Sidebar by Marcia Darnell
Folklore – May 1998 – Colorado Central Magazine
Do It Yourself
To start your own folklore or oral history project, call the Colorado Endowment for the Humanities or the Colorado Historical Society for information. Some grants are available for art projects, but money is drying up for oral histories.
Article by Marcia Darnell
Folklore – May 1998 – Colorado Central Magazine
The Fine Art of Collecting Folklore
by Marcia Darnell
KATHI FIGGEN is a folklorist. What, exactly is a folklorist? “That’s an ongoing joke with folklorists,” she says, “how to explain ourselves.”
She pauses for a moment, glancing around her narrow office, which is crammed with books, papers, weavings, carvings, quilts and Elvis memorabilia. Her eyes rest on a French poster depicting Saint Elvis, then she continues.