Bibframe Work
TitleIllinois Arts Council collectionTypeMixed MaterialCollectionMoving ImageSubjectFolklore--Illinois (LCSH)Field recordings--Illinois (LCSH)Ethnic arts--Illinois (LCSH)Folk art--Illinois (LCSH)Folk dancing--Illinois (LCSH)Folk music--Illinois (LCSH)Apprenticeship programs--Illinois (LCSH)Illinois--Social life and customs (LCSH)NoteLanguage: In English.SummaryIllinois folklife documentation, from a number of projects and programs under the Illinois Arts Council including the Ethnic and Folk Arts Program, the Ethnic and Folk Arts Master Apprentice Program, East Central Illinois Music Project, East St. Louis Folk Arts Project, Folk Music Fieldwork Collection, County Folk Arts in Education Fieldwork, Great Lakes Arts Alliance Regional Folklife Project. 7" tapes made by Tim Cooley with Sunshine Lee, Noel Rice, Amira Davis & Sister Love, George Boyde, Skeets Evans, Carlos Eguil-Aguila, Will Norman. Also apprenticeship documentation: Lithuanian Skudutis technique (Raminta Pemkus & Darius Lapinskas), African percussion (Tyrone Fair & Sylvester Lee). VHS tapes documenting the Original Southern Harmonizers, the Polish Highlanders, Mt. Zion Missionary Baptish Church, Alejandro Areano & Juan Hernandez, David Dee & family. Cassettes documenting Martin Kapugi, Bible Grove Opry, Thornberry, Jimmy Payne, Cairo, Arlin Dretz, Orvil Hale, Archie Smothers), Betty Brinkman, Polish wedding, Eddie Snow, West Frankfort Dance, Lloyd "Boot" Shaw, Monmouth Sale Barn [Steve Rolander, auctioneer], Liz Carroll, Gideon Alorwoyie, Pompeo Stillo, Foday Musa Suso, Midwest Taiko ensemble, Cambodian folk ensemble, Alberto Sanabria, Arpa Paraguaya, Raeses des Andes Musica Boliviana, Archie Smothers, Jose Morales, Joe Shannon, Janes McGuire, Patrick Marks. Fieldwork slides and log sheets by Tim Cooley, a folklorist who worked with the Ethnic and Folk Arts Program in the 1980s. Topics include documentation of the Ethnic and Folk Arts Master Apprentice Program, Lithuanian weaving, African American quilting, braided rugs, basket weaving, banjo music, old time music, American Indian Craft Expo in Chicago, includes dance, and drum, Family farming, woodworking, fishing, riverlore, duck decoy carvings, Native American clothing and dance, Mexican dancing, Japanese American Service Committee, Girls Day Festival, dolls, folk dance, exhibitions. Additional slides document the East St. Louis Folk Arts Project. Black and white negatives and photo logs document the County Folk Arts in Education Fieldwork. The collection also includes original questionnaires, museum brochures, and final report from the 1985 Survey of Ethnic and Folk Art Museums in the Chicago Area, conducted by IAC.Origin Date(s)1984-2003 Authorized Access PointIllinois Arts Council collection