Collection 116: Maryland Folklife Program contains some 880 field research items, featuring field notes and reports, audio and video recordings, photos, contact sheets, and slides. Highlights include:
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Dates
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Research
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Researcher/Source
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Collection Location
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1967-1970
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Folk Medicines and Folk Beliefs
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Students of George Carey
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Coll 116, series II.B
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1970s-1990s
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Baltimore Arabber Street Sellers
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Roland L. Freeman
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Coll 116, Box 3, Folders 1-2
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1974
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Black Craftsmen Survey
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Gladys-Marie Fry
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Coll 116, box 1, folder 52
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1974
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Maryland Folklife Survey
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George Carey
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Coll 116, box 2, folders 3-9
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1974-1975
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Women's Craft Survey
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Gerri Johnson
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Coll 116, box 1, folder 53
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1975
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Baltimore City Ethnic Folklife Survey
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Millie Rahn
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Coll 116, box 1, folder 55, & Coll116_AV0011 through Coll116_AV0016
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1975
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The Folk Way Film Footage
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Maryland Center for Public Broadcasting
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Coll116_AV0115 through Coll116-AV0204
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1975-1980
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Maryland Folklife Festivals: Documentation
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Multiple field researchers
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Coll 116, subseries I.C
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1975-1980
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Maryland Folklife Festivals: Preparatory Fieldwork
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Multiple field researchers
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Coll 116, subseries I.A
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1983-1984
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Swan Meadow School, Garrett County
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Charles Camp
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Coll116_AV0247 through Coll116_AV0249
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1984-1995
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Baltimore City Markets
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Jane Strausbaugh
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Coll 116, box 9-10, & Coll116_AV0010, Coll116_AV0012, Coll116_AV0014 through Coll116_AV0017, Coll116_AV0217 through Coll 116_AV0232, Coll116_AV0236 through Coll116_AV0243
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1987-1991
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Eastern and Western Shore Praying and Singing Bands
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Charles Camp
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Coll116_AV0244 through Coll116_AV0246
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Note: State-sponsored folklife research in Maryland derives from research first conducted at the federal level. In 1971-72, fourteen researchers hired by the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, DC, conducted field research with 135 Maryland-based tradition bearers of water, metal, horse, craft, and music traditions. This fieldwork laid the groundwork to feature the state in the 1972 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, and can be accessed in the Smithsonian's Ralph Rinzler Archives.
