Marian Hope Lund was interviewed by Tom Lawrence on June 26, 1996. Lund worked for the Smithsonian between 1966 and 1973 in the Division of Performing Arts. She left the Smithsonian in 1973 to take a position with a state art museum in Florida. Now retired, she is a member of the Women's Committee of the Smithsonian and of the Steering Committee of the Friends of Music. This interview discusses Lund's work for the Division of the Performing Arts, notably the evolution of the Festival of American Folklife and her responsibilities for coordinating the Festival's music; the first Festival in 1967; Festival participants; colleagues Jim Morris and Ralph Rinzler; and Lund's work after leaving the Smithsonian.

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Collection Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 9594, Smithsonian Memories Project, Festival of American Folklife Oral History Interviews