Archives

From: Lindsey Meyer <lmeyer123@gmail.com>

Sent: Monday, April 02, 2018 1:53 PM

To: FP Board <fullboard@folkproject.org>

Cc: Lindsey Meyer <lmeyer123@gmail.com>

Subject: April 2018 Archives Committee Report

Archives Committee Report to the Board

April 2018

I inventoried the FP collection at Rutgers University and found a more robust collection than I was expecting. There are six boxes containing financial records from the 1990s, newsletters spanning 1979 – 2000, festival records from 1989 – 1997, board meeting minutes from 1979 – 2001, committee reports, Minstrel tally sheets and staff lists, and other items.

Rutgers provided a 1-page container list, which is attached to this report. There was one member roster from 2003 that I requested be placed in a restricted folder, which will be accessible only by current board members. The manuscript curator deleted the word “roster” from the container list and it will not be visible to the public.

The size and breadth of this collection has raised collection development questions that the committee will address in the next few weeks. Meanwhile, we’ll begin contacting survey respondents directly in order to discover details about individuals’ holdings.

We’ll also send out the survey email again. And again. Please fill it out, if you haven't already. If any board member has contact information for any former member who may have FP material, especially if they were a committee chair or board member, please contact me.

Lindsey Meyer

Archives Committee Chair