Identifier
OFN SOFTAS NFAI (local)

Date
2013 - 2014 (Inclusive dates)

Summary
The Oregon Folklife Network is Oregon's statewide folklife program since 2012. Collection comprises folklore fieldwork documentation, newsletter articles, and public presentations created in a survey of folk and traditional arts in four southern Oregon counties in 2013 and 2014. Fieldwork documentation includes 2,855 color photographs and 98 interview sound recordings, as well as media logs and artist data sheets, documenting approximately 70 traditional artists, organizations, and events.

Creator and/or Contributor
LuAnne Kozma (creator)

Scope and Content Note

Scope and Contents note

The Oregon Folklife Network conducted a survey of folklife and traditional arts in four southeastern Oregon counties from 2013 to 2014. Collection comprises folklore fieldwork documentation, newsletter articles, and public presentations created in this survey. The fieldwork documentation is in digital file formats and includes 2,631 color photographs and 98 interview sound recordings, as well as media logs and artist data sheets, documenting approximately 70 traditional artists, organizations, and events

Professional folklorists LuAnne Kozma and Douglas Manger interviewed traditional artists in Klamath County, Lake County, Harney County, and Malheur County. Manger worked in Harney and Malheur counties in April and May 2014 and Kozma worked in Lake and Klamath counties in November 2013 and June 2014. Oregon Folklife Network Director Riki Saltzman and students Julie Meyer, Emily Knott, and Adrienne Decker participated in selected interviews and also contributed fieldwork documentation

The survey documented traditional arts associated with occupations and avocations, including ranching and rodeo traditions (Dan and Robin Fulwyler), silversmithing (Ricarda Clause, Pat Horlacher), gunsmithing (Ross Westgate), horsehair and rawhide braiding (Bill and Theresa Black, Jack Armstrong, Merlin Rupp, Dan Fowler), saddle making (Steve McKay, Lem Babb, Mario Hanel), outdoor cookery (Patty and Keith Barnhart), trapping (Mike and Terri Slate), hat making and shaping (Lisa Ackerman, Lisa Robinson), and bootmaking (Mike Strong, Mike Purves)

The survey documented bearers of Native American traditions from Klamath, Burns Paiute, and other tribes, including cradleboard making (Rena Beers, Sara Barton), arrowhead chipping (Cecil and Emory Coons), root gathering (Rena Beers), regalia and beadworking (Julie Johnson), traditional healing (Eva Castellanoz, James Dionne), and powwow (Klamath Veterans Day Powwow)

The survey also documented foodways, including Mexican baked goods and pan dulce (La Perla Bakery, Marco Rodriguez), Norwegian lefse and krumkakke (Laila Griffiths), as well as Filipino (Leo Rito), Basque (Darlene Albisu), and Italian (Sons of Italy). Additional traditions documented include: quilting and tatting (Robin King and Diane McKoen, Judi Doud, Eileen Bucklin and Joyce Merwin, Linda Wood, Chiloquilters), old time music (Ruel Teague, Ludi Phillips, Terry and Larry McLain), and fly tying (Mark Kelley, John Krueger)

Photographs include portraits of artists, as well as images of arts and crafts, tools and supplies, process and techniques, and workshops and workrooms. Artist data sheets completed by folklorists include artist biographical data and contact information, as well as a description of each artist's tradition and how it was learned

System of Arrangement

Arrangement note

Collection is organized into series by fieldworker. Materials for each fieldworker are organized by county and artist

Documentation for each artist is arranged by format: texts, photographs, and sound recordings. Texts include media logs for photographs and sound recordings, release forms signed by the artist, and artist data sheets

Conditions Governing Access

Conditions Governing Access note

Collection is open to the public

Collection must be used in Special Collections & University Archives Reading Room

Conditions Governing Access

Conditions Governing Use note

Property rights reside with Special Collections & University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries. Copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their heirs. All requests for permission to publish collection materials must be submitted to Special Collections & University Archives. The reader must also obtain permission of the copyright holder

Extent
1 (project collection)

Language
eng (Languages)

Other Subject Headings
Oregon--Folklife (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Oregon--Social life and customs (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Folk artists--Oregon--Harney County--Interviews (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Folk artists--Oregon--Harney County--Photographs (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Folk artists--Oregon--Klamath County--Interviews (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Folk artists--Oregon--Klamath County--Photographs (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Folk artists--Oregon--Lake County--Interviews (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Folk artists--Oregon--Lake County--Photographs (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Folk artists--Oregon--Malheur County--Interviews (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Folk artists--Oregon--Malheur County--Photographs (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
folklife archives (Local)
Folklore and Folklife (Local)

Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Oregon Folklife Network, Southern Oregon Folklife and Traditional Arts Survey Records, OFN SOFTAS, Special Collections & University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries, Eugene, Oregon

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