Search Manuscripts/Mixed Material
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CollectionSinging and Praying Bands concert collection,
American Folklife Center concert, 2012-08-23 | Singing and Praying Bands of Delaware and Maryland : a sacred service from the African American Methodist prayer meetings and camp meetings of the mid-Atlantic Tidewater | Homegrown 2012, the music of America Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available Video recording and photographs of a concert in the Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress on August 23, 2012 as part of the Homegrown concert series sponsored by the American Folklife Center. The ministry of the Singing and Praying Bands takes place in host churches, often at a camp meeting after an evening preaching service is over. Members line out a hymn, pray a prayer,...- Contributor: John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (U.S.). Millennium Stage - Singing and Praying Bands of Delaware and Maryland - American Folklife Center - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress)
- Date: 2012
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CollectionLegends and legacies : an American Folklife Center celebration of public folklore concert and symposium,
Legends and legacies concert celebrating Joe Wilson and the NCTA collection | American Folklife Center symposium, 2009-09-11 | American Folklife Center concert, 2009-09-10 | Legends and legacies : an American Folklife Center celebration of public folklore Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available Sound recordings and photographs of a symposium on September 10-11, 2009, including an evening concert in the Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress sponsored by the American Folklife Center. The events included a tribute, a symposium, and a concert, honoring folklorists Archie Green and Joe Wilson, and celebrating the acquisition of the National Council for the Traditional Arts (NCTA) Collection by the Center's archive. Prior...- Contributor: National Council for the Traditional Arts - Wilson, Joe - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - American Folklife Center
- Date: 2009
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CollectionCarter Family tribute collection,
Carter Family tribute | Dale Jett and the Carter Singers | Homegrown 2005, the music of America | American Folklife Center concert, 2005-09-20 Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available Collection includes video recording, sound recording, and posters for a concert performed to honor Janette Carter, who received the Bess Lomax Hawes Award and National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts for her lifelong advocacy for the performance and preservation of Appalachian music. Performers include her son Dale Jett, grandson of A. P. and Sara Carter of the original Carter family;...- Contributor: Sheets, Deborah Jean - Lay, David - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Sheets, Randy - Jett, Dale - American Folklife Center - Lay, Linda - Wilson, Joe - Jett, James D.
- Date: 2005
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CollectionThe Berntsons concert and interview collection,
American Folklife Center concert, 2009-12-03 | Berntsons: Norwegian-American dance music from Virginia and Wisconsin | Norwegian-American dance music from Virginia and Wisconsin | Homegrown 2009, the music of America Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available Dance music and traditional song repertoire of The Berntsons, a Norwegian American family and friends from Wisconsin, now located in Virginia, performed in the Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress as part of the Homegrown concert series sponsored by the American Folklife Center. An interview with Eleanore Berntson Lundeberg, who plays the pump organ, was conducted by Virginia state folklorist Jon Lohman at the Library...- Contributor: Berntsons (Musical Group) - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (U.S.). Millennium Stage - Lundeberg, Eleanore Berntson - Lohman, Jon - American Folklife Center
- Date: 2009
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CollectionPlace and the politics of belonging,
Place and the politics of belonging | Benjamin Botkin folklife lecture | American Folklife Center lecture, 2010-08-12 Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available Video recording and photographs of a lecture delivered by Debra Lattanzi Shutika in the Mary Pickford Theater, Library of Congress, on August 12, 2010 as part of the Benjamin Botkin Folklife Lecture series sponsored by the American Folklife Center. Folklorist Debra Lattanzi Shutika discusses how immigration changes the lives of the long-term population as well as their immigrant neighbors based upon her research on...- Contributor: Lattanzi Shutika, Debra - American Folklife Center - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress)
- Date: 2010
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CollectionDance Battle with Urban Artistry, emceed by Junious Brickhouse,
American Folklife Center concert, 2017-02-22 | Dance Battle with Urban Artistry | Homegrown 2017, the music of America Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available Video recording, sound recording, and photographs of a concert in the Coolidge Auditorium, Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress on February 22, 2017 as part of the Homegrown concert series sponsored by the American Folklife Center. This concert presented a series of dance battles, set to the beats of DJ Baronhawk Poitier, with Junious Brickhouse as the event's emcee. Dance battles are a common...- Contributor: Library of Congress. Music Division - John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (U.S.). Millennium Stage - American Folklife Center - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress)
- Date: 2017
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CollectionCora Harvey Armstrong : African American Gospel from Virginia,
American Folklife Center concert, 2019-05-09 | Concert: Cora Harvey Armstrong Gospel Group | Homegrown 2018, the music of America Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available Video recording, sound recording, and photographs of a concert in the Coolidge Auditorium, Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress on May 9, 2019 from 12-1pm as part of the Homegrown concert series sponsored by the American Folklife Center. Cora Harvey Armstrong is a gospel singer, piano player, songwriter, choir director, and bandleader born and raised in King and Queen County, Virginia. Armstrong began taking...- Contributor: Library of Congress. Music Division - Armstrong, Cora Harvey - American Folklife Center - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress)
- Date: 2019
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CollectionDown in the old belt : voices from the tobacco south,
Benjamin Botkin folklife lecture | American Folklife Center lecture, 2007-07-05 Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available Videorecordings and photographs of a lecture delivered byJim (James P.) Crawford in the Mary Pickford Theater, Library of Congress on July 5, 2007, as part of the Benjamin Botkin Folklife Lecture series sponsored by the American Folklife Center. Jim Crawford screened his documentary film "Down in the Old Belt: Voices from the Tobacco South," which reveals the decline of the tobacco culture in the...- Contributor: American Folklife Center - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Crawford, Jim (James P.)
- Date: 2007
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CollectionLegendary Ingramettes, African American gospel music from Virginia,
American Folklife Center concert, 2016-07-21 | Homegrown 2016, the music of America Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available Video recording, sound recording, and photographs of a concert in the Coolidge Auditorium, Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress on July 21, 2016 as part of the Homegrown concert series sponsored by the American Folklife Center. For more than five decades, The Ingramettes have been bringing their music and ministry to congregations in the Tidewater and Piedmont areas of Virginia. Born July 4, 1930,...- Contributor: Library of Congress. Music Division - John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (U.S.). Millennium Stage - American Folklife Center - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress)
- Date: 2016
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CollectionEddie Bond and the New Ballard's Branch Bogtrotters: old-time Appalachian fiddling from Virginia,
American Folklife Center concert, 2018-09-26 | https://www.loc.gov/item/webcast-8519/ | Homegrown 2018, the music of America Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available Video recording, sound recording, and photographs of a concert in the Coolidge Auditorium, Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress on September 26, 2018 as part of the Homegrown concert series sponsored by the American Folklife Center. Eddie Bond and the New Ballard's Branch Bogtrotters perform old-time Appalachian fiddle music from Virginia.- Contributor: New Ballard's Branch Bogtrotters (Musical Group) - Library of Congress. Music Division - Bond, Eddie - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - American Folklife Center
- Date: 2018