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American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Announcing Parsons Fund and Blanton Owen Fund Awards for
2001
The Parsons Fund Award
The Parsons Fund Committee for the Gerald E. and Corinne L.
Parsons
Fund for Ethnography at the Library of Congress invites applications
for awards of up to one thousand eight hundred dollars (awards in
previous years have been between two hundred and one thousand
dollars). The committee is composed of the professional staff of the
American Folklife Center.
The purpose of the fund is to make the collections of primary
ethnographic materials housed anywhere at the Library of Congress
available to the needs and uses of those in the private sector. Awards
may be made either to individuals or to organizations in support of
specific projects.
Projects may lead to publication in media of all types, both
commercial and non-commercial; underwrite new works of art, music, or
fiction; involve academic research; contribute to the theoretical
development of archival science; explore practical possibilities for
processing ethnographic collections in the Archive of Folk Culture or
elsewhere in the Library of Congress; develop new means of providing
reference service; support student work; experiment with conservation
techniques; and support ethnographic field research leading to new
Library acquisitions. Past recipients and their research topics have
included:
1996
Julia Bishop: The James Madison Carpenter Collection
1997
William T. Dargan: African American Lining Out Hymn Performance
Lucy Long: Appalacian Plucked Dulcimer
1998
Carl Lindahl: British- and Irish-American Folk Tales
Thomas Gilcrease Museum Association: Yuchi Dance Music
1999
Susan Lutz: Documentary film entitled Sunday Dinner: Food, Land,
and
Free Time
Yucel Demirer: Representations of Kurdish National Identity in
the
Woodrow Wilson Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress
2000
Larry Polansky: Research for the publication of work on folksong
transcription and notation by the ethnographer Ruth Crawford Seeger
Anne Laskey and Gail Needleman: Research for educational music
textbooks using folksong based on the Kodaly method
Applicants should submit a two-to-three page narrative describing
their proposed project and its potential products and audiences, and
should provide a budget and time-frame. Applications should include a
resume or statement of previous experience and the names, addresses,
and phone numbers of three references who are qualified to speak about
the applicant's professional work. Send applications to the Parsons
Fund Committee, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, 101
Independence Ave, SE, Washington D.C. 20540-4610, by March 1, 2001.
Awards will be announced in early April. For questions, call or write
the chair of the Parsons Fund Committee at the American Folklife
Center--phone: (202) 707-5510; FAX (202) 707-2076.
The Blanton Owen Fund for Fieldwork Award
The Blanton Owen Fund for Fieldwork at the Library of Congress was
created in 1999 by Ted Owen, other members of the Owen family, and
friends and colleagues, in honor of the late Blanton Owen. Blanton
Owen was "the quintessential ethnographic fieldworker," and
documentation from several of his projects is housed in the Archive of
Folk Culture at the American Folklife Center.
The purpose of the fund is to support ethnographic field research and
documentation, especially but not exclusively by young researchers in
the United States, and to encourage the addition of the results of
such research and documentation to the collections of the Library of
Congress. Recipients of awards may be either individuals or
organizations. Graduate students, public folklorists, dedicated
amateurs, and members of cultural groups are encouraged to apply.
Agencies of the federal government of the United States and
individuals on official duty with such agencies are not eligible.
Examples of the way the award might be used include, but are not
limited to, the rental or purchase of equipment or supplies, costs of
travel, and the costs of creating copies of field documentation.
The American Folklife Center will make the first award from the
Blanton Owen Fund, for up to $1,000, in the spring of 2001.
Guidelines for submitting applications are similar to those for the
Parsons Fund for Ethnography. Applicants should submit a two-to-three
page narrative describing their proposed project and its potential
products and audiences, and should provide a budget and time-frame.
Applications should include a resume or statement of previous
experience and the names, addresses and phone numbers of three
references. Send applications to the Blanton Owen Fund Committee,
American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, 101 Independence
Avenue, SE, Washington, D.C. 20540-4610, by March 1, 2001. To contact
the Center call (202) 707-5510; FAX (202) 707-2076. The award will be
announced in early April.
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Stephanie A. Hall, [log in to unmask] Library of Congress American
Folklife Center 101 Independence Ave, SE
http://lcweb.loc.gov/folklife/ Washington, DC 20540-4610
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Julia C. Bishop (Dr)
National Centre for English Cultural Tradition
University of Sheffield
Sheffield S10 2TN
U.K.
Tel: (Direct Line) 0114 222 6295
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