Folklife documentaries from UMBC
The Accohannock Indian Tribe is one of the oldest historical tribes in Maryland and a Maryland Traditions 2014 ALTA Award winner for Achievement in Living Traditions.
Wallace M. Yater of Boonsboro, Maryland, is a master blacksmith and founder of the Blacksmith Guild of Western Maryland. He was awarded the 2013 Maryland Traditions Achievement in Living Traditions and Arts Award for his outstanding contributions to the living tradition of blacksmithing. The film was produced by Maryland Traditions, the folklife program of the Maryland State Arts Council, and the New Media Studio at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
J. Gruber’s Hagerstown Town and Country Almanack , or The Almanack, is the oldest almanac in the United States that is still produced by heirs of the original founder, John Gruber. Established in Hagerstown (Washington County), it has been providing agricultural, meteorological and astrological information for the Mid-Atlantic region since 1797. On December 1st, 2012, Maryland Traditions honored the J. Gruber’s Hagers-town Town and Country Almanack with an Achievement in Living Traditions and Arts (ALTA) Award in the category of Tradition.
In spring 2012, UMBC students created a series of profiles featuring recipients of the Maryland Traditions Folk Arts and Culture Apprenticeship Award.
Opened its 1927, the Patterson Bowling Center is one of the oldest duckpin alleys in existence. Maryland State Art Council’s Maryland Traditions 2011 ALTA Award winner for Achievement in Living Traditions and Arts of Outstanding Places, Peoples, and Traditions.
