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Ethnic Heritage and Language Schools in America Project collection

LC Control No.:	2004695181
Type of Material:	Archival Manuscript Material (Collection)
Main Title:	Ethnic Heritage and Language Schools in America Project collection, 1982-1986.
Variant Title:	Also known as: Ethnic schools project
Related Names:	Bradunas, Elena. » More like this Topping, Brett, 1947- » More like this Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) » More like this American Folklife Center. » More like this
Related Titles:	Ethnic heritage and language schools in America.
Description:	manuscripts:: 26 boxes. sound recordings:: 288 sound cassettes : analog. sound recordings:: 84 sound tape reels : analog ; 7 in. and 5 in. graphic materials:: 1130 slides : col. graphic materials:: 9072 negatives : b&w. moving images:: 1 videocassette ; 3/4 in. microfilm:: 4 reels : b&w.
Organized/Arranged:	Organized by format into the following series: I. Manuscripts; II. Sound Recordings; III. Graphic Materials; and IV. Moving Images; arranged alphabetically by ethnic group within series.
Access Advisory:	Duplication of the collection materials may be governed by copyright and other restrictions.
Summary:	The collection consists of field notes, interviews, curriculum materials, sound recordings, photographs, and one videorecording resulting from a survey conducted by the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, in 1982 which documented 23 ethnic schools in the United States.
Notes:	Fourteen schools are represented in the book which resulted from this survey, "Ethnic Heritage and Language Schools in America," developed by project leader Elena Bradunas and edited by Brett Topping (1988) and included in the collection. Manuscripts and curriculum materials are in:: Arabic, Armenian, Chinese, Czech, Dutch, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Hupa, Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Latvian, Lebanese, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, and Ukrainian. Bradunas, Elena and Topping, Brett, eds. Ethnic heritage and language schools in America. Washington, D.C.: American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, 1988.
Finding Aids:	Finding aid available in the Folklife Reading Room and online via the American Folklife Center web pages.
Cite as:	Ethnic Heritage and Language Schools in America Project Collection, Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Additional Formats:	Four microfilm reels of a portion of the manuscript project materials have also been cataloged separately: Microfilm 95/4760 (L) with viewing copies available in the Folklife Reading Room.
Subjects:	Ethnic schools--United States. » More like this Language schools--United States. » More like this Folklore and education--United States. » More like this Ethnicity in children--United States. » More like this Ethnic arts--Study and teaching--United States. » More like this Folk dancing--Study and teaching. » More like this Minorities--Education--United States. » More like this Minorities--United States--Language. » More like this Arab Americans--Education. » More like this Armenian Americans--Education. » More like this Cambodian Americans--Education. » More like this Caribbean Americans--Education. » More like this Chinese Americans--Education. » More like this Czech Americans--Education. » More like this Dutch Americans--Education. » More like this Ethiopian Americans--Education. » More like this Greek Americans--Education. » More like this Hispanic Americans--Education. » More like this Hungarian Americans--Education. » More like this Hupa Indians--Education. » More like this Japanese Americans--Education. » More like this Jews--United States--Education. » More like this Korean Americans--Education. » More like this Latvian Americans--Education. » More like this Lebanese Americans--Education. » More like this Lithuanian Americans--Education. » More like this Polish Americans--Education. » More like this Portuguese Americans--Education. » More like this Turkish Americans--Education. » More like this Ukrainian Americans--Education. » More like this Christian education--United States. » More like this Jewish religious education--United States. » More like this Islamic education--United States. » More like this Buddhist education--United States. » More like this
Form/Genre:	Field recordings--United States. » More like this Interviews. » More like this Ethnography. » More like this Manuscripts. » More like this Microfilms. » More like this Photographs. » More like this Sound recordings. » More like this Videocassettes. » More like this
Local Shelving No.:	AFC 1993/001 AFS 23347-23718; RYA 4369-4656; RXA 5013-5079 Microfilm 95/4760 (L)
Language Code:	eng mul
Geographic Area Code:	n-us---
Repository:	DLC-AFC Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, 101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, DC 20540-4610
Links:	http://www.loc.gov/folklife/guides/ethnicschools.html ETHNIC HERITAGE AND LANGUAGE SCHOOLS IN AMERICA PROJECT COLLECTION: Finding Aid (American Folklife Center, Library of Congress)