Abstract

This collection contains materials related to and gathered by Elsie P. Johnston regarding Montana music and the Montana music programs created by Johnston. Materials include general correspondence, sheet music, musical lyrics, programs, photographs, speeches, and newspaper clippings. Dates range from 1940 to 1989.

Abstract The Montana Folklife Project was a federally-funded 3-month survey in 1979 of folklife in Montana. The Montana Folklife Program became a permanent program of the Montana Arts Council after the survey ended. These records consist of project files, questionaires, audio tapes, slides, and photographs from the 1979 survey. Also included are subject files, student papers, video tapes, films, and photographs, from the program from 1979-1992. Some of the photos concern women bronc riders such as...