Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture

MACEDONIA COLLECTIONS
IN THE ARCHIVE OF FOLK CULTURE

Series Editor: Ann Hoog

AFS 11,720-11,727: Barbara Krader / Serbian, Macedonian, Yugoslavian Collection
Folk music of Yugoslavia recorded by Barbara Krader. Her recordings were done "in the region of Sumadija, north Serbia; in the environs of Leskovac, south of Nis in East serbia; and in northern Macedonia, from ethnic groups of Serbian origin. In all these cases wedding songs were sought in preference to other material, but some other ritual songs were recorded in Sumadija, and some epic songs were recorded in Macedonia in Staro Nagoricino and Brazda. From the professional Macedonian folklore ensemble ...recorded in Skopje songs of various sorts, and dances..." "Seven tapes are of the Opatija Festival, seven are field recordings from Macedonia, two are recordings of the professional folk ensembles of Macedonia, made in the town of Skopje, two tapes are field recordings in the area of Leskovac, one is a field recording from Sumadija, and tape No. 20 is probably from Sumadija as well. Tape 21 was a gift ... from Dr. Petar Guberina of the University of Zagreb, in 1953. It contains field recordings, but of professional quality, of ritual songs and speech from Susak, in Croatia, a region of one of the most archaic dialects in Yugoslavia." (LWO 3157)

AFS 11,732-11,733: Museum fur Volkerkunde Phonogramm-Archiv, Berlin / Folk music of Turkey, Kurdestan, Macedonia, Corsica, and Lapland
Two 7-inch tapes of folk music of Turkey, Kurdestan, Macedonia, Corsica, and Lapland. From Museum fur Volkerkunde Phonogramm-Archiv, Berlin. The collection includes a 3-page log.

AFC 1981/004: Chicago Ethnic Arts Project Collection
Ninety-nine 7-inch tapes and 245 audiocassettes, 13 linear inches of contact sheets, eight and three-fourths linear feet of field notes and logs, 3080 slides, 210 photographs, and 2 videos from the Chicago Ethnic Arts Project Collection, a field survey of ethnic artistic expression including dance, foodways, neighborhood gatherings, religious celebrations, and instrumental and vocal music. Recorded in the Chicago, Illinois, area by various collectors under the direction of Elena Bradunas, February-November 1977; under the joint sponsorship of the American Folklife Center and the Illinois Arts Council. The collection includes a 561-page report on the project published by the American Folklife Center in January 1978. Key Subjects: Communities activities; dance--performance, social, and folk; foodways; music--instrumental and vocal; religious celebrations; textile arts; and wood carving. [for specific content regarding Macedonian materials contact the Folklife Reading Room]