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Contains information on folk festivals from a wide array, in culture, dance style, and time. The festival materials include program flags, programs, photo books, and news clippings. The National Folk Festival, Rocky Mountain Dance Roundup, Tydzién Kultory Beskidzkiej, and Swieto Dzieci Gór materials comprise the majority of the L. DeWayne Young’s collection. Dates range approximately 1940-2012.

Scope and Contents Contains information and histories of L. DeWayne Young and fellow folk dancers. Materials include periodicals, biographical information from various resources, festival handouts, newsletters, articles, and other materials. Aside from Young, Yvtautas F. Beliajus, Dick Crumb and Mary B. Jensen are also highlighted within the collection. There is information regarding several other persons as well, including an autographed portrait of Paul Badura-Skoda. Dates range from approximately...

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Contains materials regarding folk dancer, Dick Crum, collected by L. DeWayne Young. The various types of materials include, a short typed memoir, articles and interviews, and handouts from festivals he was involved in. Dates range from 1954-2004.

Scope and Contents Young and Mary B. Jensen worked together several years, as folk dance instructors and in the presidency of the National Folk Organization. This collection of materials includes many histories written by L. DeWayne Young, including a nomination for her NDA Heritage Award. There are also a few programs from her time as the director of the Brigham Young International Folk Dancers. This sub-series focuses on Jensen’s achievements and awards, with praises from many sources. Dates range from...

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Young was one of Brigham Young University’s Folk Dancers. These materials reflect his time as a dancer, and also the director of the BYU Women’s Dance Group. There are programs, newspapers clippings, 1959 Montana tour itineraries, posters, and a typed history of the BYU Women’s Dance Group. Young appears in programs as both a student and alumni. The posters feature Young, and advertise the 1968 European Folk Festivals Tour. Dates range 1959-1979.

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Contains materials regarding Vytautas F. Beliajus He was a good friend of Young's and the creator of Viltis Magazine, where Young co-edited for fifteen years. Their friendship was well known, and some of the materials were donated to Young as a contribution to his collection. There are publications that mention Beliajus and were written by him. There is also a portion regarding Lithuania and their folk dances. Materials date from 1941-1988.