AGENCY: Department of Cultural and Community Engagement. Division of Arts and Museums. Folk Arts Program

SERIES: 30812
TITLE: Southern Utah Folklife Festival records
DATES: 1977-1989.
ARRANGEMENT: Generally by format, thereunder usually by assigned project number.

DESCRIPTION: The Southern Utah Folklife Festival celebrated the rural pioneer and Native American traditions of Utah's Dixie and the surrounding communities of Washington, Iron, and Kane Counties. The annual festival was presented in Zion National Park's Natural History Center on the weekend following Labor Day. The Southern Utah Folklife Festival was organized as a project of the Utah Arts Council Folk Arts Program and co-sponsored by Dixie College, Zion National Park and various local organizations over the years. Archival material includes fieldwork and documentation of local participants in many areas including folk belief, crafts, performance traditions and community history.

RETENTION

Retain permanently

DISPOSITION

Transfer to Archives.

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

These records are in Archives' permanent custody.

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

Paper: Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.

Slides: Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.

Compact disc: Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.

Audio cassettes: Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.

Audiotapes: Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.

Motion picture film master: Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.

APPRAISAL

Historical

These records are being appraised as permanent and historic because they record important cultural heritage history in Utah, and may be the only source of information for some cultural communities and history in the state.

PRIMARY DESIGNATION

Public

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