LOUISIANA FOLKLIFE PROGRAM FILES

 

(Mss 4730)

 

Inventory Synopsis

See PDF Version for Full Inventory Search database of all 1,710 folklife field recordings contained in this collection.

 

Compiled by

 

Marina G. Drizhachenko

Kate James

Marcy McGowan

Jennifer Perryman

Tara Zachary

 

Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections

Special Collections, Hill Memorial Library

Louisiana State University Libraries

Baton Rouge,  Louisiana

 

1999

Revised and added to, 2002

 

 

 

 Summary

 

 

Size.            33 linear feet of manuscript materials, 28 linear feet of sound recordings (14 linear feet of originals and 14 linear feet of copies.), 3 linear feet of video tapes.

 

Geographic

locations.     Louisiana.

 

Inclusive

dates.          1973‑2001.

 

Bulk dates.   1979‑1996.

 

Languages.  English.

 

Summary.     Records of the Louisiana Folklife Program include correspondence, field recordings and oral histories, and project files of its various programming efforts, publications, and projects designed to document and promote the folk ways of Louisiana.  Included are the records of projects funded by the Program and for which the Program received funding, including the Louisiana Folklife Festival, folklife surveys of the state’s regions and parishes, participation in the Smithsonian Festival of American Folklife, and others.  Early materials relate to the establishment of the Folklife Program and include correspondence, legislation.  Records of the Folklife Commission are also present.  The records also include  files of correspondence, printed items, reports, grant applications, clippings, and articles about or from agencies also within the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism; other state agencies; various cultural institutions, programs, and festivals in the state; and out of state, national, and federal folklife-related agencies and organizations.

 

Source.        Received from the Folklife Program, Division of the Arts, 1999 (http://www.crt.state.la.us/folklife).

 

Access.        Archival copies of sound and videocassettes are restricted for public access.

 

Copyright.    Physical rights are retained by the LSU Libraries.  Copyright of the original materials is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright law.

 

Citation.       Louisiana Folklife Program Project Files, Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections, LSU Libraries, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

 

Stack

designations.         63:1-35 and 33:9-13; OS:L (17 folders in 2 boxes); oral history tapes L:45-49 (copies), L:50-54 (originals); L:2a-4a (video cassettes and films).

                       

 

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