Barre Toelken fieldwork image collection, 1954-2002

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Toelken, Barre
Title
Barre Toelken fieldwork image collection
Dates
1954-2002 (inclusive)
Quantity
11 linear feet, (22 boxes)
Collection Number
UUS_FOLK COLL 35a
Summary
Photographs and slides collected or taken by Barre Toelken from 1954 to 2002, including pictures of cemeteries, Native American customs (mostly Navajo), folk art, vernacular architecture, and customs of Austria, Germany, Japan, United States, and topical images.
Repository
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives Division
Special Collections & Archives
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
Logan, UT
84322-3000
Telephone: 4357978248
Fax: 4357972880
scweb@usu.edu
Access Restrictions
Restrictions

Open to public research. To access the collection a patron must have the following information: collection number, series number, sub-series number, if applicable, box number and folder number (or image number).

Languages
English.
Sponsor
Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Barre Toelken (director of Utah State University's Folklore Program, 1985-2002) conducted fieldwork throughout his active folklore career from 1954 to the present. Much of that fieldwork was documented through images: slides and photographs.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The materials in the Collection, 1954 to 2002, include images on cemeteries, Native American (mostly Navajo) customs, Areas: Austria, Germany, Japan, Unities States, and topical images.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Copyright

It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Utah State University Libraries, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of copyright.

Permission to publish material from the Barre Toelken fieldwork image collection must be obtained from the Curator of the Fife Folklore Archives and/or the Special Collections Department Head.

Preferred Citation

Barre Toelken fieldwork image collection, 1954-2002. (FOLK COLL 35a). Utah State University. Special Collections and Archives Department.

Alternative Forms Available

To view images, see the digital library collection of theBarre Toelken fieldwork image collection

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Collection organized in 6 series.

  • Cemeteries (gravemarkers & decorations)
  • Native American (people, customs, folk art, architecture)
  • Austria and Germany (customs, folk art, architecture)
  • Japan (customs, architecture, folk art, and images from book Ghosts and the Japanese )
  • United States (Logger folklore, Vernacular Architecture, Calendrical Customs: Decorations)
  • Topical/Motifs

Acquisition Information

In the fall 2005, the materials in this collection were donated by Professor Barre Toelken to the Fife Folklore Archives .

Processing Note

In the fall 2005, Randy Williams worked with Barre Toelken to organize the collection and add metadata into an in-house Access database, resulting in some of Box 1. In the Spring Semester 2006 (January through May), graduate intern Dusty Decker Wiser worked with Barre Toelken to continue organizing this collection and adding to the metadata database, resulting in Boxes 1-8. Finding aid created by Randy Williams, May 2006; updated Randy Williams, March 2012; updated by Melissa Anderson, November 2015.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Phase 1: Materials constitute BarreToelken's initial donation of fieldwork images in 2005 Return to Top

Container(s): Box 1-8

Container(s) Description Dates
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Cemeteries (gravemarkers & decorations)
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1980.002.005: [Click to access]
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1982.002.008: [Click to access]
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2
Cemeteries (gravemarkers & decorations)
1999
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1999.007.019: Gravemarker, Fountain Green, Utah (12 of 12)
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Cemeteries (gravemarkers & decorations)
2000-2001
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Native American (people, customs, folk art, architecture)
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1995.077.001: [Click to access]
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Japan (customs, architecture, folk art, and images from book Ghosts and the Japanese)
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United States (Logger folklore, Vernacular Architecture, Calendrical Customs: Decorations)
12 plastic sleeves of color slides, 55 slides. 1 plastic sleeve of photographs, 3 photographs.
1958-1999
8
Topical/Motifs (Wood, Fasnacht (Lent), Barns, Churches with Mouse Motif, Spukstein (spitting stone), Yodelers, Austrian Architecture, True Aggie Event (USU), The Old Land (houses in Germany), Ranch Gates, Mail Boxes, Water)
27 plastic sleeves of color slides, 463 slides.
1955-2000

Phase 2: UNDER CONSTRUCTION: Materials constitute Barre Toelken's donation of fieldwork images in 2015 Return to Top

Container(s) Description
Box
9
Travel
10
Travel
11
Austria and Germany Fieldwork: Includes Vernacular Architecture
12
Austria and Germany Fieldwork: Includes Vernacular Architecture
13
Fieldwork
14
Fieldwork
15
Native American
16
Native American
17
Native American
18
Miscellaneous: Uranium Mines, Canals, North Carolina, Hebdon's Farm, Solomen Strong's Journal, Utah in the 1950's, Fiddler's Festival, and Photos of Barre teaching
19
Folklore Conferences and Festivals
20
Photos from Barre Toelken Publications
21
Photos from Barre Toelken Publications
22
Photos from Barre Toelken Publications

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Folk art--Photographs.
  • Folklore--Photographs.
  • Manners and customs--Photographs.
  • Navajo Indians--Social life and customs--Photographs.
  • Vernacular architecture--Photographs.