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Florida Parishes Folklife Survey Records, 1983-1984

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Identifier
NFAI.O.00000014
Date
1983 - 1984 (Inclusive dates)
Creator and/or Contributor
Louisiana Folklife Program (creator)
Scope and Content Note

Collection contains materials such as correspondence survey forms, Division of the Arts grant agreements with field workers, field workers’ resumes, expenditures, press releases and printed materials as well as 114 cassette tapes containing recordings interviews with participants and indexes for these.



Administrative/Biographical History Element

“The Florida Parishes were the first in the state to be studied as part of the Louisiana Folklife Survey. This region was chosen in 1982 by State Folklorist Nicholas R. Spitzer, because little has been written about its customs and handicrafts. Through the collaboration of the Louisiana Folklife Program in the Division of the Arts, Office of Cultural Development, Department of Culture, Recreation, and Tourism (DOA), and the Center for Southeast Louisiana Studies, Southeastern Louisiana University, a team of researchers was assembled to interview persons in this area regarding folk customs and crafts.…


During that same year, 1984, the Florida Parishes Folklife Survey continued, with researchers interviewing and photographing crafts people, musicians, and scenes of local customs peculiar to the Florida Parishes. Some of the artifact collected during this process became part of Folklife Pavilion of the Louisiana World Exposition in New Orleans.”

Jackson, Joyce. “Folklife in the Florida Parishes: The Louisiana Survey in Retrospect.” Louisiana Folklife Program. http://www.louisianafolklife.org/LT/Virtual_Books/Fla_Parishes/book_florida_retrospect.html.



System of Arrangement

Materials may be found in the following series within the Louisana Folklife Program Project Files:

  • Series VIII. Florida Parishes Folklife, 1981-1992
  • Series XXIV. Oral History


General Note

Collection is available for review at LSU Libraries Special Collections, Hill Memorial Library, Baton Rouge, La.

Extent
0.3 (linear feet)
114 (cassette tapes)
Language
English (Languages)
Other Subject Headings
Artisans (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Basket makers (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Basket making (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Blues (Music)-Louisiana (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Blues musicians-Louisiana (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Center for Regional Studies, Southeastern Louisiana (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Ethnic art-Louisiana (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Ethnic folklore-Louisiana (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Florida Parishes (La.) (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Folk dance music--Louisiana (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Folk dancing--Louisiana (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Folk music--Louisiana (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Gardner, Joel (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Gospel music-Louisiana (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Gospel musicians-Louisiana (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Gregory, Hiram F. (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Hammond, La. (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Handicraft-Louisiana (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Indian craft (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Indians of North America-Basket making (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Indians-Social life and customs (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Jackson, Joy (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Jackson, Joyce M. (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Jeskin, Jill (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Linge, Gordon (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Louisiana Committee for the Humanities (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
National Endowment for the Arts (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Piney Woods (Miss.: Region) (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Sandmel, Ben (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Tangipahoa Parish (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Tucker, Stephen (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Temporal Coverage
1983 - 1984
Geographic Coverage
East Feliciana parish (Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names)
West Feliciana parish (Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names)
East Baton Rouge parish (Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names)
St. Helena parish (Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names)
Livingston parish (Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names)
Tangipahoa parish (Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names)
Washington parish (Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names)
St. Tammany parish (Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names)
Preferred Citation
Louisiana Folklife Program Project Files, Mss. 4730, Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections, LSU Libraries, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Related Entities:
Louisiana Folklife Program (creator)

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