Folkstreams.net.

Dates:
Active 1963
Active 2010

Biographical notes:

Folkstreams.net is an Internet website designed to disseminate documentary films about American folk culture. Produced by independent filmmakers, these films give voice to the arts and experience of diverse American groups. Folkstreams.net was started in 2000 by independent filmmaker and distributor Tom Davenport in collaboration with his wife Miriam Davenport; folklorist Daniel Patterson; and a committee of filmmakers, scholars, and computer specialists.

From the description of Folkstreams.net collection, 1963-2010. WorldCat record id: 64183955

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Subjects:

  • Musicians
  • African American arts
  • African American dance
  • African Americans
  • African Americans
  • Amish
  • Appalachian dulcimer
  • Arts and crafts movement
  • Ballads
  • Banjo music
  • Bluegrass music
  • Blues (Music)
  • Cajun music
  • Cajuns
  • Carnival
  • Cooking, American
  • Country music
  • Cowboys
  • Fiddle tunes
  • Finnish Americans
  • Fishing
  • Folk art
  • Folklorists
  • Folk music
  • Folk songs
  • Food
  • Ghost stories, American
  • Gospel music
  • Gullahs
  • Hip-hop
  • Hispanic Americans
  • Homelessness
  • Hunting
  • Immigrants
  • Independent filmmakers
  • Indian art
  • Indians of North America
  • Irish Americans
  • Italian Americans
  • Jazz
  • Klezmer music
  • Medicine shows
  • Mills and mill-work
  • Minstrel music
  • Motion picture film
  • Music
  • Old-time music
  • Oral tradition
  • Quilting
  • Rattlesnake
  • Rhythm and blues music
  • Rodeos
  • Shoemakers
  • Songs
  • Storytelling
  • Tales
  • Video tapes
  • Working class
  • Working class
  • Yodeling
  • Zydeco music

Occupations:

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Places:

  • Delta (Miss. : Region) (as recorded)
  • Louisiana (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Spivey's Corner (N.C.) (as recorded)
  • North America (as recorded)
  • Deep Ellum (Dallas, Tex.) (as recorded)
  • New York (N.Y.) (as recorded)
  • New Orleans (La.) (as recorded)
  • Southern States (as recorded)
  • Adirondack Mountains Region (N.Y.) (as recorded)