Project Records and Administrative Materials

This collection contains oral history interviews, photographs, fieldnotes, release forms, transcripts, metadata, and related documentation created as part of the Living Traditions in Utah: Voices and Oral Histories project. Interviews document the personal experiences and cultural practices of artists, performers, craft demonstrators, foodways practitioners, festival organizers, and community representatives associated with the Living Traditions Festival and related cultural events in Utah.

Topics include music, dance, foodways, craft traditions, cultural education, intergenerational transmission, immigration and diaspora, Native and Indigenous cultural expression, community organizing, religious and family traditions, public folklore, festival production, and the role of traditional arts in maintaining identity and belonging. The collection also documents how cultural practitioners navigate performance, representation, teaching, adaptation, and continuity within Utah’s changing social and cultural landscape.

The project is ongoing and is intended to grow through annual fieldwork connected to Living Traditions and related cultural heritage programming.