Photograph of Jean Schnitz playing autoharp at the Texas Folklife Festival. She is sitting in the foreground in front of two microphones, singing into one and playing into the other. She strums with one hand and presses chord buttons with the other. In the middle ground, a guitar is laying on stage and a man is sitting on a square hay bale. In the background, crowds of festival visitors are walking around.

Photograph of festival director Jo Ann Andera with U.T. Chancellor Hans Mark, Lt. General John McGiffert, and two others at the Texas Folklife Festival. Starting from the left is a man dressed in western clothes. He is wearing red jeans, an orange shirt, a navy vest, a red bandana, a brown leather gun holster with a pistol, and a tan cowboy hat. He also has a white beard. Standing to the right of him is Andera, wearing a white cotton dress. To the right of her is Mark, the tallest of the group, wearing a white shirt and gray dress pants. To the right of him is a man wearing a light blue shirt and light gray dress pants. Standing on the right side of the whole group is McGiffert, dressed as a Hispanic cowboy. He is wearing a very old, worn-out sombrero, a blue shirt, a black bandana, a black leather vest, jeans, and black chaps. He also has a curly moustache. Other people are visible standing around in the background.

Photograph of festival director Jo Ann Andera and V. T. "Cowboy" Williams at the opening party for the Texas Folklife Festival participants. Andera is on the left wearing a white cotton dress smiling at the camera. Williams is on the right, wearing a cowboy hat, a long-sleeved shirt, jeans and a sheriff's badge. Other festival participants are visible in the background.

Photograph of John Henry Faulk and Bill Brett at the opening party for the Texas Folklife Festival participants. Faulk is on the left and Brett is in the middle looking toward the camera. They are both wearing cowboy hats, holding beers, and talking with a young woman who is on the right. Other festival participants are visible in the background.

Photograph of Johnny Neal, and Rowdy Pate making rope at the Texas Folklife Festival. Pate is on the right, tying off the rope on a spinning contraption that Neal, standing to the left, is holding. Both men are wearing cowboy hats and button up shirts. Pate is also wearing a dark-colored vest and glasses.

Photograph of Jonas Perkins making a sculpture at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is standing to the right of his sculpture, wearing a brown cowboy hat, a blue button-up shirt and jeans. The sculpture is of a man in western wear, and is about three feet tall. It is a dark color and could be made of either wood or metal.

Photograph of Czech accordionist Joseph Kaspar at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is sitting with his red accordion in front of two microphones. He is an elderly man, wearing a brown fedora, white shirt with floral trim, and navy pants. He has blue eyes and is wearing glasses.

Photograph of the Klompen Dancers performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. Couples of dancers holding each other at the waist are dancing side by side but facing opposite directions. The women are wearing peasant-style dresses with skirts, aprons and bonnets. The men are wearing blue shirts, dark pants, red bandanas around their necks and black caps. All the dancers are wearing wooden clogs.

Photograph of one of the Ukrainian Dancers of Dallas performing onstage at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is leaning back on his right hand, kicking his legs out in front of him toward the crowd which is on the right side of the photograph. He is wearing a light-colored shirt, loose, flowing pants, and boots. Behind him onstage, a line of female dancers is partially visible.

Photograph of the Polish booth and exhibit at the Texas Folklife Festival. A man, visible through an open doorway, is standing in a room that has been temporarily constructed as part of the Polish exhibit. He is wearing a light-colored shirt and pants, a long vest, and a brimmed hat. Visible inside the room is a wooden table and two chairs, a surface covered with a decorated tablecloth, a chandelier, and a window on the far wall. Outside the room, small leaves have been painted above and on the doorway.

Photograph of dancers from the Maoileidigh School of Irish Dancing performing onstage at the Texas Folklife Festival. They are paired off into two couples, each partner dancing across from one another with their hands at their side. They are all wearing modern-day clothing except one man who is wearing a kilt and knee-high socks. Behind them on a stage, a band is playing music while they dance.

Photograph of Nancy Lou Webster making treenware, or hand-carved wooden kitchenware, at the Texas Folklife Festival. Using a hammer and chisel, she is working on a piece of wood held study by a vice. Several tools are visible on the work surface in front of her. She is wearing a work glove on one hand.

Photograph of the Norman Sisters performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. Four female singers are standing onstage holding microphones and singing. The singer in the foreground is wearing a yellow blouse, yellow earrings, and a scarf around her waist. She is singing passionately with her eyes closed. A canopy of greenery is hanging over the stage.

Photograph of one of the Norman Sisters playing piano at the Texas Folklife Festival. She is sitting on the left side of the photograph facing the piano which is in the center of the photograph. A man in a red shirt is on the right, playing a keyboard and looking at the camera.

Photograph of Le P'tit Blanc performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. A group of musicians are seated onstage. In the right foreground, a man is standing at a microphone playing a recorder. Sitting to the left of him is an accordion player, then a violinist, then a man playing an instrument similar to a guitar but with a teardrop-shaped body. Finally to the left of him is a woman seated with a drum on the ground in front of her. Behind them, red and orange streamers decorate the back of the stage.

Photograph of Le P'tit Blanc performing onstage at the Texas Folklife Festival. The band is made up of six members all male except for a female percussionist. Starting from the left is a violinist, then the female percussionist, then a man playing a stringed instrument similar to a guitar, another violinist, an accordionist, and finally a man playing a recorder. Each member has their own microphone set up. Except for the woman who is wearing a skirt, they are all wearing white pants, white shirts and dark vests.

Photograph of Patsy Anderson making bobbin lace at the Texas Folklife Festival. She is sitting down with a cushion in her lap. The piece that she is working on is attached to the cushion. She is using several bobbins to make the design, about 25 or so, each loaded with string. They are roughly the size and shape of pencils. The string from each bobbin has already been worked into the lace, and she is crossing them over one another to carefully weave the intricate design. Another woman making bobbin lace is sitting to the left of her.

Photograph of a posada at the Texas Folklife Festival. A posada is a ceremonial procession representing the search of Mary and Joseph for lodging just before the birth of Christ. A crowd of people are walking together down a pathway from the left to the right. A man in the foreground is dressed in biblical-era clothing. Walking on the other side of him is a woman also dressed in biblical clothing. The couple appears to be Mary and Joseph. Walking in front of the man is a girl carrying a pole with several colorful ribbons attached to a dome-shaped frame at the top of it. Several other people in a variety of costumes and clothing are also walking in the procession.

Photograph of Perfecto Cervantes shearing a sheep at the Texas Folklife Festival. The sheep is lying on the ground while Cervantes and another man hold it still. With his other hand he uses electric shearers to remove the sheep's wool. He is wearing striped overalls and a cowboy hat. Festival visitors are visible in the background, watching.

Photograph of a posada at the Texas Folklife Festival. A posada is a ceremonial procession representing the search of Mary and Joseph for lodging just before the birth of Christ. A crowd of people are walking together down a pathway led by a police officer. Some of the people are dressed in white robes and wearing rosaries. Others are dressed in biblical-era clothing. Near the front two girls are carrying dome-shaped frames. Each frame is about the size of a small umbrella and is attached to the end of a long stick. Several colorful ribbons are hanging down from the rim. A few visitors are visible standing on the far side of the procession, watching as it passes.

Photograph of Rocky Tays holding a German sausage he stuffed at the Texas Folklife Festival. Standing near the center of the photograph behind a wooden table, he is dressed in traditional German clothing with a non-traditional patterned vest and a red and white striped apron. On the table is a sausage stuffer, a bowl of ground meat, and several jars of spices. On the left, a man is standing in front of the table pointing to the sausage and smiling.

Photograph of two of the Houston Romanian Dancers performing onstage at the Texas Folklife Festival. A man and a woman dressed in traditional Romanian clothing are dancing together. The woman is wearing a tea-length floral skirt, fitted vest, peasant blouse, boots, and a decorative headband. The man is wearing a long white tunic with boots, a vest, and a fedora-style hat with a wide decorative band. Some audience members are visible in the background.

Photograph of Ronnie Wolfe of the East Texas String Ensemble with two children at the Texas Folklife Festival. Wolfe is sitting on the right side of bench playing a mandolin. A young girl is on the left side of the bench sitting on top of a wooden paddle used to bounce a toy jumping jack. A young boy is standing to the left of her, holding two jumping jacks over the paddle. She is slapping the paddle to make the jumping jacks dance.

Photograph of storytellers Judith and Bill Sallee at the Texas Folklife Festival. They are sitting in rocking chairs onstage. Bill is on the right, speaking into a microphone. Judith is on the left, watching him. A whip is wound up around the armrest of her rocking chair. Behind them is a painted backdrop of the front of a wooden house, so that they appear to be sitting on a porch.