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Folklore in Archives:
A Guide to Describing Folklore and Folklife Materials

by James Corsaro and Karen Taussig-Lux
Published in December, 1998 by the New York Folklore Society
Looseleaf binder, 156 pages
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You need design elementFolklore in Archives if
  • you are an archivist, librarian, curator, or collections manager, and
  • you are responsible for arranging, describing, or caring for folklore collections or other collections that contain folklore materials, or
  • you are a folklorist or other cultural specialist or a community member who has folklore materials and wants to work with an archivist to ensure the preservation and accessibility of your collection.

A large and growing body of folklore collections will come under archival care in the next several decades. Folklore materials present unique challenges to archivists seeking to incorporate them into archival repositories and databases. This book describes the issues involved in archival management of folklore materials and offers guidelines to assist archivists and others who care for such collections. — from the Introduction

Folklore in Archives contains the following main sections:
  • What are Folklore and Folklife?

  • Archival Issues Related to Folklore Materials

  • Negotiating Donations and Transferring Records

  • Arranging Folklore Collections

  • Describing Folklore Collections

  • Cataloging Rules for Folklore Materials

  • Glossaries of folklore and archives
Folklore in Archives is the companion piece and sequel to Working with Folk Materials in New York State: A Manual for Folklorists and Archivists published in 1994. Working offers a basic introduction to the fields of folklore and archives, explores some of the key issues archivists and folklorists face as they begin to work together, and offers various sample forms and other resources. Folklore in Archives is the essential tool for the archivist who must arrange and describe folklore collections.

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