Inventory of the Folkstreams.net Collection, 1969-2005

Collection Number 20384

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Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Collection Information


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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection.
Creator
Folkstreams.net
Title
Folkstreams.net Collection, 1969-2005
Call Number
20384
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
Items: About 100
Linear Feet: 9.5
Abstract
Folkstreams.net is an Internet website designed to disseminate documentary films about American folk culture. Produced by independent filmmakers, these films give voice to the arts and experience of diverse American groups. Folkstreams.net was begun in 2000 by independent filmmaker and distributor Tom Davenport in collaboration with his wife Miriam Davenport, folklorist Daniel Patterson, and a committee of filmmakers, scholars, and computer specialists.
The Folkstreams.net Collection consists of about 100 film prints, videotapes, and digital video discs of films that appear on the Folkstreams.net website. The films, originally made between the mid-1960s and 2003, document American folk culture and represent all regions of the United States. The collection includes work by Tom Davenport, Mimi Davenport, Bill Ferris, Alan Lomax, Tom Rankin, Jeff Titon, John Winninger, Elaine Lawless, and Betsy Peterson. Films cover such subjects as folk art, medicine shows, hunting, folk song, cowboy poetry, Zydeco music, Gandy dancers, religion, gospel music, folk story, Native American folk art, and Klezmer music. The films are in various high-quality media formats: 16mm print film, Betacam SP, Digital Betacam, mini digital video, and DVDs.

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Administrative Information

Restrictions to Access
This collection has restrictions to access. Please see details below or contact the Manuscripts Department for more information.
Usage Restrictions
Use of films or videotapes may require production of viewing copies.
Alternate Form of Material
Acquisitions Information
Received from Tom Davenport of Delaplane, Va., in August 2003 (Acc. 99624), February 2004 (Acc. 99724), March 2004 (Acc. 99758), April 2004 (Acc. 99767 and Acc. 99771), June 2004 (Acc. 99822 and Acc. 99838), July 2004 (Acc. 99850), October 2004 (Acc. 99915), February 2005 (Acc. 100011), March 2005 (Acc. 100029), May 2005 (Acc. 100079), June 2005 (Acc. 100087), July 2005 (Acc. 100127), August 2005 (Acc. 100149, Acc. 100163, and Acc. 100174), October 2005 (Acc. 100231), November 2005 (Acc. 100258). Received from Barry Dornfeld of Philadelphia, Pa., in December 2004 (Acc. 99979) and January 2006 (Acc. 100314); Received from Randi Davenport in January 2005 (Acc. 99999), Received from Joyce Middlebrook in August 2005 (Acc. 100151).
Processing Information
Processed by: Susan Hester, December 2005
Encoded by: Emily Jack, February 2006
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Folkstreams.net Collection #20384, Southern Folklife Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
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Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

Cowboys--Poetry.
Davenport, Mimi.
Davenport, Tom.
Documentary films.
Ferris, William R.
Folk art--United States.
Folk music--United States.
Folk songs--United States.
Folklorists--United States.
Folkstreams.net.
Gospel music.
Hunting--United States.
Independent filmmakers--United States.
Indian art--North America.
Klezmer music--United States.
Lawless, Elaine J.
Lomax, Alan, 1915-
Medicine shows--United States.
Patterson Daniel W. (Daniel Watkins)
Peterson, Betsy, 1953-
Rankin, Tom.
Tales--United States.
Titon, Jeff Todd, 1943-
United States--Religious life and customs.
United States--Social life and customs.
Winninger, John.
Zydeco music.
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Historical Note

Folkstreams.net is an Internet website designed to disseminate documentary films about American folk culture. Produced by independent filmmakers, these films give voice to the arts and experience of diverse American groups. They are streamed on the website together with background materials that highlight the history and importance of the traditions and the films.

Click to access website.

The potential of the Internet to connect documentary filmmakers with their audiences became apparent to filmmaker Tom Davenport and his wife and co-producer Miriam Davenport when they constructed a website in 1999 for their feature-length fairy-tale film Willa: An American Snow White. In 1999, Davenport was approached by two independent feature filmmakers, who wanted to put his films on the site of a video streaming company they had founded, AlwaysIndependentFilms.com.

In March 2000, Davenport discussed his idea with staff members at the National Endowment for the Humanities, who encouraged him to assemble a group of filmmakers, scholars, and computer specialists to work on development. Working with folklorist Daniel Patterson and others on the Folkstreams committee, Davenport submitted a proposal to the National Endowment for the Humanities and received grant funds to build a prototype. The Folkstreams.net website allows users to stream films chosen by the Folkstreams committee about American folk culture, ranging in subjects from aging and agriculture to immigrant culture and music and covering all regions of the United States.

Expansion of Folkstreams.net is supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, regional and state Arts and Humanities organizations, private foundations, and contributions from filmmakers, scholars, and collaborating institutions.

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Collection Overview

The Folkstreams.net Collection consists of about 100 film prints, videotapes, and digital video discs of films that appear on the folkstreams.net website. The films, originally made between the mid-1960s and 2003, document American folk culture and represent all regions of the United States. The collection includes folklorist Bill Ferris's Gravel Springs Fife and Drum (1972) and Black Delta Region (1973); Alan Lomax's The Land Where the Blues Began (1979); Tom Rankin and Jeff Titon's Powerhouse for God (1986); and John Winninger, Elaine Lawless and Betsy Peterson's Joy Unspeakable (1981). Also included are films in the American Traditional Culture Series by Folkstreams founder Tom Davenport. These films were made with Daniel Patterson and the Curriculum in Folklore at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. They include The Shakers, Being a Joines, Born for Hard Luck, A Singing Stream, The Ballard of Frankie Silver, and When My Work Is Over. Outtakes for these films are in the Southern Folklife Collection. Other films cover such subjects as folk art, medicine shows, hunting, folk song, cowboy poetry, Zydeco music, Gandy dancers, religion, gospel music, folk story, Native American folk art, and Klezmer music. The films are in various high-quality media formats: 16mm print film, Betacam SP, Digital Betacam, mini digital video, and DVDs.


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Detailed Description of the Collection

Folkstreams Films, 1969-2005.
100 items.
Arrangement: Alphabetical.
Film F-20384/1
The Angel That Stands By Me, by Allie Light and Irving Saraf, 1983; 16mm print; transfer made 3 March 2004
Videotape VT-20384/1
The Angel That Stands By Me: Minnie Evans' Paintings, by Allie Light and Irving Saraf, 1983; 16mm transfer made 3 March 2004; total running time 28:35; digital Betacam tape
Videotape VT-20384/2
The Angel That Stands By Me: Minnie Evans' Paintings, by Allie Light and Irving Saraf, 1983; 16mm transfer made 3 March 2004; total running time 28:35; mini-DV tape
Videotape VT-20384/69
Appalshop: Unbroken Tradition; transfer made April 2003; total running time 29:05; submaster; Betacam-SP tape
Videotape VT-20384/70
Appalshop: Unbroken Tradition; transfer made 9 May 2005; total running time 29:05; digital Betacam tape
Videotape VT-20384/54
Ballad of Frankie Silver; digital Betacam tape
Videotape VT-20384/3
Being a Joines to High Tech from Tom Davenport; Betacam-SP tape
Videotape VT-20384/55
Being a Joines; mini-DV tape
Videotape VT-20384/4
Black Delta Religion, by Bill Ferris, 1973; 16mm transfer made 17 January 2005; total running time 14:52; digital Betacam tape
Videotape VT-20384/6
Born for Hard Luck, by Tom Davenport; total running time 28:30; mini-DV tape
Film F-20384/10
Buck Season at Bear Meadows Sunset, by Hornbein and Thigpen; 16mm positive print with optical sound track
Videotape VT-20384/75
Buck Season at Bear Meadows Sunset, by Hornbein and Thigpen; transfer made 22 June 2005; total running time 27:12; digital Betacam tape
Videotape VT-20384/82
The Cameraman Has Visited Our Town; digital Betacam tape
Videotape VT-20384/60
Cowboy Poets; Betacam-SP tape
Videotape VT-20384/61
Cowboy Poets; transfer made 9 May 2005; total running time 51:00; digital Betacam tape
Videotape VT-20384/7
Cowboy Poets, by Kim Shelton; transfer made August 2003; mini-DV tape
Videotape VT-20384/8
Dry Woods; Flower Films; VHS tape
Videotape VT-20384/9
Fannie Bell Chapman: Gospel Singer, by Bill Ferris, 1975; 16mm transfer made 17 January 2005; total running time 42:40; digital Betacam tape
Videotape VT-20384/10
Finnish American Lives; Betacam-SP tape
Videotape VT-20384/11
Finnish American Lives; mini-DV tape
Film F-20384/2
Free Show Tonight Reel 1, by Paul Wagner and Steve Zeitlin; 16mm print; transfer made 18 February 2004
Film F-20384/3
Free Show Tonight Reel 2, by Paul Wagner and Steve Zeitlin; 16mm print; transfer made 18 February 2004
Videotape VT-20384/48
Free Show Tonight, by Paul Wagner and Steve Zeitlin, 1984; 16mm transfer made 19 February 2004; total running time 59:00; digital Betacam tape
Videotape VT-20384/12
Free Show Tonight, by Paul Wagner and Steve Zeitlin; total running time 59:00; digital Betacam tape
Film F-20384/12
Gandy Dancers; 16mm print
Videotape VT-20384/79
Gandy Dancers; transfer from edited D2 master 2 August 2005; digital Betacam tape
Videotape VT-20384/13
Give My Poor Heart Ease, by Bill Ferris, 1975; 16 mm transfer made 17 January 2005; digital Betacam tape
Videotape VT-20384/80
A Grand Generation; transfer made 1 August 2005; total running time 27:36; digital Betacam tape
Film F-20384/6
Grandma's Bottle Village, Light Saraf Films; 16mm print
Videotape VT-20384/58
Grandma's Bottle Village, Light Saraf Films; transfer made 30 June 2005; total running time 28:30; digital Betacam tape
Videotape VT-20384/14
Gravel Springs Fife and Drums transfer, August 2003; Center for Southern Folklore; Betacam-SP tape
Videotape VT-20384/81
Home Movies; transfer made 29 July 2005; total running time 21:00; digital Betacam tape
Film F-20384/9
Hundred Two Mature: The Art of Harry Lieberman #2, Light Saraf Films; 16mm print
Videotape VT-20384/56
Hundred and Two Mature, Light Saraf Films; transfer made 30 June 2005; total running time 28:20; digital Betacam tape
Videotape VT-20384/15
I Ain't Lying: Folk Tales from Mississippi, by William Ferris, 1975; 16mm transfer made 17 January 2005; total running time 22:45; digital Betacam tape
Film F-20384/15
It Ain't City Music; 16mm print ["New Zealand for taping" "This print was projected only once. The dbeta clone transfer of the film was made 6/04 and was made from the internegative used to make this release print."]
Videotape VT-20384/90
It Ain't City Music, Davenport Films; "16mm color IP;" transfer made 21 May 2004; total running time 13:48; mini-DV tape
Videotape VT-20384/16
It Ain't City Music; "clone of 5/04 dbeta DuArt transfer from interpositive. Audio from 16mm magnetic"; digital Betacam tape
Videotape VT-20384/20
James Sonny Ford Thomas, Delta Artist, by Bill and Josette Ferris, 1969; 16mm transfer made 17 January 2005; total running time 42:15; digital Betacam tape
Videotape VT-20384/64
Joy Unspeakable, Indiana University Television; transfer made 2002; Betacam-SP tape
Videotape VT-20384/65
Joy Unspeakable, Indiana University Television; transfer made 9 May 2005; digital Betacam tape
Film F-20384/4
A Jumpin' Night in the Garden of Eden Reel 1, Michal Goldman, 1987; transfer made 5 May 2004; 16mm print
Film F-20384/5
A Jumpin' Night in the Garden of Eden Reel 2, Michal Goldman, 1987; transfer made 5 May 2004; 16mm print
Videotape VT-20384/21
A Jumpin' Night in the Garden of Eden, by Michal Goldman, 1987; 16mm transfer made 7 May 2004; total running time 75:30; digital Betacam tape
Videotape VT-20384/22
A Jumpin' Night in the Garden of Eden; transferred from a Betacam-SP twisted tape; total running time 75:30; mini-DV tape
Videotape VT-20384/73
The Land Where the Blues Began; transfer made 5 July 2005; total running time 58:28; digital Betacam tape
Videotape VT-20384/23
Made in Mississippi, by Bill Ferris, 1975; 16mm transfer made 17 January 2005; total running time 18:50; digital Betacam tape
Film F-20384/8
Monument of Chief Rolling Mountain Thunder, Print #62, Light Saraf Films; 16mm print
Videotape VT-20384/59
The Monument of Chief Rolling Thunder, Light Saraf Films; transfer made 30 June 2005; total running time 28:30; digital Betacam tape
Videotape VT-20384/88
Mosquitos and Highwater; transfer made 9 February 2005; total running time 23:55; digital Betacam tape
Videotape VT-20384/87
Mosquitos and Highwater; transfer made 9 February 2005; total running time 23:55; mini-DV tape
Videotape VT-20384/85
Moving Images for the Future, Film Technology Co.; transfer made 11 October 2005; total running time 19:32; digital Betacam tape
Videotape VT-20384/91
The Music District; transfer made 9 April 2004; total running time 56:46; digital Betacam tape
Videotape VT-20384/24
The Music District; transfer made 9 April 2004; total running time 56:46; mini-DV tape
Film F-20384/13
New England Fiddles; 16mm print
Videotape VT-20384/25
New England Fiddles; total running time 28:30, Betacam-SP tape
Videotape VT-20384/74
New England Fiddles; transfer made 4 July 2005; total running time 28:28; digital Betacam tape
Videotape VT-20384/71
New England Fiddles; corrected March 2004; mini-DV tape
Videotape VT-20384/27
New England Fiddles, by John Bishop; total running time 28:30; mini-DV tape
Videotape VT-20384/49
Our Lives in Our Hands, by Harald Prins; transfer made 9 March 2005; total running time 49:15; digital Betacam tape
Videotape VT-20384/28
Painted Bride, Citylore; transfer made September 2003; total running time 25:00; Betacam-SP tape
Videotape VT-20384/50
Painted Bride, by Susan Slyomovics, 1991; dub from Beta-SP; total running time 24:50; digital Betacam tape
Videotape VT-20384/29
Painted Bride, Citylore; transfer made September 2003; total running time 25:00; mini-DV tape
Film F-20384/11
Pizza, Pizza, Daddy O, by Bess Lomax Hawes; total running time 18:15; 16mm print
Videotape VT-20384/89
Pizza, Pizza, Daddy O, by Bess Lomax Hawes; 16mm transfer made 3 January 2005; total running time 18:15; digital Betacam tape
Videotape VT-20384/62
Popovich Brothers of South Chicago; transfer made 27 July 2003; Betacam-SP tape
Videotape VT-20384/63
Popovich Brothers of South Chicago; transfer made 9 May 2005; digital Betacam tape
Videotape VT-20384/30
Popovich Brothers of South Chicago; mini-DV tape
Film F-20384/7
Possum Trot: The Life and Art of Calvin Black, Light Saraf Films; 16mm print
Videotape VT-20384/57
Possum Trot, Light Saraf Films; transfer made 30 June 2005; total running time 26:45; digital Betacam tape
Film F-20384/16
Powerhouse for God; 16mm print
Videotape VT-20384/31
Powerhouse for God, by Barry Dornfeld, Tom Rankin, and Jeff Titon; 16mm transfer made 3 December 2004; total running time 57:20; digital Betacam tape
Videotape VT-20384/66
Quilts in Women's Lives, Ferrero Films; total running time 29:00; Betacam-SP tape
Videotape VT-20384/67
Quilts in Women's Lives, Ferrero Films; transfer made 9 May 2005; total running time 29:00; digital Betacam tape
Videotape VT-20384/68
Quilts in Women's Lives, Ferrero Films; transfer made 9 May 2005; total running time 29:00; digital Betacam tape
Videotape VT-20384/32
Quilts in Women's Lives, Selections for Folkstreams; total running time 14:51; mini-DV tape
Videotape VT-20384/76
Quiltmaker; color positive with optical soundtrack; 14 July 2005; total running time 33:00; digital Betacam tape
Videotape VT-20384/83
Rattlesnakes: A Festival at Cross Forks, PA; digital Betacam tape
Videotape VT-20384/77
Ray Lum: Mule Trader; transfer from DBC made 29 July 2005; total running time 18:15; digital Betacam tape
Videotape VT-20384/52
Remembering Emmanuel Church; digital Betacam tape
Videotape VT-20384/51
Remembering the High Lonesome Sound; transferred from Beta-SP 2004; digital Betacam tape
Videotape VT-20384/33
Remembering High Lonesome, Tom Davenport; 29 June 2003; mini-DV tape
Videotape VT-20384/86
Restoring Mahogany, Getty, Film Technology Company; 13 October 2005; total running time 5:54; digital Betacam
Videotape VT-20384/34
Sadobabies: Runaways in San Francisco; 3/4-inch transfer made 3 January 2005; digital Betacam tape
Videotape VT-20384/84
Salamanders; digital Betacam tape
Videotape VT-20384/35
Sea Bright Skiff; transfer made 2003; mini-DV tape
Videotape VT-20384/36
The Shakers "clone from DBC master NDF TC @01 hrs"; 28 September 2004
Videotape VT-20384/37
The Shakers "transfer from 16mm I/N; NDF TC @01 hrs"; total running time 30:06; mini-DV tape
Film F-20384/14
A Singing Stream: A Black Family Chronicle, by Tom Davenport; 16mm print
Videotape VT-20384/40
A Singing Stream: A Black Family Chronicle, by Tom Davenport; 16mm transfer made 4 January 2005; total running time 58:00; digital Betacam tape
Videotape VT-20384/19
Small Gauge Blow-up; 3 October 2005; total running time 9:30; digital Betacam tape
Videotape VT-20384/41
Spirits of the Wood; transfer made 7 May 2004; digital Betacam tape
Videotape VT-20384/43
Spirits of the Wood; transfer made 7 May 2004; mini-DV tape
Videotape VT-20384/44
Sweet is the Day: A Sacred Harp Family Portrait, Alabama Folklife Association; VHS tape
Videotape DVD-20384/1
Sweet is the Day: A Sacred Harp Family Portrait, Alabama Folklife Association; DVD
Videotape VT-20384/78
Tales of the Supernatural; B/W positive print with optical soundtrack; transfer made 14 July 2005; total running time 26:15; digital Betacam tape
Videotape VT-20384/45
Tommie Bass, produced by Allen Tullos; total running time 50:00; digital Betacam tape
Videotape VT-20384/46
Tommie Bass, produced by Allen Tullos; total running time 50:00; mini-DV tape
Videotape VT-20384/72
Two Homes, One Heart, produced by Joyce Middlebrook; 20 July 1992; total running time 50:00; digital Betacam tape
Videotape VT-20384/47
Unbroken Tradition; mini-DV tape
Videotape VT-20384/53
When My Work is Over; digital Betacam tape

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