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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Folklore Program of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Records #40362, University Archives, Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Received from the Folklore Program in March and October 2011 (Records transfers 20110303.1 and 20111020.1); from Patricia Sawin in June 2018 (RT 20180607.1); and from the Southern Folklife Collection in February 2020 (RT 20200227.3)

Sensitive Materials Statement

Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.

Processed by: Matthew Farrell, November 2011

Encoded by: Matthew Farrell, November 2011

Revisions by: by Laura Smith, October 2018; Nancy Kaiser, March 2020

The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.

Clicking on a subject heading below will take you into the University Library's online catalog.

• Education, Higher--North Carolina--History.
• Folklore--North Carolina.
• Folklore--Study and teaching (Higher)--North Carolina.
• Hinson, Glenn.
• Oral history.
• Patterson, Daniel W. (Daniel Watkins), 1928-
• September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001--Public opinion.
• Tom Davenport Films.
• Tullos, Allen, 1950-
• Universities and colleges--North Carolina--Departments.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--History.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Curriculum in Folklore.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Department of American Studies. Folklore Program.

• Office of the Provost Records (#40039)
• Office of the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences (#40076)
• Daniel W. Patterson and Beverly Bush Patterson Papers (#20026)
• University Archives started archiving selected websites of the academic and business units of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the University of North Carolina General Administration, and student groups and organizations at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in January 2013. To see if websites for this department or related departments have been archived visit University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Harvested Websites (#40417).

The Curriculum in Folklore of the University of North Carolina was founded in 1940 and was the nation's first graduate program in folklore studies. Conceived as an interdisciplinary program, the curriculum engaged in the study of regional history, literature, and culture through ethnographic fieldwork and community engagement. Throughout its history, the Curriculum in Folklore sponsored lectures, symposia, and musical and artistic events, often in partnership with other university departments and with various state and local agencies. In the 1980s, the curriculum partnered with Tom Davenport Films to produce a series of documentary films related to regional folklife. In 2008, the Curriculum in Folklore merged with the Curriculum in American Studies to form the Department of American Studies. Folklore then became a program within the department.

Records include general correspondence and materials related to events sponsored by the Curriculum in Folklore; the production of a series of films in cooperation with Tom Davenport Films; the publication of a book on North Carolina folklife; interactions with regional folklore agencies; and an oral history project that collected regional reactions to the events of 11 September 2001. Materials related to the oral history project include 17 audiocassettes and one digital audio tape. Faculty who figure significantly in the records include Daniel W. Patterson, Allen Tullos, and Glenn Hinson.

Among the materials related to Tom Davenport Films are correspondence, notes and other planning documentation, photographic prints, press releases, and published reviews for several of the films produced in conjunction with the Curriculum in Folklore, including Being a Joines, Born for Hard Luck, The Shakers, and A Singing Stream. Curriculum faculty associated with the films' productions were Daniel W. Patterson and Allen Tullos.

Items regarding external folklore agencies include correspondence, newsletters, and other related material. Records regarding "Remembering Tragedy," an oral history project headed by Professor Glenn Hinson, include release forms and interviews recorded on audiocassette documenting local reactions to the events of 11 September 2001. Among the promotional materials are flyers and posters for lectures, art exhibits, and live music events produced by or in conjunction with the Curriculum in Folklore.

Records are arranged in the order in which they were received.

• Oversize Paper Folders (OPF-40362/1-3)
• Audiocassettes (C-40362/1-17)
• Digital Audio Tape (DAT-40362/1)
• Digital folders (DF-40361/1-2)