American Folk Festival volunteer T-shirts
Content Description
Volunteer T-shirts from the American Folk Festival, and its predecessor the National Folk Festival, held at the Bangor Waterfront from 2002-2019. The brightly colored T-shirts feature each year's festival logo. Also includes a Bangor Daily News article "American Folk Festival ends after 18 years in Bangor."
Dates
- Creation: 2002 - 2019
Language of Materials
Materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Historical Note
The American Folk Festival began as the National Folk Festival, a traveling event produced by the National Council for the Traditional Arts in partnership with local communities. Bangor, Maine, hosted the National Folk Festival from 2002 to 2004 at the Bangor Waterfront. Bangor then launched the American Folk Festival, held annually from 2005 to 2019.
Full Extent
1.08 linear feet (18 T-shirts in 1 record storage carton)
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Pat Martin.
Subject
- American Folk Festival (Bangor, Me.) (Organization)
- National Folk Festival (U.S.) (Organization)
Cultural context
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the American Folk Festival Volunteer T-shirts
- Author
- Greta Schroeder
- Date
- 2025 August
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bangor Public Library Special Collections Repository