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    Cloral L. Lovell collection Veterans History Project (U.S.) Catalog Record Only Cloral L. Lovell was interviewed about his Army service in Europe during World War II. The collection includes information about his capture by the German military, life as a prisoner of war, and liberation by the 6th Armored Division.
    • Contributor: American Folklife Center - Lovell, Cloral L. - Lovell, Michael L. - Veterans History Project (U.S.)
    • Date: 1943
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    Jeff Todd Titon duplication project, Catalog Record Only Field recording of services at St. Mark's Baptist Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota recorded on August 11, 1968, collection includes transcript (10 p.) of the sermon by the pastor, Reverend George Trawick, and a black-and-white photograph of Trawick. Copy of the master tape for blues recording LP "Lazy Bill Lucas," (Wild LP 12M01). Sound recording of interview with blues musician Son House recorded in Minneapolis, Minnesota,...
    • Contributor: Snyder, Henry - Lucas, Lazy Bill - Titon, Jeff Todd - Trawick, George - House, Son
    • Date: 1977
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    Max Roach papers, 1880-2012 Max Roach was an American jazz drummer, composer, educator, and activist. The collection includes music manuscripts, writings, correspondence, business papers, photographs, programs, sound recordings, and other materials related to his career. It also contains a variety of materials pertaining to vocalist Abbey Lincoln and countless other jazz artists, including Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Charles Mingus, and Charlie Parker.
    • Contributor: Roach, Max - Lincoln, Abbey - Baraka, Amiri - Brown, Clifford - Sowande, Fela - Simone, Nina - Sanchez, Sonia
    • Date: 1880
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    John D. Niles British Isles Field Project collection,
    British Isles Field Project Catalog Record Only     Collection of field recordings and other documentation of folklore, folklife, beliefs, music, dialect, and oral history in selected parts of the British Isles, including traditional ways of life of the Scottish Travellers (Tinkers) and Gaelic singing and storytelling on the Isle of Mull, Scotland. Niles conducted fieldwork on his own and directed teams of folklore students, librarians, teachers, social workers, and photographers for this...
    • Contributor: Henderson, Hamish - Niles, John D. - University of California, Berkeley - Williamson, Duncan - Higgins, Lizzie
    • Date: 1984
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    Tom David Winchester collection Veterans History Project (U.S.) Catalog Record Only The collection consists of an interview with Tom David Winchester about his Air Force service during the Vietnam War. The collection also includes two photographic prints taken at the time of the interview.
    • Contributor: Crawford, Johnny - American Folklife Center - Winchester, Tom David - Veterans History Project (U.S.) - Altus Air Force Base (Okla.)
    • Date: 2004
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    Peggy V. Beck collection,
    Peggy V. Beck collection on New Mexican midwinter masquerades | Oremos, oremos: New Mexican midwinter masquerades Catalog Record Only     This collection comprises research materials created and compiled by Peggy V. Beck for the exhibition "Oremos, Oremos: New Mexican Midwinter Masquerades," at the Millicent Rogers Museum in Taos, New Mexico in 1987. Included are sound recordings of interviews, rehearsals, and performances; field notes, photographs, drawings, and videocassettes; plus exhibition catalogs and exhibit scripts. The focus of the exhibition is midwinter celebrations and plays, including...
    • Contributor: Millicent Rogers Museum - Beck, Peggy V.
    • Date: 1985
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    Raymond Steehler and David Fullard collection on Leni Wylliams, Catalog Record Only Collection materials include features/reviews, research, photographs, interview transcripts, and audiocassettes. There is a single file on the background of Raymond Steehler, one of the donors. A small amount of born-digital material is expected.
    • Contributor: Fullard, David A. - Steehler, Raymond - Wylliams, Leni
    • Date: 1985
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    John Dildine and Ginny Dildine papers, 1957-2014 The John Dildine and Ginny Dildine papers document their involvement in folk music, crafts, and other folk revival activities from the 1950s-1995. The Dildines played pivotal roles in the Folklore Society of Greater Washington, Fox Hollow Festival, and National Folk Festival Association. Their work with puppetry was important in the revival of that art form and the collection includes Ginny Dildine's sketches and patterns...
    • Contributor: Dildine, John - Dildine, Ginny
    • Date: 1957
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    John James Schanz collection : Veterans History Project (U.S.) Catalog Record Only Photograph, manuscripts, and map of Camp Lejeune donated by veteran John James Schanz. Schanz was also interviewed on videocassette with Robert J. Familetti by Christine Koehler. Veteran's biographical form states that he served in the following wars or conflicts: Grenada; Beirut, Lebanon; and the Persian Gulf. His dates of service are listed as November 1979 - September 1987; January 1992.
    • Contributor: Veterans History Project (U.S.) - Schanz, John James - American Folklife Center
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    Lee Roy Hatcher collection, Veterans History Project (U.S.) Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available Oral history interview with World War II veteran Lee Roy Hatcher, conducted by Michael Lloyd Willie on October 30, 2003 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, submitted to the Veterans History Project with photograph and map.
    • Contributor: Willie, Michael Lloyd - Hatcher, Lee Roy - Veterans History Project (U.S.) - American Folklife Center
    • Date: 1945
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    Chinese rod puppetry performance and interview collection,
    Chinese rod puppetry | Dragon Arts Studio | Homegrown 2002, the music of America | Chinese puppet theater | Homegrown 2002 concert series | American Folklife Center concert, 2002-05-15 Catalog Record Only     The collection consists of correspondence, a list of interview questions and notes, biographical materials for the artists, sound and video recordings of the Dragon Art Studio performance on Neptune Plaza, and videorecording of an interview with the performers conducted by Oregon Folklore Program director, Nancy Nusz on May 15, 2002. A second interview with Yuqin Wang and Zhengli Xu conducted by American Folklife Center...
    • Contributor: Xu, Zhengli - Yeh, Nora - John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (U.S.). Millennium Stage - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Dragon Art Studio - Wang, Yuqin - Nusz, Nancy - Folklore Society of Greater Washington - American Folklife Center
    • Date: 2002
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    Chicago Ethnic Arts Project Collection The Chicago Ethnic Arts Project survey was conducted in 1977 by the American Folklife Center at the request of the Illinois Arts Council to assess and document the status of ethnic art traditions in more than twenty ethnic communities in Chicago, and was jointly sponsored by both organizations.
    • Contributor: Swenson, Greta E. - Moloney, Mick - Robinson, Beverly J. - Mathias, Elizabeth - Epstein, Shifra - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - González, José Gamaliel - Kalčik, Susan J. - Kubose, Minnie Somi - Fleischhauer, Carl ... Swenson, Greta E. - Moloney, Mick - Robinson, Beverly J. - Mathias, Elizabeth - Epstein, Shifra - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - González, José Gamaliel - Kalčik, Susan J. - Kubose, Minnie Somi - Fleischhauer, Carl - Mack, James - Dovydenas, Jonas - Brzovich, Mato - Trbuhovic-Grasa, Gordana - Choi, Chungmoo - Bradunas, Elena - Fiske-Rusciano, Roberta - Bartis, Peter - Hellenberg, Antony - Klymasz, Robert Bogdan - George, Philip B. - March, Richard - American Folklife Center - Chicago Ethnic Arts Project - Libonati, Roland V. (Roland Victor) - Metcalfe, Ralph H. - Klymasz, Shirley - Lund, Jens - Illinois Arts Council
    • Date: 1976

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    Roy Harris papers, 1893-1998 Roy Harris was an American composer. The collection contains materials that document his life and career, including manuscript scores, published and unpublished writings, correspondence, business papers, financial and legal documents, programs, publicity files, photographs, scrapbooks, work files, posters, clippings, and biographical materials.
    • Contributor: Harris, Roy
    • Date: 1893
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    Robert K. Krishef collection Veterans History Project (U.S.) Catalog Record Only The Krishef collection contains audio recordings and transcripts of a 14 July 2003 interview with Krischef about his service in the United States Army during the Korean War from 1952 until 1954. Krishef discusses getting drafted, basic training in Fort Indiantown Gap in Pennsylvania, having a "C profile" body type and a blindspot, shipping out to Korea, and stopping in Japan. He also talks...
    • Contributor: Krishef, Robert K. - Veterans History Project (U.S.) - American Folklife Center - Patricia Kuentz
    • Date: 1952
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    Burt Feintuch collection, Catalog Record Only Collection of audio recordings, moving images, photographs, and associated manuscripts related to Burt Feintuch's fieldwork in Northumberland, Cape Breton, Kentucky, New Orleans, Texas, and New England. Also included are manuscripts related to Feintuch's professional career as a folklorist, including publications, conference presentations, and correspondence. Sound recordings and photographs from Feintuch's personal pursuits as a musician make up the remainder of the collection.
    • Contributor: Feintuch, Burt
    • Date: 1809
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    Pete and Toshi Seeger film collection, Catalog Record Only Approximately 700 film and audio elements with some related manuscripts filmed by Toshi Seeger and Pete Seeger's from 1955-1965 at various locations in: Angola, Australia, Austria, Canada, England, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, New Zealand, Nigeria, Poland, Russia, Somoa, Sweden, Tanzania, Trinidad, Ukraine, and the United States. In the United States, locations include Beacon, New York; Circle Pines, Michigan; Hamilton,...
    • Contributor: Jackson, Bruce - Seeger, Pete - Seeger, Toshi
    • Date: 1955
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    Trailside Country School interviews from Maine and Pennsylvania, Catalog Record Only Tape recorded interviews with Lyman Guptill, a laborer and farmer of Trescott, Maine and with Phares Hurst, a Mennonite farmer of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Part of a project that was published in "I Wish I Could Give My Son a Wild Raccoon," ed. Eliott Wigginton, Anchor Press, 1976. Includes a photograph of Lyman Guptill with students from the Trailside Country School of Killington, Vermont, who...
    • Contributor: Becker, Diana - Hurst, Phares - Guptill, Lyman
    • Date: 1976
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    Chester Fultz collection Veterans History Project (U.S.) Catalog Record Only The collection consists of an interview with Chester Fultz regarding his Navy service during World War II. The collection also includes one image of Fultz at the time of the interview and mixed manuscripts.
    • Contributor: McClain, Patricia - Stephenson, Gertrude - Lugar, Richard - Fultz, Chester - Veterans History Project (U.S.) - American Folklife Center
    • Date: 2002
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    Diane Wolkstein collection Catalog Record Only Papers and audiovisual materials comprising the professional archive of storyteller Diane Wolkstein, including her performance events and productions, publicity materials, interviews, artwork, mockups, clippings, contracts, correspondence, accounts, notebooks and datebooks, scores and sheet music, manuscripts for publication, page proofs, original artwork by various illustrators, and poetry by Wolkstein and others. Wolkstein adapted folktales from many cultures for performance and for her publications for both...
    • Contributor: Wnyc (Radio Station : New York, N.Y.) - Wolkstein, Diane - Zucker, Rachel - Henriquez, Elsa
    • Date: 1942
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    John Cohen collection, Catalog Record Only Collection of manuscripts, sound recordings, graphic images, and moving images created and collected by John Cohen. The materials document Cohen's parallel careers as a musician (member of the New Lost City Ramblers) and writer during the 1960s American folk music revival, and his celebrated work as a documentary photographer and filmmaker, producer, and artist from the 1950s until 2019. Includes interviews made by Cohen...
    • Contributor: Cohen, John - New Lost City Ramblers - Schwarz, Tracy - Seeger, Penny - Down Hill Strugglers (Musical Group) - Paley, Tom - Seeger, Mike
    • Date: 1939
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    Ethnic Heritage and Language Schools in America Project collection, 1982-1986 The collection consists of field notes, interviews, curriculum materials, sound recordings, photographs, and one videorecording resulting from a survey conducted by the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress in 1982 which documented 23 ethnic schools in the United States. Fieldwork was conducted at various locations including: Armenian school in Watertown, Massachusetts; Cambodian school in Houston, Texas; Chinese school in San Antonio, Texas; Czech school...
    • Contributor: Long, Lucy M. - Proschan, Frank - Deak, Frank - Marks, Morton - Bradunas, Elena - Davis, Lee (Anthropologist) - Leung, John - Skillman, Amy E. - McCallum, Brenda - Arocho, Rudy ... Long, Lucy M. - Proschan, Frank - Deak, Frank - Marks, Morton - Bradunas, Elena - Davis, Lee (Anthropologist) - Leung, John - Skillman, Amy E. - McCallum, Brenda - Arocho, Rudy - Bromberg, Joann Berlin - Gates, Bob - Fleischhauer, Carl - Vidutis, Richard - Basa, Peter - Fast, Jana - Kloberdanz, Timothy J. - Penti, Marsha Elizabeth - McClain, Margy - Fish, Lydia M. - Baird, Scott J. - Webber, Philip E. - Dwyer-Shick, Susan - Bell, Carole O. - Tarhan, Lance - Seipel, Sandy - Topping, Brett - Feintuch, Burt - Westover, Victoria - Sacks, Maurie - Conklin, Nancy Faires - Miller, Jefferson - Haas, Mary-Louise - Nagy, Susan Mary - Cech, Barbara
    • Date: 1982
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    John Edward Stavast Jr. collection, 1965-2016 : Veterans History Project (U.S.) John Stavast served as a pilot in the United States Air Force for 30 years, and spent more than five years as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Collection includes civilian papers, correspondence, journals, maps, military papers, printed matter, a transcript, and photographs relating to his service.
    • Contributor: Stavast, John Edward, Jr
    • Date: 1944
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    Warner Williams and Jay Summerour concert and interview collection,
    Little bit of blues featuring Warner Williams & Jay Summerour | Little bit of blues | Capital roots | Capital roots concert series | American Folklife Center concert, 2003-09-11 Catalog Record Only     Collection consists of photographs, sound recordings, and video recordings documenting the concert; and sound and video recordings of an interview conducted by Barry Lee Pearson with the performers. Program flyer and publicity materials include two additional photographic prints of the performers. The duo, also known as "Little Bit of Blues," performs Piedmont-style acoustic blues music. Both performers are natives of the Washington, D.C. metro...
    • Contributor: Pearson, Barry Lee - Williams, Warner - American Folklife Center - Summerour, Jay - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 2003
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    Caffè Lena collection, Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available Collection of more than 500 audio recordings, plus digital audio files, video recordings, film, photographs, papers, and ephemera documenting the history of the Caffè Lena coffeehouse, a folk music club and theater in Saratoga Springs, New York, founded by Lena Spencer and Bill Spencer in 1960. The collection includes a large number of live concert performance recordings by folk musicians and singer-songwriters, as well...
    • Contributor: Rogers, Gamble - Paton, Sandy - Schooner Fare (Musical Group) - West, Hedy - Tabor, June - Book Binder, Roy - Block, Rory - Caffè Lena (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.) - Van Ronk, Dave - Estes, Sleepy John ... Rogers, Gamble - Paton, Sandy - Schooner Fare (Musical Group) - West, Hedy - Tabor, June - Book Binder, Roy - Block, Rory - Caffè Lena (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.) - Van Ronk, Dave - Estes, Sleepy John - Muir, Ann Mayo - Traum, Artie - Rucker, Sparky - Macarthur, Margaret - Ritchie, Jean - Guthrie, Arlo - Mangsen, Cindy - Franke, Bob - Sky, Patrick - McLean, Don - Paxton, Tom - Broudy, Saul - Gillette, Steve - Petric, Faith - Clements, Vassar - Lavin, Christine - Alper, Joe - Rogers, Garnet - Vanaver, Bill - Carawan, Guy - Geremia, Paul - Ringer, Jim - Bromberg, David - Paton, Caroline - Pettis, Pierce - Seeger, Pete - Walker, Jerry Jeff - Greenbriar Boys - Hills, Anne - Sciaky, Carla - Spencer, Lena - Seeger, Mike - Sorrels, Rosalie - Arem, Jocelyn - Phillips, Utah - McGarrigle, Kate - Amram, David - Traum, Happy - Aztec Two-Step (Musical Group) - McCaslin, Mary - Armstrong, Frankie - Cooney, Michael B. - Wakefield, Frank - McGarrigle, Anna - Van Zandt, Townes - Bok, Gordon - Balfa Brothers - Staines, Bill - McCutcheon, John - Brown, Greg - Redpath, Jean
    • Date: 1960
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    Jessye Norman papers, Catalog Record Only The collection contains correspondence from her managers and assistants, business papers, awards, annotated music, photographs, interviews, and clippings that document her career and philanthropic activities. The Project Files series documents some of Norman's international opera and recital performances and recordings and consists of two subseries: Performances, and Albums and Videos. Each of the performance project files may contain a combination of correspondence, travel plans,...
    • Contributor: Norman, Jessye
    • Date: 1881