The a survey of occupational culture in Paterson, New Jersey, with recommendations for public programmingCooper, Marthaphotographer.Lautenberg, Frank R.interviewee.Pascrell, Billinterviewee.Taylor, David Alan1951-interviewer.Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress)American Folklife CenterLibrary of CongressNational Digital Library Program.United StatesNational Park Service.Mid-Atlantic Regional Office.mixed materialField recordings-New Jersey-Paterson.Interviews-New Jersey-Paterson.Oral history-New Jersey-Paterson.Photographs.Sound recordings.Manuscripts.Field notes.Ethnography.dcu19932002monographicengitaspaitaspa3914341 sound cassettes : analog.49 sound cassettes : digital.ca. 6,500 photographs : negatives, contact sheets, slides, photographic prints, col., b&w. ; various sizes, 8 x 10 in. and smaller.174 computer disks (CD-ROM) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.30 computer disks ; 3 1/2 in.12 items.The collection consists of manuscripts, sound recordings, photographs, artifacts, publications, and ephemera from an ethnographic field project which documented occupational culture in Paterson, New Jersey in 1994. Subjects include the textile industry, industrial architecture, machine shops, labor unions, family owned businesses, dressmaking, and ethnic restaurants. A single manufacturing firm, Watson Machine International, was the focus of an in-depth study. The project focused on the ways in which community life and values are shaped by work and how the theme of work intersects with other themes, namely family, ethnicity, gender, neighborhood, religion, and change over time.collected by the American Folklife Center in cooperation with the National Park Service.Sound recordings include interviews with U.S. Senator Frank R. Lautenberg and U.S. Congressman Bill Pascrell (former mayor of Paterson) conducted by project director David A. Taylor.A substantial portion of the collection, with interpretive essays, is available as "Working in Paterson: Occupational Heritage in an Urban Setting," an American Memory online resource compiled by the National Digital Library Program of the Library of Congress.American Memory online resource, "Working in Paterson," is also on CD-ROM discs in the collection.The Working in Paterson Project Collection (AFC 1995/028), Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.Duplication of the collection materials may be governed by copyright and other restrictions. Information about ordering audio and photographic reproductions is available on the Library of Congress American Memory website.This four-month field project, June to September 1994, was part of the federal Urban History Initiative (UHI) sponsored by Sen. Frank Lautenberg and administered by the National Park Service's Mid-Atlantic Regional Office. A research team of five folklorists from the American Folklife Center of the Library of Congress and a documentary photographer interviewed and photographed workers from local industries and documented other aspects of Paterson's occupational heritage.In English, Italian, and Spanish.Finding aid available in the Folklife Reading Room, Library of Congress, and online via the American Folklife Center web pages.n-us-njLaborNew JerseyPatersonOccupationsNew JerseyPatersonPaterson (N.J.)Social life and customsWatson Machine International.African American business enterprisesNew JerseyPatersonArab American business enterprisesNew JerseyPatersonHispanic American business enterprisesNew JerseyPatersonColombian American business enterprisesNew JerseyPatersonAfrican AmericansEmploymentNew JerseyPatersonIrish AmericansEmploymentNew JerseyPatersonItalian AmericansEmploymentNew JerseyPatersonHispanic AmericansEmploymentNew JerseyPatersonArab AmericansEmploymentNew JerseyPatersonPolish AmericansEmploymentNew JerseyPatersonCommunity lifeNew JerseyPatersonMachine shopsNew JerseyPatersonTextile industryNew JerseyPatersonLabor unionsNew JerseyPatersonWomen dressmakersNew JerseyPatersonFamily-owned business enterprisesNew JerseyPatersonEthnic restaurantsNew JerseyPatersonArchitecture, IndustrialNew JerseyPatersonProcessionsNew JerseyPatersonPageantsNew JerseyPatersonBeauty contestantsNew JerseyPatersonCatholic ChurchNew JerseyPatersonCustoms and practicesPaterson (N.J.)Religious life and customs 20025560482004695193hdl:loc.afc/collafc.af000014hdl:loc.afc/eadafc.af007004http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/collafc.af000014http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/eadafc.af007004DLC-AFC Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, 101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, DC USA 20540-4610Duplication of the collection materials may be governed by copyright and other restrictions. Information about ordering audio and photographic reproductions is available on the Library of Congress American Memory website.DLC04073020080423154509.013672150