1967 Festival of American Folklife papers
odd: label: List of Festival Participants
content: Crafts

Louise Jones, Coil basket making, South Carolina

Margaret Coochwytewa, Coil and Yucca leaves, Hopi basket maker, Arizona

Joseph Grismayer, Willow, basket maker, Pennsylvania

Bea Hensley, blacksmith, North Carolina

Homer Miracle, Hand-hewn bowls, carver, Kentucky

Charles Mayac, Ivory carver, Alaska

Leo J. Meyer, scrimshaw carver, Maryland

Edd Presnell, Dulcimer maker, North Carolina

Willard Watson, Toy maker, North Carolina

Dewey Harmon, Whittler, North Carolina

Herman Benton, Scoop maker, New York

Robert Keith, Chair maker, North Carolina

Mrs. Robert Keith, Chair maker, North Carolina

Clifford Lucas, Indian dolls, New Mexico

Hazel Miracle, Apple face, corn shuck dolls, Kentucky

Mildred Cleghorn, Indian cloth dolls, Oklahoma

Alice Merryman, Corn shuck dolls, Arkansas

Lila Marshall, Corn shuck dolls, North Carolina

Ann Mitchell, Corn shuck dolls, Maryland

Maisy Coburn, Apple face and Corncob dolls, Arkansas

Mary Bowers, Seminole patchwork, needlework, Florida

Georgianne Robinson, Osage ribbon work, needlework, Oklahoma

Genevieve Tomey, Osage ribbon work, needlework, Oklahoma

Ora Watson, Quilting, North Carolina

Freedom Quilting Bee, Alabama

Marie Chino, Acoma pottery, New Mexico

Norman Miller, Southern pottery, Alabama

Mrs. Norman Miller, Southern pottery, Alabama

Norman Kennedy, Carder, spinner, weaver, Massachusetts

Golda Porter, Spinner, North Carolina

Taft Greer, Weaver, Tennessee

Elisia Trivett, Rug hooker, North Carolina

Ambrose Roanhorse, Navajo silversmith, Arizona

Garnet Claw Roanhorse, Navajo rug weaver, Arizona

Lou Sesher, Model boat builder, Pennsylvania

Victor Coochwytewa, Hopi silversmith, Arizona

Harry Belone, Navajo sand painter, Arizona

Music

First Maryland Regiment Fife and Drum Corps, martial music, Maryland

Dejan's Olympia Brass Brand, New Orleans marching band, Louisiana

Clark Kessinger, mountain fiddler, West Virginia

Gene Meade, West Virginia

Scottish Pipe Band, Highland marching music, Washington, D.C.

Wade Ward and the Buck Mountain Band, mountain sting band, Virginia

Ed Young and family, African American fife and drum group, Mississippi

Bessie Jones and the Georgia Sea Island Singers, shouts, jubilees, spirituals, and ring games, Georgia

The Moving Star Hall Singers, shouts, jubilees, spirituals, and ring games, South Carolina

Yomo Toro Band, Puerto Rican music, New York

Billie and De De Pierce and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, New Orleans jazz, Louisiana

Jimmie Driftwood, Ozark ballad singer, Arkansas

John Papakee, Mesquakie Indian music, Iowa

Grace Papakee, Mesquakie Indian music, Iowa

Almeda Riddle, Ozark ballad singer, Arkansas

Vinice Lejeune Group, Cajun band, Louisiana

John Jackson, Songster and blues singer, Virginia

Libba Cotten, Country guitarist, North Carolina, Washington, D.C.

The Baca Family Band, Czech-American polka music, Texas

Norman Kennedy, Scots ballad singer, Massachusetts

The McGee Brothers with Sid Harkreader, String band, Tennessee

Glenn Ohrlin, Cowboy singer, Arkansas

Young People's Chorus from the Scripture of Church of Christ, gospel, Virginia

Dance

Blue Ridge Mountain Dancers, cloggers, North Carolina

St. Andrews Society Group, Scottish dancing, Washington, D.C.

Glinka Dancers, Russian dance group, New Jersey

McNeff Dancers, Irish dancing with Ceilidh band, New York

Chinese Lion Group, Washington, D.C.

Jochim Koyuk, King Island Eskimo dancer, Alaska

Mrs. Jochim Koyuk, King Island Eskimo dancer, Alaska

Los Gallegos d'Espana, Galician dance, New York

Henry Paterick, square dance caller, Virginia

Maurice Flowers, square dance caller, Maryland
label: Shared Stewardship of Collections
content: 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.
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content: 1967 Festival of American Folklife papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: This finding aid is intended as a historical document of the event, July 1-4, 1967 and the participants in this festival. Not all of the individuals listed below were recorded or photographed. The documentation of this festival was minimal so there is not a wealth of material still existing or accessible from this event for study. What exists is listed later in this document.  Contains parts of several boxes of paper records. 7 reel to reel audiotapes, photographs.
bioghist: label: Historical note
content: In 1967, the Smithsonian held its first ever Festival of American Folklife. Then Smithsonian Secretary S. Dillon Ripley was interested in getting the museum out to the people. He assigned the task of creating a festival to James Morris, head of what was then the Smithsonian Division of Performing Arts. Ralph Rinzler was hired as the folklore consultant. Rinzler had been one of the chief talent scouts for the Newport Folk festival and had done extensive fieldwork on American folk traditions. Rinzler had also been involved in the creation of the "festival workshop" concept which incorporates narratives and audience interaction with musical performance. He also felt strongly that craft and food traditions were equally important and also a major part of the folklife of a traditional community.

This four day event set the pattern for what became a yearly event. It featured craft traditions as well as musical performances by some of the well known traditional musicians of the 20th century, many of whom had previously appeared at the Newport Folk Festival.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 4 Boxes
label: Extent
content: 7 Sound tape reels
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1967
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
identifier: label: Identifier
content: CFCH.FAF.1967
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound tape reels
processinfo: label: Processing Information note
content: Prepared by Jeff Place, March, 2005.  Revised by Jeff Place and Stephanie Smith, September 2007.

Encoded by Brittany Dunton, December 2011.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Content note
content: The collection includes the paper records that resulted from the production of the program. The collection includes audiovisual documentation during the festival itself including audio recordings and photographs. For specific information about the materials in each series, please refer to the series description. For additional information about the 1967 Festival of American Folklife, one should consult the central Smithsonian Institution Archives and the papers of the Division of Performing Arts.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Publications
content: The following publications exist in the archive library and can be studied on-site.

Eaton, Allen H., Handicrafts of the Southern Highlands, New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 1937
Jones, Bessie and Bess Lomax Hawes, Step it Down: Games, Plays, Songs, and Stories from the Afro-American Heritage, New York: Harper and Row, 1972.
Kirlin, Katherine S., and Thomas M. Kirlin, Smithsonian Folklife Cookbook, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Press, 1991
Kurin, Richard, Reflections of a Culture Broker: A View from the Smithsonian, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Press, 1997
Kurin, Richard, Smithsonian Folklife Festival: Culture Of, By, and For the People, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife Programs and Cultural Studies, 1998