Archives Collection
CENTER FOR POPULAR
MUSIC 94-060
MISCELLANEOUS PHOTOGRAPHS
National
Folk Festival (56th.
1994.
Physical
Description:
180 black and white 35 mm. Negatives and contact prints.
Dates:
9 October 1994
Provenance:
These photographs were taken by Paul Wells, director of the Center for Popular Music.
Agency History:
Founded in
1934 and sponsored by the National Folk Festival Association, the National Folk
Festival is the country’s oldest multi-cultural, multi-ethnic folk event. In
the 1970s the Association became the National Council for Traditional Arts and
began a long association with the National Park Service. For many years thereafter
the festival was held at
The 1935
festival was held in
Scope and Content:
These photographs were taken by Center director Paul Wells of performers on the Aquarium Stage October 9, 1994, including the Georgia Sea Island Singers; Greenfields of America (Irish music), and Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys, a Cajun group. Also included are back stage photographs of Greenfields of America.
Location:
These photographs are filed in the CPM-PR Iconographic file under National Folk Festival along with the photo log sheets prepared by Paul Wells (CPM-PR-00095).
Related Materials:
A program, poster and section of the Chattanooga Free Press 2 October 1994 devoted to the festival are filed in the subject vertical file under National Folk Festival.
EBG
January 4, 1995