Folklife Sourcebook: A Directory of Folklife Resources in the United States

Publishers of Books and Monographs
on Folklore, Ethnomusicology, and Folk Music

This list is limited to companies who publish books in folklore, folk music, ethnomusicology, and closely related fields and who have either series or special catalogs for such titles. Since many publishers carry a wide range of subject areas, inquiries should indicate areas of interest.

AMS Press, Inc.
Address:
Brooklyn Navy Yard, Bdg. 292, Suite 417
63 Flushing Avenue
Brooklyn NY 11205 USA
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AR Editions, Inc.
Address:
8551 Research Way, Suite 180
Middleton, WI 53562 USA
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Transaction Publishers
Address:
300 McGaw Drive
Raritan Center
Edison, NJ 08837 USA
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American Folklife Center
Address:
Library of Congress
101 Independence Ave, SE
Washington, DC 20540-4610 USA
Phone: 202-707-5510
Email: folklife@loc.gov
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Comments: US national repository for international ethnographic collections. Programs in performance and education.
Keywords: federal archive folk dance folklore folklife folksong dance music fieldwork education programs publications

American Gamelan Institute
Address:
Box 1052
Lebanon, NH 03766 USA
Phone: 603-643-9037
Email: agi@gamelan.org
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Ancient City Press
Address:
P.O. Box 5401
Santa Fe, NM 87502 USA
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Asia Society
Address:
725 Park Avenue at 70th Street
New York, NY 10021 USA
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Breakwater Books, Ltd.
Address:
P.O. Box 2188
100 Water Street
St. John's, Newfoundland
A1C 6E6 Canada
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Cambridge University Press
Address:
40 West 20th Street
New York, NY 10011-4221 USA
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Canadian Museum of Civilization
Address:
100 Laurier Street
P.O. Box 3100, Station B
Gatineau, Quebec J8X 4H2 Canada
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Canadian Society for Traditional Music (La Société Canadienne pour les Traditions Musicales)
Address:
Box 4232, Station C
Calgary, Alberta T2T 5N1 CANADA
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Center for Popular Music
Address:
Room 140, Bragg Mass Communications
P.O. Box 41
Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, TN 37132 USA
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Center for Western Studies
Address:
Augustana College
2001 S. Summit Ave.
Sioux Falls, SD 57197 USA
Phone: 800-727-2844
Email: cws@augie.edu
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Congress on Research in Dance (CORD)
Address:
3416 Primm Lane
Birmingham, AL 35216 USA
Phone: 205-823-5517
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Da Capo Press
Address:
Eleven Cambridge Center
Cambridge, MA 02142 USA
Phone: 617-252-5200

Dover Publications
Address:
Customer Care Department
31 East 2nd Street
Mineola, NY 11501-3852 USA
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Dublin Seminar for New England Folklife
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Boston University Scholarly Publications
985 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, MA 02215 USA
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Foxfire Fund
Address:
Post Office Box 541
Mountain City, GA 30562-0541 USA
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Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company
Address:
3600 Clipper Mill Road, Suite 260
Baltimore, Maryland 21211 USA
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Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc.
Address:
88 Post Road West
P.O. Box 5007
Westport, CT 06881-5007 USA
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Harmonie Park Press
Address:
Liberty Professional Center
35675 Mound Rd.
Sterling Heights, MI 48310-4727 USA
Phone: 586-979-207
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Harvard University Press
Address:
79 Garden Street
Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
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ISER Books
Address:
Institute of Social and Economic Research
Arts and Administration Building
St. John’s, NL, A1C 5S7 Canada
Phone: 709-737-8156
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Indiana University Press
Address:
601 N. Morton St.
Bloomington, IN 47404 USA
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Kent State University Press
Address:
307 Lowry Hall
Kent, OH 44242 USA
Phone: 330-672-7913
Email: ksupress@kent.edu
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Maine Folklife Center
Address:
5773 South Stevens Hall
University of Maine
Orono, ME 04469-5773 USA
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Mel Bay Publications
Address:
4 Industrial Drive
Pacific, MO 63069-0006 USA
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Memorial University of Newfoundland
Address:
Department of Folklore
Education Building, Room 4046
Memorial University of Newfoundland
St. John's, NL A1B 3X8 CANADA
Phone: 709-737-8402
Email: folklore@mun.ca
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Museum of New Mexico Press
Address:
725 Camino Lejo
Santa Fe, NM 87505 USA
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Music Sales Group
Address:
257 Park Avenue South
20th Floor
P.O. Box 572
New York, NY 10010 USA
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Native Ground Music, Inc.
Address:
109 Bell Road
Asheville, NC 28805
Phone: 828-299-7031
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Ohio State University Press
Address:
180 Pressey Hall
1070 Carmack Road
Columbus, OH 43210-1002 USA
Phone: 614-292-6930
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Oxford University Press
Address:
198 Madison Avenue
New York, NY, 10016 USA
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Pantheon Books
Address:
201 East 50th Street
New York, NY 10022 USA
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Pelican Publishing Company
Address:
1000 Burmaster St.
Gretna, LA 70053-2246 USA
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Penguin Group, USA
Address:
405 Murray Hill Parkway
East Rutherford, NJ 07073 USA
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Penn State University Press
Address:
820 North University Drive
USB1, Suite C
University Park, PA 16802-1003 USA
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Philadelphia Folklore Project
Address:
735 South 50th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19143 USA
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Le Presses de l'Universite Laval
Address:
Pavillon Maurice-Pollack, Bureau 3103
Cité universitaire
Sainte-Foy (Québec)
GlK 7P4 Canada
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Routledge: Taylor, and Francis Group
Address:
270 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10016-0602 USA
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Rowman and Littlefield Publishing Group
Address:
4501 Forbes Blvd., Suite 200
Lanham, MD 20706 USA
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Scarecrow Press
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4501 Forbes Blvd., Suite 200
Lanham, MD 20706 USA
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Sing Out! Publications
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P.O. Box 5460
Bethlehem, PA 18015-0460 USA
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Slavica Publishers
Address:
2611 E 10th St.
Bloomington, IN 47408-2603 USA
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Society for Ethnomusicology
Address:
1165 E 3rd St
Morrison Hall 005
Bloomington, IN 47405-3700 USA
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Southern Methodist University Press
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Texas A&M University Press Consortium
P.O. Box 750415
Dallas, TX 75275-0415 USA
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Swallow Publications
Address:
P.O. Drawer 10
Ville Platte, LA 70586 USA
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Gale
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27500 Drake Road
Farmington Hills, MI 48331 USA
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Transaction Publishers
Address:
390 Campus Drive
Somerset, NJ 07830 USA
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Trickster Press
Address:
506 North Fess Street
Bloomington, IN 47405 USA
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UMI Research Press
Address:
300 North Zeeb Road
PO Box 1346
Ann Arbor, MI 48106-1346 USA
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University of Alabama Press
Address:
Box 870380, 20 Research Drive
Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-0380
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University of Arizona Press
Address:
355 S. Euclid Ave., Suite 103
Tucson, AZ 85719 USA
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University of Arkansas Press
Address:
Arkansas College
McIlroy House
201 Ozark Avenue
Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701 USA
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University of California Press
Address:
2120 Berkeley Way
Berkeley, CA 94704-1012 USA
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UCLA Department of Ethnomusicology Publications
Address:
Department of Music
2539 Schoenberg Music Building
Box 951657
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1657 USA
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University of Chicago Press
Address:
1427 E. 60th Street
Chicago, IL 60637 USA
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University of Georgia Press
Address:
330 Research Drive
Athens GA 30602-4901 USA
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University of Illinois Press
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1325 South Oak Street
Champaign, IL 61820-6903 USA
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University of Missouri Press
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2910 LeMone Blvd.
Columbia, MO 65201 USA
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University of Nebraska Press
Address:
1111 Lincoln Mall
Lincoln NE 68588-0630 USA
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University of North Carolina Press
Address:
116 South Boundary Street, P. O. Box 2288
Chapel Hill, NC 27515-2288 USA
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University of Pennsylvania Press
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3905 Spruce St.
Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
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University of Tennessee Press
Address:
Knoxville, Tennessee 37996 USA
Phone: 865-974-3321
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University of Texas Press
Address:
P.O. Box 7819
Austin, TX 78713-7819 USA
Phone: 512-471-7233
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University of Utah Press
Address:
1795 E. South Campus Drive, #101
Salt Lake City, UT 84112-9402 USA
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University of Washington Press
Address:
PO Box 50096
Seattle, WA 98145-5096 USA
Phone: 206-543-4050
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University of Wisconsin Press
Address:
1930 Monroe Street, 3rd Floor
Madison, WI 53711-2059 USA
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University Press of Hawai'i
Address:
2840 Kolowalu Street
Honolulu, HI 96822-1888 USA
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University Press of Kansas
Address:
2502 Westbrooke Circle
Lawrence, KS 66045-4444 USA
Phone: 206-543-4050
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University Press of Kentucky
Address:
663 South Limestone Street
Lexington, KY 40508-4008 USA
Phone: 206-543-4050
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University Press of Mississippi
Address:
3825 Ridgewood Road
Jackson, MS 39211-6492 USA
Phone: 206-543-4050
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Utah State University Press
Address:
7800 Old Main Hill
Logan, Utah 84322 USA
Phone: 206-543-4050
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Vanderbilt University Press
Box 1813 Station B
Nashville, TN 37235 USA
Phone: 615-322-3585
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Waveland Press
Address:
4180 IL Route 83, Suite 101
Longrove, IL 60047 USA
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Wayne State University Press
Address:
The Leonard N. Simons Building
4809 Woodward Avenue
Detroit, MI 48201-1309 USA
Phone: 1-800-978-7323
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World Music Press
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PO Box 2565
Danbury CT 06813-2565 USA
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Yellow Moon Press
Address:
P.O. Box 381316
Cambridge, MA 02238 USA
Phone: 617-776-2230
Email: story@yellowmoon.com
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