{"id":4395,"date":"2026-08-17T21:08:59","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T21:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/finding-aids\/coll120\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T15:11:25","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T15:11:25","slug":"coll120","status":"publish","type":"finding_aid","link":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/finding-aids\/coll120\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryland Traditions records"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Overview<\/h1>\n
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Title:<\/td>\nMaryland Traditions records<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Call Number:<\/td>\nColl120<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Creator:<\/td>\nMaryland State Arts Council. Maryland Traditions<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dates:<\/td>\n1989-2013<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Size:<\/td>\n12 boxes (18 linear feet)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Language:<\/td>\nEnglish<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Abstract:<\/td>\nThe Maryland Traditions records contain the administrative and ethnographic fieldwork files pertaining to the Maryland Traditions Program of the Maryland State Arts Council from 2000 to 2013. The program aims to document, cultivate and celebrate the folklife of Maryland through fieldwork, publication and recording projects. All materials were collected and created for the use of the program and consist of folklife and include oral histories, interviews, photographs, and video pertaining to ethnographic field documentation of Maryland.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Citation:<\/td>\nMaryland Traditions records, Maryland Traditions Archives, Collection 120, Special Collections, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (Baltimore, MD)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n
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Administrative\/Biographical Note<\/h1>\n

The Maryland State Arts Council was established in 1967 as an agency of the State of Maryland, under the authority of the Department of Business & Economic Development, Division of Tourism, Film and the Arts. MSAC awards grants to organizations and individual artists for arts programming and projects, provides technical and advisory assistance to individuals and groups, and carries out cultural programs of its own. The Council\u2019s Maryland Folklife program co-founded Maryland Traditions with the Maryland Historical Trust in 2000 to preserve and promote authentic cultural traditions and folk arts.<\/p>\n

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Scope & Content<\/h1>\n

Arrangement<\/h2>\n

Organized into five archival series: Series I. Central Files. Series II. Rory Turner. Series III. Elaine Eff. Series IV. Cliff Murphy. Series V. Michelle Stefano.<\/p>\n

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Provenance Information<\/h1>\n

Provenance and Acquisition Information<\/h2>\n

All materials were collected and created for the use of Maryland Traditions program of the MSAC from 2000 – 2013. Accessions: MSS 2014-02, MSS 2014-09.<\/p>\n

Processing Note<\/h2>\n

Collection is unprocessed. Initial inventory and housing prepared by Greg Adams and Hannah Rogers, 2013.<\/p>\n

Descriptive Rules Used<\/h2>\n

Describing Archives: a Content Standard (DACS)<\/p>\n

Archives Processing Manual: Description (2015)<\/a><\/p>\n

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Access & Use<\/h1>\n

Finding Aids<\/h2>\n

Finding Aid: \/specialcollections\/finding-aids\/coll120\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Access Conditions<\/h2>\n

No restrictions.<\/p>\n

Conditions Governing Reproductions and Use<\/h2>\n

Reproductions allowed for research purposes. Copyright maintained by the creator.<\/p>\n

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Subject Headings<\/h1>\n

Creators<\/h2>\n

Maryland State Arts Council. Maryland Traditions<\/p>\n

Murphy, Clifford R.<\/p>\n

Stefano, Michelle L.<\/p>\n

Eff, Elaine, 1946-<\/p>\n

Turner, Rory P. B. (Rory Peter Benedict)<\/p>\n

Subjects<\/h2>\n

Folklore — Maryland<\/p>\n

Maryland Folklife Festival<\/p>\n

Maryland State Arts Council. Maryland Traditions — Archives<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false},"class_list":["post-4395","finding_aid","type-finding_aid","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/finding_aid\/4395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/finding_aid"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/finding_aid"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}