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Chicago Ethnic Arts Project collection

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Identifier: AFC 1981/004
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Scope and Content Note

The collection consists of sound recordings, photographs, manuscript materials, videorecordings, publications, ephemera, administrative files, and field notes produced and collected during the 1977 Chicago Ethnic Arts Project field survey from 1976-1981; but primarily during fieldwork by fourteen folklorists in 1977. The final project report presented to the Illinois Arts Council summarized the current conditions and folk arts needs in these communities. Materials from post-project activities such as workshops in the ethnic communities and a traveling photographic exhibit by Jonas Dovydenas are also included.

Dates

  • Creation: 1976-1981

Language of Materials

Collection material in English, Croatian, Greek, Italian, Korean, Lithuanian, Polish, Slovenian, Spanish, and Ukrainian.

Access and Restrictions

The Chicago Ethnic Arts Project collection is open to research. To request materials, please contact the Folklife Reading Room at https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.contact

Certain restrictions to use or copying of materials may apply.

Copyright Status

Duplication of collection materials may be governed by copyright and other restrictions.

Administrative History

The Chicago Ethnic Arts Project survey was conducted in 1977 by the American Folklife Center at the request of the Illinois Arts Council to assess and document the status of ethnic art traditions in more than twenty ethnic communities in Chicago, and was jointly sponsored by both organizations.

Extent

14,756 items. (approximately)
20.75 linear feet.
269 folders in 14 containers.
99 sound tape reels : analog, 7 1/2 ips, mono. and stereo. ; 7 in.
245 sound cassettes : analog.
3,757 slides : color ; 35 mm.
10,182 photographs : film negatives, black and white ; 35 mm.
202 photographs : film negatives, black and white ; 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 in.
2 videocassettes (U-Matic) : sound, color ; 3/4 in.

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Additional Description

Abstract

The collection consists of sound recordings, photographs, manuscript materials, videorecordings, publications, ephemera, administrative files, and field notes produced and collected during the 1977 Chicago Ethnic Arts Project field survey from 1976-1981; but primarily during fieldwork conducted by fourteen folklorists directed by the American Folklife Center in 1977. The final project report presented to the Illinois Arts Council summarized the current conditions and folk arts needs in a number of Chicago's ethnic communities. Materials from post-project activities such as workshops in the ethnic communities and a traveling photographic exhibit by Jonas Dovydenas are also included.

Arrangement

The Chicago Ethnic Arts Project collection, 1976-1981 is organized in seven series:

  1. Series 1. Administrative, 1977-1978.
  2. Series 2. Collected publications and ephemera, 1938-1979.
  3. Series 3. Documentation: fieldnotes, 1977.
  4. Series 4. Documentation: graphic materials, 1977-1981.
  5. Series 5. Documentation: sound recordings, 1977-1981.
  6. Series 6. Sound Recordings, 1977.
  7. Series 7. Graphic Materials, 1977.

Provenance

Accessioned; 1981.

Accruals

No further accruals are expected.

Online Content

The Chicago Ethnic Arts Project collection is available on the Library of Congress Web site at https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/afconline.afc1981004.

Processing History

The Chicago Ethnic Arts Project collection, 1976-1981 was processed by Lucy M. Long in 1981.

Source

Subject

Genre / Form

Geographic

Topical

Title
Chicago Ethnic Arts Project collection
Subtitle
collected by the American Folklife Center for the Illinois Arts Council
Author
Prepared by Ying-Ting "Serena" Chiu, Lucy M. Long, and Valda Morris
Date
January 1982
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

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