Iowa Arts Council Folk Arts Program Records, 1976-2006

Container Title
Subseries: E. Muscatine High School ESL Class Fieldwork, 1999
Note: Groups of students in teacher Chris Clark's ESL class at Muscatine High School documented local culture after a visit from contract folklorist Cindy Kerchmar. Manila packets organized by subject contain a variety of fieldwork materials--photos, slides, sound recordings, logs, field notes, disks--and class reports.
Box   34
Folder   1
Rice
Box   34
Folder   2
Knitting and Crochet
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Folder   3
The Day of the Dead/Dia de los Muertos
Box   34
Folder   4
Tamales
Box   34
Folder   5
Legends
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Folder   6
Ghost stories
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Packet 1
7 audiocassettes (Rice, Knitting and Crochet, The Day of the Dead/ Dia de los Muertos, Tamales, Legends, Ghost stories) and 5 color slides (Legends)
Box   34
Packet 2
Christian's Salon [109 Iowa Avenue, Muscatine, Iowa, Mary and Ruben Trejo, owners]
Box   34
Folder   3
Cruising
Box   34
Packet 4
El Allende [restaurant, Manuel and Ana Rojas, owners]
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Packet 5
El Olmito [grocery store and restaurant, Felix Calderon, owner]
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Packet 6
Eternity Spring Fashions [Angelica Dirzo, owner]
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Packet 7
Grupo Milenio [band, Jaime Martinez, Felix Vazquez, Sau Gerrero, Eugenio Solis, Jesus Solis, members]
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Packet 8
La Michoacana [restaurant and grocery store, Maria Guzman, owner]
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Packet 9
Leo's Garage [Leo Miranda, owner]
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Packet 10
Low Riders [Norberto Ibarra, teacher at Central Middle School, interviewed]
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Packet 11
Mary's Boutique [Anna-Maria Zapata, owner]
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Packet 12
Mi Pueblo [restaurant, Ramiro Rosas, owner]
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Packet 13
Peking Restaurant [Michael ??, interviewed]
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Packet 14
Quinceañera [Maria Ruiz, interviewed]
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Packet 15
Tonio's Toppers [Rubin and Elsa Valenzuela, owners]
Box   34
Packet 16
Twin Oaks [restaurant, Rivera family, owners]