Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture

U.S. States | U.S. Territories | Countries and Cultural Groups | Instruments | Folksong Genres | Collectors | Spoken Word | Historical Eras and Wars | Material Culture | Media

Collections from U.S. States and Washington, D.C.

U.S. Territories and Trusts

• American Samoa [draft available upon request]

• Guam
• Puerto Rico
• Virgin Islands (U.S.) [draft available upon request]

Countries / Regions / Ethnic and Cultural Groups

For listings by country see: Geographical Guide to Collections.

• Africa: (See also: Geographical Guide)

• American Indian [draft available upon request]
• French (U.S. and Canada)
• German Language [draft available upon request]
• Irish American [draft available upon request]
• Italian American [draft available upon request]
• Jewish, Yiddish, and Hebrew [draft available upon request]
• Mexican American

Musical Instruments / Instrumentalists

• Banjo Performers
• Dulcimer (Appalachian Plucked) [draft available upon request]
• Fiddlers
• Guitar [print version available upon request]
• Harmonica [draft available upon request]

Folksong Genres

• African American Gospel Quartets [draft available upon request]
• Children
• Sea Shanties and Sailors' Songs
• Negro Spirituals

Collectors and Performers of Folklore and Folksong

• Principal Contributors of Field Recordings to the Archive of Folk Song
• Robert Winslow Gordon
• Woody Guthrie
• Zora Neale Hurston

Spoken Word

• Slave Narratives
• Street Cries, Auction Chants, and Carnival Pitches and Routines
• Tales of the Supernatural

Historical Eras and Wars

• Vietnam War
• World War II

Material Culture

• Boatbuilding Documentation

Folklife in the Media

• Radio-Related Recordings