OFN Southern Oregon Folklife and Traditional Arts Survey records
Scope and Contents note
The Oregon Folklife Network conducted a survey of folklife and traditional arts in four southeastern Oregon counties from 2013 to 2014. The Southern Oregon Folklife and Traditional Arts Survey is one of the several surveys it has completed since 2012. Collection comprises folklore fieldwork documentation, newsletter articles, and public presentations created in this survey. The fieldwork documentation is in digital file formats and includes 2,631 color photographs and 98 interview sound recordings, as well as media logs and artist data sheets, and final reports, documenting approximately 70 traditional artists, organizations, and events.
Professional folklorists LuAnne Kozma and Douglas Manger interviewed traditional artists in Klamath County, Lake County, Harney County, and Malheur County. Manger worked in Harney and Malheur counties in April and May 2014 and Kozma worked in Lake and Klamath counties in November 2013 and June 2014. Oregon Folklife Network Director Riki Saltzman and students Julie Meyer, Emily Knott, and Adrienne Decker participated in selected interviews and also contributed fieldwork documentation.
The survey documented the following traditional arts (and artists) associated with occupations and avocations: ranching and rodeo traditions (Dan and Robin Fulwyler), silversmithing (Ricarda Clause, Pat Horlacher), gunsmithing (Ross Westgate), horsehair and rawhide braiding (Bill and Theresa Black, Jack Armstrong, Merlin Rupp, Dan Fowler), saddle making (Steve McKay, Lem Babb, Mario Hanel), outdoor cookery (Patty and Keith Barnhart), trapping (Mike and Terri Slate), hat making and shaping (Lisa Ackerman, Lisa Robinson), and bootmaking (Mike Strong, Mike Purves).
The survey documented bearers of Native American traditions from Klamath, Burns Paiute, and other tribes, including cradleboard making (Rena Beers, Sara Barton), arrowhead chipping (Cecil and Emory Coons), root gathering (Rena Beers), regalia and beadworking (Julie Johnson), traditional healing (Eva Castellanoz, James Dionne), and powwow (Klamath Veterans Day Powwow).
The survey also documented foodways, including Mexican baked goods and pan dulce (La Perla Bakery, Marco Rodriguez), Norwegian lefse and krumkakke (Laila Griffiths), as well as Filipino (Leo Rito), Basque (Darlene Albisu), and Italian (Sons of Italy).
Additional traditions documented include: quilting and tatting (Robin King and Diane McKoen, Judi Doud, Eileen Bucklin and Joyce Merwin, Linda Wood, Chiloquilters), old time music (Ruel Teague, Ludi Phillips, Terry and Larry McLain), and fly tying (Mark Kelley, John Krueger).
Photographs include portraits of artists, as well as images of arts and crafts, tools and supplies, process and techniques, and workshops and workrooms. Artist data sheets completed by folklorists include artist biographical data and contact information, as well as a description of each artist's tradition and how it was learned.
Dates
- 2013-2014
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access note
Collection is open to the public.
Collection must be used in Special Collections and University Archives Reading Room.
Conditions Governing Use note
Property rights reside with Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries. Copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their heirs. All requests for permission to publish collection materials must be submitted to Special Collections and University Archives. The reader must also obtain permission of the copyright holder.
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 traditional 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. Survey documentation is held at the University of Oregon’s Libraries and Special Collections and University Archives.
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
2965 digital file(s)
Abstract
The Oregon Folklife Network is Oregon's folklife and traditional arts program, and includes culture and heritage partners that operate on state and local levels to document, support, and celebrate Oregon's cultural traditions. This collection comprises folklore fieldwork documentation, newsletter articles, and public presentations created by the Oregon Folklife Network in a survey of folk and traditional arts in four southern Oregon counties in 2013 and 2014. Fieldwork documentation includes 2,855 color photographs and 98 interview sound recordings, as well as media logs and artist data sheets, documenting approximately 70 traditional artists, organizations, and events in Klamath County, Lake County, Harney County, and Malheur County. Photographs include portraits of artists, as well as images of arts and crafts, tools and supplies, process and techniques, and workshops and workrooms.
Arrangement note
Collection is organized into series by fieldworker and arranged chronologically by interview date. Materials for each fieldworker are organized by artist. Documentation for each artist is arranged by format: texts, photographs, and sound recordings. Texts include media logs for photographs and sound recordings, release forms signed by the artist, final reports and artist data sheets.
Interview List
- Sarge and Cecelia Glidewell - Round Dancing, November 3, 2013
- Judi Doud - Quilting, November 4, 2013
- Laila Griffith - Norwegian Foodways, November 4, 2013
- John Krueger - Fly Tying, November 5, 2013
- Robin King and Diane McKoen - Quilting, November 6, 2013
- Mike Purves - Shoe Repair and Cowboy Boots, November 6, 2013
- Sons of Norway - Norwegian Lefse, November 6, 2013
- Chiloquilters - Quilting, November 7, 2013
- Mark Kelley - Fly Tying, November 7, 2013
- Linda Romero - Mexican Pan Dulce and Mexican Bakery, November 7, 2013
- Larry Sprout and Klamath Country Squares - Square Dancing and Dance Calling, November 7, 2013
- Dave Clowes - Saddle Maker, November 8, 2013
- Klamath Fire Department - Firefighting, November 8, 2013
- Larry Morgan - Rawhide and Horsehair Braiding, November 8, 2013
- Lisa Ackerman - Hat Shaping, November 9, 2013
- Bill and Theresa Black - Braiding and Horsehair Hitching, June 5, 2014
- Terry and Larry McLain - Old-Time Music, Fiddling, June 5, 2014
- Norma Lund - Quilting, June 6, 2014
- Ross McGarva - Foodways, Meat Market, Grilling, June 6, 2014
- Jack Armstrong - Rawhide Braiding, June 7, 2014
- Ricarda Clause - Silversmithing, June 7, 2014
- Mario Hanel - Saddlemaking, June 7, 2014
- Larry McLain and The Old Time Fiddlers - Old Time Music, June 7, 2014
- Patty and Keith Barnhart - Dutch Oven Cooking, June 8, 2014
- Gloria Babb - Quilting, June 9, 2014
- Lem Babb - Saddlemaking, June 9, 2014
- Ross Westgate - Gunsmithing, June 9, 2014
- Margaret "Gidget" Goodwin - Tatting, June 10, 2014
- Lisa Robinson - Hat Making, June 10, 2014
- Rosa Villagrana - Quilting, June 10, 2014
- Lois Kropf - Quilting, June 11, 2014
- Becky Tocol - Horsehair Hitching, June 11, 2014
- Leo Rito - Filipino Foodways, June 14, 2014
- Wally Cunial/ Sons of Italy - Italian Foodways, June 16, 2014
- Phil and Sheila Fry - Fiddle Making, Gardening and Herbal Lore, June 16, 2014
- Eileen Bucklin and Joyce Merwin - Quilting, June 18, 2014
- Linda Wood - Quilting, June 18, 2014
- Ruel Teague - Old-time Music, April 25, 2014
- Cecil and Emory Coons - Arrowhead Chipping, April 26, 2014
- Pat Horlacher - Silversmithing, April 26, 2014
- Steve McKay - Saddle Making, April 29, 2014
- Merlin Rupp - Horsehair Mecates and Cinches / Rawhide Riatas and Hondas, April 29, 2014
- Dean Adams - Native American Silversmith / Basketmaker, April 30, 2014
- Sara Barton - Native American Basketry / Cradleboard-Making / Regalia, May 2, 2014
- Dan Fowler - Rawhide Braider (Reins, Romals, and Bosals), May 2, 2014
- Ruth Lewis - Native American Beadwork, May 3, 2014
- Mike and Terri Slate - Trapping, May 3, 2014
- Julie Johnson - Native American Regalia / Beadwork / Powwow Dancing, May 4, 2014
- Randi Johnson - Cowboy Poetry, May 4, 2014
- Rena Beers - Cradleboards, May 9, 2014
- Janet Komoto - Taiko Drumming, May 9, 2014
- Mike Strong - Western Boot and Shoe Maker, May 14, 2014
- Marco Rodriguez - Traditional Mexican American Baked Goods, May 15, 2014
- Sandy Micheli - Woodcarving, May 17, 2014
- James Dionne - Native American Ritual Practices / Sweat Lodge Circle and Powwow Dancing, May 19, 2014
- Eva Castellanoz - Native American Curanderismo (Traditional Healing), May 20, 2014
- Ludi Phillips - Old-Time Music, May 24, 2014
- Dan and Robin Fulwyler - Ranching and Rodeo Traditions, May 25, 2014
- Darlene Albisu - Basque Foodways, May 29, 2014
- Rena Beers - Cradleboards and Root Gathering, May 2-3, 2014
- Folk artists -- Oregon -- Harney County -- Interviews Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Folk artists -- Oregon -- Harney County -- Photographs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Folk artists -- Oregon -- Klamath County -- Interviews Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Folk artists -- Oregon -- Klamath County -- Photographs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Folk artists -- Oregon -- Lake County -- Interviews Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Folk artists -- Oregon -- Lake County -- Photographs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Folk artists -- Oregon -- Malheur County -- Interviews Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Folk artists -- Oregon -- Malheur County -- Photographs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Folklife archives Subject Source: Afset
- Folklore and Folklife Subject Source: Archiveswest
- Oregon -- Folklore Subject Source: Lcnaf
- Oregon -- Social life and customs Subject Source: Lcnaf
- Title
- Guide to the Oregon Folklife Network Southern Oregon Folklife and Traditional Arts Survey Records
- Author
- Nathan Georgitis; Eleanore Kohorn
- Date
- 2021
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English
Repository Details
Part of the University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives Repository