Folklife Center News, Fall 2004

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F O L K L I F E CENTER NEWS FALL 2004 • VOLUME XXVI, NUMBER 4

American Folklife Center • The Library of Congress ONLINE INFORMATION STAFF RESOURCES Administration The American Folklife Center’ s Peggy A. Bulger, Director Website provides full texts of Gene Berry, Assistant to the Director many AFC publications, informa- Doris Craig, Administrative Assistant tion about AFC projects, multimedia presentations of selected Michael Taft, Head, Archive of Folk Culture collections, links to Web re s o u rc e s Acquisitions and Programs on ethnography, and announce- David A. Taylor, Coordinator ments of upcoming events. The Research and Programs The American Folklife Center a d d ress for the hom e page is Ilana Harlow, Folklife Specialist was created in 1976 by the U.S. h t t p : / / w w w. l o c . g o v / f o l k l i f e / A n Congress to “preserve and present Guha Shankar, Folklife Specialist index of the site’s contents is American folklife” through pro- Processing and Cataloging available at h t t p : / / w w w. l o c . g o v/ grams of research, documentation, Sarah Bradley-Leighton, archival preservation, reference ser- f o l k l i f e/a f c i n d e x . h t m l Processing Technician vice, live performance, exhibition, publication, and training. The The Website for The Ve t e r a n s Catherine Hiebert Kerst, Archivist Center incorporates the Archive of History Project p ro v i de s a n Maggie Kruesi, Cataloger Folk Culture, which was established o v e rviewofthe project, an online Judy Ng, Processing Technician in the Music Division of the Library “kit” for participants re c o rding oral Valda Morris, Processing Technician of Congress in 1928 and is now one histories of veterans, and a brief of the largest collections of ethno- Marcia Segal, Processing Technician p resentation of some examples of g r a p h i cmaterial from the United Nora Yeh, Archivist, Coordinator v i d e o - and audio-re c o rdings of vet- States and around the world. Public Events erans’ stories. The address is h t t p : / / w w w. l o c . g o v / v e t s Theadocia Austen, Coordinator Andrew Wallace, Coordinator BOARD OF TRUSTEES The Folkline Information Ser- Reference vice is a cooperative announce- Jennifer A. Cutting, Folklife Specialist Librarian Appointees ment program of the A m e r i c a n Judith A. Gray, Folklife Specialist, Tom Rankin, Chair, North Carolina F o l k l o re Soc ie ty and the A m e r i- Coordinator Jane Beck, Vice-chair, Vermont can Folklife Center. It is available Stephanie A. Hall, Automation Specialist Norma Cantú, Texas only on the American Folklore Kojo Nnamdi, District of Columbia Society’s server: w w w. a f s n e t . o r g Todd Harvey, Folklife Specialist Congressional Appointees The service provides timely infor- Ann Hoog, Folklife Specialist Daniel Botkin, California mation on the field of folklore and Audio Engineering Penn Fix, Washington folklife, including training and Matthew Barton, Audio Engineer Mickey Hart, California p rofessional opportunities, and Dennis Holub, South Dakota Jonathan Gold, Audio Technician William L. Kinney Jr., South Carolina news items of national intere s t . Digital Conversion Judith McCulloh, Emeritus, Illinois John Barton, Specialist Marlene Meyerson, New Mexico Myron Briggs, Specialist Kay Kaufman Shelemay Massachusetts Reference Service FOLKLIFE CENTER NEWS Presidential Appointees Tel: 202 707–5510 David Wayne Anderson, Assistant Todd Harvey, Ann Hoog, and Fax: 202 707–2076 Secretary of the Interior, Indian Affairs David A. Taylor, Acting Editors E-mail: [email protected] Cynthia R. Church, Assistant Secretary for Designer Sheryle Shears, Veterans History Project Public and Intergovernmental Affairs, Peggy Pixley,Production Department of Veterans Affairs Diane Kresh, Director Fran Mainella Peter T. Bartis, Senior Program Officer Director, National Park Service Folklife Center News publishes ar- Anneliesa Clump Behrend, ticles on the programs and activ- Sonya E. Medina, Assistant Director of Public Affairs Specialist Projects, Office of the First Lady, ities of the American Folklife Cen- Jeffrey Lofton, Public Affairs Specialist The White House t e r, a s w el l as o th er ar t ic l es o n Ex Officio Members traditional expressive culture. It is Debra Murphy, Special Assistant James H. Billington, Librarian of available free of charge from the Sarah Rouse, Senior Program Officer Congress Library of Congress, A m e r i c a n Timothy Schurtter, Program Officer Lawrence M. Small, Secretary of the Folklife Center, 101 Independence Eileen Simon, Archivist Smithsonian Institution Avenue, S.E., Washington, D.C. Taru Spiegel, Program Officer Dana Gioia, Chairman, 20540–4610. Folklife Center News National Endowment for the Arts does not publish announcements Bruce Cole, Chairman, National f rom other institutions or re v i e w s C o v e r : E a r l S c r u g g s , L e s t e r F l a t t , Endowment for the Humanities Michael Owens Jones, President, of books from publishers other and the Foggy Mountain Boys per- American Folklore Society than the Library of Congre s s . fo rm during the 1960s. Pe r fo r- Timothy Rice, President, Readers who would like to com- mances are featured info o t a g e Society for Ethnomusicology ment on Center activities or recently made ava i l a b l e a t t h e Peggy A. Bulger, Director, newsletter articles may addre s s A r c h i v e o f F o l k C u l t u r e . ( R a y M . American Folklife Center their remarks to the editor. L a w l e s s C o llection)

2 Folklife Center News “Goodness Gracious, It’s Good!”: The Martha White Flour Show Collection

Johnny Cash performs “Folsom Prison Blues” during a 1968 Martha White Flour Show. (Martha White Flour Show Collection)

By Jennifer Cutting In the late1970stheA rc h i v e in the Archive of Folk Song. All that of Folk Culture acquired two of remains of this granddaddy of all String ties and Stetsons, band the programs that were taped in country music television shows is members crowding around a 1968. They feature, of course, [sic] two 30-minute pro g r a m s single microphone to chime in Flatt and Scruggs, but also John- which were recorded about 1968. on a chorus, and commerc i a l s ny Cash, June Carter Cash, and Videotape was expensive, and there ending with the signature slo- Carl Perkins. AFC is pleased to was an enormousstoragepro b l e m , gan “Goodness gracious, it’s announce that the re c o r d i n g s so we reused the masters. The only good!” are all part of the won- a r e n o w a v a i l a b le for viewing in reason we have two left is that on derful time capsule that is the the Folklife Reading Room. that particular recording night, Martha White Flour television C o r r e s p o n d e n c e b e t w e e n Johnny Cash was the guest star and shows fronted by Grand Ole AFC re f e r e n c e l i b rarian Gerry he brought the Carter Family with Opry stars Lester Flatt and Earl Parsons and Martha White pro- him—Mother Maybelle, June, S c r u g g s . B e g i n n i n g i n 1 9 5 5 , ducer Alan Hines dates the Helen and, I believe, Anita—mak- these fast-paced, half-hour arrival of the tapes to 1979. ing them rather special shows. I set weekly shows were performed Hines wro t e : them aside, feeling that one day live. At somepoint,the shows they might have somespecialvalue. began to be videotaped and Yes, Martha White would be very this continued until Flatt and i n t e r e s t e d i n h a v i n g t h e r e m a i n i n g Video formats arenotoriously S c ruggsbroke up in 1969. Flatt and Scruggs Shows pre s e r v e d ephemeral, and the two-inch, Fall 2004 3 high-band, quad format was can now view copies of shows “Jackson” (with June Carter something the Library of Con- #383 and #384, from 1968, in the Cash) g re s s c o u l d s t o r e b u t n o t e a s i l y C e n t e r ’ s F o l k l i f e R e a d i n g R o o m p l a y. F o r t h a t r e a s o n , t h e t w o between the hours of 8:30 and 5 Carl Perkins tapes, in bright-aqua cases, re s t - p.m., Eastern time, Monday “Country Boy’s Dream” ed unnoticed for many years on t h r o u g h F r i d a y ( e x c l u d i n g f e d - shelves in a humidity and tem- eral holidays); appointments are Show #384: p e r a t u r e - c o n t ro l l e d a r e a , d e e p not necessary. Unfortunately, be- Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, and the in the A rchive’s stacks, until cause of copyright re s t r i c t i o n s , Foggy Mountain Boys re t i red archive head Joe Hicker- theAmericanFolklife Center can- “Shady Grove” son mentioned them in the not provide copies of the shows. “Another Ride with Clyde” “Notes and Queries” section of Ap reliminarylistoftheshows’ (with Randy Scruggs) theNovember 2002 issue of contents is as follows: “Roustabout” Bluegrass Unlimited.Thecitation “Baby You’ve Gotta Quit That generated a deluge of inquiries Show #383: Noise” for the Center’s re f e r e n c e s t a f f , Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, and the “Liberty” who had to explain to many dis- Foggy Mountain Boys appointed fans that neither the “Martha White Flour Song” Johnny Cash and the Tennessee dates nor content of the shows “The Getaway” (with Randy Three could be verifiedbecausethe Scruggs) “Big River” / “The Rebel - Library did nothaveanappro- “A Picture of Bonnie” Johnny Yuma” priate player to view them. In “It Was Only the Wind” “Don’t Take Your Gun to December 2003, however, fund- Town” ing was secured to have an out- Johnny Cash and the Tennessee “Long-Legged Guitar Pickin’ side lab transfer the tapes to dig- Three Man” (with June Carter Cash ital and analog formats. “Folsom Prison Blues” and Carl Perkins) Fans of Flatt and Scruggs and “I Still Miss Someone” the Martha White Flour Shows “Orange Blossom Special” Carl Perkins will be happy to know that they (with Carl Perkins) “Blue Suede Shoes”

Center Moves to New,Permanent Home

The American Folklife Center staff and administrative offices, and the A r c h i v e o f F o l k Culture ’ s reading room, have moved to permanent space in the Library’s Thomas Jefferson Build- ing. Benefits of the move include more space than b e f o r e , n e w f u r n i t u r e t h ro u g h o u t , n e w l i s t e n i n g stations for re s e a rc h e r s , and new security equip- ment. Quite simply, these a r e t h e n i c e s t, most spa- cious quarters the Center has ever had. Staff off i c e s a r e n o w l o c a t e d i n L J Archive of Folk Culture staff in the new reading room. Left to right:Todd Harvey, Judith G51–52, the Folklife Read- Gray, Jennifer Cutting, and Michael Taft. (Photo by Guha Shankar) ing room is located in LJ G53, and administrative sary by the impending comple- pants of the ground floor off i c e s o ff i c e s a r e i n L J G49, the former tion of the Capitol Vi s i t o r ’ s C e n - on the west and south side of the location of the reading ro o m . ter (http://www. a o c . g o v / c v c / building, including the A m e r i - S t a f f p h o n e n u m b e r s a n d t h e index.cfm). Part of the massive can Folklife Center, to shift. C e n t e r ’ s m a i l i n g a d d r e s s r e - CVC project is a tunnel between C o n s t r u c t i o n o n C a p i t o l Vi s i - main the same. the Capitol and the Jeff e r s o n t o r ’ s C e n t e r w i l l b e c o m p l e t e d The move was made neces- building that has caused occu- in spring 2006. 4 Folklife Center News Herbs! Roots! Barks! Leaves!

Louden’s Cherokee Liniment. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, accession number LC–USZ62–55633.

By Marg a r e t K r u e s i perspective, we can see the trag- the formulas w e r e s e c r e t , a n d ic ironies in some patent medi- they were usually not patented. Patent medicinesareoftenasso- cine advertisinglabels.Louden The “patent” or copyright was ciated with quackery and ex- &Co.’s“IndianExpectorant,” actually held forthelabelsor ploitation—the exploitation of dated 1848 and sold in Philadel- trademarks, not for the formu- American Indians,AfricanA m e r- phia, claimed to treat tuberc u l o - las. The collection of these labels icans, and other “exotic” p e o p l e s sis, whooping cough, and bro n- in the Library of Congress came or “noble savages” whose i m a g e s chitis—deadly diseases that about through copyright de- w e r e o f t e n f e a t u r e d o n p r o d u c t claimed hundredsofthousands posits. Not until the 1906 Pure labels. As well, they are associat- of American Indian lives. The Food and Drug Act, and subse- ed with gullible customers who images and text on labels for quent federal legislation, were may have purchased nothing these “Indian” patent medicines t h e r e r e q u i re m e n t s f o r l i s t i n g m o r e t h a n a l c o hol, sugar, and p r o d u c e d i n t h e nineteenth and the ingredients in patent medi- flavorings when they bought early twentieth centuries con- cines on labels. patent medicinesfromtraveling tain much interesting infor- Particularly intriguing are salesmen, hawkers at medicine mation. Most manufacture r s patent-medicine labels that de- shows, or young women and claimed thattheir productscon- pict exchanges of plant ingre d i - boys dressed up in Indian cos- tained “secret” medical re c i p e s ents between Indians, or depict tumes who canvassed small that had been“given” to them by American Indians giving the American towns in the nine- Indian chiefs or medicine men. medicine to European settlers. teenth and early part of the Indeed, because there was no T h e r e a r e t w o a r e n a s r e f e re n c e d twentieth century. re q u i r e m e n t f o r l i s t i n g i n g r e d i - h e r e , t h e commercial market- F ro m o u r t w e n t y -first century ents in proprietary medicines, place for thepatentmedicine Fall 2004 5 served as a medium for gift exchange within a traditional g r o u p , w e r e p r e ssed into the service of selling a commodity, but they still had the power to make the consumer feel as if he or she was participating in the healing power of gift exchange, atechnique still used in advertising today. The collections of the Library of Congress include many re - s o u r c e s f o r a f o l k l o r i c a n d s o c i a l history of patent medicines. For example, the Prints and Pho- tographs Division has a collection of patent medicine labels and advertisements. The Farm Security A d m i n i s t r a t i o n / O f f i c e of War Information (FSA/OWI) collection, also in the Prints and Photographs Division, includes photographs, taken by Marion Post Wolcott and Ben Shahn, of patent-medicine salesmen and medicine shows during the De- p r e s s i o n . T h e M anuscriptDivi- sion’s manuscripts from the Federal Writers’ Project collec- Louden & Co.’s Indian Expectorant. Prints and Photographs Division, tions include reminiscences of Library of Congress, accession number LC–USZ62–47347. Grace Cro w d e r, re c o rd e d in p ro d u c t a n d a g i ft economy, or of a social and spiritual econo- 1939, who married a patent- an imagined gift economy, my where relationships were medicine salesman and was w h e r e i n t h e h e a l i n g i n g r e d i e n t s built on re c i p r o c i t y. b r o u g h t i n t o t h ebusiness.She a r e d e p i c t e d as a “gift” from the Another irony in “Indian” made the medicines herself and Indians to white people. The patent-medicine advertising is sold them while dressed in an analysis of the cultural mean- that consumerswereled to “Indian” costume. Another WPA ings of giftsandgiftgiving helps believe that theywerepartici- life history, from 1938, is that of illuminate some of what these pating in or gaining benefits Clement Flynn of Nebraska, a labels connote. For example, in f r o m t h e “ g i f t ” o f I n d i a n m e d i - f a r m e r, I r i s h f i d d l e r, a n d p a r t - his influential book, The Gift: cine, although there was no time maker and seller of a patent Imagination and the Erotic Life of return gift or payment to A m e r i - medicine he called the“Gre a t P ro p e r t y (1983), Lewis Hyde can Indians. Patent medicines, R e m e d y. ” T h e R a r e B o o k D i v i - uses anthropological studies, for the most part, were not based sion has a substantial collection including MarcelMauss’s T h e on American Indian medical of American almanacs, some of G i f t (1954), to explore the diff e r- knowledge at all,and,ofcourse, which were printed by patent ences between traditional soci- t h e r e w a s n o g i f t i n v o l v e d , j u s t medicine companies and served eties, where giftexchange is the i n c r e a s i n g p r o f i t f o r t h e m a n u - as advertising. The Science, primary means for the dis- f a c t u r e r s a n d d i s t r i b u t o r s o f t h e Te c h n o l o g y, a n d B u s i n e s s D i v i - tribution of goods, and We s t e r n medicines. In many healing sys- sion has many re s o u rc e s f o r capitalist economies. Hyde dis- tems—in traditional or folk sys- studying American health prac- cusses the cultural misunder- tems as well as institutionalized tices, including a subject guide standings that led to the use of medicine—payment for services for Complementary &A l t e r n a - the derogatory term “Indian coexists with a spiritual ex- tive Medicine. Some of these g i v e r.” I n e a rl y e nc o un t e r s w it h change or gift exchange. In some images and re s o u r c e s , i n c l u d i n g settlers, American Indians cases, the story of how a person those re p r o d u c e d h e r e , a r e o ff e r e d g i f t s that they expected was healed is off e r e d a s a gift or available onlinethroughthe would stay in circ u l a t i o n — t h e t e s t i m o n y. T h e s e t e s t i m o n i e s t o Library of Congress’sA m e r i c a n gift would be returned or an the efficacy of patent medicines Memory Digital Library Pro j e c t . equivalent gift would be given. w e r e i n c o r p o r ated into the The collections of the A m e r i - E u r o p e a n s e t t l e r s k e p t t h e s e advertising for thepro d u c t , can Folklife Center include the gifts, sold the gifts, or sent them especially in almanacs and in p r o g r a m f o r a r e - c r e a t i o n o f t h e to museums, all of which took newspaper advertising. A g a i n , Indian medicine show, “The Vi - them out of circulation and out stories, which would have ton-ka Medicine Show,” pro-

6 Folklife Center News duced by the American Place 1950s. Medicine-show ro u t i n e s Further re a d i n g : T h e a t r e i n 1 9 8 3 . F o l k m u s i c , continue to be revived by story- m i n s t r e l s y, a n d v a u d e v i l l e r o u - tellers and musicians, and the Anderson, Ann. 2000. Snake Oil, tines were important compo- C e n t e r ’ s I n t e r n a t i o n a l S t o r y - Hustlers and Hambones: the nents of medicine shows. Har- telling Collection includes American Medicine Show. J e f - monica player Peg Leg Sam re c o rdings of contemporary Te n - ferson, NC: McFarland & Co. (Arthur Jackson) and Chief nessee storyteller Doc McCon- H a r v e y, J a m e s Yo u n g . 1 9 9 2 , T h u n d e r c l o u d ( L e o K a h d o t , a nell’s medicine show. expanded ed. The Medical Potawatomi from Oklahoma), One reason that the history of Messiahs: A Social History of along with Pink Anderson, per- patent medicines still fascinates Health Quackery in Tw e n t i e t h - formed in medicine shows at today is that similar medicines, Century America. P r i n c e t o n , tobacco warehouse sales in and the controversies that sur- NJ: Princeton University North Carolina, and at fairs and round them, continue to be P r e s s . midways in the South, selling used. Patent medicines fro m Hyde, Lewis. 1983. The Gift: patent medicines until the China, India, and other places Imagination and the Erotic Life 1960s. AFC’s collections include a r o u n d t h e w o rld, as well as of Pro p e r t y .NewYork:Ran- an interview with Peg Leg Sam, o v e r - t h e - c o u n t e r d r u g s , h e r b a l dom House. conductedin1975; he is also fea- remedies, and vitamin thera- McNamara, Brooks. 1995, re v. t u re d i n o r i g i n a l m e d i c i n e s h o w pies, are all part of complemen- ed. Step Right Up. J a c k s o n : footage in the documentary tary and alternative medicine University Press of Mis- “Born for Hard Luck” (Universi- (CAM) practices.Homere m e - s i s s i p p i . ty of North Carolina at Chapel dies and family medical knowl- Hill, 1976). AFC collections also edge are still often the first and This short article is based on a lec- include several performances last resort for people facing ill- t u r e M a r g a r e t K ruesi delivered at related to medicine shows col- ness and death. And people still the Library of Congress on August lected by Sidney Robertson refer to health and healing as 31, 2004. Cowell in various parts of the “ g i f t s . ” United States in the 1940s and

Guide to Storytelling Collection Pre s e n t e d

Members of the American Folk- life Center staff attended the National Storytelling Festival, in Jonesborough, Tennessee, in O c t o b e r. To d d H a r v e y a n d Valda Morris presented Jimmy Neil Smith, president of the International Storytelling Cen- t e r, th e gu ide to there c e n t l y completed International Story- telling Collection. The collection was donated to the Center in 2001. This collection,whichisnow available to the public, contains extensive documentation of the storytelling revival that gained momentum during the 1970s and 1980s. Central to the collection are the sound re c o r d i n g s , video re c o r d i n g s , a n d p h o t o - graphs made at the National Storytelling Festival from its inception in 1973 to the pre s e n t day; there are appro x i m a t e l y ValdaMorris announces the completion of the American 420,000 items in the collection. F o l k l i f e C e nt er ’s ex t e n si ve re s ea rch e rs ’ g u i d e t o t h e The A rchive of Folk Culture International Storytelling Collection to a large audience at the invitesscholars and enthusi- National Storytelling Festival, as festival founder Jimmy Neil asts of storytelling to explore Smith looks on. (Photo by Fresh Air Photographics) this rich material. Fall 2004 7 Arizona HeritagePro j e c t Investigates Community Folklife, H i s t o r y, a n d C u l t u re

Students and teachers from the Flagstaff, Arizona, Arts and Leadership Academy listen to community liaison Susan Secakuku (center) as she explains Hopi crop-cultivation techniques during a field trip to the Hopi reservation in fall 2004. (Photo by Guha Shankar)

By Guha Shankar dance wereteachersandstu- director.Themeetingpro v i d e d dents re p resenting the five high asettingforstudentstopre s e n t I n t r o d u c t i o n schools affiliated with the A H P initial findings on their re s e a r c h for the 2004–05 school year, about the folklife and cultural In November 2004 the A r i z o n a along with Dan Shilling, the history of the local communities Heritage Project (AHP) held its A H P e x e c u t i v e d i re c t o r, G uh a they had set out to investigate at second annual planning and S h a n k a r, AF C f o l k l i f e s p e c i a l i s t the beginning of the school year. review meeting at the facilities and liaison with the A H P, and The students’ pre s e n t a t i o n s , of the Arizona Historical Soci- the meeting’s host, Vicki Berg e r, and the subsequent day-long e t y, i n Te m p e , A r i z o n a . I n a t t e n - the Arizona Historical Society's discussionsre g a rd i n g t h e a i m s 8 Folklife Center News and scope of the individual pro j- dents will interview elders and Folklife Center further devel- ects, spoke to the range and attend pottery workshops. They oped the Arizona Heritage Pro j - diversity of local experiences hope to produce a gallery open- ect in order to serve the entire and traditions extant in the ing at the school featuring their state (Bartis 2003). SRP f u n d e d state. As well, they highlighted own work and that of the com- A H P a c t i v i t i e s d u r i n g t h e 2 0 0 3 – the dedication and creativity of munity artists. 04 school year and pro v i d e d the students who carried out Students in Eric LaDuke’s day-to-day management of the re s e a r c h i n t h e i r o w n c o m m u n i - Social Sciences Club, at Coro n a p r o j e c t t h r o u g h t h e e ff o r t s o f i t s ties. The largely student-dire c t - del Sol High School, are doing a Community Services staff. ed projects reflect the sorts of comparative study of gro w t h Soon after the culmination of c o m m u n i t y - c e n t e r e d , s c h o o l - and development among ethnic the first A H P, D a n S hilling, based activities that were envi- n e i g h b o r h o o d s i n Te m p e a n d noted Arizona scholar and for- sioned when the A H P w a s e s t a b - s u r r o u n d i n g c o m m u n i t i e s f r o m mer head of the A r i z o n a lished as an annual initiative in the 1930s onward. Their pro j e c t Humanities Council, came on 2003, and a collaboration will focus on migrant workers’ b o a r d a s t h e p r o j e c t ’ s e x e c u t i v e between the Center and its A r i- social, economic, and education- d i r e c t o r. A l s o i n t h e s u m m e r o f zona institutional partners— al experiences in Tempe,and will 2004, Sharlot Hall Museum, a beginning with the initial spon- result in a traveling exhibit and highly respected Arizona her- s o r, Sa lt River P roject, an d Website. Finally, students in Ben itage institution located in Pre s - continuing with the Center’ s Anderson’s service class at the cott, assumed day-to-day con- c u r r e n t p a r t n e r, S h a r l o t H a l l F l a g s t a f f A r t s a n d L e a d e r s h i p t r o l o f t h e H e r i t a g e P r o j e c t . Museum. Academy will examine how food Shilling and Richard Sims, the Students and teachers partici- cultivation and preparation tra- museum’s dire c t o r, a r e a c t i v e l y pating in A H P p ro j e c t s a r e a s k e d ditions have shaped Hopi com- seeking funding to develop and to explore their community’s m u n i t y, c u l t u r e , a n d i d e n t i t y. expand the A H P t o i n c l u d e m o r e place in national and world Students have already inter- school districts outside the events, its cultural heritage as viewed a few elders and have Phoenix metropolitan area in e x p re s s e d i n t r a d i t i o n s a n d c e l e - learned how to repair traditional f u t u r e y e a r s . brations, its literature and arts, b r e a d o v e n s . T h ey aim to con- its relationshiptotheglobal s t r u c t a t r a d i t i o n a l H o p i b r e a d Role of Partners and Role of e c o n o m y, a n d i t s e v e r y d a y l i f e . oven at the NorthernA r i z o n a C e n t e r A c c o r d i n g l y, t h i s y e a r, t e a c h e r Museum in Flagstaff as one Barbara Hatch’s students, at aspect of their final pro j e c t . The Center and the A H P s h a r e Cactus Shadows High School Their re s e a rc h w i l l a l s o b e f o l d e d the goal of providing educators (Cave Creek), are re s e a r c h i n g into a trainingmanualfor and students with the means how military veterans and their docents at the museum. and motivation tobecomecul- families have enriched the com- tural re s e a r c h e r s a n d h i s t o r i a n s munities of Cave Creek, Care- Aims and Scope, Brief History of their own communities. The f r e e , S c o t t s d a le, and Fountain of AHP A H P p r o g r a m s t a f f i s c h i e f l y Hills. Their project will include responsible for re c ruiting local interviews with veterans and Modeled on the AFC’s highly schools for the year-long pro j- their families for a DVD, book, successful partnership with the ect, helping affiliate schools traveling exhibit, and public Montana HeritageProject (See locate local experts and liaisons p re s e n t a t i o n h onoring the vet- U m p h r e y 1 9 9 7 , 2 0 0 2 ; a l s o c o n - who can facilitate community- erans that will be completed by sult h t t p : / / w w w. e d h e r i t a g e . o r g ) , based re s e a rc h , a n d p r o v i d i n g the end of the school year. Stu- the A H P r e p r e s e n t s th e C e n t e r ’ s the financial and technical dents from the American Indian most recent effort to develop re s o u r c e s e d u c a t o r s a n d s t u - Club, at Casa Grande High educational programs involving dents need to carry out their School, working with their re s e a r c h i n t o t h e f o l k l i f e a n d p r o j e c t s . P a r t i c ipating teachers adviser Fritz Fisher, are investi- cultural historyoflocalcommu- receive grants of appro x i m a t e l y gating the history andcultureof nities by students in middle $5,000, which they may use to the Akimel O’odham and schools and high schools. buy re c o r d i n g e q u i p m e n t , c o m - Tohono O’odham people. Their The basis for the Arizona Her- puter and exhibition supplies, p ro j e c t w i l l f e a t u r e i n t e r v i e w s itage Project was formedin2000, or other materials for their pro j- with elders and analysis of his- when U.S. Representatives J.D. ects. (The details of AHP’s man- torical documents that will both Hayworth and John Shadegg, date and operations are avail- be used as the basis for an art f r o m A r i z o n a , n o m i n a t e d t h e able at h t t p : / / w w w. a z h e r i t a g e exhibit and garden of native educational project initiated by p r o j e c t . o r g / .) Members of the plants. Roxanne May-Thayer’ s the Salt River Project (SRP), one American Folklife Center’s staff students at Cesar Chavez High of the West’s largest utilities, for play an active role in a week- School (Laveen) are conducting inclusion intheLibraryofCon- long, intensive Summer Tr a i n - re s e a r c h o n t h e h i s t o r y o f t h e g r e s s ’ s B i c e n t e n n i a l “ L o c a l ing Institute that affiliate teach- Maricopa (Pee-Posh) pottery Legacies” project. Following the ers and selected students attend. tradition and how it has been conclusion of the Local Legacies Institute participants are ex- sustained over time. The stu- p r o j e c t , S R P a n d t h e A m e r i c a n posed to a range of educational Fall 2004 9 issues and practical re s e a rc h work within a particular com- B i b l i o g r a p h y concerns. AFC and A H P s t a ff m u n i t y. F u t u r e w o r k s h o p s m a y teach participants basic con- include a focused intro d u c t i o n Bartis, Peter. “NewA r i z o n a cepts in folklife and oral history to: accessing the Library of Con- Heritage Project Inspired by re s e a r c h , p r o v i d e t r a i n i n g i n g r e s s d i g i t i z e d p rimary-sourc e Montana Heritage Model,” audio re c o r d i n g a n d p h o t o g r a - materials via the Internet, tech- Folklife Center News 25, no. 3 p h y, a n d c o n d u ct workshops on niques for documenting com- (summer 2003):12–13. o r g a n i z i n g a n d p r e s e r v i n g munity cultural traditions, and U m p h r e y, M i c h a e l . “ T h e P o w e r re s e a r c h m a t e r i a l s . A d d i t i o n a l comparing national and world of the Real: The Montana Her- topics covered range from inte- events with local ones by means itage Project After Seven grating the study of local history of a timeline. Years,” Folklife Center News into a classroom curriculum to For more information about 24, no. 4 (fall 2002):3–8. designing Websites, multimedia A H P, c o n t a c t D a n Shilling, Exec- ——. “Montana Heritage Educa- public exhibits, and other edu- utive Dire c t o r, a t t he S h a rl o t tion Project Brings Schools cational activities. The work- Hall Museum (d n a @ s h a r l o t . o r g ; Back Into Community,” F o l k - shops also stresstheimportance (928–445–3122 ext. 31) or Guha life Center News 19, nos. 3–4 of finding a community-based ShankarattheCenter (gshankar@loc. ( s u m m e r - f a l l 1 9 9 7 ) : 3 – 9 . liaison in order to conduct field g o v ; 2 0 2 – 7 0 7 – 4 4 3 0 ) .

Book, Play, Bus Mark V H P ’s F o u r t h A n n i v e r s a r y

Specially painted city bus, in Orlando, Florida’s, fleet, helps spread the Veterans History Project’s message. The bus visited the Library during the week of Veterans Day. (Veterans History Project photo)

By Anneliesa Clump Behre n d histories through the Ve t e r a n s P r o j e c t , Voices of War: Stories of History Project. OnVe t e r a n s Service From the Home Front and In just four years, the Library of Day the Library of Congress, in the Front Lines, edited by To m C o n g r e s s ’ s A m e r i c a n F o l k l i f e associationwithNationalGeo- Wi e n e r. C e n t e r, w i t h s u p p o r t f r o m C o n - graphic Books, published the Voices of Wa r showcases the g re s s a n d A A R P, h a s c o l l e c t e d first book based on the collec- e x t r a o r d i n a r y t a l e s o f c o u r a g e , m o r e t h a n 23,000 wartime oral tions of the Veterans History friendship, and sacrifice collect- 10 Folklife Center News ed by the Veterans History Life.” This nonprofit, per- P ro j e c t , t h e L i b r a r y ’ s c o n - formance-based literacy g re ssionally mandated ini- p ro g r a m c o n n e c t s s t u d e n t s tiative to preserve the sto- to reading and the theater ries of America’s war t h rough professionally staged v e t e r a n s . I t i n c l u d e s a n and acted adaptations of I n t r o d u c t i o n b y f o r m e r S e n . contemporary A m e r i c a n Max Cleland (D-Ga.) and an l i t e r a t u r e t a k e n f r o m c u r - A f t e r w o r d b y S e n . C h u c k rent school reading lists. Hagel (R-Neb.), both Vi e t- To conclude Ve t e r a n s nam veterans, who, along Day week, the Library of with others, co-sponsore d C o n g r e s s u n v e i l e d a c i t y legislation intheSenate to bus painted with images of c r e a t e t h e Ve t e rans History veterans. The bus’s paint P ro j e c t . R e p .RonKind (D- job and trip to Wa s h i n g t o n Wisc.), who introduced the w e r e s p o n s o r e d b y t h e legislation intheHouse, LYNX/ Central Florida w r o t e t h e F o r e w o r d . Transportation System. A s Selected from an enor- part of a LYNX public-ser- mous number of compelling vice campaign to honor vet- oral histories, letters, pho- erans, the bus will spend a tographs, and personal year promoting the VHP diaries in the Veterans His- while doing its normal tory Project collection, the route in Central Florida. material in Voices of Wa r Authorized by legisla- p ro v i d e s a u n ique eyewit- tion passed in 2000, the Ve t- ness re c o r d o f t w e n t i e t h - erans History Project calls century America at war. upon veterans and their Personal accounts of more Voices of War is the first book of stories drawn families to re c o r d t h e i r s t o - than 70 veterans and civil- f ro m t h e c o llections of the Veterans History ries and contribute per- ians from World War I to the Project. Illustrated with photographs, drawings, sonal documents to a gro w- Persian Gulf War are org a n - and paintings from the Project’s own collections, ing collection at theA m e r- ized into seventhematic Voices of War relives the totality of war in the ican Folklife Center in chapters that address many wordsofthe men and women who experienced it, the Library of Congre s s . aspects of military and through their oral history interviews, memoirs, Founding sponsor A A R P civilian life. Through the diaries, and correspondence. and hundreds of other book, readers meet soldiers o r g a n i z ations have joined and sailors, pilots and M.A.S.H. honor of VeteransDay,onFri- the Library of Congress in this nurses, officersandenlisted d a y, N o v e m b e r 1 2 , i n t h e e f f o r t . men—each with a story to tell Coolidge Auditorium of the Those who are interested in about such things as the mix of Thomas Jefferson Building. becoming involved in the Ve t e r - excitement and fear, the delight The live performance is ans History Project are encour- of a letter from home, and the adapted from the memories of a aged to e-mail the office at s o r r o w a t t h e d e a t h o f a f r i e n d . courageous Army nurse who v o h p @ l o c . g o v to request a pro j e c t Readers also meet the civilians served in Vietnam, Capt. Rhona information kit. The kit is also who supported them, like Mari- Marie Knox Prescott. Her story available on the Veterans His- on Gurfein, whosentahand- is one of many featured in the tory Project’s Website, at drawn series of family newspa- book Voices of Wa r. The Novem- h t t p : / / w w w. l o c . g o v / v e t s , or by pers titled “The Goofein [sic] ber 12 evening also included a calling the toll-free message Journal” to her husband at the special 45-minute performance line, (888) 371–5848. f r o n t d u ring World War II. of selections from Tim O’Brien’s Voices of Wa r, a336-pagehard- Acompanion Website pro- Vietnam War novel, The Things cover book withmorethan175 vides the complete stories of the They Carried, first published in black-and-white and color pho- veterans featured in Voices of 1990. O’Brien and Prescott par- tographs and illustrations, will Wa r. Visitors to the site, ticipated in a panel discussion be available for $30 in book- h t t p : / / w w w. l o c . g o v / v o i c e s o f w a r , following the performance. s t o r e s n a t i o n w i d e a n d a l s o can read letters and memoirs Written and directed byA P T ’ s t h r o u g h t h e L i b r a r y ’ s S a l e s and listen to full interviews. founding dire c t o r, Wy nn H a n d - Shop. Credit card orders are The Veterans History Pro j e c t man, “Voices of War” feature s taken at (888) 682–3557. Online also partnered with New Yo r k Annie McGreevey as Pre s c o t t o r d e r s c a n be placed at w w w. l o c . City’s American Place Theatre and Dashiel Eavesintheroleof g o v / s h o p . The book is also avail- (APT) to produce “Voices of O’Brien in The Things They Car- able in an unabridged audio ver- War: A Vietnam Nurse’s Jour- r i e d . These performances are sion, either as six cassettes ($30) n e y. ” T h e t h e a t r ical adaptation part of APT’s innovative educa- or eight CDs ($35). p re m i e r e d a t t h e L i b r a r y i n tion program, “Literature to Fall 2004 11 9 / 11 C o l l e c t i on Feature d in Online Pre s e n t a t i o n

w e r e s e n t t o t h e L i b r a r y of Congress and were used in a series of radio p ro g r a m s , w h i c h w e r e distributedtoschools and radio stations a r o u n d t h e c o u n t r y. T h i s unique documentary collection is still housed at the American Folklife Center and is featured in American Memory’s After the Day of Infamy: “ M a n - o n - t h e - S t r e e t ” Interviews Following the Attack on Pearl Harbor (http://memory. l o c . g o v / a m m e m / a f c p h - h t m l / a f c p h h o m e . h t m l ) . Only a portion of the C e n t e r ’ s 9 / 11 c o l l e c t i o n is included in the online presentation; the complete collection is available in the Center’ s Folklife Reading Room. It consists of over 400 sound and videore c o r d - ings re p resenting some “No, No.” Drawing by Meagan Yoakley. (September 11, 2001, Documentary Project) 800 interviews, 421 graphic items (photo- By John Barton photographs, and songs that graphs and drawings), as well as comprise the presentation. news clippings, written narra- On January 24, the A m e r i c a n The day after the 9/11 attacks, tives, e-mails, and artifacts. The Folklife Center will release a the American Folklife Center voices of men and women fro m new American Memory online called upon the nation’s folk- many cultural, occupational, p re s e n t a t ion called The Septem- lorists and other ethnographers and ethnic backgrounds are re p- ber11, 2001, Documentary Pro j - to document reactions across the resented. Some of the interviews e c t . The presentationcapture s United States. The project was a r e f r o m people who were in the the heart-felt reactions, eyewit- modeled on a similar initiative World Trade Center and the Pen- ness accounts, and diverse opin- f r o m s i x t y y e a r searlier,when tagon during the attacks. The ions expressed by A m e r i c a n s folklorist Alan Lomax was serv- m a j o r i t y, h o w e v e r, a r e f r o m and others in the first few ing as “assistant in charge” of other parts of the country, and months that followed the the A rchive of American Folk include the reactions of people d e s t r u c t i o n o f t h e Wo r l d Tr a d e Song. On December 8, 1941, who first heard the news on tele- Center towers in New York City Lomax telegrammed an urg e n t vision or radio, and from teach- and the attack on the Pentagon. request to folklorists around the ers, friends, family, and other Patriotism and unity mixed with United States to collect man-on- members of their communities. sadness, anger, and insecurity t h e - s t r e e t r e a c t i o n s t o t h e b o m b - In all, materials werere c e i v e d a r e c o m m o n t h e m e s e x p r e s s e d ing of Pearl Harbor and the dec- f r o m 2 7 s t a t e s a nd a U.S. military in the sound and video re c o r d - laration of war by the United base in Naples, Italy. ings, written narratives, poetry, States. These field re c o r d i n g s

12 Folklife Center News Utah Field SchoolExplore s “The Fruits of Their Labors”

Members of one of “The Fruits of Their Labors” research teams plan their research strategy. Left to right: Ben Webster (course assistant), Nancy Jagelka, Howayda Kamel, and Essam el Gharib Mohamed. (Photo by David A. Taylor)

By David A. Ta y l o r of change. In Provo, as in reliance. Furthermore, many many towns and cities aro u n d c u r r e n t r e s i d e n t s o f t h e a r e a Sense of place was a central the United States, population have had direct involvement issue during the A m e r i c a n g r o w t h h a s a c c e l e r a t e d r e s i d e n - with orc h a rd s b e c a u s e t h e y c o n - Folklife Center’s seventh tial development, which has, in tributed volunteer labor to field school for cultural docu- turn, led to the loss of agricul- o r c h a r d s t h a t w e r e o p e r a t e d b y mentation—“The Fruits of tural land. Loss of agricultural the Mormon churchforcharita- Their Labors”—held at Brigham land and the concomitant loss of ble purposes. Young University, i n P ro v o , the way of life associated with it, Although a number of Utah, from July11to31, 2004. not to mention the loss of agri- o r c h a r d s a r e s t i l l i n o p e r a t i o n i n The field school wascospon- cultural production, is keenly the Va l l e y, t h e y a r e d i m i n i s h i n g s o r e d b y t h e C e n t e r a n d B Y U . felt in Provo and neighboring r a p i d l y. T h u s , t h e f i e l d s c h o o l ’ s Participants in the field school communities. This is especially documentation of the orc h a rd s had the opportunity to docu- the case not only because Utah was seen to be timely and impor- ment the history, traditions, and Valley’s orc h a rd s w e r e o n c e a tant by members of orc h a rdfam- multiple meanings associated very prominent feature of the ilies and many others. with orc h a rd s i n U t a h Va l l e y, i n natural landscape, but also As with the Center’spre v i o u s the vicinity of Pro v o . because their development can field schools, “The Fruits of The field school participants be traced back to the area’s Mor- Their Labors” field school was conducted their re s e a r c h a t a mon pioneers, who used divided into two parts. During time when Utah Va l l e y o r c h a r d s , a n d o t h e r f o r m s o f the first half of thecourse, par- o r c h a rd s — k n o w n m a i n l y f o r a g r i c u l t u r e , t o m a k e t h e i r n e w ticipants received instru c t i o n , apples, apricots, peaches, and home bountiful. As well, the t h r o u g h l e c t u r e s a n d h a n d s - o n pears—have come to symbol- o r c h a r d s a r e s e e n t o r e f l e c t t h e workshops, on such topics as ize cultural loss asare s u l t pioneers’ work ethic and self- re s e a r c h e t h i c s , o r i e n t a t i o n t o Fall 2004 13 p h o t o g r a p h s Essam el Gharib Mohamed they took. ( C a i r o , E g y p t ) , A l S c h o r s c h Following the (Chicago), Sarah Siebach (Ore m , conclusion of UT), Gloria Throne (Lawre n c e , fieldwork, the KS), Mike Watowa (Topeka, KS), teams worked and Gina Wurtz (Pro v o ) . with BYU exhi- The field school’s dire c t o r s bition designer w e r e A F C f o l k l i f e s p e c i a l i s t Shaun McMur- David Taylor and BYU folklorist die to cre a t e Kristi Bell. Other faculty mem- l a r g e e x h i b i t i o n bers were folklorists Ilana Har- panels, featur- low and Michael Taft, from the ing text they Center; documentary photogra- w r o t e a n d p h o - pher Rich Remsberg, from North tos they took, Adams, MA; and exhibition that presented a designer Shaun McMurdie, fro m summary of BYU. Guest lectures were pre- their re s e a rc h sented by a number of Utah folk- findings. When lorists, including Jill Terry Rudy b r o u g h t t o g e t h - (BYU), Jacqueline Thursby e r, a l l f i v e p a n e l s (BYU), WilliamA. Wilson(BYU), constituted an Elaine Thatcher (Utah State Uni- attractive exhi- versity), Carol Edison (Utah bition that was Arts Council),CraigMiller e r e c t e d b e s i d e (Utah Arts Council), and Ronda the entrance to Walker We a v e r. B Y U f a c u l t y the special col- members April Chabries, Gary lections depart- Daynes, and Richard Kimball Field school participant Nicole Long conducts fieldwork with worker at West Mountain Orchards. (Photo by ment of Brigham discussed their documentary David A. Taylor) Young Universi- film about Utah Valley orc h a r d s , ty’s library. On “The Best Crop.” Three BYU the study area and the re s e a rc h the evening of u n d e r g r a d u a t e s a b l y s e r v e d a s topic, preliminary re s e a rc h , the penultimate day of the field course assistants, and their a r c h i v a l c o n s i d e r a t i o n s , p r o j e c t school, an opening re c e p t i o n work involved considerable planning, documentary photog- was held for theexhibition, advance fieldwork with r a p h y, s o u n d r e c o r d i n g , i n t e r - which was attended by field o r c h a r d i s t s . T h e a s s i s t a n t s w e r e viewing, ethnographic field- school participants and faculty, Raven Haymond,Christina notes, and teamwork. During many of the people who had Thomas, and Ben We b s t e r. the second half, participants been interviewed by the partici- During the summer of 2005, a w e r e o r g a n i z e d i n t o f i v e t h r e e - pants, and numerous others second field school for cultural person teams and then pro c e e d - f r o m t h e c o mmunity. One of the documentation will be held at ed to carry out fieldre s e a rc h high points of thefield school, BYU. This time thetopicofthe using the various techniques the opening showcased partici- field re s e a rc h w i l l b e t h e h i s t o r y, they had learned in theclass- pants’ work and provided a wel- cultural meanings, and uses of room. come opportunity for the P r o v o C a n y o n , j ust north of the While all five teams explore d re s e a r c h e r s a n d t h e i r i n f o r m - city of Provo. It will run fro m the topic of orc h a rds in Utah Va l- ants to meet one last time and July 17 to August 6. In addition l e y, e a c h o n e c a m e a t i t f r o m a discuss the work that had been to the BYU field school, the Cen- d i f f e re n t a n g l e . F o r e x a m p l e , t h e a c c o m p l i s h e d . ter will also be cosponsoring, teams explored foodways, The field school’s fifteen par- with Salisbury University, c h u r c h - s p o n s o r e d o r c h a rd s , ticipants were people with a another field school in 2005, farm stands, values, and s t r o n g i n t e r e s t i n l e a r n i n g h o w which will be heldinSalisbury, o r c h a rd f a m i l i e s , r e s p e c t i v e l y. to document localculture, but Maryland, from June 12 toJuly 3. Each team interviewed several with little or no previous experi- The theme of this field school people with knowledge of its ence in this area.Theyincluded: will be the foodways of Mary- sub-theme and also pho- Maria Avery (Baltimore, MD), land’s eastern shore. A d d i t i o n a l tographed relevant people and Russel Bachert (Hendersonville, information about both field scenes. Throughout the field- NC), Diane Call (Provo), Harlow schools, including tuition fees work phase, all participants Clark (Provo), Nancy Jagelka and application pro c e d u r e s , w r o t e d a i l y f i e ldnotes about ( Wa s h i n g t o n , D C), Derek Jensen will be posted on the Center’ s their re s e a rc h e x p e r i e n c e s , a n d ( P r o v o ) , H o w a y d a K a m e l Website (http://www. l o c . g o v / did their best to stay on top of ( C a i r o , E g y p t ) , N i c o l e L o n g folklife/events.html) in due writing catalogs of the inter- ( B a l t i m o r e , M D ) , C a t h e r i n e course. views they conducted and the M c I n t y r e ( S a l t L a k e C i t y ) , 14 Folklife Center News AFC Board Meets in Santa Fe

Members of the AFC board of trustees, left to right: Daniel Botkin, Marlene Meyerson, Judith McCulloh, Peggy Bulger, William Kinney, Wilsonia Cherry, Tom Rankin, Jane Beck, Norma Cantú. Not pictured but also attending the meeting, Fran Mainella. (Photo by Gene Berry)

By Gene Berry School for American Researc h f u r n i t u r e , a n d f i x t u r e s a t B a n d e - and the Museum of Internation- lier that resulted from Civilian The American Folklife Center’ s al Folk Art, as well as meetings Conservation Corps (CCC) and b o a rd o f t r u s t e e s h e l d i t s f a l l with local folk artists and folk- Works Pro g re s s A d m i n i s t r a t i o n meeting in Santa Fe, New Mexi- lorists, contributed totheeduca- ( W PA ) p r o g r a m s e x p a n d e d co,October 1–2. It was hosted by tion of the board members con- upon that discussion. b o a rd m e m b e r M a r l e n e M e y e r - cerning the unique cultural S i m i l a r l y, t h e w a l k i n g t o u r o f son. The board met with re p re- heritage of the Southwest and the park led by staff person sentatives of local Santa Fe how the AFC might support cul- Cecilia Shields from Picuris o r g a n i zations with missions to tural efforts there . Pueblo was a perfect end to an p re s e r v e a n d p r esent aspects of Trustee Fran Mainella, Dire c- i n c r e d i b l e d a y, a n d u n d e r s c o r e d cultural heritage. AFC board tor of the National Park Service, the importance of place in the chair Tom Rankin and dire c t o r arranged a tourofBandelier C e n t e r ’ s w o r k . A l l w e r e i m - Peggy Bulger noted with enthu- National Monument and share d p r e s s e d w i t h h e rlovefor the siasm the opportunities bro u g h t her goal that the National Park land, her knowledge of her cul- about by these meetings to eff e c- Service preserve, protect, and tural heritage, and the depth of tively leverage there s o u r c e s o f s h a r e w i t h t h e p u b l i c a s e n s e o f feeling she expressed in the sto- our like-minded partners to pre- place. Ranger Gary Roybal, ries she told to describe many serve American folklife in its Ranger Mary Slater, and Cecilia things both understood and myriad forms. Shields provided a tour that misunderstood about her land Betsy Peterson oftheFund for gave the board a sense of Bande- and her forebears, who inhabit- Folk Culture, Jim Hare of Cor- l i e r, it s h is t or y, and i t s in di ge - ed the land thatshenow walks nerstones Community Partner- nous people. Asboardmember daily as an employee of the ships, and Inee Yang Slaughter Bill Kinney noted, the National National Park Service. of the Indigenous Language Park Service’s goals parallel The Center’s board of tru s t e e s Institute gave presentations that those of the American Folklife will next meet in Wa s h i n g t o n , focused on their org a n i z a t i o n s ’ C e n t e r. C o m i ng a f t e r t h e C o r - D.C., on March 24–25, 2005. e f f o r t s t o p r eserve folk culture , nerstones Community Partner- Meetings are open to the pub- including vernacular arc h i t e c - ships presentation on the lic, but those wishing to attend t u r e o f t h e S outhwest and p r e s e r v a t i o n o fSouthwestern a r e a s k e d t o p r o v i d e a d v a n c e indigenous Native A m e r i c a n historic stru c t u re s, R a n g e r M a r y notice to Doris Craig at 202– languages at risk. Tours of the S l a t e r ’ s t o u r o f t h e b u i l d i n g s , 7 0 7 – 1 7 3 6 .

Fall 2004 15 Members of the American Indian Music and Dance Show, from Anadarko, Oklahoma, per- form a Fancy Dance during a Homegrown concert performance on December 8, 2004, in the Coolidge Auditorium. The group, led by noted Kiowa flute player Tom Machauty- Ware, showcased a variety of old and new songs and dances, primarily from the Kiowa and Comanche traditions. (Photo by Judy Ng)

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