Metro Washington Fieldwork: Experience Unlimited (E.U.), Am-Em, Junkyard Band, Chuck Brown and the Soul Searchers

Object Details

Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Festival of American Folklife. Metropolitan Washington Program 1987 Washington, D.C.; Burton, Arnae (field worker)
Performer: Brown, Chuck and the Soul Searchers; Brown, Chuck, 1936-2012; Experience Unlimited (E.U.); Junkyard Band

Track Information: 101 Go-Go / Experience Unlimited (E.U.). Drum. 102 null / Junkyard Band. Drum. 103 Go-Go / Brown, Chuck and the Soul Searchers, Chuck Brown. Drum. English language.

Date: 1987

Extent: 1 Sound recording (compact audio cassette); analog.

Type: Archival materials; Sound recordings

Topic: Go-go (Music); Drum; African Americans

Place: United States; Washington (D.C.)

Culture: Americans

Collection Rights: Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. Please visit our website to learn more about submitting a request. The Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections make no guarantees concerning copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Other usage conditions may apply; please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for more information.

Collection Citation: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1987 Festival of American Folklife, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier: CFCH.SFF.1987, Item FP-1987-CT-0514

Local Numbers: FP-1987-CT-0514-5
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note: Recorded in: Washington (D.C.), United States.

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Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1987 Festival of American Folklife

Scope and Contents note

This collection documents the planning, production, and execution of the 1987 Festival of American Folklife. Materials may include photographs, audio recordings, motion picture film and video recordings, notes, production drawings, contracts, memoranda, correspondence, informational materials, publications, and ephemera. Such materials were created during the Festival on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., as well as in the featured communities, before or after the Festival itself.

Historical note

The Festival of American Folklife, held annually since 1967 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., was renamed the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in 1998. The 1987 Festival of American Folklife was produced by the Smithsonian Office of Folklife Programs and cosponsored by the National Park Service. For more information, see Smithsonian Folklife Festival records.

Date

June 24-July 5, 1987

Extent

1 Cubic foot (approximate)

Rights

Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. Please visit our website to learn more about submitting a request. The Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections make no guarantees concerning copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Other usage conditions may apply; please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for more information.

Citation

Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1987 Festival of American Folklife, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.

Type

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Notes

Slides (photographs)

Sound recordings

Digital images

Correspondence

Negatives

Photographic prints

Business records

Videotapes

Audiocassettes

Memorandums

Audiotapes

Contracts

Plans (drawings)

Video recordings

Topic

Food habits

Folk art

Folklore

arts and crafts

Folk music

World music

Folk festivals

Place

Caribbean Area

Identifier

CFCH.SFF.1987

Introduction

The 1987 Festival took place for two five-day weeks (June 24-28 and July 1-5) between Madison Drive and Jefferson Drive and between 10th Street and 14th Street, south of the National Museum of American History and the National Museum of Natural History (see site plan). Held on parkland among many of the nation's most treasured memorials and institutions, the Festival explored the city beyond Washington's federal buildings. Visitors learned of its diverse, vibrant and evolving musical traditions - a hometown to Americans of many cultures. In any culture language is a primary source of unity and pride. Through the 1987 Festival visitors had the opportunity to learn about the valued role of language in some of America's linguistic communities. Culture and language have played an important role in shaping the character of each state in the union. In this, Michigan's sesquicentennial celebration year, traditional craftspeople, musicians, cooks, woodworkers, boatmen, and others shared with Festival-goers the particular history and culture of their state. The 1987 Program Book included schedules and participant lists for each program; the Program Book essays provided a larger context for the Festival presentations, without being limited to traditions actually presented at the 1987 Festival. The Festival was co-presented by the Smithsonian Institution and National Park Service and organized by the Office of Folklife Programs. Office of Folklife Programs Peter Seitel, Director; Richard Kurin, Deputy Director; Diana Parker, Festival Director; Thomas Vennum, Jr., Senior Ethnomusicologist; Alicia María González, Director, Folklife Quincentenary Programs; Marjorie Hunt, Phyllis M. May-Machunda, Frank Proschan, Nicholas R. Spitzer, Folklorists; Peter Magoon, Archivist National Park Service William Penn Mott, Jr., Director; Manus J. Fish, Jr., Regional Director, National Capital Region

Shared Stewardship of Collections

The Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage acknowledges and respects the right of artists, performers, Folklife Festival participants, community-based scholars, and knowledge-keepers to collaboratively steward representations of themselves and their intangible cultural heritage in media produced, curated, and distributed by the Center. Making this collection accessible to the public is an ongoing process grounded in the Center's commitment to connecting living people and cultures to the materials this collection represents. To view the Center's full shared stewardship policy, which defines our protocols for addressing collections-related inquiries and concerns, please visit https://folklife.si.edu/archives#shared-stewardship.