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The Chicago Ethnic Arts Project collection

LC Control No.:	2004695177
Type of Material:	Archival Manuscript Material (Collection)
Main Title:	The Chicago Ethnic Arts Project collection, 1976-1981 / collected by the American Folklife Center for the Illinois Arts Council.
Variant Title:	Report title: Report on the Chicago Ethnic Arts Project
Related Names:	Dovydenas, Jonas. Inside our houses, outside our windows. » More like this American Folklife Center. » More like this Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) » More like this Illinois Arts Council. » More like this
Description:	20.75 linear ft. manuscripts:: 269 folders. sound recordings:: 99 sound tape reels : analog, 7 1/2 ips, mono. and stereo. ; 7 in. sound recordings:: 245 sound cassettes : analog. graphic materials:: ca. 13,000 photographs : b&w, col. moving images:: 2 videocassettes : sd., col. ; 3/4 in.
Organized/Arranged:	Organized by format into the following series: I. Manuscripts; II. Sound Recordings; III. Graphic Images; IV. Moving Images.
Access Advisory:	Duplication of the collection materials may be governed by copyright and other restrictions.
Biographical/Historical Data:	The Chicago Ethnic Arts Project survey was conducted in 1977 by the American Folklife Center at the request of the Illinois Arts Council to assess and document the status of ethnic art traditions in more than twenty ethnic communities in Chicago.
Summary:	The collection consists of sound recordings, photographs, manuscript materials, videorecordings, publications, ephemera, administrative files, and field notes related to the 1977 Chicago Ethnic Arts Project field survey. Materials were collected from 1976-1981, mostly during fieldwork by fourteen folklorists in 1977. The final project report presented to the Illinois Arts Council summarized the current conditions and folk arts needs in these communities. Materials from post-project activities such as workshops in the ethnic communities and a traveling photographic exhibit by Jonas Dovydenas are also included.
Notes:	Photographs and slides provide some documentation of the following dance activities: African-American performance group and social dancing, Japanese folk dancing, German performance group folk dancing, Jewish wedding reception dancing, Hispanic social dancing, Lithuanian social dancing, Polish social dancing and children's performance, and Croatian and Serbian social dancing and folk dance performance. Two videocassettes are related to the photographic exhibition by Jonas Dovydenas, "Inside Our Houses, Outside Our Windows;" one includes remarks by Dovydenas on the Project; one was used in the photo exhibition at the National Center for Urban Ethnic Affairs in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, January, 1981. In English, Italian, Korean, Lithuanian, Polish, Slovenian, Spanish, and Ukrainian.
Finding Aids:	Collection guide available in the Folklife Reading Room and online via the American Folklife Center web pages.
Additional Formats:	Reference copies are available in the Folklife Reading Room, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress and at the Illinois Arts Council.
Subjects:	Ethnic arts--Illinois--Chicago. » More like this Folklore--Illinois--Chicago. » More like this Chicago (Ill.)--Social life and customs. » More like this Music--Illinois--Chicago. » More like this Folk music--Illinois--Chicago. » More like this Dance--Illinois--Chicago. » More like this Dance, Black--Illinois--Chicago. » More like this Community life--Illinois--Chicago. » More like this Chicago (Ill.)--Religious life and customs. » More like this African Americans--Illinois--Chicago--Social life and customs. » More like this Austrian Americans--Illinois--Chicago--Social life and customs. » More like this Chinese Americans--Illinois--Chicago--Social life and customs. » More like this Croatian Americans--Illinois--Chicago--Social life and customs. » More like this Cuban Americans--Illinois--Chicago--Social life and customs. » More like this Czech Americans--Illinois--Chicago--Social life and customs. » More like this Danish Americans--Illinois--Chicago--Social life and customs. » More like this Finnish Americans--Illinois--Chicago--Social life and customs. » More like this German Americans--Illinois--Chicago--Social life and customs. » More like this Greek Americans--Illinois--Chicago--Social life and customs. » More like this Hispanic Americans--Illinois--Chicago--Social life and customs. » More like this Indians of North America--Illinois--Chicago--Social life and customs. » More like this Irish Americans--Illinois--Chicago--Social life and customs. » More like this Italian Americans--Illinois--Chicago--Social life and customs. » More like this Japanese Americans--Illinois--Chicago--Social life and customs. » More like this Jews--Illinois--Chicago--Social life and customs. » More like this Korean Americans--Illinois--Chicago--Social life and customs. » More like this Lithuanian Americans--Illinois--Chicago--Social life and customs. » More like this Macedonian Americans--Illinois--Chicago--Social life and customs. » More like this Norwegian Americans--Illinois--Chicago--Social life and customs. » More like this Polish Americans--Illinois--Chicago--Social life and customs. » More like this Puerto Ricans--Illinois--Chicago--Social life and customs. » More like this Serbian Americans--Illinois--Chicago--Social life and customs. » More like this Slovak Americans--Illinois--Chicago--Social life and customs. » More like this Slovenian Americans--Illinois--Chicago--Social life and customs. » More like this Swedish Americans--Illinois--Chicago--Social life and customs. » More like this Ukrainian Americans--Illinois--Chicago--Social life and customs. » More like this
Form/Genre:	Field recordings--Illinois--Chicago. » More like this Ethnography. » More like this Interviews. » More like this Manuscripts. » More like this Oral history. » More like this Photographic prints. » More like this Slides. » More like this Sound recordings. » More like this Traveling exhibitions. » More like this Videocassettes. » More like this
Local Shelving No.:	AFC 1981/004 RYA 0601-0845 (cassettes) RXA 1004-1098, 1353-1356 (reels) AFC 1981/004:V1-V2 (videocassettes) AFS 20524-20867 (listening copies)
Language Code:	eng mul
Other System No.:	afc95000015
Geographic Area Code:	n-us-il
Repository:	DLC-AFC Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, 101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, DC USA 20540-4610
Links:	http://www.loc.gov/folklife/guides/chicago.html THE CHICAGO ETHNIC ARTS PROJECT COLLECTION: Finding Aid (American Folklife Center, Library of Congress)