Identifier
NFAI.O.00001717
Date
after 2002 (Inclusive dates)
Summary
The digital assets contained in the Maryland Traditions Fieldwork Digital Assets Subseries were collected from 2002-Present in conjunction with ongoing fieldwork initiatives of Maryland Traditions and the Maryland Folklife Program at MSAC. Fieldworkers include Maryland Traditions folklorists Elaine Eff (2004-2011 – the “EE” series), Tatiana Irvine (2005 – the “TI” series), Michael and Carrie Kline (2002 – the “MK” series) Clifford Murphy (2008-Present – the “CM” series), Michelle Stefano (2011-Present – the “MS” series), Rory Turner (2003-2007 – the “RT” series), photojournalist Edwin Remsberg (2008-Present – the “ER” series) and Maryland Traditions interns Auni Husted (2009 – the “AH” series) and Sarah Pope (2011 – the “SP” series). In addition, this Series includes documentation of the Maryland Traditions Gathering & Showcase (2006-2010 – the “MTGS” series), the Maryland Traditions Folklife Festival (2011-Present – the “MTFF” series), the Achievement in Living Traditions and Arts Awards (2011-Present – the “ALTA” series), and the Maryland Folklife Festival (1975-1980 – the “MFF” series). File types include .css, .doc, .docx, .dotx, .eps, .gif, .html, .ini [picassa], .jpg, .js, .mp3, .pdf, .png, ppt, .psd, .tif, .txt, .wav, .xls, .xlsx.
Fieldwork in these collections was conducted for a variety of reasons – as survey work, for specific projects, or to document Maryland Traditions Apprenticeships. Subjects vary widely: rag rug weavers and grain millers in Western Maryland; dairy farmers, bluegrass bands, and bladesmiths in mid-Maryland; Appalachian migrants at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay; decoy carvers, boat builders, muskrat skinners, and Smith Island cake bakers on the Eastern Shore; Persian Classical music, doo-wop, Arabber wagon wrights, screen painters, silversmiths, letterpress, Irish traditional music, Native American regalia making and Mexican folkloric dance in Baltimore City; Singing & Praying Bands, stuffed ham making, Polish egg decorating, gospel music, and shipwrights in Southern Maryland; house dance, Chinese guzheng, stone carving, Guatemalan marimba, gospel shout bands, and African drum makers in the Capital region.
These materials were born digital and consist of audio recordings (.wav, MP3 formats), digital photographs (.jpg files), and fieldnotes (.doc, .docx files). Some fieldwork events have been logged and transcribed. Others have not. Most have been coded. Nearly all of the materials in this collection have signed release forms that go along with the field documentation. These releases can be found in the administrative (paper) files of Maryland Traditions at MSAC.
A master list (XL spreadsheet) of all of the fieldwork files in this Series is located in the Fieldwork folder.
Notes on accession codes:
Codes can be deciphered as follows:
Each folder represents one fieldwork “event.” Each event is named in code in order of fieldworker, year, and event that year. For example, CM-08-10 can be understood to be the 10th fieldwork event of 2008 documented by Clifford Murphy.
Within each folder can be found additional suffixes in the code to indicate audio, visual, and text files:
AU = Audio
DS = Digital Slide (photograph)
FN = Fieldnotes
A full guide to these codes and to the standards and guidelines for Maryland Traditions field documentation and archiving can be found in the Archives subfolder titled “Fieldwork Forms.”
Extent
79.3 (gigabytes)
