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The Italian-Americans in the West Project collection

LC Control No.:	2004695184
Type of Material:	Archival Manuscript Material (Collection)
Main Title:	The Italian-Americans in the West Project collection, 1988-1993 / collected by the American Folklife Center.
Variant Title:	Italian Americans in the West Project collection
Related Names:	Taylor, David Alan, 1951- » More like this Williams, John Alexander, 1938- » More like this Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) » More like this American Folklife Center. » More like this
Related Titles:	Old ties, new attachments. Italian-American folklife in the West.
Description:	manuscripts:: 323 folders. sound recordings:: 65 sound tape reels : analog, 7 1/2 ips ; 7 in. sound recordings:: 233 sound cassettes : analog. graphic materials:: ca. 25,000 photographs. graphic materials:: 5 architectural drawings. graphic materials:: 10 blueprints. moving images:: 22 videocassettes : sd., col. ; 3/4 in. and 1/2 in. artifacts:: 12 items. 32 computer disks ; 3 1/2 in. 28 computer disks ; 5 1/4 in.
Organized/Arranged:	Organized by format into the following series: I. Manuscript and Print Materials, II. Computer Diskettes, III. Sound Recordings, IV. Graphic Materials, V. Moving Images, VI. Exhibition Materials.
Access Advisory:	Duplication of the collection materials may be governed by copyright and other restrictions.
Summary:	The collection consists of manuscript materials, sound recordings, graphic materials (including color slides, black-and-white negatives, and photographic prints), and moving images collected during a field research project documenting Italian-American occupational, cultural, and religious traditions in several locations in the western United States. Fieldwork was conducted in Gilroy, California; San Pedro, California; Pueblo, Colorado; Carbon County, Utah; Walla Walla, Washington; and several mining and ranching communities in Nevada. The project was part of the Quincentenary Celebration of Christopher Columbus sponsored by the Library of Congress in 1992. It produced a traveling exhibition and book of essays, both titled, "Old Ties, New Attachments : Italian-American Folklife in the West."
Notes:	In English and Italian. Taylor, David A. and John Alexander Williams, eds. Old Ties, New Attachments: Italian-American Folklife in the West, Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1992.
Finding Aids:	Collection guide available in the Folklife Reading Room and online via the American Folklife Center web pages.
Cite as:	Italian Americans in the West Project Collection (AFC 1989/022), Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Subjects:	Italian Americans--West (U.S.)--Social life and customs. » More like this Italian Americans--West (U.S.)--Folklore. » More like this Italian Americans--West (U.S.)--Religion. » More like this Occupations--West (U.S.) » More like this Columbus Quincentenary, 1992-1993--West (U.S.) » More like this West (U.S.)--Social life and customs. » More like this
Form/Genre:	Field recordings--West (U.S.) » More like this Interviews--West (U.S.) » More like this Oral history--West (U.S.) » More like this Ethnography. » More like this Traveling exhibitions. » More like this Manuscripts. » More like this Sound recordings. » More like this Photographs. » More like this Videocassettes. » More like this
Local Shelving No.:	AFC 1989/022
Language Code:	eng ita eng ita
Geographic Area Code:	n-usp--
Repository:	DLC-AFC Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, 101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, DC USA 20540-4610
Links:	Finding aid: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/eadafc.af007003 Italian-Americans in the West Project Collection