Collections with Audio Recordings
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CollectionAfrican American Ballet in Washington, D.C.: A Legacy in Motion This collection is based on the project, Evolution of Blacks in Ballet in Washington D.C., which was supported by a 2024 American Folklife Center Community Collections Grant (CCG) and led by Emmy-nominated…- Contributor: Davis-Williams, Beatrice - Bullard, Micah - Gibson, Felicia - Jones, Alexandra Rene - Johnson, Virginia - Dickerson, Ariana - Hutchinson, Alexandra - Welters, Raigan - Rosebar, Erin - Washington, Delaney ... Davis-Williams, Beatrice - Bullard, Micah - Gibson, Felicia - Jones, Alexandra Rene - Johnson, Virginia - Dickerson, Ariana - Hutchinson, Alexandra - Welters, Raigan - Rosebar, Erin - Washington, Delaney - Robinson, Kira - Fortune, Sandra (Fortune-Green) - Andrew W. Mellon Foundation - Williams, Stephanie Rae - Haynes, Kahina - Cooper, Sylvia - Wright, David - Brockington, Derek - Davis, Kouadio - Rego, Luis Fernando - Thurmon, Kamilah - American Folklife Center - Adelekun, Jasmine - Welters, Lynn B.
- Date: 2024
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CollectionAfrican-American Band Music & Recordings, 1883-1923 The core of this presentation consists of "stock" arrangements for bands or small orchestras of popular songs written by African Americans. In addition, we offer a smaller selection of historic sound recordings…- Date: 1883
Collection Items: View 308 Items
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CollectionAlan Lomax Collection of Michigan and Wisconsin Recordings In 1938 the Library of Congress dispatched the pioneering folklorist and song collector Alan Lomax—already a seasoned field worker at age 23—to conduct a folk song survey of the Great Lakes region.…- Contributor: Wells, Lester - Green, John W. - Larson, Steen - Pol, Thomas - Szabo, Andy - Wallen, Mr - Erickson, Max - Guzal, Frank - Bonner, Patrick - Gallagher, Emerald ... Wells, Lester - Green, John W. - Larson, Steen - Pol, Thomas - Szabo, Andy - Wallen, Mr - Erickson, Max - Guzal, Frank - Bonner, Patrick - Gallagher, Emerald - Thrasher, Ed - Forster, Yalmer Eino - O'Donnell, Mike J. - Bellaire, Exilia - Frazier, Lonnie - Ketvirtis, Charles - Kallio, Kalle - Kubesh, John G. - Cadeau, Ed - Niewiadomska, Frances - Juhani, Aapo - Leclaire, Leilia - Strzelecki, Tony - Kania, Felix - Szilagyi, Dizso - Basrak, Stjepan - Larson, Nils - Cloud, Joe - Krawezak, B. - Scheffer, Peter - Floriani, Vladimir - Hyvönen, John - Baratono, Art - Archive of American Folk Song - Gallagher, Dominic - Floriani, Veko - Lathrop, Carl - Tomić, Pajo - Miron, Joe - Pischner, Helen - Dobričan, Lazar - Allen, Perry - Sainović, Ilija - Jackson, Andrew - Hirvelä, Wäin - Lewandowski, Stephan - Warslzyk, Tony - Marinetti, Victor - Fredrickson, John - Halinen, Selma Elona - Romel - Pope, Allan C. - Frazier, Viola - Bellaire, Mose - Preda, Emil Milan - Marinetti, John - Meyers, Herman - Graham, Bert - McCormick, Ed - Norman, John - Carrière, Fred - Trivanović, Stefan - Lewandowski, Edwina - Floriani, Margaret - King, Edward - Pittman, Sampson - Maki, Frank - McCarthy, Barney - Rudzinski, Alex - Romel, Leo - Bonner, Daniel - Cloud, Clarence - Velin, Maria - Marczis, Joseph - Trueblood, Asel - McDonough, Patrick - Romel, Ted - McCauley, Edward - Maki, Emil - Brideup, Louis - Hulan - Nemeth, Kalman - Bangac, Petar - Cadeau, Mathilda - Similä, Gusti - Gaza, V. Sipoo - Ricksgers, Joseph - Happy Jack Woodward - Rautanen, Vernon - Vujanović, Stjepan - Gallagher, Andrew E. - Aho, Pekka - Olah, Julius - Viita, Frank - Vasvary, Steve - Korvenpaa, Charles - Kubien, Rose - McBride, Bill - Styes, Archie - Berky, Nandor - Pohjala, Aina - Lomax, Alan - Sielvankiewiez - Vizina, Adelore - Dragić, Todor - Cadeau, John - Aho, Lillian - Kruczynski, Clara - Marttila - Maté - Frazier, Clara - Larson, John - Frazier, Calvin - Härkönen, Amanda - Grbić, Ludevit - Palmer, Mason - Rajčević, Stepan - Lewandowski, Ted - Romel, Sylvester - Romel, Adolph - Mahoski, Henry - Lewandowski, Stephanie - Frazier, Belle - Carrière, Dolphis - Fredrickson, Kaisa - Delmas, Adolphus
- Date: 1938
Collection Items: View 1,270 Items
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CollectionAmazing Grace This collection highlights the history of the hymn “Amazing Grace” from the earliest printing of the song to selected performances of it on published and field recordings. These items have been collected…- Date: 1930
Collection Items: View 51 Items
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CollectionAmerican English Dialect Recordings: The Center for Applied Linguistics Collection The Center for Applied Linguistics Collection contains 118 hours of recordings documenting North American English dialects. The recordings include speech samples, linguistic interviews, oral histories, conversations, and excerpts from public speeches. They…- Contributor: Emerson, Lee - Center for Applied Linguistics - Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis) - La Guardia, Fiorello H. (Fiorello Henry) - Aspinall, Wayne N. - National Endowment for the Humanities - Marshall, Fred - Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program - Christian, Donna - American Folklife Center - Earhart, Amelia - Abbott, Fortis - Mele, Joseph C.
- Date: 1935
Collection Items: View 506 Items
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CollectionMusic for the Nation: American Sheet Music, ca. 1870-1885 Consists of over 47,000 pieces of sheet music registered for copyright during the years 1870 to 1885. Included are popular songs, piano music, sacred and secular choral music, solo instrumental music, method…- Date: 1870
Collection Items: View 47,573 Items
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CollectionAncestral Voices Among the very first activities of the American Folklife Center (AFC) -- created in 1976 -- was the Federal Cylinder Project (FCP), a large-scale initiative to preserve and provide access to historic…Collection Items: View 26 Items
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CollectionArchive of Recorded Poetry and Literature Listen to audio-recorded readings of former Consultants in Poetry Elizabeth Bishop, Gwendolyn Brooks and Robert Frost; Nobel Laureates Mario Vargas Llosa and Czeslaw Milosz, and renowned writers such as Ray Bradbury, Margaret…Collection Items: View 1,382 Items
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CollectionWarp and Weft of Yap's Outer Islands: Backstrap Weaving in Micronesia The Habele Outer Island Education Fund in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) received a 2022 Community Collections Grant (CCG) from the American Folklife Center to document traditional lavalava cloth weaving on…- Contributor: Leframor, Lorita - Tefalelmar, Florentina - Uwel, Tyra - Ililau, Serphina M. - Eyoeth, Maregrita - Leraw, Rowina - Mangelfata, Floren - Lawolthau, Joanna - Lahasudep, Ygnasia - Yalorthog, Rosita ... Leframor, Lorita - Tefalelmar, Florentina - Uwel, Tyra - Ililau, Serphina M. - Eyoeth, Maregrita - Leraw, Rowina - Mangelfata, Floren - Lawolthau, Joanna - Lahasudep, Ygnasia - Yalorthog, Rosita - Nianugmwar, Katielyne - Fichilmar, Conchita - Ilamliyong, Sammy - Habele Outer Island Education Fund - Tauwl, Modesta L. - Yaloweg, Vreah - Leragmai, Frenzita - Ilemangit, Gina - Andrew W. Mellon Foundation - Legap, Maria - Ubey, Maria - Ileragipou, Emalani - Paul, Alodia - Raigetal, Regina R. - Tarongodal, Gregoria - Ilmar, Doloris - American Folklife Center - Reat, Agnes - Leyangrow, Conchita
- Date: 2022
Collection Items: View 71 Items
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CollectionBess 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…- Contributor: Hawes, Butch - Hawes, Bess Lomax - Mohr, Larry - Miller, Frank - Berman, Marcia - Dehr, Rich - Odetta - National Endowment for the Arts. Folk Arts Program - Gilkyson, Terry
- Date: 1894
Collection Items: View 365 Items
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CollectionBlue Ridge Parkway Folklife Project The Blue Ridge Parkway Folklife Project was conducted by the American Folklife Center in cooperation with the National Park Service. Ten folklorists from the American Folklife Center conducted fieldwork in August and…- Contributor: Severt, Carrie - Choate, Donna - Patton, Ila - Fleischhauer, Carl - Ray, Roxie - Jabbour, Alan - Stanley, Lura - Shockley, Maggie - Blue Ridge Parkway Folklife Project - Cruise, Crystal ... Severt, Carrie - Choate, Donna - Patton, Ila - Fleischhauer, Carl - Ray, Roxie - Jabbour, Alan - Stanley, Lura - Shockley, Maggie - Blue Ridge Parkway Folklife Project - Cruise, Crystal - Owen, Margaret Counts - Richardson, Larry - Marshall, Howard W. - Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Adler, Thomas A. - Jarrell, Tommy - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Eiler, Terry - Eiler, Lyntha Scott - Mullen, Patrick B. - Bryan, Mamie - Wilson, Joe - Owen, Blanton - Todd, Zenna - Wolfe, Charles K. - American Folklife Center - United States. National Park Service
- Date: 1977
Collection Items: View 2,103 Items
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CollectionNow What a Time: Blues, Gospel, and the Fort Valley Music Festivals, 1938-1943 Consists of approximately one hundred sound recordings, primarily blues and gospel songs, and related documentation from the folk festival at Fort Valley State College (now Fort Valley State University), Fort Valley, Georgia.…- Contributor: Mathis, Allison - Fisk University - Work, John W. (John Wesley) - Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program - Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church (Peach County, Ga.). Choir - Spiritual Four Quartet - Heavenly Gate Quartet - Johnson, Warren G. - Parker, Cleve - Winrow, Anthony ... Mathis, Allison - Fisk University - Work, John W. (John Wesley) - Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program - Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church (Peach County, Ga.). Choir - Spiritual Four Quartet - Heavenly Gate Quartet - Johnson, Warren G. - Parker, Cleve - Winrow, Anthony - Gaines, Elwood - Bond, Edward - Smith Band (Musical Group) - Turner, Monroe - Turner, Alma - Ezell, Buster - Richardson, Zema - Bond, James - Traveller Home Singers - Stripling, Sidney - Turner, Oscar - Gibson, Gus - Ellis, Charles - Jackson, Deacon Sam - Chestain, Sonny - Gregory, Richard - Ford, T. J. - Chastain, Will - Monch, Matthew - Ford, Osa - Thomas, John Lee - Holloway High School Quartet
- Date: 1938
Collection Items: View 181 Items
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CollectionCaptain Pearl R. Nye: Life on the Ohio and Erie Canal Captain Pearl R. Nye: Life on the Ohio and Erie Canal captures the culture and music of the men, women, and children who worked and lived along the Ohio and Erie Canal.…- Contributor: Lomax, Alan - Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program - Nye, Pearl R. - American Folklife Center - Lomax, John A. (John Avery) - Archive of American Folk Song
- Date: 1937
Collection Items: View 142 Items
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CollectionCelebrating CHamoru Nobenas This collection documents devotional prayer rituals based in Roman Catholicism but uniquely adapted and embraced by the Indigenous CHamoru/Chamorro people of the Mariana Islands and among diasporic CHamoru/Chamorro communities throughout the United…- Contributor: Rojas, Carmen Camacho - Atalig, Lina Pangelinan - Songsong, Brant M. - Pangelinan, Victoria Diaz - Forbes, Eric - Pangelinan, Zita Diaz - Pangelinan, Lourdes - Perez, Marie (Cecilia Marie) - Pangelinan, Victor Diaz - Quan, Philip Taitano ... Rojas, Carmen Camacho - Atalig, Lina Pangelinan - Songsong, Brant M. - Pangelinan, Victoria Diaz - Forbes, Eric - Pangelinan, Zita Diaz - Pangelinan, Lourdes - Perez, Marie (Cecilia Marie) - Pangelinan, Victor Diaz - Quan, Philip Taitano - Pangelinan, Maria Diaz - Flores, Teresita Concepcion - Leon Guerrero, Zita Taisacan - Bautista, Lola Quan - Nauta, Rita Pangelinan - Andrew W. Mellon Foundation - Leon Guerrero, Frank - Borja, Lawrence Arceo - Vera, Román María De - Ramirez, Malia Toni - Fejeran, Albert - American Folklife Center
- Date: 2023
Collection Items: View 13 Items
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CollectionChaldeans: Portrait of an Evolving Community This collection documents the Chaldean community – an ethnic minority of Christians from northern Iraq with roots in ancient Mesopotamia. Chaldeans began migrating to the Detroit metropolitan area in the early 1900s,…- Contributor: Samona, Amir D. - Foumia, Durayd - Natinsky, Paul - Yaqoo, Evan - Haji, Tom - Dickow, Patrick - Sesi, Sandy - Korkis, Marisa C. - Farida, Terry - Saroki, Victor ... Samona, Amir D. - Foumia, Durayd - Natinsky, Paul - Yaqoo, Evan - Haji, Tom - Dickow, Patrick - Sesi, Sandy - Korkis, Marisa C. - Farida, Terry - Saroki, Victor - Zetouna, Matthew - Farida, Ronald - Kawa, Joseph - Kittle, Sarah M. - Marrero, Jose L. - Karmo, Johnny - Jonna, Peter - Moen, Daniel R. - Bacall, Jacob - Naimi, Essam S. - Ashak, Adeeb - Haddad, Sharkey - Yousif, Jabbar - Abroo, Jenna E. - Abbo, Cal - Kalabat, Jamal - Lumelsky, Alex - Amanoel, Merna - Setto, Patrick - Attisha, Zeana Wadie - Amanoel, Laith - Manna, Martin - Kassab, Brandon - Andrew W. Mellon Foundation - Dabish, Henry - Karmo, Laith - Abroo, Emily - Abroo, John - Romaya, Mary C. - Namou, Weam - Hajjar, Amer - Hakim, Azucena C. - Kathawa, Raad - Boji, Francis - Dabish, William K. - Miri, Adhid - Zoma, Madhir - American Folklife Center - Gappy, Hayley - Saroki, Alex
- Date: 2024
Collection Items: View 28 Items
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CollectionChicago 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…- Contributor: Epstein, Shifra - Mathias, Elizabeth - March, Richard - Illinois Arts Council - Lund, Jens - Swenson, Greta E. - Dovydenas, Jonas - Fleischhauer, Carl - Kalčik, Susan J. - Moloney, Mick ... Epstein, Shifra - Mathias, Elizabeth - March, Richard - Illinois Arts Council - Lund, Jens - Swenson, Greta E. - Dovydenas, Jonas - Fleischhauer, Carl - Kalčik, Susan J. - Moloney, Mick - Libonati, Roland V. (Roland Victor) - Metcalfe, Ralph H. - Kubose, Minnie Somi - Choi, Chungmoo - Bartis, Peter - González, José Gamaliel - Trbuhovic-Grasa, Gordana - George, Philip B. - Klymasz, Shirley - Robinson, Beverly J. - Bradunas, Elena - Mack, James - Hellenberg, Antony - Klymasz, Robert Bogdan - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Fiske-Rusciano, Roberta - Chicago Ethnic Arts Project - Brzovich, Mato - American Folklife Center
- Date: 1976
Collection Items: View 1,138 Items
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CollectionColorado Folklife Project Collection The Colorado Folklife Project was sponsored by the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, working with John D. Farr, representative of the Rocky Mountain Continental Divide Foundation, Frisco, Colorado, to assist in…- Contributor: Emrich, Ron - Dettmer, Elke - Natanson, Barbara Orbach - American Folklife Center - Marshall, Howard W. - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1980
Collection Items: View 130 Items
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CollectionLibrary of Congress Concerts The Library of Congress Music Division has presented one of the world's most distinguished concert series for nearly ninety years. The concert webcasts featured on this site provide an introduction to the…Collection Items: View 38 Items
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CollectionContinuing Comanche Culture: Culture as Making, Craft as Shared Story Continuing Comanche Culture: Culture as Making, Craft as Shared Story is an initiative undertaken by a research team of Comanche community members and University of Oklahoma faculty to record, preserve and present…- Contributor: Wieser, Kimberly G. - Andrew W. Mellon Foundation - Nevaquaya, Edmond Tate - Steinmeyer, Allison - Weryackwe, Rance B. - Flores, Martin M. - Wilson, Amanda M. - American Folklife Center - Endres, Bill - Wade, Mary Parker
- Date: 2023
Collection Items: View 9 Items
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CollectionCoptic Orthodox Liturgical Chant and Hymnody With its roots in Ancient Egyptian music, Coptic Christian chant is one of the oldest liturgical genres still performed today. Drawing on the Ragheb Moftah Collection, this presentation explores some of the…- Contributor: Moftah, Ragheb - Newlandsmith, Ernest - Tóth, Margit - Wilson, Marian Robertson
- Date: 1926
Collection Items: View 370 Items
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CollectionTenth Street Historic District and The Bottom in Dallas's Oak Cliff Freedmen's Town The If Tenth Street Could Talk collection documents the history, legacy, and present-day realities of the Tenth Street Historic District in Dallas, Texas—widely recognized as the most intact Freedmen’s Town in the…- Contributor: Dixon, Remidy - Thomas, Iving R. - Lewis, John L. - Walker, Benny B. - Mayo, Evelyn - Cox, Peggy Fay - Boyd, Nigel M. - Artis, Dominique - Moore, Tyana - Howard, Carolyn ... Dixon, Remidy - Thomas, Iving R. - Lewis, John L. - Walker, Benny B. - Mayo, Evelyn - Cox, Peggy Fay - Boyd, Nigel M. - Artis, Dominique - Moore, Tyana - Howard, Carolyn - Montgomery, Shaun (Shauntel) - Brunson, Jourdan A. - Cross, Kathryn A. - Dunn, Rhonda - Peace, Heir Brandon - Plummer, Tim - Beal, Eric - Rangel, Jennifer - Cox, Patricia - Slider Moody, Bessie - Rodgers, Dolores B. - Wright, Damarcus - Boyd, Juneeta - Freeman, Dwight - Groom, Shamarra - Jones, Jared - Jones, Zennah - Biddle, Ruthie Lee - Amenti, IV - Noguera, David - Rudd-Ridge, Tameshia S. - Smith, Keith - Johnson, Larry O. - Wilkins Conrad, Sharron - Allen, April - Medrano, Rosa - Glenn, Stanley - McCain, Demetria - Andrew W. Mellon Foundation - McKnight-Chavers, Ginger - Roberts-Kamaria, Ava - Boyd, Cynthia - Singleton, Kate (Katherine) - Maberry, Misty - Payton, Donald - Hamilton, Jalen - Sims, Lou Nell - Pruitt, Emanuel - Meek, Vicki - Swann, Robert - Redmond, Raja'nee - Moore, Kelon - American Folklife Center - Young, Debora - Kelly, Jill E.
- Date: 2019
Collection Items: View 62 Items
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CollectionThe Danny Kaye and Sylvia Fine Collection Danny Kaye and Sylvia Fine in London American actor, singer and comedian Danny Kaye arrives with his wife, Sylvia Fine, for an appearance in London. November 1948. Following the professional lives of…- Contributor: Halsman, Philippe - Kaye, Danny - Kaye (Danny)/FINE (Sylvia) Collection (Library of Congress) - McDowall, Roddy - Dena Pictures, Inc - Fine, Sylvia
- Date: 1913
Collection Items: View 2,052 Items
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CollectionDiversity Plaza: Queens as Cultural Crossroads Los Herederos, a non-profit community-based organization in Queens, New York, received a 2023 Community Collections Grant (CCG) from the American Folklife Center to document Diversity Plaza, a vibrant public space in Jackson…- Contributor: McMenamin, James - Baryab, Fatima - Carreto, Ana - Dass, Shiv - Ahmad, Nadia Q. - Park, John Y. - Sohel, Saiful Islam - Ashraf, Selima - Ferdous, Annie - Sturm-Wijesinghe, Naomi ... McMenamin, James - Baryab, Fatima - Carreto, Ana - Dass, Shiv - Ahmad, Nadia Q. - Park, John Y. - Sohel, Saiful Islam - Ashraf, Selima - Ferdous, Annie - Sturm-Wijesinghe, Naomi - Bayona, Mauricio - Munshi, Nirmal - Khan, Deva Shoily - Ahmed, Firooz - Munshi, Soniya - Tasnim, Sadia - Said, Marwan - Khan, Majar - Khan, Sezan - Jahan, Nilofar - Moe, K. - Percussia - Sarathi, Adnin - Correa, Camilo - Andrew W. Mellon Foundation - Carvajal, Reynaldo - Moe, Dana - Taaseen, Saadat - Tsultrim, Tsekyi - Rahman Khan, Musfiqur - Beglane, Edward - Ahmed, Lema - Ahmed, Mitu - Mukul, Nitin - Gautam, Neha - Singh, Jagpreet - Haering, Mireya - American Folklife Center - Begum, Dilara - Sikder, Abdul - Saleh, Agha Muhammad
- Date: 2023
Collection Items: View 63 Items
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CollectionEmile Berliner and the Birth of the Recording Industry This collection showcases the work of Emile Berliner, a prominent inventor at the end of the nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth centuries. Overlooked by today's historians, Berliner's creative genius rivaled…- Contributor: Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program - Library of Congress. Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division
- Date: 2002
Collection Items: View 615 Items
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CollectionEthnic Heritage and Language Schools in America Project The Ethnic Heritage and Language Schools in America Project was conducted in 1982 by the American Folklife Center to survey selected religious and secular ethnic community-based schools conducted, at least in part,…- Contributor: Deak, Frank - Topping, Brett - Marks, Morton - Miller, Jefferson - Fleischhauer, Carl - Fast, Jana - Vidutis, Richard - Davis, Lee - McClain, Margy - Long, Lucy M. ... Deak, Frank - Topping, Brett - Marks, Morton - Miller, Jefferson - Fleischhauer, Carl - Fast, Jana - Vidutis, Richard - Davis, Lee - McClain, Margy - Long, Lucy M. - Baird, Scott J. - Skillman, Amy E. - Tarhan, Lance - Feintuch, Burt - Bradunas, Elena - McCallum, Brenda - Dwyer-Shick, Susan - Haas, Mary-Louise - Sacks, Maurie - Bromberg, Joann Berlin - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Webber, Philip E. - Seipel, Sandy - Arocho, Rudy - Leung, John - Gates, Bob - Bell, Carole O. - Cech, Barbara - Proschan, Frank - Fish, Lydia M. - Nagy, Susan Mary - American Folklife Center - Penti, Marsha Elizabeth - Westover, Victoria - Basa, Peter - Kloberdanz, Timothy J. - Conklin, Nancy Faires
- Date: 1982
Collection Items: View 788 Items
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CollectionFlorida Folklife from the WPA Collections, 1937-1942 Florida Folklife from the WPA Collections combines sound recordings and manuscript materials from four discrete archival collections made by Work Projects Administration (WPA) workers from the Joint Committee on Folk Arts, the…- Contributor: Kennedy, Stetson - American Folklife Center - Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program
- Date: 2000
Collection Items: View 494 Items
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CollectionFranz Liszt at the Library of Congress [Franz Liszt; reproduced in James Huneker's Franz Liszt (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911; page 36).] The Music Division is a vital resource for primary source material related to the life and…Collection Items: View 925 Items
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CollectionThe Gerry Mulligan Collection [Portrait of Gerry Mulligan, ca. 1980s] by William P. Gottlieb. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress. As a saxophonist, composer, arranger and band leader, Gerry Mulligan (1927-1996) is a jazz legend.…- Contributor: Dankworth, John - Boras, Tom - Grusin, Dave - Lee, Julian - Mandel, Johnny - Mulligan, Gerry - Holman, Bill - McFarland, Gary - Brookmeyer, Bob - Cohn, AL - Handy, George - Forman, Mitchel
- Date: 1940
Collection Items: View 153 Items
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CollectionFiddle Tunes of the Old Frontier: The Henry Reed Collection Fiddle Tunes of the Old Frontier: The Henry Reed Collection presents traditional fiddle tunes performed by Henry Reed of Glen Lyn, Virginia. Recorded by folklorist Alan Jabbour in 1966-67, when Reed was…- Contributor: Jabbour, Alan - Ricci, Glenn - Glenroy, William B. - Reed, Watha - Reed, Gene - American Folklife Center - Reed, Henry
- Date: 2000
Collection Items: View 292 Items
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CollectionHispano Music and Culture of the Northern Rio Grande: The Juan B. Rael Collection Hispano Music and Culture of the Northern Rio Grande: The Juan B. Rael Collection is an online presentation of an ethnographic field collection documenting religious and secular music of Spanish-speaking residents of…- Contributor: Montoya, Luis - Chávez, Adelaido - Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program - Lobato, Julián - Archive of Folk Song (U.S.) - Mares, Remigio - Lobato, Salomé - Archuleta, Ricardo - Trujillo, Amado - Martínez Y Lavadi, Samuel ... Montoya, Luis - Chávez, Adelaido - Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program - Lobato, Julián - Archive of Folk Song (U.S.) - Mares, Remigio - Lobato, Salomé - Archuleta, Ricardo - Trujillo, Amado - Martínez Y Lavadi, Samuel - Rael, Juan Bautista - Anaya, Ernestina - Espinosa, Rosabel L. - Chávez, Adolfo - Romero, Alfredo - Medina, Esteban - Lamadrid, Enrique R. - Cantú, José Ignacio - Arellano, Narciso - García, Pedro - American Folklife Center - Anaya, Nieves - Arellano, Esequiel
- Date: 1940
Collection Items: View 227 Items
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CollectionHistorical Media Publications Collection The Historical Media Publications Collection provides researcher access to the Library's vast holdings of publications related to the burgeoning development of the moving image and broadcasting industries in the early to mid-20th…Collection Items: View 9,268 Items
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CollectionAfter the Day of Infamy: "Man-on-the-Street" Interviews Following the Attack on Pearl Harbor After the Day of Infamy: "Man-on-the-Street" Interviews Following the Attack on Pearl Harbor presents approximately twelve hours of opinions recorded in the days and months following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii,…- Date: 1941
Collection Items: View 139 Items
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CollectionItalian Americans in the West Project The Italian Americans in the West Project collection contains the sound recordings, photographs, video recordings, fieldnotes, publications, ephemera, and accompanying manuscript materials associated with the American Folklife Center's Italian Americans in the…- Contributor: Parks, Valerie - Notarianni, Philip F. - Wood, Myron - DeNatale, Douglas - Graham, Andrea - Manini, Paula Marie - Owen, Blanton - Tavarelli, Paola - Williams, John Alexander - Lund, Jens ... Parks, Valerie - Notarianni, Philip F. - Wood, Myron - DeNatale, Douglas - Graham, Andrea - Manini, Paula Marie - Owen, Blanton - Tavarelli, Paola - Williams, John Alexander - Lund, Jens - Taylor, David Alan - Light, Ken - Roeder, Beatrice A. - Siporin, Steve - American Folklife Center - Frank, Russell - Carter, Thomas - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1988
Collection Items: View 1,516 Items
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CollectionJean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve Collection The Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve collection consists of interviews and photographs by Mary Hufford and Tom Tankersley in December 1985 for the American Folklife Center, comprising part of the…- Contributor: American Folklife Center - Hufford, Mary - United States. National Park Service - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Tankersley, Tom
- Date: 1985
Collection Items: View 39 Items
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CollectionJoe Smith Joe Smith with Richard Perry photo: Sandy Gibson More than 25 years ago, retired music executive Joe Smith accomplished a Herculean feat—he got more than 200 celebrated singers, musicians and industry icons…- Date: 1985
Collection Items: View 217 Items
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CollectionSouthern Mosaic: The John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip This recording trip is an ethnographic field collection that includes nearly 700 sound recordings, as well as fieldnotes, dust jackets, and other manuscripts documenting a three-month, 6,502-mile trip through the southern United…- Contributor: Lomax, Ruby T. (Ruby Terrill) - Lomax, Alan - Lomax, John A. (John Avery) - Archive of American Folk Song
- Date: 1934
Collection Items: View 895 Items
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CollectionThe March King: John Philip Sousa Painting of Sousa during US Marine Band era, [n.d.]. Performing Arts Reading Room.- Contributor: Sousa, John Philip
- Date: 1849
Collection Items: View 678 Items
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CollectionLao Special Guerrilla Unit and Royal Lao Army Veteran Interviews Veterans from the Secret War in Laos recall their experiences during the Vietnam War (Second Indochina War). Laos was a key battlefield in the conflict as the Ho Chi Minh Trail transited…Collection Items: View 19 Items
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CollectionLiving Nations, Living Words This collection—part of Poet Laureate Joy Harjo’s “Living Nations, Living Words” signature project—contains audio recordings of 47 contemporary Native American poets reading and discussing an original poem. Listen to Joy Harjo, Louise…Collection Items: View 49 Items
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CollectionLowell Folklife Project Collection The Lowell Folklife Project was conducted in 1987-1988 as a cooperative project of the American Folklife Center and the Lowell Historic Preservation Commission, with support from the Massachusetts Council on the Arts…- Contributor: Montaño, Mario - Fleischhauer, Carl - Refugee Arts Group - Norkunas, Martha K. - Lowell Historic Preservation Commission (U.S.) - Bartis, Peter - Massachusetts Council on the Arts and Humanities - Taylor, David Alan - DeNatale, Douglas - Wachs, Eleanor F. ... Montaño, Mario - Fleischhauer, Carl - Refugee Arts Group - Norkunas, Martha K. - Lowell Historic Preservation Commission (U.S.) - Bartis, Peter - Massachusetts Council on the Arts and Humanities - Taylor, David Alan - DeNatale, Douglas - Wachs, Eleanor F. - University of Lowell - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Fertig, Barbara C. - Rankin, Tom - Bell, Michael Edward - American Folklife Center - Lueders-Booth, John - United States. National Park Service - Lowell National Historical Park (Lowell, Mass.)
- Date: 1987
Collection Items: View 1,140 Items