Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Collection
Found in:
American Folklife Center
Brooklyn Rediscovery Folklife Study Project collection
Identifier: AFC 2017/035
Abstract
Fieldwork for the Brooklyn Rediscovery Folklife Study Project undertaken and coordinated by Sheldon Posen and Maxine Miska, 1980-1983. The project surveyed and recorded traditions in Brooklyn, New York, on behalf of the Brooklyn Educational and Cultural Alliance (BECA) documenting ethnic foodways, neighborhood events, private celebrations, street life and play, store fronts, music, folk theater, religious events, urban sports and pastimes. Ethnic groups include African Americans, diasporic...
Dates
1980-1983
Collection
Found in:
American Folklife Center
Joseph Sciorra collection
Identifier: AFC 2018/065
Abstract
Collection of fieldwork conducted by Joseph Sciorra and his collected papers and materials, 1980s-2018, relating to Italian American folklife primarily in New York City but also in Italy. Topics include Catholic religious expression and material culture in the form of altars, processions, shrines, social clubs, feasts, games, puppeteering, visual arts, folk poetry, and music.
Dates
1903-2018; Majority of material found within 1979-2018