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The Working in Paterson Project collection

LC Control No.:	2004695193
Type of Material:	Archival Manuscript Material (Collection)
Main Title:	The Working in Paterson Project collection, 1993-2002 / collected by the American Folklife Center in cooperation with the National Park Service.
Variant Title:	Working in Paterson Project Report title: Working in Paterson : a survey of occupational culture in Paterson, New Jersey, with recommendations for public programming.
Related Names:	Cooper, Martha, photographer. » More like this Lautenberg, Frank R., interviewee. » More like this Pascrell, Bill, interviewee. » More like this Taylor, David Alan, 1951- interviewer. » More like this Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) » More like this American Folklife Center. » More like this Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program. » More like this United States. National Park Service. Mid-Atlantic Regional Office. » More like this
Related Titles:	Working in Paterson, occupational heritage in an urban setting
Description:	39 boxes (21 linear feet) manuscripts:: 143 folders (ca. 5,400 leaves) sound recordings:: 41 sound cassettes : analog. sound recordings:: 49 sound cassettes : digital. graphic materials:: ca. 6,500 photographs : negatives, contact sheets, slides, photographic prints, col., b&w. ; various sizes, 8 x 10 in. and smaller. 174 computer disks (CD-ROM) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. 30 computer disks ; 3 1/2 in. artifacts:: 12 items.
Organized/Arranged:	Organized by format into the following series: I. Manuscripts; II. Sound Recordings; III. Graphic Materials; IV. Electronic Media; and V. Artifacts.
Access Advisory:	Duplication of the collection materials may be governed by copyright and other restrictions. Information about ordering audio and photographic reproductions is available on the Library of Congress American Memory website.
Cancelled/Invalid LCCN:	2002556048
Biographical/Historical Data:	This four-month field project, June to September 1994, was part of the federal Urban History Initiative (UHI) sponsored by Sen. Frank Lautenberg and administered by the National Park Service's Mid-Atlantic Regional Office. A research team of five folklorists from the American Folklife Center of the Library of Congress and a documentary photographer interviewed and photographed workers from local industries and documented other aspects of Paterson's occupational heritage.
Summary:	The collection consists of manuscripts, sound recordings, photographs, artifacts, publications, and ephemera from an ethnographic field project which documented occupational culture in Paterson, New Jersey in 1994. Subjects include the textile industry, industrial architecture, machine shops, labor unions, family owned businesses, dressmaking, and ethnic restaurants. A single manufacturing firm, Watson Machine International, was the focus of an in-depth study. The project focused on the ways in which community life and values are shaped by work and how the theme of work intersects with other themes, namely family, ethnicity, gender, neighborhood, religion, and change over time.
Notes:	Sound recordings include interviews with U.S. Senator Frank R. Lautenberg and U.S. Congressman Bill Pascrell (former mayor of Paterson) conducted by project director David A. Taylor. In English, Italian, and Spanish.
Finding Aids:	Finding aid available in the Folklife Reading Room, Library of Congress, and online via the American Folklife Center web pages.
Cite as:	The Working in Paterson Project Collection (AFC 1995/028), Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Additional Formats:	A substantial portion of the collection, with interpretive essays, is available as "Working in Paterson: Occupational Heritage in an Urban Setting," an American Memory online resource compiled by the National Digital Library Program of the Library of Congress. American Memory online resource, "Working in Paterson," is also on CD-ROM discs in the collection.
Subjects:	Labor--New Jersey--Paterson. » More like this Occupations--New Jersey--Paterson. » More like this Paterson (N.J.)--Social life and customs. » More like this Watson Machine International. » More like this African American business enterprises--New Jersey--Paterson. » More like this Arab American business enterprises--New Jersey--Paterson. » More like this Hispanic American business enterprises--New Jersey--Paterson. » More like this Colombian American business enterprises--New Jersey--Paterson. » More like this African Americans--Employment--New Jersey--Paterson. » More like this Irish Americans--Employment--New Jersey--Paterson. » More like this Italian Americans--Employment--New Jersey--Paterson. » More like this Hispanic Americans--Employment--New Jersey--Paterson. » More like this Arab Americans--Employment--New Jersey--Paterson. » More like this Polish Americans--Employment--New Jersey--Paterson. » More like this Community life--New Jersey--Paterson. » More like this Machine shops--New Jersey--Paterson. » More like this Textile industry--New Jersey--Paterson. » More like this Labor unions--New Jersey--Paterson. » More like this Women dressmakers--New Jersey--Paterson. » More like this Family-owned business enterprises--New Jersey--Paterson. » More like this Ethnic restaurants--New Jersey--Paterson. » More like this Architecture, Industrial--New Jersey--Paterson. » More like this Processions--New Jersey--Paterson. » More like this Pageants--New Jersey--Paterson. » More like this Beauty contestants--New Jersey--Paterson. » More like this Catholic Church--New Jersey--Paterson--Customs and practices. » More like this Paterson (N.J.)--Religious life and customs. » More like this
Form/Genre:	Field recordings--New Jersey--Paterson. » More like this Interviews--New Jersey--Paterson. » More like this Oral history--New Jersey--Paterson. » More like this Photographs. » More like this Sound recordings. » More like this Manuscripts. » More like this Field notes. » More like this Ethnography. » More like this
Local Shelving No.:	AFC 1995/028
Language Code:	eng ita spa eng ita spa
Geographic Area Code:	n-us-nj
Repository:	DLC-AFC Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, 101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, DC USA 20540-4610
Links:	Online resource Working in Paterson: Occupational Heritage in an Urban Setting: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/collafc.af000014 Finding aid: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/eadafc.af007004