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Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1974 Festival of American Folklife

Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

Object Details

Introduction
With the 1974 Festival of American Folklife (July 3-7 and July 10-14, 1974), the seven programs that would constitute the Bicentennial Festival were all in place. As in 1973, the Festival took place in the western part of the National Mall alongside the Reflecting Pool, between 17th and 23rd Streets, and between Constitution Avenue N.W. and Independence Avenue S.W. (see site plan). It was co-organized by the Smithsonian Institution, Division of Performing Arts (James R. Morris, Director; Richard Lusher) and the National Park Service (Ronald H. Walker, Director). Ralph Rinzler was Director of the Folklife Program and the Festival. The 1974 Festival included seven programs, with a Festival Stage bringing together performers from other programs and, in the second week, its own participants. The 1974 Program Book was supplemented by daily folios with additional information on that day's programs.
Shared Stewardship of Collections
The Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage acknowledges and respects the right of artists, performers, Folklife Festival participants, community-based scholars, and knowledge-keepers to collaboratively steward representations of themselves and their intangible cultural heritage in media produced, curated, and distributed by the Center. Making this collection accessible to the public is an ongoing process grounded in the Center's commitment to connecting living people and cultures to the materials this collection represents. To view the Center's full shared stewardship policy, which defines our protocols for addressing collections-related inquiries and concerns, please visit https://doi.org/10.25573/data.21771155.
Creator
Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Names
Smithsonian Folklife Festival
Place
Caribbean Area
Trinidad and Tobago
Puerto Rico
Cuba
Topic
Folk art
Folk festivals
Food habits
Folk music
Folklore
arts and crafts
World music
occupational folklore
Orisha religion
African diaspora
Afro-Caribbeans
Steel bands (Music)
Calypso (Music)
Mambos (Music)
Jitterbug (Dance)
Creator
Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
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Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1974 Festival of American Folklife
Summary
The Smithsonian Institution Festival of American Folklife, held annually since 1967 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., was renamed the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in 1998. The materials collected here document the planning, production, and execution of the annual Festival, produced by the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (1999-present) and its predecessor offices (1967-1999). An overview of the entire Festival records group is available here: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records.
Historical note
The Festival of American Folklife, held annually since 1967 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., was renamed the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in 1998. The 1974 Festival of American Folklife was produced by the Smithsonian Division of Performing Arts and cosponsored by the National Park Service. For more information, see Smithsonian Folklife Festival records.
Extent
1 Cubic foot (approximate)
459 Sound tape reels (approximate)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements note
The Rinzler Archives is continually engaged in digitization of archival materials to facilitate preservation and ready access by users. However, given the diversity of legacy formats of the originals, some older materials may not be available. Notably, certain older audio recordings cannot be played because of deterioration of the tape stock, and the Archives has no playback equipment for EIAJ-1 videoreels (1/2 inch) or multi-track audio recordings. Where listening or viewing copies are available, this is generally indicated for each item. Users are encouraged to contact Archives staff to verify that the materials of interest to them are already accessible, or to determine if they can be digitized as needed.
Date
July 3-14, 1974
Archival Repository
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
Identifier
CFCH.SFF.1974
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Sound tape reels
Plans (drawings)
Audiotapes
Digital images
Memorandums
Audiocassettes
Negatives
Photographic prints
Sound recordings
Business records
Notes
Videotapes
Video recordings
Slides (photographs)
Contracts
Correspondence
Cha-chas (music)
Lindy (dance)
Citation
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1974 Festival of American Folklife, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.
Arrangement note
Arranged in 9 series. Series 1: Program Books, Festival Publications, and Ephemera Series 2: African Diaspora Series 3: Children's Program Series 4: Family Folklore Series 5: Festival Stage Series 6: Native Americans Series 7: Old Ways in the New World Series 8: Regional America Series 9: Working Americans
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.
Genre/Form
Plans (drawings)
Audiotapes
Digital images
Memorandums
Audiocassettes
Negatives
Photographic prints
Sound recordings
Business records
Notes
Videotapes
Video recordings
Slides (photographs)
Contracts
Correspondence
Cha-chas (Music)
Lindy (Dance)
Scope and Contents note
This collection documents the planning, production, and execution of the 1974 Festival of American Folklife. Materials may include photographs, audio recordings, motion picture film and video recordings, notes, production drawings, contracts, memoranda, correspondence, informational materials, publications, and ephemera. Such materials were created during the Festival on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., as well as in the featured communities, before or after the Festival itself.
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.
Forms Part Of
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1974 Festival of American Folklife forms part of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival records . Smithsonian Folklife Festival records Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: Papers 1967 Festival of American Folklife records - [Ongoing]
Related Archival Materials note
Within the Rinzler Archives, related materials may be found in various collections such as the Ralph Rinzler papers and recordings, the Lily Spandorf drawings, the Diana Davies photographs, the Robert Yellin photographs, and the Curatorial Research, Programs, and Projects collection. Additional relevant materials may also be found in the Smithsonian Institution Archives concerning the Division of Performing Arts (1966-1983), Folklife Program (1977-1980), Office of Folklife Programs (1980-1991), Center for Folklife Programs and Cultural Studies (1991-1999), Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (1999-present), and collaborating Smithsonian units, as well as in the administrative papers of key figures such as the Secretary and respective deputies. Users are encouraged to consult relevant finding aids and to contact Archives staff for further information.
Related link
Record ID
ebl-1503510202147-1503510202172-0
Metadata Usage
CC0
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/bk5c04ee5c0-e362-495e-8db1-3073cf7c17af

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  • Family Folklore Interviews: Rivero, Blanco-Kenk, Robert

  • Brothers Chorus

  • African Diaspora Market Stage July 13, 1974 Lonnie Pitchford, Sweet Honey in the Rock, Steel Unlimited, Trinidad and Tobago troupe

  • Work tape for children's record project

  • Family Folklore Interviews: Lynch, Eland, Ruther, Elliott, Livingston

  • Bessie Jones and Watkins Students

  • Dubs of Selections from Children's tapes

  • Family Folklore Interviews: Bressler

  • Lonnie Pitchford; Key West Junkanoos

  • Son Thomas; Houston Stackhouse; Joe Cooper; Cleveland Jones; Ashker and Dadhuh Families

  • Norwegian Dances

  • Kaffestova Stage:

  • Children's Games

  • Tunisian Stage

  • Chicano Music

  • Old Time Picking Partners; Square Dance

  • Audio

  • Hickman Brothers

  • Interview with Jonas Borgmastars and Lars Hjerpe

  • Commercial Radio Exhibit - Bob Benson

  • Duck Hill Billies; Spiritual Ensemble

  • Bluegrass Jam

  • Family Folklore Interviews: Potts, Heller, Dwyer

  • Sam Chatmon; Tracy Schwarz; Dorris Dickerson; Leake County String Band

  • Dancing and audience participation

  • Children's International Summer Villages - Japanese Children; Bessie Jones

  • Utah Phillips

  • Kafeneion Workshop

  • California Stage

  • Fiddle and Flute

  • Bessie Jones and her great grandson Franklin

  • Main Stage 7410 H2

  • Family Folklore Interviews: Fishman, Shipman, Anonymous

  • Cajun music (Balfa Brothers)

  • Jackson Singers; Anthony Booker

  • Dubs of Selections from Children's tapes

  • Steel Unlimited; Flora Molton

  • Fiddle workshop; Fiddlers' Convention

  • ?

  • Children's Lore (possibly Native American)

  • Festival Fieldwork: Alvis Massengale, Newton County Mississippi - tape 2/74

  • Key West Junkanoos, Lefty Dizz

  • Newton County Boys; Hubert Hunkapiller; Hoyt Ming and the Pep Steppers

  • Spiritual Ensemble; Joe Townsend and Jesse Mays; Leon Pinson

  • Saul Broudy, Ralph Rinzler, Jim Garland, Utah Phillips, Jim Ringer, Mary McCaslin

  • Kaffestova Stage: Swedish, Finnish, Leonard Funseth

  • Sam Chatmon Washington Folk Festival Blues

  • unidentified

  • Family Folklore Interviews: Left, McDonald, Bench-Thomas

  • Video

  • California Indians Pow wow 7/6/1974

  • Kaffestova Stage: Scandinavian Americans

  • Varney Watson, Utah Phillips

  • Fieldwork

  • Family Folklore Interviews: McHenry, Bond, Shiffelbein

  • Basin/Plateau Stage

  • Discussion of operators, Archie Green, Joe Glazer, Saul Broudy, Guy Carawan, Sara Ogan Gunning, more

  • Jump Rope Rhymes - Interviews

  • Tunisian Stage

  • Tunisian Stage

  • Carawan, McCaslin, Ringer, Wallace, Reece, Gunning,, Garland, Broudy, Rinzler, Brand, Dickens

  • Family Folklore Interviews: Foster, Goldstein

  • Family Folklore Interviews: Gilston, Berard, Altomare, Janney Goldstein

  • Family Folklore Interviews: Greenfield, Powell, Cogle, Dreyer Dimsey, Spector, Fraser

  • Festival Recordings:Festival Stage program

  • Swedish Folk Dances; Finnish Music; Swedish Fiddlers

  • Rising Star Fife and Drum; Canton Spirituals; Spiritual Ensemble; Joe Townsend and Jesse Mays

  • Theater Rehearsal Stage

  • 1. Burnett, 2. National Cotton Counsel and Burnett

  • Sarah Gunning, Jim Garland, Guy Carawan, Faith Petric

  • Family Folklore Interviews: McKeon, Jackson, Bobrow

  • Bessie Jones

  • Norwegian Music

  • Family Folklore Interviews: Cates, Jankai

  • Greek Music

  • Family Folklore Interviews: Schofield, Hipkins, Borges

  • Jim Garland; Music as Communication; Songwriting Discussion with Goldstein, Varney Watson, Reece etc.

  • Family Folklore Interviews: Domaschk, Mizell, Heasley, Hoose, West, Blinder

  • Dorris Dickerson; Newton County Boys; Mike Ross; Hickman Brothers; Old Time Picking Partners

  • Stathis, dance demonstration

  • Gynther Flattum; fiddle and Mrs. Flattum

  • Mississippi Fieldwork: The Duck Hillbillies

  • Petit Valle Trinidad Group

  • Sixtown Band

  • Discussion on labor organizer's lore; discussion on music as communication - Sam Chatmon, Hazel Dickens, Mary McCaslin

  • Kamantzides

  • Mississippi fieldwork: Dick Hulan interview with Willy Barton, Nellie Barton, Mrs. Cross Savell, Mrs. Alan Skelton, Mrs. Ethel Mohammed

  • African Diaspora Church July 11, 1974, Trinidad and Tobago Shango ceremony, Singing Demo, July 12, 1974 Trinidad and Tobago Shango ceremony

  • La Onda Chicano, Sam McGee and Clifton McGee

  • Finnish Music

  • Hoyt Ming and the Pep Steppers

  • Family Folklore Interviews: Vietze, Olvera, Weidner, Strasser

  • Family Folklore Interviews: Kurfees, Daniel, Gold, Herber, Anderson, Close

  • Joy Sundburg, Professor Hildeman, Mr. Larson

  • Charlie Pride; Pep Steppers; Rising Star Fife and Drum Corps

  • ?

  • Kamantzides

  • Grupo Experimento Folklorico Neuva Yorquina

  • Joe Townsend and Jesse Mays; Leon Pinson

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Houston Stackhouse; Lonnie Pitchford; Lefty Dizz
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