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Finding Aids to Individual Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture
LOWELL FOLKLIFE PROJECT COLLECTION
AFC 1987/042
Library of Congress, Washington DC
American Folklife Center
September 1997
SUMMARY
The Lowell Folklife Project Collection consists of audio recordings, photographs,
manuscript materials, publications, ephemera, and accompanying documentation
related to the American Folklife Center's 1987-88 Lowell Folklife Project.
In cooperation with the Lowell Historic Preservation Commission, with additional
support from the Massachusetts Council on the Arts and Humanities, the
Center conducted a year-long research project to document the ethnic and
neighborhood traditions of the people of Lowell, Massachusetts. Peter Bartis
of the Center was in charge of the project while Douglas DeNatale coordinated
the field team. Five folklorists interviewed, photographed, and recorded
the people, traditions, and cultural activities of Lowell. The project
yielded a collection comprising 27.75 linear feet of materials. The field
data were used as the basis for the Center's "Report to the Lowell
Historic Preservation Commission," which includes, in part, recommendations
for further folklife research and cultural programming in Lowell.
Access and Reproduction: Access to the collection is
unrestricted. Reference copies of all sound recordings are available.
Duplication of sound recordings may be governed by copyright and other
restrictions.
Key Subjects: Library of Congress Subject Headings include:
acculturation; Cambodian Americans; community life; community organization;
community centers; community development, urban; ethnic architecture;
ethnic arts; ethnic attitudes; ethnic neighborhoods; ethnic relations;
ethnic festivals; festivals; fishing; folk music; folklife; food habits;
French Americans; Greek Americans; group identity; immigration; Irish
Americans; Laotian Americans; Lowell (Mass.); Lowell - ethnic relations;
manners and customs; marriage customs and rites; neighborhood; oral history;
oral tradition; Polish Americans; Portuguese Americans; processions;
Puerto-Rican Americans; recreation; religious life; rites and ceremonies;
textile industry; urban folklore; urban renewal; Vietnamese Americans.
Other subjects not found in LCSH include: belief and behavior systems;
domestic and formal religious expression; expressive traditions; family
life; neighborhood orientation.
Languages: Cambodian, English, French, Greek,
Laotian, Portuguese, Spanish, Vietnamese
Physical Description |
Location Numbers |
Print Materials |
158 folders |
|
Computer Diskettes |
14 5 1/4" disks
1 3-1/2-inch disk |
|
Sound Recordings |
Total of 196 hours, plus 23 hours copied
from original recordings lent by Lowell residents, on reels and cassettes. |
90 audiocassettes |
LFP-MB-A001 through LFP-MB-A005;
LFP-DD-A001 through LFP-DD-A005;
LFP-BF-A001 through LFP-BF-A013;
LFP-MM-A001 through LFP-MM-A024;
LFP-TR-A001 through LFP-TR-A004;
LFP-RA-A001 through LFP-RA-A015;
LFP-DT-A001 through LFP-DT-A002;
LFP-EW-A001 through LFP-EW-A004;
LFP-CC-A001 through LFP-CC-A023 (copies of loaned original recordings).
|
247 7-inch reels |
LFP-MB-R001 through LFP-MB-R020;
LFP-DD-R001 through LFP-MB-R080;
LFP-BF-R001 through LFP-BF-R002;
LFP-MM-R001 through LFP-MM-R016;
LFP-MN-R001 through LFP-MN-R053;
LFP-TR-R001 through LFP-TR-R043;
LFP-DT-R001 through LFP-DT-R033. |
Graphic Materials |
Black-and-White Photographs:
ca. 10,000 35mm negatives
487 contact sheets
100 8x10 prints
|
LFP-JB-B001 through LFP-TR-B487 |
Color Slides and Photographs:
3490 35mm color slides |
LFP-MB-C001 through LFP-MB-C004;
LFP-JB-C001 through LFP-JB-C081;
LFP-DD-C001 through LFP-DD-C040;
LFP-BF-C001;
LFP-CF-C001 through LFP-CF-C004;
LFP-MM-C001 through LFP-MM-C018;
LFP-MN-C001 through LFP-MN-C013;
LFP-TR-C001 through LFP-TR-C098;
LFP-DT-C001 through LFP-DT-C017;
LFP-EW-C001 through LFP-EW-C002. |
16 negatives |
LFP-TR-C037 through LFP-TR-C052 |
16 8x10 prints |
LFP-TR-C037 through LFP-TR-C052 |
SCOPE AND CONTENT
The Lowell Folklife Project was conducted in 1987-88 as a cooperative
project of the American Folklife Center and the Lowell Historic Preservation
Commission, with support from the Massachusetts Council on the Arts and
Humanities. The Lowell Historic Preservation Commission, a federal agency
charged with telling "the human story of the Industrial Revolution," invited
the Center to develop and administer a cultural survey of contemporary
ethnic and neighborhood life in Lowell in order to aid the Commission in
its planning and programmatic functions, assist the State Heritage Park
and National Historical Park in their interpretive programs, and create
an archive of documentary materials.
The year-long study yielded an ethnographic collection consisting of 196
hours of sound recordings covering a wide range of subjects and activities,
including oral history interviews, religious services, musical events,
parades and processions, and neighborhood tours. An additional 23 hours
of sound recordings covering musical events and oral history interviews
were copied from originals lent by Lowell residents. The photographic materials
amassed by the project total approximately 10,000 black-and-white images
and 3,500 color slides. In general, these images provide photographic coverage
of events also documented on audiotape, but they also document occupational
scenes, cultural artifacts, environmental details, and public events that
were not conducive to sound recording. Print and manuscript materials amount
to 6,750 pages and include fieldnotes, reports, and administrative material.
Finally, 15 computer disks, which constitute electronic versions of the
manuscript material, and an assortment of ephemera round out the collection.
The large body of information collected on the life and traditions of
the people of Lowell served as the basis for "Report to the Lowell
Historic Preservation Commission." The report discusses the project's
course of development and implementation, briefly surveys the project holdings,
reviews cultural issues involved in folklife research and programming in
Lowell, and presents a number of recommendations for further research and
public programming in Lowell. (A copy of the report is included in the
collection).
This multi-format ethnographic collection has been added to the Archive
of Folk Culture at the Library of Congress. A reference copy of the collection
was given to the Lowell Historic Preservation Commission, which intended
to use it as the nucleus for a folklife archive at the Partick J. Mogan
Cultural Center.
COLLECTION INVENTORY AND DESCRIPTION
SERIES I: PRINT AND MANUSCRIPT MATERIALS
Location
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Contents
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Preliminaries |
Folder 1
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Collection Inventory (this document).
20 pp.
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Folder 2
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Preliminary Planning Meeting. 6 pp.
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Folder 3
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Proposal and Budget: two copies with
related documents. 30 pp.
|
Folder 4
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Research Plan: drafts and final version,
prepared by Douglas DeNatale. 50 pp.
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Folder 5
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Cultural Maps of Lowell - Project
Proposal: draft and completed version of grant application with related
correspondence. 14 pp.
|
Folder 6
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Agreement between Library of Congress
and Lowell Historic Preservation Commission: three drafts, original
signed agreement, and related correspondence. 25 pp.
|
Folder 7
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Lowell Cultural Plan: invitation to
unveiling of plan; two copies of published plan; proposal for a cultural
plan. 74 pp.
|
Folder 8
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Lowell Historic Preservation Commission
- Preservation Plan: drafts and copy of final version of plan; LHPC
Bulletin with item about plan. 124 pp.
|
Folder 9 |
Congressional hearing on Lowell Historic Preservation
Commission Legislation: testimony by Alan Jabbour; statement by Jabbour;
copy of notice of passage of legislation in Congressional Record Daily
Digest, July 21, 1987; description of hearing; and witness list. 6
pp. |
Folder 10 |
Lowell Historic Preservation Commission Legislation:
copies of Act. 4 pp. |
Folder 11 |
Massachusetts Council on the Arts and Humanities: folk
arts funding list; definitions and priorities for applicants in folklife
and ethnic arts; publication on folklife and ethnic arts. 18 pp. |
Folder 12 |
Patrick J. Mogan Cultural Center: flyers; plan for immigrants
exhibit.
37 pp. |
Folder 13 |
Funding for Lowell Folklife Project: schedule of collections;
voucher for transfer of funds; fiscal reviews; related correspondence.
16 pp. |
Administrative Materials |
Folder 14-27 |
These folders contain contracts, invoices, job announcements,
applications, vitae, correspondence, and list of contracted fieldworkers.
They are filed with the Center administrative materials.
|
Correspondence |
Folder 28 |
Bartis, Peter. 32 pp. |
Folder 29 |
DeNatale, Douglas (1987). 108 pp. |
Folder 30 |
DeNatale, Douglas (1988). 137 pp. |
Folder 31 |
Dockstader, Ray; D'Ooge, Craig; Fleischhauer, Carl;
Hyde, Phil. 20 pp. |
Folder 32 |
Informants. 33 pp. |
Folder 33 |
Jabbour, Alan; Lueders-Booth, Jack; Marion, Paul. 24
pp. |
Folder 34 |
Matchak, Steve; Rankin, Tom; Wachs, Eleanor. 17 pp. |
Folder 35 |
Miscellaneous. 55 pp. |
Folder 36 |
Norkunas, Martha. 58 pp. |
Folder 37 |
Correspondence - Taylor, David A. 46 pp. |
Equipment, Services, and Supplies |
Folder 38 |
Equipment - Computers and Software: invoices; warranties;
registration cards; catalog; manuals. 78 pp. |
Folder 39 |
Equipment - Sound Recording Equipment: manuals; draft
of report "Operating the Stereo Nagra Tape Recorder for Folklife
Fieldwork."
71 pp. |
Folder 40 |
Equipment - Inventories: lists of documentation equipment;
notes. 15 pp.
|
Folder 41 |
Services: invoices; purchase requisitions; related correspondence;
brochures. 53 pp. |
Folder 42 |
Supplies: invoices; purchase orders; receipts for property;
shipping records; list of supplies needed; packing list. 45 pp. |
Contacts |
Folder 43 |
Contacts - Colleagues and Media. 15 pp. |
Folder 44 |
Contacts - Interview Leads: business cards; notes; lists
of contacts; National Folk Festival craft and demonstration fact sheets.
92 pp. |
Informants |
Folder 45 |
Certificate of Appreciation: copies of blank certificate.
10 pp. |
Folder 46 |
Blank forms: copies of five types of informant consent
forms. 8 pp. |
Folder 47 |
Consent Forms - Signed: informant consent forms of two
types - (1) consent to place tapes and/or photos in public archive "where
they will be available to researchers and the public for scholarly
and educational purposes including publications and exhibitions," and
(2) consent forms signed by the fieldworker stating that although the
informant did not sign a consent form, he/she did agree to have materials
placed in a research archive and consented to "allowing the interviewee's
words to be quoted or pictures to be shown in a publication or exhibit." 107
pp. |
Folder 48 |
Informant Addresses: ca. 270 index cards. |
Folder 49 |
James Campbell: transcript of interview with James Campbell
by Bill (last name not given) for the University of Lowell, Center
for Lowell History, Oral History Collection. 18 pp. |
Publicity and Public Relations |
Folder 50 |
Lowell Folklife Project Announcement: invitations; mailing
lists; tentative agenda for announcement; list of speakers. 18 pp.
|
Folder 51 |
Lowell Folklife Project Briefing: announcement of briefing;
mailing lists. 11 pp. |
Folder 52 |
Articles: copies of newspaper and newsletter about the
project. 34 pp. |
Folder 53 |
Press Releases: drafts and copies of final press release;
mailing list. 23 pp. |
Folder 54 |
Project Handouts: copies of flyer and fieldworker "business
card." 27 pp. |
Folder 55 |
Article from Festival of American Folklife Program Book:
draft of article; guidelines for Festival of American Folklife program
book; notes; related correspondence. 13 pp. |
Miscellaneous |
Folder 56 |
Lowell Neighborhood Project - Progress Report: two copies.
10 pp. |
Folder 57 |
Crafts Survey Outline, by Eleanor Wachs: list of survey
questions. 1 p. |
Folder 58 |
Brush with History Gallery - Exhibit: list of potential
exhibit photographs; Library of Congress mail and freight record; brochure
for exhibit "Sacred Spaces - The Spiritual in Folk Art." 4
pp. |
Folder 59 |
AFC Board of Trustees Meeting in Lowell: copy of minutes.
10 pp. |
Folder 60 |
Lowell Conference on Industrial History: brochure; list
of speakers; call for papers; preliminary program; final program; list
of registrants. 14 pp. |
DOCUMENTARY MATERIALS |
Indices |
Folder 61 |
Indexing Procedures: memorandum from Carl Fleischhauer
regarding index for project; drafts of "Notes on Archiving and
Media Documentation," prepared by Carl Fleischhauer; memorandum
from Marsha Maguire regarding subject and proper-name headings; draft
of thesaurus prepared by Douglas DeNatale; "Introduction to XyWrite
and to the `NEWLOG' and `INDEXER' Programs," prepared by Douglas
DeNatale. 104 pp. |
Folder 62 |
Name Index (note: pp. 30-63 are mislabeled as "Topical
Index"): index to proper names. 63 pp. |
Folder 63 |
Topical Index (1 of 2): 172 pp. |
Folder 64 |
Topical Index (2 of 2): 165 pp. |
Folder 65 |
Index to Sound Recordings: 16 pp. |
Audio Logs: Audiocassettes |
Folder 66 |
Audiocassette logs - copies of loaned original recordings:
LFP-CC-A001 through LFP-CC-A023. 27 pp. |
Folder 67 |
Bell, Michael: LFP-MB-A001 through LFP-MB-A005. 7 pp. |
Folder 68 |
DeNatale, Douglas: LFP-DD-A001 through LFP-DD-A005.
28 pp. |
Folder 69 |
Fertig, Barbara: LFP-BF-A001 through LFP-BF-A013. 56
pp. |
Folder 70 |
Montaño, Mario: LFP-MM-A001 through LFP-MM-A024.
74 pp. |
Folder 71 |
Rankin, Tom: LFP-TR-A001 through LFP-TR-A004. 12 pp. |
Folder 72 |
Refugee Arts Group: LFP-RA-A001 through LFP-RA-A015.
75 pp. |
Folder 73 |
Taylor, David: LFP-DT-A001 through LFP-DT-A002. 13 pp. |
Folder 74 |
Wach, Eleanor: LFP-EW-A001 through LFP-EW-A004. 15 pp. |
Audio Logs: Reel-to-reel tapes |
Folder 75 |
Bell, Michael: LFP-MB-R001 through LFP-MB-R020. 46 pp. |
Folder 76 |
DeNatale, Douglas: LFP-DD-R001 through LFP-DD-R080.
ca. 120 pp. |
Folder 77 |
Fertig, Barbara: LFP-BF-R001 through LFP-BF-R002. 4
pp. |
Folder 78 |
Montaño, Mario: LFP-MM-R001 through LFP-MM-R016.
23 pp. |
Folder 79 |
Norkunas, Martha: LFP-MN-R001 through LFP-MN-R053.
ca. 200 pp. |
Folder 80 |
Rankin, Tom: LFP-TR-R001 through LFP-TR-R043. 68 pp. |
Folder 81 |
Taylor, David: LFP-DT-R001 through LFP-DT-R033. 86 pp. |
Transcripts of Sound Recordings
(prepared by University of Lowell, Center for Lowell History, Oral History
Collection). |
Folder 82 |
Transcript of loaned original recording: transcript
of LFP-CC-A023.
16 pp. |
Folder 83 |
Transcripts of interviews conducted by Michael Bell:
transcripts of LFP-MB-R001 through LFP-MB-R005, LFP-MB-R008 through
LFP-MB-R011, LFP-MB-R019 through LFP-MB-R020. 118 pp. |
Folder 84 |
Transcripts of interviews conducted by Douglas DeNatale:
transcripts of LFP-DD-R070 through LFP-DD-R071. 52 pp. |
Folder 85 |
Transcript of interview conducted by Barbara Fertig:
transcript of LFP-BF-A013. 20 pp. |
Folder 86 |
Transcript of interview conducted by Mario Montaño:
transcript of LFP-MM-A011. 23 pp. |
Folder 87 |
Transcripts of interviews conducted by Martha Norkunas:
transcripts of LFP-MN-R003 through LFP-MN-R007, LFP-MN-R016 through
LFP-MN-R017, LFP-MN-R019 through LFP-MN-R020, LFP-MN-R048 through LFP-MN-R049.
112 pp. |
Folder 88 |
Transcripts of interviews conducted by Tom Rankin: transcripts
of LFP-TR-A001, LFP-TR-R001 through LFP-TR-R002, LFP-TR-R022 through
LFP-TR-R023. 64 pp. |
Folder 89 |
Transcripts of interviews conducted by David Taylor
(1 of 2): transcripts of LFP-DT-A001, LFP-DT-R001 through LFP-DT-R002,
LFP-DT-R007 through LFP-DT-R010, LFP-DT-R017 through LFP-DT-R019. 154
pp. |
Folder 90 |
Transcripts of interviews conducted by David Taylor
(2 of 2): transcripts of LFP-DT-R023 through LFP-DT-R027. 157 pp. |
Fieldnotes |
Folder 91 |
Bell, Michael. 59 pp. |
Folder 92 |
Lueders-Booth, John (handwritten). 22 pp. |
Folder 93 |
Lueders-Booth, John. 9 pp. |
Folder 94 |
DeNatale, Douglas (handwritten). 81 pp. |
Folder 95 |
DeNatale, Douglas. 250 pp. |
Folder 96 |
Fertig, Barbara. 40 pp. |
Folder 97 |
Fleischhauer, Carl. 10 pp. |
Folder 98 |
Montaño, Mario. 85 pp. |
Folder 99 |
Norkunas, Martha (handwritten). 22 pp. |
Folder 100 |
Norkunas, Martha. 72 pp. |
Folder 101 |
Rankin, Tom. 53 pp. |
Folder 102 |
Refugee Arts Group. 20 pp. |
Folder 103 |
Taylor, David. 103 pp. |
Folder 104 |
Wachs, Eleanor (handwritten). 13 pp. |
Folder 105 |
Wachs, Eleanor. 14 pp. |
Black-and-White Photograph Logs |
Folder 106 |
Bartis, Peter. 1 p. |
Folder 107 |
Bell, Michael. 5 pp. |
Folder 108 |
Leuders-Booth, John. 173 pp. |
Folder 109 |
DeNatale, Douglas. 63 pp. |
Folder 110 |
Fertig, Barbara. 4 pp. |
Folder 111 |
Fleischhauer, Carl. 4 pp. |
Folder 112 |
Montaño, Mario. 5 pp. |
Folder 113 |
Norkunas, Martha. 17 pp. |
Folder 114 |
Rankin, Tom. ca. 130 pp. |
Folder 115 |
Taylor, David. 39 pp. |
Folder 116 |
Wachs, Eleanor. 6 pp. |
Folder 117 |
Numerical set: B001 through B199. ca. 100 pp. |
Folder 118 |
Numerical set: B200 through B349. ca. 130 pp. |
Folder 119 |
Numerical set: B350 through B487. ca. 130 pp. |
Color-Slide Logs |
Folder 120 |
Inventory of color photographic materials prepared for "phoney
fiche" (index to all the color slides) shooting: 21 pp. |
Folder 121 |
Bell, Michael: LFP-MB-C001 through LFP-MB-C004. 4 pp. |
Folder 122 |
Lueders-Booth, John: LFP-JB-C001 through LFP-JB-C081.
82 pp. |
Folder 123 |
DeNatale, Douglas: LFP-DD-C001 through LFP-DD-C040.
49 pp. |
Folder 124 |
Fertig, Barbara: LFP-BF-C001. 1 p. |
Folder 125 |
Fleischhauer, Carl: LFP-CF-C001 through LFP-CF-C004.
4 pp. |
Folder 126 |
Montaño, Mario: LFP-MM-C001 through LFP-MM-C017.
17 pp. |
Folder 127 |
Norkunas, Martha: LFP-MN-C001 through LFP-MN-C013.
21 pp. |
Folder 128 |
Rankin, Tom: LFP-TR-C001 through LFP-TR-C098. ca. 75
pp. |
Folder 129 |
Taylor, David: LFP-DT-C001 through LFP-DT-C017. 20 pp. |
Folder 130 |
Wachs, Eleanor: LFP-EW-C001 through LFP-EW-C002. 2 pp. |
Lowell Neighborhood Map Project |
Folder 131 |
Lowell Neighborhood Map Project: map questionnaire form;
related correspondence; completed questionnaires and maps; listing
of Lowell streets and post offices. 51 pp. |
Lowell Fishing and Swimming
Spots |
Folder 132 |
List and map of fishing and swimming spots, past and
present. 3 pp. |
Refugee Arts Group |
Folder 133 |
Reports prepared by the Refugee Arts Group about the
Vietnamese, Cambodian, and Laotian communities of Lowell; transcripts
of interviews; lists of contacts. ca. 140 pp. |
REPORTS |
Folder 134 |
Draft Outline of "Report to The Lowell Historic
Preservation Commission" by Douglas DeNatale. 7 pp. |
Folder 135 |
Drafts of "Report to The Lowell Historic Preservation
Commission" by Douglas DeNatale. 129 pp. |
Folder 136 |
Manuscript of "Report to The Lowell Historic Preservation
Commission" by Douglas DeNatale. 164 pp. |
Folder 137 |
"Report to The Lowell Historic Preservation Commission" by
Douglas DeNatale. 162 pp. |
Folder 138 |
Drafts of "Recommendations for Folklife Planning
in Lowell" by Douglas DeNatale. 76 pp. |
Folder 139 |
"Report to The Lowell Historic Preservation Commission:
Planning Document on Folklife Initiative" by Douglas DeNatale.
44 pp. |
PUBLICATIONS AND EPHEMERA |
Folder 140 |
Folklife Curriculum Materials: "Introductory Bibliography
for Folk Arts in Education" and "Understanding Folk Art:
Forms For and From Everyone" by Janice Gadaire. 15 pp. |
Folder 141 |
Guidebooks, Maps, and Brochures to Lowell Attractions:
two guidebooks; maps of downtown Lowell and the National Historical
Park; brochure on park activities; Lowell Line Commuter Rail schedules. |
Folder 142 |
Heinzelmann, Willy. Azores (Basel, Switzerland: Willy
Heinzelmann, 1985). |
Box 10 |
Books:
(1) Higgins, James: Lowell: A Contemporary View (Lowell: Mill
Town Graphics, 1983);
(2) Higgins, James and Joan Ross: Southeast Asians: A New Beginning
In Lowell (Lowell: Mill Town Graphics, 1986).
Recordings of Portuguese Music:
(1) Conjunto Da Cave - Camacheira Florista, Meus Tempos De Mocidade (Revere,
MA: Fleetwood Records);
(2) Henrique Cordeiro - California Como Tu Nao Ha Igual (Mountain
View, CA: Marca H. F. Discos);
(3) Cidalia Maria - Canta para os Imigrantes (Ludlow, MA: M & N
Recordings).
|
Folder 143 |
Lowell Historic Preservation Commission - Miscellaneous
Documents: 1982 Annual Report; 1987 Newsletter; Details of the Preservation
Plan. |
Folder 144 |
Lowell National Historical Park: report of the Canalway
Task Force; Institute for Urban Design monograph on Lowell National
Park; copy of drawing of park area. |
Folder 145 |
The Lowell Plan: copy of plan; newsletter |
Folder 146 |
Map showing French and Irish settlements in Lowell in
1876. 1 p. |
Folder 147 |
Marion, Paul. Strong Place -- Poems '74-'84 (Lowell:
Loom Press, 1984). |
Folder 148 |
Medal from Saint Anthony's Church seventy-fifth anniversary. |
Folder 149 |
National Folk Festival, Lowell: festival pamphlet; press
release. |
Folder 150 |
Newspaper and Magazine Articles: articles about Lowell.
8 pp. |
Folder 151 |
Nineteenth-Century Letters from Lowell "Mill Girl":
copies of letters provided by informants Robert and Arleen Stykemain.
10 pp. |
Folder 152 |
Poem "Jimmy Allen at the Library of Congress," by
Paul Marion. 1 p. |
Folder 153 |
Programs: program and flyer about National Museum of
American History's conference on American labor history; program about
National Museum of American History's exhibit, lecture, and tour of
Daughters-of-Freemen 19th Century Mill Girls. |
Folder 154 |
Samuel P. Howes, Portrait Painter Exhibition Catalog:
catalog from 1986 exhibit at the Whistler House Museum, Lowell. |
Folder 155 |
Schell, Marina Sampas, Compiler. That Was the Way It
Was - A Selection of Charles G. Sampas' "Sampascoopies Lowell
History Columns" (Lowell: Marina Sampas Schell, 1986). |
Folder 156 |
Talbert Manuscript Song Collection - Reference Copy:
handwritten songbook, by Matilda Lemire Talbert. No date. |
Folder 157 |
Talbert Manuscript Song Collection - Original: handwritten
songbook, by Matilda Lemire Talbert. Postmarked 1976. |
Folder 158 |
U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey. Index
to Topographical Maps of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut.
Date: May 1980.
|
SERIES II: COMPUTER DISKS
Box 9 |
Fourteen floppy disks (in XYWrite), labeled
LFP-1 through LFP-14, and one 3-1/2-inch disc, with (1) collection
inventory (LFPinven.doc) and (2) index to sound recordings (LFPindex.tbl),
in WordPerfect 5.1, printout in folder 65. |
SERIES III: SOUND RECORDINGS
AUDIOCASSETTES
Recorded by Michael Bell, Douglas DeNatale, Barbara Fertig, Mario Montaño,
Tom Rankin, Refugee Arts Group, David Taylor, Eleanor Wachs. See folders
66 to 74 for audiocassette logs. See folders 82, 85-86, 88-89 for transcriptions
and contents.
Accession numbers:
LFP-MB-A001 through LFP-MB-A005;
LFP-DD-A001 through LFP-DD-A005;
LFP-BF-A001 through LFP-BF-A013;
LFP-MM-A001 through LFP-MM-A024;
LFP-TR-A001 through LFP-TR-A004;
LFP-RA-A001 through LFP-RA-A015;
LFP-DT-A001 through LFP-DT-A002;
LFP-EW-A001 through LFP-EW-A004;
LFP-CC-A001 through LFP-CC-A023 (copies of loaned original recordings).
Total cassette tapes: 90 90-minute tapes.
7-INCH REEL-TO-REEL TAPES
Recorded by Michael Bell, Douglas DeNatale, Barbara Fertig, Mario Montaño,
Martha Norkunas, Tom Rankin, David Taylor. See folders 75 to 81 for reel-to-reel
audio tape logs. See folders 83-84, 87, 88-90 for transcripts.
Accession numbers:
LFP-MB-R001 through LFP-MB-R020;
LFP-DD-R001 through LFP-DD-R080;
LFP-BF-R001 through LFP-BF-R002;
LFP-MM-R001 through LFP-MM-R016;
LFP-MN-R001 through LFP-MN-R053;
LFP-TR-R001 through LFP-TR-R043;
LFP-DT-R001 through LFP-DT-R033.
Total reel-to-reel tapes: 247 7-inch reels at 7.5 ips stereo.
SERIES IV: GRAPHIC IMAGES
BLACK-AND-WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS
Photographed by Peter Bartis, Michael Bell, John Lueders-Booth, Douglas
DeNatale, Barbara Fertig, Carl Fleischhauer, Mario Montaño, Martha
Norkunas, Tom Rankin, David Taylor, Eleanor Wachs. See folders 106 to 119
for descriptions.
Accession numbers:
LFP-JB-B001 through LFP-TR-B487
Note: Accession numbers were assigned chronologically rather than by fieldworker.
Negatives: 35mm negatives for all black-and-white images, identified
by above accession numbers, are in two loose-leaf albums.
Contact sheets: total of 487 contact sheets in 24 folders housed in the
Reading Room reference collection.
Black-and-White Prints: 17 8x10 from this collection; 12 8x10 of fieldworkers
at work; 51 8x10 of Lowell briefing, and 20 miscellaneous 8x10.
Total number of black-and-white images: approximately 10,000.
COLOR SLIDES AND PHOTOGRAPHS
Photographeed by Michael Bell, John Lueders-Booth, Douglas DeNatale,
Barbara Fertig, Carl Fleischhauer, Mario Montaño, Martha Norkunas,
Tom Rankin, David Taylor, Eleanor Wachs. See folders 120 to 130 for folor-slide
logs.
Accession numbers:
LFP-MB-C001 through LFP-MB-C004;
LFP-JB-C001 through LFP-JB-C081;
LFP-DD-C001 through LFP-DD-C040;
LFP-BF-C001;
LFP-CF-C001 through LFP-CF-C004;
LFP-MM-C001 through LFP-MM-C018;
LFP-MN-C001 through LFP-MN-C013;
LFP-TR-C001 through LFP-TR-C036 and
LFP-TR-C053 through LFP-TR-C098;
LFP-DT-C001 through LFP-DT-C017;
LFP-EW-C001 through LFP-EW-C002.
Color slides: approximately 3,490 35mm color slides, marked with the
above accession numbers, housed in 262 folders.
Color slide "phoney fiche": 41 "phoney fiche" (photographic
index to all color slides).
Color prints: 16 color prints marked with the accession numbers LFP-TR-
C037 through LFP-TR-C052.
Color negatives: 16 negatives of LFP-TR-C037 through LFP-TR-C052.
Total number of color images: approximately 3,500.
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