Carolina Folk Festival Records, 1946-1953

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Carolina Folk Festival Records, 1946-1953

1946-1953

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The Carolina Folk Festival was established in December 1947 as an activity of the University of North Carolina's Folklore Council. Bascom Lamar Lunsford, director of the Annual Mountain Dance and Folk Festival in Asheville, N.C., was the moving force in the festival's establishment and organized the first festival, held 18-19 June 1948. Lunsford became director of the Carolina Folk Festival. The records of the Carolina Folk Festival consist of files of Russell Marvin Grumman, director of the university's Extension Division and chairman of the Folklore Council. They detail the establishment of the Carolina Folk Festival and the organization of the annual festivals held from 1948 through 1953.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. University Archives and Records Service

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SNAC Resource ID: 6629985

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. University Archives and Records Service

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University of North Carolina (1793-1962). Folklore Council

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Grumman, Russell Marvin, 1895-1963

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Russell Marvin Grumman was the director of the University of North Carolina Extension Division and chairman of the University of North Carolina Folklore Council....

University of North Carolina (1793-1962)

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The University of North Carolina was chartered by the state's General Assembly in 1789. Its first student was admitted in 1795. The governing body of the University, from its founding until 1932, was a forty-member Board of Trustees elected by the General Assembly. The Board met twice a year; at other times the business of the University was carried on by the Board's secretary-treasurer and by the presiding professor (called president beginning in 1804). Other faculty members later assumed the r...

Carolina Folk Festival (University of North Carolina (1793-1962))

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The Carolina Folk Festival was established in December 1947 as an activity of the University of North Carolina's Folklore Council. Bascom Lamar Lunsford,director of the Annual Mountain Dance and Folk Festival in Asheville, N.C., was the moving force in the festival's establishment and organized the first festival, held 18-19 June 1948. Lunsford became director of the Carolina Folk Festival. From the guide to the Carolina Folk Festival Records, 1946-1953, (University of North Carolin...