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Mass Media and Popular Culture Records

 Collection
Identifier: A-1976-32-GC-M377

Scope and Contents

This records group consists of ethnography reports, field notes, interview indexes, transcriptions, and audiocassettes documenting the work completed in the Group Contract Mass Media and Popular Culture at The Evergreen State College led by Tom Foote and Sam Schrager from September 1988 to June 1989.

Dates

  • Creation: 1988 - 1989

Restrictions on Access

Access to oral histories is dependent upon participants' signed release.

Restrictions on Use

Duplication by the archives in no way transfers either copyright or property right, nor does it constitute permission to publish in excess of "fair use" or to display the materials.

Historical Note

The Mass Media and Popular Culture program was a Group Contract sponsored by Tom Foote and Sam Schrager. This program focused on ethnography and the relationship between mass media and popular culture. It was a year long program spanning the 1988-1989 academic year: in fall the class focused on the interview and oral history, in winter the focus was moved to ethnographical studies, and in the spring the focus was on the presentation of materials.

Extent

1.75 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

English

Summary

The Mass Media and Pop Culture Records documents the Mass Media and Pop Culture program taught by Tom Foote and Sam Schrager over the 1988-1989 academic year.

Arrangement

This records group is divided into two subgroups: Subgroup I: Ethnographies and Oral Histories and Subgroup II: Oral History Interviews.

Subgroup II is further divided into two series: Series I: Field Notes, Transcripts, & Analysis and Series II: Oral History Audiocassettes.

Related Materials

Mass Media, Popular Culture, and Folklore Records, WaOE.1976-32.CS.M377, is a collection of records from the program Mass Media, Popular Culture, and Folklore which was a Coordinated Study the following academic year.

Processing Note

This collection was processed by W. Randolph Stilson.

Title
Guide to the Mass Media and Popular Culture Records
Status
Completed
Author
Joey Grant
Date
2012
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
English
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Repository Details

Part of the The Evergreen State College Archives and Special Collections Repository

Contact:
http://www.evergreen.edu/archives
2700 Evergreen Parkway NW
Olympia WA 98505 USA