Folklore Report for HIST
431: Fall Suppers
An optional assignment in HIST 431 is to attend a fall supper, research its background, make a report, and exhibit a poster depicting the event. For background on fall suppers as community institutions, and a directory of fall suppers on the northern plains, see Fall Suppers of the Northern Plains. The general idea of the assignment is to research the background of a fall supper event; to attend the supper, observing its features and customs; to gather documentation on the fall supper tradition; and to situate the event in the culture of the plains. Purposes of the
Assignment 1. To learn about the cultures of the plains through research, observation, experience, and conversation. 2. To document a cultural event of the plains, as a contribution to knowledge. 3. To
support the fall supper tradition, and heritage renewal in the region, by
contributing to the programs of the Specifications 1. Choose a fall supper event on the northern plains to attend and document. 2. Conduct research on the cultural history behind the event, using resources in the NDSU Institute for Regional Studies. Here’s a form for reporting your library and archival research. 3. Attend the fall supper, gathering documentation (and telephone follow-ups are OK, too). Here’s a form for reporting your field research. Deliverables 1. Report on background research conducted in library and archival sources (use the form), submitted to Prof. Isern by e-mail attachment 2. Report on attendance at the fall supper and field research done (use the form), submitted to Prof. Isern by e-mail attachment 3. CD containing digital photographs (and if available, other images, such as video or scans of historic images), handed over to Prof. Isern 4. Poster for exhibit at Great Plains Folk Festival
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