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Box 8

 Container

Contains 23 Results:

Video Documentary Production , 2005 - 2006

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents

Project was initally titled "Vessels of Memory: Sweetgrass Baskets of the South Carolina Lowcountry." Holds email correspondence pertaining to the "South Carolina Commission's Film Production Fund." Also contains Dana Sardet's vita.

Dates: 2005 - 2006
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / <title render="italic">Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art</title> collection / Series 7: <title render="italic">Grass Roots: The Enduring Art of the Lowcountry Basket </title> Video Documentary Production / 7.2: Video Production

Draft: Historical Narrative-Video Script, 2007

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

Typescript narrative written by Ted Rosengarten, Ph.D. Includes typescript, "Grass Roots, historical narrative," with Internet printouts of "The Gullah: Rice, Slavery, ad Sierra Leone-American Connection," used as research.

Dates: 2007
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / <title render="italic">Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art</title> collection / Series 7: <title render="italic">Grass Roots: The Enduring Art of the Lowcountry Basket </title> Video Documentary Production / 7.2: Video Production

Aerial Footage Information, 2007

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents

Contains handwritten documents and log sheets pertaining to Tim Fennell's footage.

Dates: 2007
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / <title render="italic">Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art</title> collection / Series 7: <title render="italic">Grass Roots: The Enduring Art of the Lowcountry Basket </title> Video Documentary Production / 7.2: Video Production

Typescript: "Baskets of Gold", undated

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

Includes comments from basket makers, Joseph Mazyck, Mary Scott, Elizabeth Mazyck, and Henrietta Snype.

Dates: undated
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / <title render="italic">Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art</title> collection / Series 7: <title render="italic">Grass Roots: The Enduring Art of the Lowcountry Basket </title> Video Documentary Production / 7.2: Video Production

Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture: Statements and Correspondence, 2007 - 2010

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents

Holds photocopies of correspondence and invoices.

Dates: 2007 - 2010
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / <title render="italic">Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art</title> collection / Series 7: <title render="italic">Grass Roots: The Enduring Art of the Lowcountry Basket </title> Video Documentary Production / 7.2: Video Production

Video Documentary Budget, Expenditures, and Invoices, 2006-2008, and undated

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents From the Series:

A film made by videographer, Dana Sardet, focuses on Mt. Pleasant (SC) basket makers harvesting materials used to create their baskets, making their baskets, and talking about the meaning of their work. "This documentary explores the current state of this kind of coiled grass basketry in the Lowcountry of South Carolina and what its future may be." Holds log books, journals, grant funding documents, video release forms, and correspondence.

Dates: 2006-2008, and undated
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / <title render="italic">Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art</title> collection / Series 7: <title render="italic">Grass Roots: The Enduring Art of the Lowcountry Basket </title> Video Documentary Production / 7.2: Video Production

Video Release Forms for Basket Makers, 2006 - 2007

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents

Includes general release form and grant budget for South Carolina Arts Commission with invoices.

Dates: 2006 - 2007
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / <title render="italic">Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art</title> collection / Series 7: <title render="italic">Grass Roots: The Enduring Art of the Lowcountry Basket </title> Video Documentary Production / 7.2: Video Production

Documentary Treatment Proposals, 2006 - 2007

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents

Contains project narratives with budgets, letters of agreements, correspondence, and resumes of several Sweetgrass basketmakers.

Dates: 2006 - 2007
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / <title render="italic">Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art</title> collection / Series 7: <title render="italic">Grass Roots: The Enduring Art of the Lowcountry Basket </title> Video Documentary Production / 7.2: Video Production

Agreements and Correspondence regarding Photo and Image Rights, 2007 - 2008

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents From the Series:

A film made by videographer, Dana Sardet, focuses on Mt. Pleasant (SC) basket makers harvesting materials used to create their baskets, making their baskets, and talking about the meaning of their work. "This documentary explores the current state of this kind of coiled grass basketry in the Lowcountry of South Carolina and what its future may be." Holds log books, journals, grant funding documents, video release forms, and correspondence.

Dates: 2007 - 2008
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / <title render="italic">Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art</title> collection / Series 7: <title render="italic">Grass Roots: The Enduring Art of the Lowcountry Basket </title> Video Documentary Production / 7.2: Video Production

Video Release Forms for Commentators, 2006 - 2008

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents From the Series:

A film made by videographer, Dana Sardet, focuses on Mt. Pleasant (SC) basket makers harvesting materials used to create their baskets, making their baskets, and talking about the meaning of their work. "This documentary explores the current state of this kind of coiled grass basketry in the Lowcountry of South Carolina and what its future may be." Holds log books, journals, grant funding documents, video release forms, and correspondence.

Dates: 2006 - 2008
Found in: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture / <title render="italic">Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art</title> collection / Series 7: <title render="italic">Grass Roots: The Enduring Art of the Lowcountry Basket </title> Video Documentary Production / 7.2: Video Production
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