FOLK COLLECTION 34

William A. Wilson Slide Collection

Date of Items:	1979-1985
Processed by:	Randy Williams and Barbara Walker
Register Prepared by:	Randy Williams, 17 August 2005
Linear Feet:	.75

Historical Note

William A. (Bert) Wilson directed Utah State University's Folklore Program and Fife Folklore Archives from 1978-1985. During that time he also conducted folklore fieldwork to use in his own research, his classes, and for grant projects. This collection comprises the slides that Professor Wilson took during this time. The collection also includes the slides of other fieldworkers who worked on the same projects of Wilson.

Provenance

The materials in this collection were donated by Professor William A. Wilson to the Fife Folklore Archives. In the spring of 2001, on a visit to the Fife Folklore Archives, Barbara [Walker] Lloyd reviewed and identified the images and photographers. In 2005, Randy Williams reviewed and organized the material and boxed and foldered the Collection and created this register.

Scope and Content

The materials in the Collection include slides on Mendon, Utah's May Day Celebration, Southern Utah's Folklife Festival, the Library of Congress's Paradise Valley, Nevada, Fieldwork Project, the Utah Arts Council's Folk Arts Program activities. There is no metadata for the slides. For more information on the Paradise Valley project go to American Folklife Center: Nevada. The collection is housed in an acid-free box and sorted into separate folders and stored in USU's Special Collections.

To access the collection a patron must have the following information: collection number, box number. The materials do not circulate and are available in USU's Special Collections and Archives.

Register

BOX 1: Mendon, Utah May Day Celebration

: 14 plastic sleeves of color slides, 238 slides. Some taken by Jim Abrams.

BOX 2: Fieldwork Slides, including festival,Fife Folklore Archives, tradition bearers, and student fieldwork

: 22 plastic sleeves of color slides, 321 slides. Some taken by other photographers, including Carol Edison (Utah Arts Council).

BOX 3: Paradise Valley, Nevada, Fieldwork Project

: 13 plastic sleeves of 20 slides each, 260 slides.

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