Indiana University Folklore Students' Association records, 1972-2009, bulk
1978-1984
A Guide to the Records at the Indiana University Archives
Finding aid prepared by Ashley Howdeshell.
Summary Information
Repository
Indiana University Archives
1320 East Tenth Street
Herman B Wells Library E460
Bloomington, IN 47405-7000
Phone: 812-855-1127
Email: archives@indiana.edu
http://www.libraries.iub.edu/archives
Creator
Indiana University, Bloomington.
Folklore Students' Association
TitleIndiana University Folklore Students'
Association records, 1972-2009, bulk
1978-1984
Collection No.
C385
Extent
1 cubic feet
Language
Materials are in English
Abstract
The Folklore Students’ Association (FSA)
is a student run organization supported by the Department of Folklore and
Ethnomusicology and Indiana University. The collection consists of correspondence,
newsletters, meeting minutes and reports.
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research. Advanced notice required for access.
Administrative History
The Folklore Students’ Association (FSA) is a student run organization supported by
the Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology and Indiana University.
FSA strives to provide support for IU folklore students, both graduate and
undergraduate. FSA encourages members to broaden their personal horizons by
providing opportunities to meet, work with, and exchange ideas with other developing
scholars in the field. The association also seeks to build professional interests in
members through such means as development workshops that bring in faculty and other
professionals to speak with students on a variety of current issues in the
discipline. Perhaps the most crucial objective is promoting the folklore discipline.
By giving members opportunities to develop both personally and professionally, FSA
seeks to aid them in preparing for their emergence as the next generation of
folklore scholars. Likewise, in expanding the role of folklorists as both
participants in and organizers of community events, FSA endeavors to bring folklore
into the spotlight as a scholastic discipline. Through encouraging the efforts of
students and facilitating familiarity with folklore among the communities in which
we live, work, and study, FSA ultimately aims to propagate overall awareness of and
interest in folklore as a vibrant sphere of academia.
Folklore Students’ Association website:
http://folksa.wordpress.com/
Arrangement
Collection is organized into three series: Administrative files, Meeting minutes and
reports, and Newsletters.
Scope and Content Note
The Folklore Students’ Association records comprise .6 cubic feet of records spanning
the period from 1972 to 2009. There are three series in this collection,
Administrative files, 1972-1984, Meeting minutes and reports, 1977-1983, and
Newsletters, 1977-1992.
The Administrative files span the period from 2009 and contain the Charter,
resolutions, business and financial records, and documentation pertaining to a
student conference organized by the FSA Student Paper Conferences.
The second series, Meeting minutes and reports, spans the period from 1977-1988. This
series contains the minutes recorded at student and faculty meetings for the
Folklore Students’ Association, as well as committee reports filed. The minutes
reflect the issues the FSA dealt with, such as course offerings, graduate student
research, and even faculty appointments. The records are not complete.
The third series, Newsletters spans the period from 1977-1992. The monthly, sometimes
biweekly, newsletters published by the Folklore Students’ Association are contained
within this series. The newsletter reports on issues affecting the student and
faculty body in the field of folklore, such as course offerings, student research
projects, publication announcements, and faculty appointments.
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Indexing Terms
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The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
IUCAT, the IU Libraries'
online catalog. Materials about related topics, persons or places can be found by
searching the catalog using these terms.
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Related Material
Additional records such as newsletters, annual reports, bulletins, and publications
may be accessed in the Archives of Institutional Memory
http://institutionalmemory.iu.edu/aim/
Archived web sites for this organization may be included in Archive-It:
http://www.archive-it.org/collections/219
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Accession Information: 2003/055
Usage RestrictionsThe donor(s) of this collection have not transferred their copyrights for the materials to the Trustees of Indiana University.
For more information, please contact the Indiana University Archives staff.
The Indiana University Archives respects the intellectual property rights of others and does not claim any copyrights for
non-university records, materials in the public domain, or materials for which we do not hold a Deed of Gift. Responsibility
for the determination of the copyright status of these materials rests with those persons wishing to reuse the materials.
Researchers are responsible for securing permission from copyright owners and any other rights holders for any reuse of these
materials that extends beyond fair use or other statutory limitations.
Digital reproductions of archival materials from the Indiana University Archives are made available for noncommercial educational
and research purposes only. If you are the copyright holder for any of the digitized materials and have questions about its
inclusion on our site, please contact the Indiana University Archivist.
Preferred Citation
[Item], Indiana University Folklore Students' Association records, Collection C385, Indiana University Archives, Bloomington.
Provenance
Transferred from the Indiana University Folklore Department, 2003.
Processing InformationProcessed by Ashley Howdeshell.
Completed in 2010
Container List
Series:
Box 1
Administrative files, 1972-2009
Business and Finances, 1973-1978
Charter, 1984
Conference Information and Programs, 2009
(Posters stored with oversized materials. Consult archivist for
details.)
Faculty Evaluations, 1979
Folklore Institute Curriculum Committee, 1986-1987
Job descriptions, undated
Meeting schedules and notes, 1987
Museum Committee, 1973-1974
Newsletter,
Correspondence,
General,
undated
March 1990
Resolution on Social Issues and Responses, 1978
Student Organization Account, 1974
Student Paper Conferences,
1979-1984
General,
1974-1987
1988-1989
1989-1990
Series:
Box 1
Meeting minutes and reports, 1977-1988
Meeting Minutes,
1977-1978
1981
1983
1986-1987
1987-1989
Committee Reports, 1978
Series:
Box 1
Newsletters, 1977-1992
1977
1978
1979-1980
1980-1981
1981-1982
1982-1983
1983-1984
1985-1987
1987-1988
1991-1992
