Barre Toelken fieldwork image collection
Scope and Contents
The materials in the Collection, 1954 to 2002, include images on cemeteries, Native American (mostly Navajo) customs, Areas: Austria, Germany, Japan, Unities States, and topical images.
Dates
- 1954-2002
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English.
Restrictions
Open to public research. To access the collection a patron must have the following information: collection number, series number, sub-series number, if applicable, box number and folder number (or image number).
Copyright
It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Utah State University Libraries, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of copyright.
Permission to publish material from the Barre Toelken fieldwork image collection must be obtained from the Curator of the Fife Folklore Archives and/or the Special Collections Department Head.
Biographical Note
Barre Toelken (director of Utah State University's Folklore Program, 1985-2002) conducted fieldwork throughout his active folklore career from 1954 to the present. Much of that fieldwork was documented through images: slides and photographs.
Extent
11 linear feet (22 boxes)
Abstract
Photographs and slides collected or taken by Barre Toelken from 1954 to 2002, including pictures of cemeteries, Native American customs (mostly Navajo), folk art, vernacular architecture, and customs of Austria, Germany, Japan, United States, and topical images.
Organization
Collection organized in 6 series.
- Cemeteries (gravemarkers & decorations)
- Native American (people, customs, folk art, architecture)
- Austria and Germany (customs, folk art, architecture)
- Japan (customs, architecture, folk art, and images from book Ghosts and the Japanese )
- United States (Logger folklore, Vernacular Architecture, Calendrical Customs: Decorations)
- Topical/Motifs
Immediate Source of Acquisition
In the fall 2005, the materials in this collection were donated by Professor Barre Toelken to the Fife Folklore Archives .
Existence and Location of Copies
To view images, see the digital library collection of theBarre Toelken fieldwork image collection
Processing Information
In the fall 2005, Randy Williams worked with Barre Toelken to organize the collection and add metadata into an in-house Access database, resulting in some of Box 1. In the Spring Semester 2006 (January through May), graduate intern Dusty Decker Wiser worked with Barre Toelken to continue organizing this collection and adding to the metadata database, resulting in Boxes 1-8. Finding aid created by Randy Williams, May 2006; updated Randy Williams, March 2012; updated by Melissa Anderson, November 2015.
- Title
- Guide to the Barre Toelken fieldwork image collection1954-2002
- Author
- Finding aid created by Randy Williams, 17 May 2006.
- Date
- ©2008
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Based On Dacs Describing Archives: A Content Standard, 2nd Edition)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding guide is in English in Latin script.
- Sponsor
- Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008
Revision Statements
- 2009: Template information was updated to reflect Archives West best practice guidelines.
Repository Details
Part of the Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives Repository
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
3000 Old Main Hill
Logan Utah 84322-3000 United States
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