Identifier
FA 665 (local)

Repository
Western Kentucky University Library Special Collections, Manuscripts and Folklife Archives

Date
2001 (Inclusive dates)

Summary

Descriptive Inventory

7 boxes. 29 folders. 1347 items. 2001.

Originals, photocopies, photographs, negatives, slides, cassette tapes, video tapes, floppy

discs, CDs, and digital videocassette tapes.

SC2012.179.66

COLLECTION NOTE

This collection features information and documentation about the fifth annual Kentucky

Folklife Festival held from 27-29 September 2001 in Frankfort, Kentucky. The festival was sponsored by the Kentucky Folklife Program, an inter-agency program of the Kentucky Historical Society and the Kentucky Arts Council agencies of the Education, Arts and Humanities Cabinet. The festival also received donations and funding from several local Frankfort businesses as well as Kentucky state government. Folklorists throughout the state conducted folklife surveys that identified and documented the cultural traditions of families, occupations, ethnic groups, churches, and communities. At the festival, artisans from all over the state have gathered to prepare food, make music, tell stories, create objects, play games, and do various jobs that reflect their cultural values.

BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

FA KENTUCKY Folklife Festival – 2001

665 Frankfort, Kentucky

This collection features information and documentation about the fifth annual Kentucky Folklife Festival held from September 27-29, 2001 in Frankfort, Kentucky. The festival was sponsored by the Kentucky Folklife Program, an inter-agency program of the Kentucky Historical Society and the Kentucky Arts Council agencies of the Education, Arts and Humanities Cabinet.

7 boxes. 29 folders. 1347 items. Originals, photocopies, photographs, negatives, slides, cassette tapes, video tapes, floppy discs, CDs, and digital videocassette tapes.

SC2012.179.66

Creator and/or Contributor
Kentucky Folklife Program (creator), Nana Yaa Asantewa (contributor), Mitch Barrett (contributor), Pen Bogart (contributor), Dale Ann Bradley (contributor), Tula Brown (contributor), Lillian Cole-Singleton (contributor), Roger Cooper (contributor), Clyde Davenport (contributor), John Buell Edmonds (contributor), Tanita Gaines (contributor), Carla Gover (contributor), Arthur Hatfield (contributor), James Holloman (contributor), Sarah Howard (contributor), Kentucky Blues (contributor), Homer Ledford (contributor), Rob McNurlin (contributor), Joe Marshall (contributor), Sue Massek (contributor), Fred Murphy (contributor), Cari Norris (contributor), Northern Kentucky Brotherhood Singers (contributor), Eddie Pennington (contributor), Steve Rector (contributor), Redbird Mandala (contributor), Reel World String Band (contributor), Reynolds Family (contributor), Don Rigsby (contributor), Ritchie, Jean (contributor), Lee Sexton (contributor), Ray Slone (contributor), Buck Creek (contributor), Center Sent (contributor), Hays Brothers (contributor), Men of Note (contributor), Nelson County Dulcimers (contributor), Next Generation Bardstown Dulcimers (contributor), No Tools Loaned (contributor), Quonset (contributor), Zoe Speaks (contributor), Knott Anaurt (contributor), Bush, Sam (contributor), Robert Phillips and the Fender Benders (contributor)

Language
Languages)

Other Subject Headings
African Americans (Local)
Basketmaking (Local)
Dulcimers (Local)
Farms and farming (Local)
Fiddlers (Local)
Folk festival (Local)
Foodways (Local)
Guitarists (Local)
Music and musicians (Local)
Storytelling (Local)
Teachers and teaching (Local)

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