Diana Davies photographs, Series 6: Festival of American Folklife, 1969
date: label: Date
content: 1969
name: label: photographer
content: Davies, Diana 1938-
label: Subject
content: Carter, Maybelle 1909-1978
label: Subject
content: Kazee, Buell 1900-1976
label: Subject
content: Travis, Merle
label: Subject
content: Gunning, Sarah Ogan 1910-1983
label: Subject
content: Festival of American Folklife
notes: label: Notes
content: The online images include the contact sheets for this series, as well as a selection of images.
label: Notes
content: Diana Davies is a well-known photographer of folk performers and festivals. Davies photographed the Smithsonian Institution's Festival of American Folklife in its earlier years as a contract photographer.
label: Notes
content: Finding aid is available.
label: Notes
content: The Smithsonian Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections acquired portions of the Diana Davies photographs in the late 1960s and early 1970s, when Ms. Davies photographed for the Festival of American Folklife. More materials came to the Archives circa 1989 or 1990. Archivist Stephanie Smith visited her in 1998 and 2004, and brought back additional materials that Ms. Davies wanted to donate to the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives.
label: Organization
content: Contact sheets, slides, and prints arranged in folders; negatives are stored separately
label: Summary
content: This series includes photographs of the 1969 Festival of American Folklife. The series includes contact sheets, negatives, photographic prints, and slides donated by Davies in 1998. The bulk of the work done by Davies as a contract photographer is maintained in the Smithsonian Folklife Festival Documentation Collection, arranged by year.
label: Cite as
content: Diana Davies photographs, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
label: Repository Loc.
content: Smithsonian Institution, Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, 600 Maryland Ave., S.W., Suite 2001, Washington, D.C. 20024. Call 202-633-7322 for appointment. Fax: 202-633-7019. Email: rinzlerarchives@si.edu
topic: label: Topic
content: Kolo (Dance)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
objectType: label: Type
content: Photographic prints
label: Type
content: Contact sheets
label: Type
content: Slides (photographs)
label: Type
content: Black-and-white negatives
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Access by appointment only. Contact the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections at 202-633-7322 for additional information
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Copyright restrictions apply. Please contact the archives staff for further information
physicalDescription: label: Physical description
content: Contact sheets
label: Physical description
content: 2 Slides
label: Physical description
content: Contact sheets. 2
label: Physical description
content: 4 Photographic prints
label: Physical description
content: Negatives
label: Physical description
content: cubic feet