Proceedings of the Board of Regents Meeting, May 13, 1977

As we prepare for this year’s Smithsonian Folklife Festival, let’s take a look back at the festival’s planning forty years ago! What was the preparation like—from presentation logistics, down to including the work of museum curators? Get new insight into the planning behind the Folklife Festival with this collection of meeting minutes from the Smithsonian Board of Regents’ May 1977 meeting. Among other topics, the regents discussed fundraising and planning for the summer’s festival!