AGENCY: Department of Cultural and Community Engagement. Division of Arts and Museums. Folk Arts Program
SERIES: 31194
TITLE: Fife Folklore Conference records
DATES: 1982-1999.
ARRANGEMENT: Generally by format, thereunder usually chronological.
DESCRIPTION: The first Fife Folklore Conference was held at Utah State University in August 1977 at the same time as the Festival of the American West. In 1978 and 1979, NEA funds paid for fieldwork and presentations of local folk artists at the conference, to coincide with the public festival, and during the following two years the Utah Folk Arts Program cosponsored these artist presentations. In 1981 the conference was moved to June and the Folk Arts Program organized and hosted the first meeting of western states public sector folklorists which were held annually in Logan in conjunction with the Fife Conference until the 1990s. During the dozen years of the public sector meetings, the Folk Arts program staff presented Utah folk artists at the conference both in workshop situations and at free evening events for the benefit of conference attendees as well as the general public.
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.
Compact disc: Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.
Audio cassettes: Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.
Slides: 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