Children's Program
Object Details
- Introduction
- The Children's Program was created in 1974 to encourage children's participation in the Festival, teaching and learning dances, games and songs, telling jokes, listening to tales, recording their impressions in drawings, and discussing and sharing their own folklife. Three primary adult participants were joined by countless child visitors over the course of the Festival for participatory workshops. Contingents of children from several elementary schools in Washington, D.C. (Brent Elementary, Brightwood Elementary, Edmonds Elementary, Peabody Elementary, Watkins Elementary), Landon Summer boys' camp in Bethesda, Maryland, and Children's International Summer Villages in Washington, D.C. were also featured. In addition, participants from other programs at the Festival also led activities in the Children's Program. The program was coordinated by Kate Rinzler, assisted by Barbara Melnicove. It continued on a larger scale in the 1975 and 1976 Festivals, and children's programming continued to be part of many Festivals that followed.
- Participants
- Bessie Jones, 1902-1984, children's folklorist, Georgia Janie Hunter, 1918-1997, children's folklorist, South Carolina Ann Mitchell, cornhusk doll maker, Maryland
- Collection Creator
- Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
- See more items in
- Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1974 Festival of American Folklife
- Archival Repository
- Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
- Identifier
- CFCH.SFF.1974, Series 3
- Type
- Archival materials
- Collection Citation
- Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1974 Festival of American Folklife, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.
- Collection Rights
- Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. Please visit our website to learn more about submitting a request. The Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections make no guarantees concerning copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Other usage conditions may apply; please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for more information.
- Collection Restrictions
- Access to the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections is by appointment only. Visit our website for more information on scheduling a visit or making a digitization request. Researchers interested in accessing born-digital records or audiovisual recordings in this collection must use access copies.
- Record ID
- ebl-1503510202147-1503510202181-1
- Metadata Usage
- CC0