Pennsylvania
odd: label: Introduction
content: The second in what soon became an annual feature of the Festival, the state program in 1969 focused on the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Among the performances, Serbian and Croatian music and dance represented Pennsylvania's ethnic heritage, Anglo American traditions included a string band, fiddler and ballad singer, and African American blues and gospel singing rounded out the program. Craftspeople included a bread baker and makers of rugs, tubs, quilts, dolls, harnesses, bricks, and brooms, among others.

Mack McCormick and Ethel Raim were the primary field researchers for the Pennsylvania program. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania sponsored the participation of Pennsylvania craftspeople and performers, with the support of the Office of the Governor, Raymond P. Shafer, research support from the Ethnic Culture Survey, and the Bureau of Travel Development, Robert Shoemaker, Director.
label: Participants
content: Craftspeople

Ben Agi, baker and challah braider, Pennsylvania

Jennie Black, braided rugs, Pennsylvania

Marshall Case, 1917-2005, judge, lumberjack contests, Pennsylvania

Rush Gates, tub maker, Pennsylvania

Loren Hancock, 1907-1984, metal caster, Pennsylvania

Ruth Host, quilter, Pennsylvania

Cindy Host (daughter of Ruth Host), quilter, Pennsylvania

Jesse Kinnan, apple face dolls, Pennsylvania

Ernest J. Jupenlaz, 1903-2000, harness maker, Pennsylvania

Rudy Kocjancic, 1927-1994, lumberjack contestant, Pennsylvania

Ed Kocjancic, 1930-2006, lumberjack contestant, Pennsylvania

Joe Kocjancic, 1925-2003, lumberjack contestant, Pennsylvania

John Kocjancic, 1930-, lumberjack contestant, Pennsylvania

Mary Konik, 1905-1990, pysanki (egg decoration), Pennsylvania

Claude Miller, 1895-1975, scrub brooms, Pennsylvania

John D. Poist, 1912-1985, brick maker, Pennsylvania

Roy Sonney, wheelwright, Pennsylvania

Joseph Tokar (1911-1982) & Group, Hungarian weaving, Pennsylvania

Mrs. Joseph Tokar, Hungarian weaving, Pennsylvania

Musicians

Aliquippa Tamburitzans, Serbian social music, Pennsylvania

Alec Campbell, string band member, Pennsylvania

Ola Belle Reed, 1916-2002, string band member, Pennsylvania

David Reed, string band member, Pennsylvania

John Miller, string band member, Pennsylvania

Burl Timbe, string band member, Pennsylvania

John Vesey (1924-1995) Ceilidh Band, traditional Irish music, Pennsylvania

Eva Girvin, 1919-1980, mountain songs & ballads, Pennsylvania

Clarence Girvin, 1920-2006, mountain songs & ballads, Pennsylvania

Earl Hafler, 1891-1977, fiddler, Pennsylvania

Bill Jackson, 1906-, blues, Pennsylvania

Kolo Club Marian, Croatian dances, Pennsylvania

Frances Prigoric, Serbian Passion songs, Pennsylvania

The Spiritual Echos, gospel music, Pennsylvania
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
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content: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1969 Festival of American Folklife
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
identifier: label: Identifier
content: CFCH.SFF.1969, Series 3
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials