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Size | 37.5 feet of linear shelf space |
Abstract | The North Carolina Folklife Institute Collection contains project files, administrative records, publications, and publicity materials for programs, events, and documentary works produced or supported by the North Carolina Folklife Institute, a nonprofit traditional arts organization in Durham, N.C. Projects and programs documented in the files include North Carolina Folklife Festival, Blacks 'n' Blues, Black Folk Heritage Tour, Blues to Bluegrass, Celebration!, Charlotte Country Music Story, Folk Music in the Schools, Cherokee Voices Festival, British American Festival, Sounds of the South conference and the establishment of the Southern Folklife Collection at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the documentary films Free Show Tonite and From Our House to the White House: Square Dancing in Western North Carolina. Most projects were launched by the North Carolina Arts Council, a state agency, and supported by the Folklife Institute. Files contain correspondence, memorandum, planning documents, publicity materials, press releases, contracts, grant proposals and reports, budgets and other financial documents, participating artists' information, programs and schedules, posters, and newspaper clippings and magazine articles. Other events and organizations represented in the collection include the 1980 World's Fair in Knoxville, Tenn., and the American Dance Festival in Durham, N.C. The collection also contains some sheet music and a 1989 oral history interview on audiocassette tape with an accompanying tape log. The interview conducted by Leslie Williams is with Piedmont blues guitarist Etta Baker (1913-2006) of Caldwell County, N.C. |
Creator | North Carolina Folklife Institute. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection. |
Language | English |
Encoded by: Laura Smith
Processed by: Nicole Cvjetnicanin and Rebecca Stubbs, April 2019
Updated by: Anne Wells, May 2019; Nancy Kaiser, July 2021
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The North Carolina Folklife Institute is a nonprofit organization founded in 1974 and located in Durham, N.C. The Folklife Institute "promotes the preservation, appreciation and understanding of the folklife heritage and culture in North Carolina" and supports programs launched through the North Carolina Arts Council's Folk & Traditional Arts Program.
Back to TopThe North Carolina Folklife Institute Collection contains project files, administrative records, publications, and publicity materials for programs, events, and documentary works produced or supported by the North Carolina Folklife Institute. Projects and programs documented in the files include North Carolina Folklife Festival, Blacks 'n' Blues, Black Folk Heritage Tour, Blues to Bluegrass, Celebration!, Charlotte Country Music Story, Folk Music in the Schools, Cherokee Voices Festival, British American Festival, Sounds of the South conference and the establishment of the Southern Folklife Collection at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the documentary films Free Show Tonite and From Our House to the White House: Square Dancing in Western North Carolina. Most projects were launched by the North Carolina Arts Council, a state agency, and supported by the Folklife Institute. Files contain correspondence, memorandum, planning documents, publicity materials, press releases, contracts, grant proposals and reports, budgets and other financial documents, participating artists' information, programs and schedules, posters, and newspaper clippings and magazine articles. Other events and organizations represented in the collection include the 1980 World's Fair in Knoxville, Tenn., and the American Dance Festival in Durham, N.C. The collection also contains some sheet music and a dubbed 1989 oral history interview on audiocassette tape with an accompanying tape log. The interview conducted by Leslie Williams is with Piedmont blues guitarist Etta Baker (1913-2006) of Caldwell County, N.C.
Back to TopProcessing information: Tape logs found with FS-20210/1-2 reside in box 24.
Box 1 |
PublicityPublicity files for events sponsored by the NC Folklife Institute from 1974 to 1986; including newspaper clippings, magazine articles, program books, and press releases |
Box 2-4
Box 2Box 3Box 4 |
FestivalsFiles on North Carolina Folklife Festivals, 1974-1976 and 1978; including correspondence, notes, schedules, contracts, memos, and program booklets |
Box 5-10
Box 5Box 6Box 7Box 8Box 9Box 10 |
ProjectsFiles on Folk Music in Schools, UNC-Greensboro Folk Festival, Blacks 'n Blues, Project Culture, Eight Hand Sets, American Dance Festival, Badin Project, Folk Arts in the Schools, 1980 programs (Tribute to the Music of My. Airy, etc.), Free Show Tonite, American Dance Festival, From Our House to the White House, Blues to Bluegrass, Folk Arts in the Schools, and Charlotte Country Music Story; including correspondence, notes, schedules, contracts, memos, press releases, grants, reports, and newspaper clippings |
Box 11-17
Box 11Box 12Box 13Box 14Box 15Box 16Box 17 |
British American FestivalFiles on the British American Festival and Folklife Festival Weekend; including a program in braille, correspondence, notes, schedules, contracts, memos, and program booklets |
Box 18-19
Box 18Box 19 |
Black Folk Heritage Tour, 1985-1990 |
Box 20-21
Box 20Box 21 |
Celebration! |
Box 22-23
Box 22Box 23 |
Sounds of the South |
Box 24 |
Miscellaneous filesIncludes files on the North Carolina Pottery Museum |
Box 25-26
Box 25Box 26 |
Anne Bonnie |
Box 27-28
Box 27Box 28 |
Touring Cambridge House |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20210/1 |
Etta BakerAudiocassette Tape logs found with FS-20210/1-2 reside in box 24 |
SFC Audio Cassette FS-20210/2 |
Etta Baker interview with Leslie Williams, 21 November 1989Audiocassette Tape logs found with FS-20210/1-2 reside in box 24 |
Oversize Box OB-20210/1 |
Miscellaneous files |
Sheet musicContents include publications of traditional dance tunes (jigs, reels, etc.) for violin or violin and piano and a few popular settings of folksongs for voice and piano. |