Blue Ridge Parkway Folklore Project Records

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
Newman Library
Virginia Tech
P.O. Box 90001
560 Drillfield Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (540) 231-6308
Fax: (540) 231-3694
Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

The Blue Ridge Parkway Folklore Project Records were deposited with Special Collections and University Archives in 1986. Special Collections and University Archives cannot grant use of materials for publication purposes. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for more information.

Researchers may want to consult the Blue Ridge Parkway Folklife Project collection at the Library of Congress.

Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Blue Ridge Parkway Folklore Project Records, Ms1986-009, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
18.4 Cubic Feet 14 boxes
Creator:
Blue Ridge Parkway Folklore Project
Abstract:
The collection includes records from an oral history project conducted by the American Folklife Center in cooperation with the National Park Service created between 1978 and 1979.
Language:
The materials in the collection are in English.
Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Blue Ridge Parkway Folklore Project Records, Ms1986-009, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection includes records from an oral history project conducted by the American Folklife Center in cooperation with the National Park Service. Project surveyed folk cultural traditions along the Blue Ridge Parkway, particularly along a hundred-mile stretch from Rocky Knob, Virginia, to Doughton Park, North Carolina. Field coordinator for the project was Charles K. Wolfe of Middle Tennessee State University. The collection consists of taped interviews with residents, photographs, field notes, and some administrative records from 1978 and 1979.

Most, but not all, of the audio reels are labeled with the name of people/organization(s) interviewed. When that information is known, it is provided, along with the alpha-numeric identifier in the "Contents List" below.

Acquisition information:
The Blue Ridge Parkway Folklore Project Records was deposited with Special Collections and University Archives in 1986.
Processing information:

An initial inventory of the collection was completed in 1986. Additional processing, arrangement, and description of the collection was completed in 2015 and 2016.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into two series.

Series I: Audio (Reels) contains audio files in their original tape formats. This series is in the original order in which is was received.

Series II: Papers (Audio Logs, Field Notes, & Research Files) consists of original and photocopied field notes, photographs, and photograph log books. It also includes some text-based audio logs. This series is in the original order in which is was received.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard