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    Since 1968 : Cultural Documentation, Production, and Place, Symposium,
    Since '68: Cultural Organizations, Programming & Documentation, and Community Enrichment in New York, Kentucky, and Washington, DC | American Folklife Center symposium, 2018-09-24 Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available     This symposium explored the themes of cultural production, geography, and community as manifest in the history of three organizations who trace their beginnings to the swell of social change that emerged in 1968. The first of two panels featured staff from the Center for Traditional Music and Dance (New York) and Appalshop (Kentucky). Celebrating its 50th anniversary, CTMD has long engaged in programming and...
    • Contributor: Drum and Spear Bookstore - Center for Traditional Music and Dance (New York, N.Y.) - Appalshop, Inc - American Folklife Center - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 2018
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    Open mic: Jayme Stone interview, Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available Sound recording and photographs of an Open Mic interview with banjoist and composer Jayme Stone, Whittall Pavilion, Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress on May 4, 2017. Interview conducted by Todd Harvey, American Folklife Center. Jayme Stone discussed his albums "Jayme Stone's Folklife" and "Jayme Stone's Lomax Project" and the influence of Alan Lomax's field recordings on his creative process.
    • Contributor: Stone, Jayme - Harvey, Todd - American Folklife Center - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 2017
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    Picturing America : Portraits of National Endowment for the Arts Folk Masters, Conversation with Barry Bergey and Tom Pich,
    Benjamin Botkin folklife lecture | American Folklife Center lecture, 2018-02-28 Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available     Documentation of a presentation in the Benjamin Botkin Folklife Lecture series sponsored by the American Folklife Center.
    • Contributor: Pich, Tom - American Folklife Center - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Bergey, Barry
    • Date: 2018
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    Peggy Seeger : A Life of Music, Love, and Politics, lecture by Jean R. Freedman,
    Benjamin Botkin folklife lecture | American Folklife Center lecture, 2017-09-07 Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available     Documentation of a presentation in the Benjamin Botkin Folklife Lecture series sponsored by the American Folklife Center. Benjamin Botkin Folklife Lecture, Whittall Pavilion, Thomas Jefferson Building, September 7, 2017, 12:00-1:00 pm. Drawing from her recently published biography of Peggy Seeger's life and contributions as a performer, song writer, and activist on both sides of the Atlantic, author Jean Freedman discusses Peggy Seeger's career from...
    • Contributor: Freedman, Jean R. (Jean Rose) - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - American Folklife Center
    • Date: 2017
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    Vincent LaRoy Brown collection Veterans History Project (U.S.) Catalog Record Only The collection consists of an interview with Vincent LaRoy Brown about his Air Force service in the Vietnam War and his Air National Guard service in Operation Noble Eagle. The collection also contains two pages of biographical information.
    • Contributor: Brooks, Steve M. - Brown, Vincent Laroy - Veterans History Project (U.S.) - United States. Department of the Interior - American Folklife Center
    • Date: 2005
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    Cora 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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    Joseph C. Hickerson oral history interview Catalog Record Only Oral history interview with Joseph C. Hickerson, former head of the Archive of Folk Culture, Library of Congress, about his long tenure at the Library and interactions with folk artists over the years, conducted by Jennifer Cutting, reference folklife specialist at the Archive of Folk Culture, on April 3, 2003. Includes black-and-white photographs of the participants taken in the recording studio by James Hardin.
    • Contributor: Hickerson, Joseph C. (Joseph Charles) - Cutting, Jennifer - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 2003
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    National Book Festival 2003 : American Folklife Center Storytelling Pavilion,
    Third annual National Book Festival : American Folklife Center Storytelling Pavilion, 2003 October 4 | National Book Festival 2003, Storytelling Pavilion | American Folklife Center concert, 2003-10-04 Catalog Record Only     Collection of planning and logistics materials, contracts, and programs for the Storytelling Pavilion organized by staff of the American Folklife Center, at the Library of Congress 3rd annual National Book Festival. Participants included: Howard Bass, Bobby McMillon, Gayle Ross, Cynthia Millman, Frankie Manning, Nancy Groce, Ed Gero, Emery Battis, Tinh Mahoney, Carmen Deedy, Paul Zarzyski, Norman Kennedy, and Djimo Kouyate. American Folklife Center staff...
    • Contributor: National Book Festival (U.S.) - American Folklife Center - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 2003
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    Before and After '68 : The Poor People's Campaign, Then and Now, Symposium,
    American Folklife Center symposium, 2018-06-14 Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available     This symposium, produced in conjunction with the District of Columbia Public Library (DCPL), discussed and compared the goals of Dr. King's last mass social action, the Poor People's Campaign (PPC) of 1968 with those of a newly-launched Poor People's Campaign, from the perspective of participants, organizers and documentarians of both initiatives. Scholars and curators from educational and cultural memory institutions spoke to the ways...
    • Contributor: District of Columbia. Public Library - American Folklife Center - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 2018
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    American Folklife Center directors' roundtable : a retrospective of the Center's first forty years,
    AFC directors' roundtable: a retrospective of the Center's first forty years | American Folklife Center lecture, 2016-05-17 Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available     Documentation of American Folklife Center director Betsy Peterson, former director Alan Jabbour, and former director Peggy Bulger discussing the history and future of the Center in a roundtable discussion moderated by Cliff Murphy, director of the Folk and Traditional Arts Program at the National Endowment for the Arts.
    • Contributor: Jabbour, Alan - Bulger, Peggy A. - Murphy, Clifford R. - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Peterson, Betsy - American Folklife Center - Dewhurst, C. Kurt
    • Date: 2016
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    Stepping Back in Time : Storytelling with Connie Regan-Blake and Barbara Freeman,
    American Folklife Center concert, 2018-09-06 | Storytelling with Connie Regan-Blake & Barbara Freeman | Homegrown 2018, the music of America Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available     Video recording, sound recording, and photographs of a performance in the Mumford Room, James Madison Building, Library of Congress on September 6, 2018 as part of the Homegrown concert series sponsored by the American Folklife Center. Storytellers Connie Regan-Blake and first cousin Barbara Freeman take the stage in a rare joint performance and interview for the Library of Congress in our Nation's Capital. Barbara...
    • Contributor: Winick, Stephen D. - Library of Congress. Music Division - Regan-Blake, Connie - Freeman, Barbara - American Folklife Center - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 2018
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    From the Mountains to the Sea : the Anne and Frank Warner collection, Presented by Jeff Warner and Gerret Warner,
    American Folklife Center concert, 2018-07-20 | From the Mountains to the Sea: The Anne & Frank Warner Collection | Homegrown 2018, the music of America Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available     Video recording, sound recording, and photographs of a presentation and concert in the Mumford Room, James Madison Building, Library of Congress on July 20, 2018 as part of the Homegrown concert series sponsored by the American Folklife Center. A live presentation with multimedia, focusing on the Anne and Frank Warner collection. The Anne and Frank Warner collection is one of the great treasures in...
    • Contributor: Library of Congress. Music Division - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Folklore Society of Greater Washington - Warner, Jeff - Warner, Gerret - American Folklife Center
    • Date: 2018
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    Francisco Torregrosa collection Veterans History Project (U.S.)
    Francisco Torregrosa oral history Catalog Record Only     This holding contains a video recording of a 21 February 2015 interview with Torregrosa about his experiences serving in the United States Army during World War II and the Korean War. He discusses growing up in Puerto Rico, learning English, enlisting, being the only Puerto Rican in his unit, working on trucks and in kitchens, and his assignments in Puerto Rico, Washington D.C., Japan,...
    • Contributor: Veterans History Project (U.S.) - Torregrosa, Francisco - Dunnavan, Grant - American Folklife Center
    • Date: 2015
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    B. B. King oral history interview, Catalog Record Only On September 12, 2005, Librarian of Congress James H. Billington presented B. B. King with a Living Legend medal in honor of his achievements as a musician and ambassador for the blues. King also recorded an interview to contribute to the oral history archives of the American Folklife Center. The interview was conducted by American Folklife Center director, Peggy A. Bulger.
    • Contributor: King, B. B. - Bulger, Peggy A. - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - American Folklife Center
    • Date: 2005
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    Anjani Ambegaokar concert collection,
    Kathak dance from north India | Homegrown 2004, the music of America | American Folklife Center concert, 2004-09-28 Catalog Record Only     Collection includes sound and video recording of dance performance of classical Kathak dance from northern India performed by Anjani Ambegaokar and her daughter Amrapali Ambegoaker. Manuscripts in the collection include program flyer and describe the dances and the tradition in more detail.
    • Contributor: Bergey, Barry - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Folklore Society of Greater Washington - John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (U.S.). Millennium Stage - Ambegaokar, Anjani - American Folklife Center
    • Date: 2004
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    Muslim American Journeys Listening Event, co-sponsored with MALA (Muslim American Leadership Alliance) and StoryCorps,
    Benjamin Botkin folklife lecture | American Folklife Center lecture, 2018-07-24 Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available     Documentation of a presentation in the Benjamin Botkin Folklife Lecture series sponsored by the American Folklife Center. This public listening event showcased narratives from the American Folklife Center's StoryCorps collection that illustrate the diversity of Muslim American cultural identity. The event featured excerpts of Muslim American stories recently collected as part of a StoryCorps outreach partnership to encourage more Muslim Americans to document their...
    • Contributor: Muslim American Leadership Alliance - American Folklife Center - Storycorps (Project) - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 2017
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    Carmen Agra Deedy and Karla Campillo-Soto : Lado a lado (side by side) -- contemporary Latin American storytelling,
    Latina storyteller oral history | American Folklife Center concert, 2016-04-07 | Lado a lado (side by side): contemporary Latin American storytelling | Homegrown 2016, the music of America Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available     Video recording, sound recording, and photographs of an oral history conducted by Stephen D. Winick following a performance in the Whittall Pavilion, Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress on April 7, 2016 as part of the Homegrown concert series sponsored by the American Folklife Center. Carmen Agra Deedy and Karla Campillo-Soto performed "Lado a Lado (Side by Side): Contemporary Latin American Storytelling." They shared...
    • Contributor: Winick, Stephen D. - Deedy, Carmen Agra - Library of Congress. Music Division - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (U.S.). Millennium Stage - Campillo-Soto, Karla - American Folklife Center
    • Date: 2016
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    Living languages: preservation and reclamation of indigenous languages,
    American Folklife Center lecture, 2016-11-17 Catalog Record Only     Documentation of a presentation by Gabriela Pérez Báez, Co-Director of the National Breath of Life Archival Institute for Indigenous Languages at the Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian Institution spoke about the National Breath of Life program. Presented by the American Folklife Center in association with the Office of Equal Employment Opportunity and Diversity Programs.
    • Contributor: Pérez Báez, Gabriela - American Folklife Center - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 2016
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    Legends and legacies : remembering Archie Green,
    Legends and legacies: an American Folklife Center celebration of public folklore | American Folklife Center symposium, 2009-10-10 Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available     Archie Green memorial: remembering Archie, with speakers Nancy Pelosi, Judy McCulloh, Eddie Bond and Josh Ellis (fiddle & banjo), Mike Munoz, Paula Johnson, Joseph T. Wilson, Northern Neck Chantey Singers, Derek Green, and Bill Ferris (September 10, 2009, 1-5 pm)
    • Contributor: Ferris, William R. - Pelosi, Nancy - Johnson, Paula J. - McCulloh, Judith - Munoz, Michael S. - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - American Folklife Center - Wilson, Joe
    • Date: 2009
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    Allison McGourty and Bernard McMahon interview,
    Reel Folk: Interview with Bernard MacMahon & Allison McGourty | Reel Folk: cultural explorations on film Catalog Record Only     Interview related to the Film Screening of American Epic "The Big Bang" (a film comprising episodes 1 and 2 of the American Epic series as shown on PBS), with commentary from the film's producer/writer, Allison McGourty, and its director, Bernard McMahon. "The Big Bang" contains extraordinary fotage from the American Folklife Center's collections, including a color clip of Grammy winner Honeyboy Edwards shot for...
    • Contributor: Winick, Stephen D. - American Folklife Center
    • Date: 2017
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    Open mic: Mark D. Moss interview,
    Benjamin Botkin folklife lecture | Folk Music, the Folk Revival & Folk Music Journalism Day | American Folklife Center lecture, 2017-05-10 Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available     Documentation of a presentation in the Benjamin Botkin Folklife Lecture series sponsored by the American Folklife Center. Sing Out! Executive Director and Editor Mark Moss discussed the history of Sing Out! magazine and the significance and challenges of folk music journalism over the past six decades with American Folklife Center staff Nancy Groce and Stephen D. Winick. The mid-20th century "folk revival"-- an explosion...
    • Contributor: Winick, Stephen D. - Moss, Mark - Groce, Nancy - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - American Folklife Center
    • Date: 2017
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    Bess Lomax Hawes Collection The Bess Lomax Hawes collection is comprised of papers, photographs, and audiovisual materials relating to the career and personal life of folk arts administrator, folklorist, ethnomusicologist, filmmaker, musician, and teacher Bess Lomax Hawes, most from 1960-2001. It includes work produced by Hawes when she was a professor at San Fernando Valley State College in Northridge, California, and as head of the National Endowment for...
    • Contributor: National Endowment for the Arts. Folk Arts Program - Hawes, Bess Lomax - Hawes, Butch
    • Date: 1894

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    Memorialization and justice as an ancestral imperative : two American cases
    American Folklife Center lecture, 2015-06-25 Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available     Ken Bilby, Smithsonian Research Associate, discussed the role of orally transmitted ancestral memory in ongoing struggles to overcome past injustices, which is proving critical in the struggle for human rights, civil rights, and justice. In this context, he reflected on two pathbreaking cases of recent public memorialization: the Moiwana Massacre, which took place in the Republic of Suriname, South America in 1986 and the...
    • Contributor: Bilby, Kenneth M. - American Folklife Center - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 2015
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    Stetson Kennedy : Applied Folklore and Cultural Advocacy, lecture and reading by Peggy A. Bulger,
    Benjamin Botkin folklife lecture | American Folklife Center lecture, 2017-09-19 Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available     Documentation of a presentation in the Benjamin Botkin Folklife Lecture series sponsored by the American Folklife Center. Benjamin Botkin Folklife Lecture, Whittall Pavilion, Thomas Jefferson Building, September 19, 2017, 12:00-1:00 pm. Reading from her recently published biography, author Peggy A. Bulger discusses Stetson Kennedy (1916-2011) who led a remarkable life as a political activist, writer, and folklorist. His life was one of cultural advocacy...
    • Contributor: Bulger, Peggy A. - American Folklife Center - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 2017
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    Canaries, nightingales, whistlers, and transcribers: birdsong, bird-imitators and the early 20th-century recording industry,
    Benjamin Botkin folklife lecture | American Folklife Center lecture, 2016-08-02 Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available     Documentation of a presentation in the Benjamin Botkin Folklife Lecture series sponsored by the American Folklife Center. Ian Nagoski, founder and director, Canary Records of Baltimore, Maryland, discusses examples of rare early recordings of birdsong imitations from his recent digital release "Ecstatic & Wingless: Bird-Imitation on Four Continents, ca. 1910-44" to explore this forgotten art form and illuminate the world of vaudevillians and bird-fanciers,...
    • Contributor: Nagoski, Ian - American Folklife Center - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 2016