AGENCY: Department of Cultural and Community Engagement. Division of Arts and Museums. Folk Arts Program
SERIES: 31171
TITLE: New Beehive Songster
DATES: 1975-1977.
ARRANGEMENT: Various arrangements within individual boxes.
DESCRIPTION: This collection exists in two parts-- material recorded by early Utah folklorists and copied from original recordings in other archival collections, and original field recordings made in 1975 and 1976. These are selections of early, noncommercial field recordings of the folk music found in the Mormon culture region -- those areas of the Great Basin settled predominantly by the Latter-day Saints. This material is intended as a general introduction to the types of songs which were popular with the early settlers. Although primary attention is directed toward the Mormon influence, there are also songs of later arrivals - cowboys, miners, and others - who helped build and sustain the "Great Basin Empire." These songs and instrumental tunes provide an excellent document of the pioneer tradition, for many of the performers, born in the latter half of the nineteenth century, learned their music as it was passed down from the first generation of immigrants. The second period of collection reveals the changes in folk music a generation and a half later produced by the grand children and great-grandchildren of pioneer settlers. als the changes in folk music a generation and a half later produced by the grand children and great-grandchildren of pioneer settlers.
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.
Sound recordings: Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.
Audio cassettes: Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.
Photographs: 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.