Durham Traditional Arts Survey Project records, 2000-2002
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Summary
- Creator:
- Duke University. Center for Documentary Studies. Community Programs
- Abstract:
- The Durham Traditional Arts Survey was conducted in the early 2000s as part of the Document Durham project within the Community Programs department at the Center for Documentary Studies. Participants consisted of folklorists and photographers who traveled through Durham County, attempting to document the diversity of various communities by focusing on traditional artists within those communities. One outcome of the DTAS was the Home Made Visible: Durham 2002 exhibition, which highlighted Durham traditional arts and crafts. Includes fieldwork reports, interview tapes, slides, photographs, and other documentary material from the research and observations conducted by participants in the Durham Traditional Arts Survey Project. Durham communities and artists represented in the project include African American, African immigrants, Latino, Middle Eastern, Jewish, South Indian, and Asian, as well as occupational traditions and rural community traditions. Acquired as part of the Archive of Documentary Arts.
- Extent:
- 1.8 Linear Feet
900 Items - Language:
- Material in English
- Collection ID:
- RL.00325
Background
- Scope and content:
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Includes fieldwork reports, interview tapes, slides, photographs, and other documentary material from the research and observations conducted by participants in the Durham Traditional Arts Survey Project. Durham communities and artists represented in the project include African American, African immigrants, Latino, Middle Eastern, Jewish, South Indian, and Asian, as well as occupational traditions and rural community traditions. Acquired as part of the Archive of Documentary Arts.
- Biographical / historical:
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The Durham Traditional Arts Survey was conducted in the early 2000s as part of the Document Durham project within the Community Programs department at the Center for Documentary Studies. Participants consisted of folklorists and photographers who traveled through Durham County, attempting to document the diversity of various communities by focusing on traditional artists within those communities. One outcome of the DTAS was the "Home Made Visible: Durham 2002" exhibition, which highlighted Durham traditional arts and crafts.
- Acquisition information:
- The Durham Traditional Arts Survey Project records were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a gift in 2009.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Meghan Lyon, March 2009
Encoded by Meghan Lyon, March 2009
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- Subjects:
- Documentary films
Young photographers -- North Carolina -- Durham - Format:
- Color slides
Negatives (photographic)
Audiocassettes
Floppy disks
Digital audio tapes - Names:
- Duke University. Center for Documentary Studies
Duke University. Center for Documentary Studies. Community Programs
Lau, Barbara (Barbara A.) - Places:
- Durham (N.C.) -- Social life and customs
Durham (N.C.) -- Arts and crafts
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[Identification of item], Durham Traditional Arts Survey Project Records, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University