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The Lowell Folklife Project collection

LC Control No.:	2004695186
Type of Material:	Archival Manuscript Material (Collection)
Main Title:	The Lowell Folklife Project collection, 1987-1988 / collected by the American Folklife Center ; in cooperation with the Lowell Historic Preservation Commission and the Massachusetts Council on the Arts and Humanities.
Variant Title:	Lowell folklife project
Related Names:	Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) » More like this American Folklife Center. » More like this Lowell Historic Preservation Commission (U.S.) » More like this Lowell National Historical Park (Lowell, Mass.) » More like this Massachusetts Council on the Arts and Humanities. » More like this Refugee Arts Group. » More like this University of Lowell. » More like this
Description:	manuscripts:: 158 folders. sound recordings:: 90 sound cassettes : analog. sound recordings:: 247 sound tape reels: analog, 7 1/2 ips ; 7 in. graphic materials:: ca. 13,500 photographs : b&w., col. 15 computer disks ; 5 1/4 and 3 1/2 in.
Organized/Arranged:	Organized by format into the following series: I. Print and Manuscript Materials; II. Computer Disks; III. Sound Recordings; IV. and Graphic Materials.
Access Advisory:	Duplication of the collection materials may be governed by copyright and other restrictions.
Biographical/Historical Data:	The Lowell Folklife Project was conducted in 1987-1988 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, to document contemporary ethnic neighborhoods, occupations, and community life related to the history of industrialization in Lowell, Massachusetts.
Summary:	This 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 religious processions, ethnic festivals, ethnic restaurants, and neighborhood tours. An additional 23 hours of sound recordings of musical events and oral history interviews were copied from originals lent by Lowell residents. Collection materials also include correspondence; field notes; questionnaires; neighborhood maps; reports; publications; administrative files; interview transcripts; black and white photographic prints, contact sheets, and negatives (ca. 10,000 images); and color slides, prints, and negatives (ca. 3,500 images) which document community life in Lowell, Mass.
Notes:	Transcripts of interviews were prepared by the University of Lowell, Center for Lowell History, Oral History Collection. Includes reports prepared by the Refugee Arts Group on the Vietnamese, Cambodian, and Laotian communities of Lowell. In English, French, Greek, Laotian, Portuguese, Spanish, Vietnamese, and Cambodian.
Finding Aids:	Collection guide available in the Folklife Reading Room and online via the American Folklife Center web pages.
Cite as:	Lowell Folklife Project Collection, Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Subjects:	Community life--Massachusetts--Lowell. » More like this Ethnic neighborhoods--Massachusetts--Lowell--Maps. » More like this Folklore--Massachusetts--Lowell. » More like this Ethnic arts--Massachusetts--Lowell. » More like this Textile industry--Massachusetts--Lowell. » More like this Music--Massachusetts--Lowell. » More like this Folk music--Massachusetts--Lowell. » More like this Processions--Massachusetts--Lowell. » More like this Refugees--Massachusetts--Lowell. » More like this Cambodian Americans--Massachusetts--Lowell--Social life and customs. » More like this Columbian Americans--Massachusetts--Lowell--Social life and customs. » More like this French Americans--Massachusetts--Lowell--Social life and customs. » More like this Greek Americans--Massachusetts--Lowell--Social life and customs. » More like this Irish Americans--Massachusetts--Lowell--Social life and customs. » More like this Laotian Americans--Massachusetts--Lowell--Social life and customs. » More like this Polish Americans--Massachusetts--Lowell--Social life and customs. » More like this Portuguese Americans--Massachusetts--Lowell--Social life and customs. » More like this Puerto Ricans--Massachusetts--Lowell--Social life and customs. » More like this Vietnamese Americans--Massachusetts--Lowell--Social life and customs. » More like this Lowell (Mass.)--Religious life and customs. » More like this Lowell (Mass.)--Social life and customs. » More like this
Form/Genre:	Field recordings--Massachusetts--Lowell. » More like this Ethnography. » More like this Sound recordings. » More like this Correspondence. » More like this Ethnography. » More like this Interviews. » More like this Oral history. » More like this Photographs. » More like this
Local Shelving No.:	AFC 1987/042 AFS 26388-26738 (listening copies) RXD 4451-4697 (sound tape reels) RYL 1055-1145 (sound cassettes)
Language Code:	eng mul mul
Geographic Area Code:	n-us-ma
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/lowell.html LOWELL FOLKLIFE PROJECT COLLECTION: Finding Aid (American Folklife Center, Library of Congress)