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OFN Southern Oregon Folklife and Traditional Arts Survey records

 Collection
Identifier: OFN 007

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

  1. Sarge and Cecelia Glidewell - Round Dancing, November 3, 2013
  2. Judi Doud - Quilting, November 4, 2013
  3. Laila Griffith - Norwegian Foodways, November 4, 2013
  4. John Krueger - Fly Tying, November 5, 2013
  5. Robin King and Diane McKoen - Quilting, November 6, 2013
  6. Mike Purves - Shoe Repair and Cowboy Boots, November 6, 2013
  7. Sons of Norway - Norwegian Lefse, November 6, 2013
  8. Chiloquilters - Quilting, November 7, 2013
  9. Mark Kelley - Fly Tying, November 7, 2013
  10. Linda Romero - Mexican Pan Dulce and Mexican Bakery, November 7, 2013
  11. Larry Sprout and Klamath Country Squares - Square Dancing and Dance Calling, November 7, 2013
  12. Dave Clowes - Saddle Maker, November 8, 2013
  13. Klamath Fire Department - Firefighting, November 8, 2013
  14. Larry Morgan - Rawhide and Horsehair Braiding, November 8, 2013
  15. Lisa Ackerman - Hat Shaping, November 9, 2013
  16. Bill and Theresa Black - Braiding and Horsehair Hitching, June 5, 2014
  17. Terry and Larry McLain - Old-Time Music, Fiddling, June 5, 2014
  18. Norma Lund - Quilting, June 6, 2014
  19. Ross McGarva - Foodways, Meat Market, Grilling, June 6, 2014
  20. Jack Armstrong - Rawhide Braiding, June 7, 2014
  21. Ricarda Clause - Silversmithing, June 7, 2014
  22. Mario Hanel - Saddlemaking, June 7, 2014
  23. Larry McLain and The Old Time Fiddlers - Old Time Music, June 7, 2014
  24. Patty and Keith Barnhart - Dutch Oven Cooking, June 8, 2014
  25. Gloria Babb - Quilting, June 9, 2014
  26. Lem Babb - Saddlemaking, June 9, 2014
  27. Ross Westgate - Gunsmithing, June 9, 2014
  28. Margaret "Gidget" Goodwin - Tatting, June 10, 2014
  29. Lisa Robinson - Hat Making, June 10, 2014
  30. Rosa Villagrana - Quilting, June 10, 2014
  31. Lois Kropf - Quilting, June 11, 2014
  32. Becky Tocol - Horsehair Hitching, June 11, 2014
  33. Leo Rito - Filipino Foodways, June 14, 2014
  34. Wally Cunial/ Sons of Italy - Italian Foodways, June 16, 2014
  35. Phil and Sheila Fry - Fiddle Making, Gardening and Herbal Lore, June 16, 2014
  36. Eileen Bucklin and Joyce Merwin - Quilting, June 18, 2014
  37. Linda Wood - Quilting, June 18, 2014
  38. Ruel Teague - Old-time Music, April 25, 2014
  39. Cecil and Emory Coons - Arrowhead Chipping, April 26, 2014
  40. Pat Horlacher - Silversmithing, April 26, 2014
  41. Steve McKay - Saddle Making, April 29, 2014
  42. Merlin Rupp - Horsehair Mecates and Cinches / Rawhide Riatas and Hondas, April 29, 2014
  43. Dean Adams - Native American Silversmith / Basketmaker, April 30, 2014
  44. Sara Barton - Native American Basketry / Cradleboard-Making / Regalia, May 2, 2014
  45. Dan Fowler - Rawhide Braider (Reins, Romals, and Bosals), May 2, 2014
  46. Ruth Lewis - Native American Beadwork, May 3, 2014
  47. Mike and Terri Slate - Trapping, May 3, 2014
  48. Julie Johnson - Native American Regalia / Beadwork / Powwow Dancing, May 4, 2014
  49. Randi Johnson - Cowboy Poetry, May 4, 2014
  50. Rena Beers - Cradleboards, May 9, 2014
  51. Janet Komoto - Taiko Drumming, May 9, 2014
  52. Mike Strong - Western Boot and Shoe Maker, May 14, 2014
  53. Marco Rodriguez - Traditional Mexican American Baked Goods, May 15, 2014
  54. Sandy Micheli - Woodcarving, May 17, 2014
  55. James Dionne - Native American Ritual Practices / Sweat Lodge Circle and Powwow Dancing, May 19, 2014
  56. Eva Castellanoz - Native American Curanderismo (Traditional Healing), May 20, 2014
  57. Ludi Phillips - Old-Time Music, May 24, 2014
  58. Dan and Robin Fulwyler - Ranching and Rodeo Traditions, May 25, 2014
  59. Darlene Albisu - Basque Foodways, May 29, 2014
  60. Rena Beers - Cradleboards and Root Gathering, May 2-3, 2014
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

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