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2006700200 abstract "Interviews with Alex Kellam conducted by George G. Carey of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and Carl Fleischhauer of the American Folklife Center in May and June of 1977 during visits with Kellam in Crisfield, Maryland, and on trips to Smith Island and surrounding waterways. Subjects include oystering, crabbing, fishing, boats, hunting, religious life, camp meetings, ghost stories, riddles, family life, and foodways. Kellam sings songs, recites poetry, and tells stories and jokes. Collection also includes recordings of Alex Kellam working at the Smithsonian Festival of American Folklife in July 1978 describing the life and work of watermen on the Chesapeake Bay and telling stories. Other participants in these 1978 sessions and related interviews conducted by Carl Fleischhauer and Paula Johnson include Ben Evans, Jennings Evans, Hermann Stine, Harrison Tyler, Paul Nock, and Casey Jones. Photographs were taken by Fleischhauer on the 1977 visits and include images of Alex Kellam, his wife Dorothy Kellam, decoy maker Lem Ward, residents of Smith Island, houses, businesses, churches, grave markers, crabbing, traditional watercraft, as well as photographs of Alex Kellam's scrapbooks, paintings, and poems. Manuscripts include correspondence between Carey and Fleischhauer, photo logs, recording logs and partial interview transcripts, field notes, brochures and maps of Smith Island and Crisfield, and three color postcards featuring Lem Ward's woodcarving. Collection was made for a proposed LP recording project.".
2006700200 accessRights "Duplication of the collection materials may be governed by copyright and other restrictions.".
2006700200 contributor B10730412.
2006700200 contributor B10730413.
2006700200 contributor B10730414.
2006700200 coverage "Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.) Social life and customs.".
2006700200 coverage "Crisfield (Md.) Social life and customs.".
2006700200 coverage "Smith Island (Md. and Va.) Social life and customs.".
2006700200 date "1977".
2006700200 description "Accessioned; 1984.".
2006700200 description "Alex Kellam Collection (AFC 1977/008), Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.".
2006700200 description "Alex Kellam was born October 9, 1908 in Rhodes Point, Smith Island, Maryland. During World War II he was a member of the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve and a shipfitter. From 1946 he worked as an insurance agent in Crisfield, Maryland, and was a painter, poet, sport fisherman, park ranger, and guide. He died in 1986.".
2006700200 description "Interviews with Alex Kellam conducted by George G. Carey of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and Carl Fleischhauer of the American Folklife Center in May and June of 1977 during visits with Kellam in Crisfield, Maryland, and on trips to Smith Island and surrounding waterways. Subjects include oystering, crabbing, fishing, boats, hunting, religious life, camp meetings, ghost stories, riddles, family life, and foodways. Kellam sings songs, recites poetry, and tells stories and jokes. Collection also includes recordings of Alex Kellam working at the Smithsonian Festival of American Folklife in July 1978 describing the life and work of watermen on the Chesapeake Bay and telling stories. Other participants in these 1978 sessions and related interviews conducted by Carl Fleischhauer and Paula Johnson include Ben Evans, Jennings Evans, Hermann Stine, Harrison Tyler, Paul Nock, and Casey Jones. Photographs were taken by Fleischhauer on the 1977 visits and include images of Alex Kellam, his wife Dorothy Kellam, decoy maker Lem Ward, residents of Smith Island, houses, businesses, churches, grave markers, crabbing, traditional watercraft, as well as photographs of Alex Kellam's scrapbooks, paintings, and poems. Manuscripts include correspondence between Carey and Fleischhauer, photo logs, recording logs and partial interview transcripts, field notes, brochures and maps of Smith Island and Crisfield, and three color postcards featuring Lem Ward's woodcarving. Collection was made for a proposed LP recording project.".
2006700200 extent "129 color slides.".
2006700200 extent "2 photographic prints :".
2006700200 extent "21 sound tape reels :".
2006700200 extent "4 folders.".
2006700200 extent "449 photographs :".
2006700200 issued "1977".
2006700200 language "eng".
2006700200 rights "Duplication of the collection materials may be governed by copyright and other restrictions.".
2006700200 spatial "Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.) Social life and customs.".
2006700200 spatial "Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.)".
2006700200 spatial "Crisfield (Md.) Social life and customs.".
2006700200 spatial "Maryland".
2006700200 spatial "Maryland.".
2006700200 spatial "Smith Island (Md. and Va.) Social life and customs.".
2006700200 subject "Cofield, Thomas R.".
2006700200 subject "Crabbing Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.) Anecdotes.".
2006700200 subject "Decoy carvers.".
2006700200 subject "Evans, Edward S., -1863.".
2006700200 subject "Evans, Lewis E., 1886-1901.".
2006700200 subject "Field recordings Maryland.".
2006700200 subject "Fishers Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.) Interviews.".
2006700200 subject "Fishing Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.) Anecdotes.".
2006700200 subject "Folk songs, English Maryland.".
2006700200 subject "Interviews Maryland.".
2006700200 subject "Kellam, Alex, 1908-1986.".
2006700200 subject "Kellam, Amanda S.".
2006700200 subject "Kellam, Gordon L., 1877-1919.".
2006700200 subject "Kellam, Leland Jack, 1903-1964.".
2006700200 subject "Marsh, Maggie Kellam.".
2006700200 subject "Marsh, Wilber A., 1886-1942.".
2006700200 subject "Oystering Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.) Anecdotes.".
2006700200 subject "Storytellers Maryland Interviews.".
2006700200 subject "Storytelling Maryland.".
2006700200 subject "Tawes, Scorchy.".
2006700200 subject "Tyler, David R., 1874-1904.".
2006700200 subject "Union UME Churchyard (Tylerton, Md.)".
2006700200 subject "Unitas, Sandra.".
2006700200 subject "Ward, Lem, 1896-1984.".
2006700200 title "Alex Kellam collection, 1977-1986, bulk 1977-1978, / collected by George G. Carey and Carl Fleischhauer.".
2006700200 type "Correspondence. aat".
2006700200 type "Photographs. aat".
2006700200 type "Sound recordings. aat".
2006700200 type "collection".