Archiving Projects, 2002-2010

2002-2005

• "Access to Prior Folk Arts Projects in the Upper Midwest"
• NEA funding (National Endowment for the Arts)
• "Ethnic Life in the South Shore Region" slide-tape program made virtual

2003

• Online Collection Guide form and guidelines adapted

2004

• Folk arts project collections identified and described; Collection Guides marked up in EAD (Encoded Archival Description)
• CD reproductions released for Swissconsin, Midwest Ramblin’, Downhome Dairyland, and Ach Ya! Traditional German-American Music from Wisconsin

2005

• First online Collection Guides published in "Public Folk Arts and Folklife Projects of the Upper Midwest," Archival Resources in Wisconsin: Descriptive Finding Aids: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.csumc

2005-2006

• "Survey of Folklore Collections in the Upper Midwest" NHPRC funding (National Historical Publications and Records Commission)
• Collections stewardship and archiving questionnaire developed: http://csumc.wisc.edu/files/2005questionnaire.pdf
• NEA-funded folk arts projects in region, 1975-2005, identified and database created to develop survey
• "Survey of Public Folklore Collections in the Upper Midwest" conducted and report prepared (click to download)
• Prototype online guides prepared for collections at Amana Arts Guild (IA), Cedarburg Cultural Center (WI), Illinois Arts Council at American Folklife Center, River Museum (IA), Southern Illinois University Archives and Special Collections, Tarble Arts Center (IL), Western Illinois University Archives and Special Collections, and Wisconsin Arts Board

2006-2007

• "Public Folklore Archivist for the Upper Midwest" NEA Infrastructure funding
• Second batch of on-line Collection Guides published, guidelines for creating guides updated and completed
• Phil Nusbaum Minnesota Arts Board Folk Arts collection and New Glarus Swiss Festivals collection processed and Collection Guides created
• University of Wisconsin-Madison Archives deposit agreement reached
• 2007 Brenda McCallum Prize awarded for archiving projects, American Folklore Society

2006-2008

• Participation in national assessment and survey of non-profit archiving needs, "An Archival Initiative for Non Profit Folklife Centers across the U.S.," Preserving America’s Cultural Traditions Grammy Foundation grant

2008-2009

• "Norwegian American Folk Music: Preservation & Access" NEA funding

2008-2010

• "Ethnography, Archival Collections, and Electronic Access" Project Assistantship awarded for the University of Wisconsin-Madison Communications Technology Research and Expressive Culture and Diversity in the Upper Midwest clusters