Northland College Ethnic Heritage Sound Archives
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