Identifier
USU_FOLK COLL 35a (local)

Repository
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives Division

Date
1954 - 2002 (Inclusive dates)

Summary

Photographs and slides collected or taken by Barre Toelken from 1954 to 2002, including pictures of cemeteries, Native American customs (mostly Navajo), folk art, vernacular architecture, and customs of Austria, Germany, Japan, United States, and topical images.

Scope and Content Note

The materials in the Collection, 1954 to 2002, include images on cemeteries, Native American (mostly Navajo) customs, Areas: Austria, Germany, Japan, Unities States, and topical images

Administrative/Biographical History Element

Biographical Note

Barre Toelken (director of Utah State University's Folklore Program, 1985-2002) conducted fieldwork throughout his active folklore career from 1954 to the present. Much of that fieldwork was documented through images: slides and photographs

System of Arrangement

Organization

Collection organized in 6 series

Conditions Governing Access

Restrictions

Open to public research. To access the collection a patron must have the following information: collection number, series number, sub-series number, if applicable, box number and folder number (or image number)

Conditions Governing Access

Copyright

It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Utah State University Libraries, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of copyright

Permission to publish material from the Barre Toelken Fieldwork Image Collection must be obtained from the Curator of the Fife Folklore Archives and/or the Special Collections Department Head

Immediate Source of Acquisition

In the fall 2005, the materials in this collection were donated by Professor Barre Toelken to the Fife Folklore Archives

General Note

In the fall 2005, Randy Williams worked with Barre Toelken to organize the collection and add metadata into an in-house Access database, resulting in some of Box 1. In the Spring Semester 2006 (January through May), graduate intern Dusty Decker Wiser worked with Barre Toelken to continue organizing this collection and adding to the metadata database, resulting in Boxes 1-8. Finding aid created by Randy Williams, May 2006; updated Randy Williams, March 2012; updated by Melissa Anderson, November 2015

Extent
11 (linear feet)

Language
English. (Languages)

Other Subject Headings
Folklore and Folklife (Local)
Folklore--Photographs (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Vernacular architecture--Photographs (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Folk art--Photographs (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Manners and customs--Photographs (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))
Navajo Indians--Social life and customs--Photographs (Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH))

Preferred Citation
Barre Toelken Fieldwork Image Collection, 1954-2002. (FOLK COLL 35a). Utah State University. Special Collections and Archives Department