OFN community events documentation

Collection

Identifier: OFN 003

Scope and Contents

Collection comprises digital images of community culture and heritage events in Oregon from 2013 to present.

Community events include FisherPoets Gathering, Oregon Country Fair, Independence Hop Heritage Festival, McKenzie River Wooden Boat Festival.

Dates

2013-2018

Language of Materials

English

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open to the public.

Collection must be used in Special Collections & University Archives Reading Room.

Biographical / Historical

The Oregon Folklife Network is Oregon’s statewide folklife program, and includes partners at state and local levels that document, support, and celebrate traditions arts and tradition bearers in Oregon. The Oregon Folklife Network is based at the University of Oregon and produces publications, museum exhibits, public events, folklife fieldwork, and documentary collections. Since 2012, it has been engaged in a survey of folk and traditional arts and artists in Oregon.

Statewide supporters are the Oregon Arts Commission, Oregon Cultural Trust, Oregon Historical Society, Oregon State Library, and Oregon Heritage Commission. Community partners include Oregon Tribes, community-based cultural organizations, museums, regional cultural alliances, local arts agencies, K12 schools, universities and colleges, and public libraries. The Oregon Folklife Network succeeds the Oregon Folklife Program, which provided statewide services supporting folklife and traditional arts in Oregon from 1977 to 2009 at the Oregon Arts Commission, next at Lewis and Clark College, and then at the Oregon Historical Society.

Extent

1388 digital file(s)

Additional Description

Abstract

The Oregon Folklife Network is Oregon's folklife and traditional arts program and includes partners that operate on state and local levels to document, support, and celebrate Oregon's cultural traditions. This collection comprises digital color photographs taken by Oregon Folklife Network staff members at culture and heritage events in Oregon from 2013 to present. Community events documented include community festivals and performing arts festivals, such as FisherPoets Gathering, Oregon Country Fair, Independence Hop Heritage Festival, Oregon State Fair, and Pendelton Round-up, among others.