Blue Ridge Parkway Folklore Project Records
Scope and Content
The collection includes records from an oral history project conducted by the American Folklife Center in cooperation with the National Park Service. Project surveyed folk cultural traditions along the Blue Ridge Parkway, particularly along a hundred-mile stretch from Rocky Knob, Virginia, to Doughton Park, North Carolina. Field coordinator for the project was Charles K. Wolfe of Middle Tennessee State University. The collection consists of taped interviews with residents, photographs, field notes, and some administrative records from 1978 and 1979.
Most, but not all, of the audio reels are labeled with the name of people/organization(s) interviewed. When that information is known, it is provided, along with the alpha-numeric identifier in the "Contents List" below.
Dates
- Creation: 1978 - 1979
Creator
- Blue Ridge Parkway Folklore Project (Organization)
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
Use Restrictions
The Blue Ridge Parkway Folklore Project Records were deposited with Special Collections in 1986. Special Collections cannot grant use of materials for publication purposes. Contact Special Collections for more information.
Researchers may want to consult the Blue Ridge Parkway Folklife Project collection at the Library of Congress.
Full Extent
14 Cubic Feet (15 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection includes records from an oral history project conducted by the American Folklife Center in cooperation with the National Park Service created between 1978 and 1979.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged into two series.
Series I: Audio (Reels) contains audio files in their original tape formats. This series is in the original order in which is was received.
Series II: Papers (Audio Logs, Field Notes, & Research Files) consists of original and photocopied field notes, photographs, and photograph log books. It also includes some text-based audio logs. This series is in the original order in which is was received.
Acquisition Information
The Blue Ridge Parkway Folklore Project Records was deposited with Special Collections in 1986.
Existence and Location of Originals
The Library of Congress holds an additional, more extensive collection of materials relating to the Blue Ridge Parkway Folklife Project. The finding aid for that collection is available online.
Processing Information
An initial inventory of the collection was completed in 1986. Additional processing, arrangement, and description of the collection was completed in 2015 and 2016.
- Title
- Blue Ridge Parkway Folklore Project Records, 1978-1979
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Special Collections Staff
- Date
- © 2016 Virginia Tech. All rights reserved.
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections, Virginia Tech Repository
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
560 Drillfield Drive
Newman Library, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg Virginia 24061 US
540-231-6308
specref@vt.edu