||
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| 1 audiotape reel, 7 in. | |||||||||||||
| Recording of John Hemonas, bouzouki, guitar (both amplified), voice; Mr. Angelos Kontaxis, occasional translator; selections include nine songs with conversation; discussion of John Hemonas's personal history (born in 1942), musical history; three songs, "I have a couple of songs that are special for me"; discussion of the previous song, dates to 1821 in Thessaloniki (Thessolonica) during the Turkish war, good background material; Hemonas discusses his first music teachers (began with harmonica, then mandolin, bouzouki, accordion and guitar), discusses range of repertory, includes Greek, hillbilly, "folk songs" in general; song, bouzouki accompaniment; discussion, about the difference in songs, including tempo; song, bouzouki accompaniment; discussion of musical peers in Chicago, players of old songs, e.g., John Katsikas; Hemonas plays guitar, with vocal, then the story of the previous song, learned from his father, summarizes the story; song learned from his father, explanation of song and the method of instruction; song, bouzouki accompaniment; about the influence of his father on his music; song, bouzouki and voice; song at slow tempo. (some spoken introduction accompanies the playing); song, with elaborate bouzouki introduction, tape runs out. | |||||||||||||
| Tape ID: AFC 1981/004: AFS 20534A | Interview with Bessie Danos about the baking of memorial wheat cake for the dead (sitari), Chicago, Illinois, April 23, 1977 | ||||||||||||
| MBRS shelflist: RYA 0608 | |||||||||||||
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| 1 audiocassette, C-60 | |||||||||||||
| Interview with Bessie Danos about the baking of memorial wheat cake for the dead (sitari), recorded at St. Nicholas Church, 10301 South Kolmar Ave.; most discussion is with Mrs. Bessie Danos, Maria Kerhoulas is present at the beginning, fieldworker Jonas Dovydenas present to make photographs; about the preparation of wheat the previous day, boiling for ten hours; about the tradition of preparation by family of deceased forty days after funeral, raisins and walnuts are symbolic of person's character; steps in preparation: spreading out and drying wheat and discussion of need to boil and wash well because people die if improperly boiled, sifting bread crumbs over wheat to keep next layer of powdered sugar dry; about frequency of preparation, 3-4 times per month; next step, patting and smoothing with paper towel, sifting powdered sugar; discussion of cost of ingredients and preparation, ten dollars for materia, a bakery sells a sitari for 75 dollars, Bessie Danos charges 30 dollars; next step, patting out with paper towel, decorating cake with cross using a cross mold and filling with brown sugar; discussion of attitude, Bessie Danos enjoys the preparation regardless of numbers; decoration of cake with candies, about the size of cake; names of the seven past parish priests for whom the memorial service is being prepared; discussion of Bessie Danos's understanding of the reasons for baking the wheat and being taught the process by her mother when her father died. | |||||||||||||
| Tape ID: AFC 1981/004: AFS 20535 | Interview and performance of samples of Karaghiozi, Chicago, Illinois, April 23, 1977 | ||||||||||||
| MBRS shelflist: RXA 1007 | |||||||||||||
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| Recording of George Kefalopoulos performing Greek American Karaghiozo (Karagiozis, Karaghiozis; theater, shadow puppet); selections include two performances with interview; discussion of Kefalopoulos's life history, work as a radio announcer, about the content of his programs, a very old form of Greek theater; about performance style, manner of learning (he is from Sparta); sample of performance style, includes character introductions in English; discussion of places for performance, explanation of characters, construction; history of Karaghiozi, ancient and modern; Kefalopoulos has no apprentices; about satire and irony within the form, literary heritage, authorship; performance of a segment of the play, with occasional translation; discussion continues on the form of theater, context in the culture, Turkish Karaghiozi; a story of the form in Turkey, plot themes involving Turks; performance with voices from battle scenes; about the depiction of Turks and audience attitudes; a friend of Mr. Kefalopoulos joins the session, he had been director of a TV program featuring Karaghiozi; discussion of the problems in video presentation of Karaghiozi; TV producer comments on the art form. | |||||||||||||
| Tape ID: AFC 1981/004: AFS 20536 - 20537 | Interview and performance on santouri by John Katsikas, Chicago, Illinois, part 1-2, June 07, 1977 | ||||||||||||
| MBRS shelflist: RXA 1008 - 1009 | |||||||||||||
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| Part 1 of a 2-part recording of John Katsikas, playing the santouri and singing. 9 songs with interview; discussion of styles in santouri music, different regions; about the problems in being American-born, personal musical history, family history; offers a humorous, apocryphal explanation of the roots of dance style, influences by region, maintenance of traditional music; about getting young people involved, discussion of Anglo-American folk music; song "Shepard Boy"; discussion of the extent of Katsikas's concert repertory, explanation of the following song, a tune from the Greek islands; "Sailor's Dance"; "Bacchanal Song"; "Samiko Style"; songs, one is said to be typical of Greeks on the Turkish mainland; "Dance of Suli"; about the story and song; story of the previous song, followed by comments on the fading of folk culture in Greece, and the uses of the santouri now; song that demonstrates accompaniment style that would be used with a band; more discussion of folk heritage and the history of the santouri. Part 2 of a 2-part recording of John Katsikas, playing the santouri and singing one song with interview; discussion continued from part 1; sbout the history and development of the santouri; Mr. Katsikas plays a scale; about the origin of his instrument which needs repair; about the need for tuning; discusses the pitch range of the instrument, names of the parts of the bouzouki; discussion of the next song, intended to be in 9/8; discusses dance, manufacture of the instrument; duration of this recording 10 minutes. | |||||||||||||
| Subseries 2: German | |||||||||||||
| Tape ID: AFC 1981/004: AFS 20538A | Interview with Hans Bittner, silhouette cutter, Chicago, Illinois, April 20, 1977 | ||||||||||||
| MBRS shelflist: RYA 0609 | |||||||||||||
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| Mr. Hans Bittner silhouette cutter, artist (Scherenschnitte Kunstler), 3843 N. Sawyer Ave., Chicago, 60618; ; as a commercial artist, Herr. Bittner illustrated for NASA, other government agencies, and several large American companies; born in Breslau, Germany; about tools and paper used in freehand paper cutting; samples of cuttings described, largest, 26x14 inches, smallest, postage-stamp size; mainly rococo scenes, featuring plants and trees; about the topics of silhouettes and history of silhouette cutting; Javanese silhouette puppets; continuation of discussion on examples of cuttings; about the sale prices of silhouettes. | |||||||||||||
| Tape ID: AFC 1981/004: AFS 20538B | Recording of short TV spot promoting awareness of the Chicago Ethnic Arts Project, April 22, 1977 | ||||||||||||
| MBRS shelflist: RYA 0609 | |||||||||||||
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