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Northland College Ethnic Heritage Sound Archives

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-157

Collection Scope and Content Summary

Sound archives, 1979-1981, includes 13 oral history interviews of Copper Country natives.

Dates

  • 1979-1981

Access

Available for use in the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections.

Biography

In 1979, Northland College, assisted with funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, began to document ethnic traditions. The focus of their search was people of Scandinavian, Finnish, East European and Native American descent. They looked within a 60-radius of Ashland, Wisconsin and Hancock, Michigan. The result is over 100 hours of interviews and music recorded from regional ethnic performers in addition to folk music collections, books, bibliographies, reference guides and photographs.

Extent

0.45 Cubic Feet (1 manuscript box (legal size))

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Sound archives, 1979-1981, includes 13 oral history interviews of Copper Country natives.

General Physical Description note

0.45 cubic feet1 manuscript box (legal size)

Processing History

Elizabeth Russell,11/18/2009

Title
Northland College Ethnic Heritage Sound Archives
Author
Finding aid prepared by Elizabeth Russell
Date
11/18/2009
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
Description is in English

Repository Details

Part of the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections Repository

Contact:
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Houghton 49931 U.S.A. US