Smithville Fiddlers Jamboree collection
Content Description
The bulk of this collection is photographs and programs from the Smithville Fiddler’s Jamboree and Crafts Festival. The collection has multiple creators, including founding members of the Jamboree such as Berry C. Williams and Roger Estes, the Smithville Jamboree Board, and former Smithville Fiddler’s Jamboree President, coordinator, and founder Neil Dudney. The collection contains event programs, photographs, digitized photographs (the archives does not house the originals), ephemera, correspondence, and documents pertaining to the Smithville Fiddlers Jamboree and Crafts Festival. The collection provides a general overview of the festival, such as past competitions, contestants, awards, craft booths, and notable events, such as guest speakers and celebrity appearances.
Acquisition Type
Gift
Provenance
The Smithville Jamboree Collection began as a project to amass research materials on the Smithville Jamboree and Crafts Festival in preparation for a semicentennial celebratory book detailing the history of the event. As digitization of the research proceeded and the collection grew, representatives of the Smithville Fiddler’s Jamboree and Crafts Festival decided to donate the materials to Tennessee Technological University's Archives and Special Collections so that they could create better access through the archives’ resources. The collection’s creators are a multitude of parties and individuals, including members of the Smithville Jamboree Board and the Smithville community. In total, at least a dozen or so groups and individuals have contributed to the Smithville Jamboree Collection, with materials ranging from early Smithville history to the latest Jamboree programs.
Language of Description
English
Script of Description
Latin
Restrictions Apply
No
Dates
- 1952 - 2022
Extent
1.2 Cubic Feet
955 Megabytes
Language of Materials
English
- Awards Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Bowed stringed instruments Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Clog dancing Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Craft festivals Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Fiddlers Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Fiddling -- Competitions Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Folk art Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Folk dance music Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Folk dancing Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Folk music Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Folk songs, English -- United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Music -- Performance Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Music festival programs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Musicians Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Performing arts Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Photographs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Public architecture Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Square dancing Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Textile crafts Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Wood-carving Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Woodwork Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- black-and-white photographs Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
