Collections with Audio Recordings
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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 320 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: Archive of American Folk Song - Maki, Frank - Forster, Yalmer Eino - Brideup, Louis - Bellaire, Mose - Frazier, Lonnie - Frazier, Viola - Leclaire, Leilia - Hirvelä, Wäin - Hulan ... Archive of American Folk Song - Maki, Frank - Forster, Yalmer Eino - Brideup, Louis - Bellaire, Mose - Frazier, Lonnie - Frazier, Viola - Leclaire, Leilia - Hirvelä, Wäin - Hulan - Lomax, Alan - Aho, Lillian - Romel, Leo - Viita, Frank - Romel, Adolph - Szilagyi, Dizso - Pischner, Helen - Baratono, Art - Maki, Emil - Vizina, Adelore - Cadeau, Ed - King, Edward - Romel - Frazier, Clara - Cadeau, John - Hyvönen, John - Berky, Nandor - Gaza, V. Sipoo - Kania, Felix - Erickson, Max - Delmas, Adolphus - Floriani, Veko - Larson, Nils - Cadeau, Mathilda - Miron, Joe - Bonner, Patrick - Basrak, Stjepan - Szabo, Andy - Wells, Lester - Carrière, Fred - Gallagher, Emerald - Marczis, Joseph - O'Donnell, Mike J. - Preda, Emil Milan - Scheffer, Peter - Krawezak, B. - McBride, Bill - McCauley, Edward - Lewandowski, Ted - Kallio, Kalle - Guzal, Frank - Olah, Julius - McCarthy, Barney - Niewiadomska, Frances - Dobričan, Lazar - Green, John W. - Strzelecki, Tony - Vasvary, Steve - Dragić, Todor - Korvenpaa, Charles - Lathrop, Carl - Floriani, Vladimir - Norman, John - Rautanen, Vernon - Cloud, Clarence - Wallen, Mr - Mahoski, Henry - Fredrickson, Kaisa - Härkönen, Amanda - Juhani, Aapo - Bellaire, Exilia - Cloud, Joe - Lewandowski, Stephanie - Marinetti, Victor - Graham, Bert - Kubien, Rose - Pittman, Sampson - Thrasher, Ed - Romel, Sylvester - Romel, Ted - Similä, Gusti - Frazier, Calvin - Pol, Thomas - Trueblood, Asel - Allen, Perry - Sielvankiewiez - Grbić, Ludevit - Styes, Archie - Happy Jack Woodward - Jackson, Andrew - Larson, Steen - Marttila - Frazier, Belle - Gallagher, Dominic - Nemeth, Kalman - Trivanović, Stefan - Aho, Pekka - Floriani, Margaret - Rudzinski, Alex - Warslzyk, Tony - Halinen, Selma Elona - Maté - Lewandowski, Stephan - Carrière, Dolphis - Sainović, Ilija - Fredrickson, John - Ricksgers, Joseph - Kubesh, John G. - Kruczynski, Clara - Bonner, Daniel - Bangac, Petar - Palmer, Mason - Rajčević, Stepan - Vujanović, Stjepan - Lewandowski, Edwina - McDonough, Patrick - McCormick, Ed - Gallagher, Andrew E. - Ketvirtis, Charles - Pohjala, Aina - Tomić, Pajo - Larson, John - Meyers, Herman - Pope, Allan C. - Velin, Maria - Marinetti, John
- 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: National Endowment for the Humanities - Abbott, Fortis - Center for Applied Linguistics - Christian, Donna - Aspinall, Wayne N. - Emerson, Lee - Earhart, Amelia - Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis) - Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program - Mele, Joseph C. - La Guardia, Fiorello H. (Fiorello Henry) - Marshall, Fred - American Folklife Center
- 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 1,366 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: Leyangrow, Conchita - Leframor, Lorita - Ilemangit, Gina - Mangelfata, Floren - Fichilmar, Conchita - Yalorthog, Rosita - Yaloweg, Vreah - Raigetal, Regina R. - Leraw, Rowina - Ubey, Maria ... Leyangrow, Conchita - Leframor, Lorita - Ilemangit, Gina - Mangelfata, Floren - Fichilmar, Conchita - Yalorthog, Rosita - Yaloweg, Vreah - Raigetal, Regina R. - Leraw, Rowina - Ubey, Maria - Paul, Alodia - Tefalelmar, Florentina - Lawolthau, Joanna - Andrew W. Mellon Foundation - Habele Outer Island Education Fund - Leragmai, Frenzita - Ileragipou, Emalani - Eyoeth, Maregrita - Ilmar, Doloris - Legap, Maria - Reat, Agnes - Tauwl, Modesta L. - Tarongodal, Gregoria - Uwel, Tyra - Ilamliyong, Sammy - Nianugmwar, Katielyne - Lahasudep, Ygnasia - American Folklife Center - Ililau, Serphina M.
- 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: National Endowment for the Arts. Folk Arts Program - Odetta - Dehr, Rich - Hawes, Bess Lomax - Gilkyson, Terry - Mohr, Larry - Hawes, Butch - Berman, Marcia - Miller, Frank
- 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: Highsmith, Carol M.
- Date: 2012
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: Ellis, Charles - Gaines, Elwood - Stripling, Sidney - Ford, T. J. - Bond, James - Gibson, Gus - Richardson, Zema - Thomas, John Lee - Ezell, Buster - Mathis, Allison ... Ellis, Charles - Gaines, Elwood - Stripling, Sidney - Ford, T. J. - Bond, James - Gibson, Gus - Richardson, Zema - Thomas, John Lee - Ezell, Buster - Mathis, Allison - Smith Band (Musical Group) - Johnson, Warren G. - Ford, Osa - Parker, Cleve - Chestain, Sonny - Monch, Matthew - Heavenly Gate Quartet - Turner, Oscar - Gregory, Richard - Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church (Peach County, Ga.). Choir - Bond, Edward - Fisk University - Chastain, Will - Holloway High School Quartet - Turner, Alma - Spiritual Four Quartet - Traveller Home Singers - Winrow, Anthony - Turner, Monroe - Work, John W. (John Wesley) - Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program - Jackson, Deacon Sam
- 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: Nye, Pearl R. - Archive of American Folk Song - Lomax, Alan - Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program - Lomax, John A. (John Avery) - American Folklife Center
- Date: 1937
Collection Items: View 141 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: Dovydenas, Jonas - Mathias, Elizabeth - González, José Gamaliel - Fleischhauer, Carl - Bartis, Peter - Lund, Jens - Klymasz, Robert Bogdan - Klymasz, Shirley - Brzovich, Mato - Chicago Ethnic Arts Project ... Dovydenas, Jonas - Mathias, Elizabeth - González, José Gamaliel - Fleischhauer, Carl - Bartis, Peter - Lund, Jens - Klymasz, Robert Bogdan - Klymasz, Shirley - Brzovich, Mato - Chicago Ethnic Arts Project - Swenson, Greta E. - George, Philip B. - Kalčik, Susan J. - Moloney, Mick - March, Richard - Fiske-Rusciano, Roberta - Robinson, Beverly J. - Libonati, Roland V. (Roland Victor) - Hellenberg, Antony - Bradunas, Elena - Trbuhovic-Grasa, Gordana - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Metcalfe, Ralph H. - Kubose, Minnie Somi - Epstein, Shifra - Mack, James - Illinois Arts Council - Choi, Chungmoo - 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: Marshall, Howard W. - Natanson, Barbara Orbach - Dettmer, Elke - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - American Folklife Center - Emrich, Ron
- 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 37 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: Tóth, Margit - Newlandsmith, Ernest - Wilson, Marian Robertson - Moftah, Ragheb
- Date: 1926
Collection Items: View 370 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 - Fine, Sylvia - Dena Pictures, Inc - Kaye (Danny)/FINE (Sylvia) Collection (Library of Congress) - McDowall, Roddy - Kaye, Danny
- Date: 1913
Collection Items: View 2,053 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. Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division - Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program
- Date: 2002
Collection Items: View 532 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: Long, Lucy M. - Davis, Lee - Fish, Lydia M. - Skillman, Amy E. - Leung, John - Gates, Bob - Fleischhauer, Carl - Fast, Jana - Proschan, Frank - Webber, Philip E. ... Long, Lucy M. - Davis, Lee - Fish, Lydia M. - Skillman, Amy E. - Leung, John - Gates, Bob - Fleischhauer, Carl - Fast, Jana - Proschan, Frank - Webber, Philip E. - Bell, Carole O. - Miller, Jefferson - Kloberdanz, Timothy J. - Marks, Morton - Haas, Mary-Louise - Vidutis, Richard - Penti, Marsha Elizabeth - Nagy, Susan Mary - Bromberg, Joann Berlin - Feintuch, Burt - McCallum, Brenda - Bradunas, Elena - Cech, Barbara - Deak, Frank - Sacks, Maurie - Westover, Victoria - Conklin, Nancy Faires - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Tarhan, Lance - McClain, Margy - Basa, Peter - Dwyer-Shick, Susan - Arocho, Rudy - Seipel, Sandy - Topping, Brett - Baird, Scott J. - American Folklife Center
- 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: American Folklife Center - Kennedy, Stetson - 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 926 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: Holman, Bill - Handy, George - Lee, Julian - Boras, Tom - Mulligan, Gerry - Dankworth, John - Forman, Mitchel - Mandel, Johnny - Grusin, Dave - Cohn, AL - Brookmeyer, Bob - McFarland, Gary
- 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: Reed, Henry - Glenroy, William B. - Jabbour, Alan - Reed, Gene - Ricci, Glenn - Reed, Watha - American Folklife Center
- 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: Chávez, Adolfo - Espinosa, Rosabel L. - Lamadrid, Enrique R. - Lobato, Julián - Montoya, Luis - Anaya, Ernestina - Mares, Remigio - Rael, Juan Bautista - Archuleta, Ricardo - Martínez Y Lavadi, Samuel ... Chávez, Adolfo - Espinosa, Rosabel L. - Lamadrid, Enrique R. - Lobato, Julián - Montoya, Luis - Anaya, Ernestina - Mares, Remigio - Rael, Juan Bautista - Archuleta, Ricardo - Martínez Y Lavadi, Samuel - Lobato, Salomé - García, Pedro - Chávez, Adelaido - Trujillo, Amado - Cantú, José Ignacio - Archive of Folk Song (U.S.) - Romero, Alfredo - Anaya, Nieves - Arellano, Esequiel - Arellano, Narciso - Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program - American Folklife Center - Medina, Esteban
- Date: 1940
Collection Items: View 226 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 5,968 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: American Folklife Center - Manini, Paula Marie - Notarianni, Philip F. - Graham, Andrea - Carter, Thomas - Wood, Myron - Taylor, David Alan - Lund, Jens - Frank, Russell - Owen, Blanton ... American Folklife Center - Manini, Paula Marie - Notarianni, Philip F. - Graham, Andrea - Carter, Thomas - Wood, Myron - Taylor, David Alan - Lund, Jens - Frank, Russell - Owen, Blanton - Tavarelli, Paola - Parks, Valerie - Roeder, Beatrice A. - Siporin, Steve - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - DeNatale, Douglas - Williams, John Alexander - Light, Ken
- 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: Hufford, Mary - Tankersley, Tom - United States. National Park Service - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - American Folklife Center
- 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
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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: Archive of American Folk Song - Lomax, Alan - Lomax, John A. (John Avery) - Lomax, Ruby T. (Ruby Terrill)
- 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 680 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 10 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: Fleischhauer, Carl - Bartis, Peter - Refugee Arts Group - Norkunas, Martha K. - DeNatale, Douglas - Lowell Historic Preservation Commission (U.S.) - Fertig, Barbara C. - University of Lowell - Taylor, David Alan - Lueders-Booth, John ... Fleischhauer, Carl - Bartis, Peter - Refugee Arts Group - Norkunas, Martha K. - DeNatale, Douglas - Lowell Historic Preservation Commission (U.S.) - Fertig, Barbara C. - University of Lowell - Taylor, David Alan - Lueders-Booth, John - United States. National Park Service - Bell, Michael Edward - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Massachusetts Council on the Arts and Humanities - Rankin, Tom - Wachs, Eleanor F. - Lowell National Historical Park (Lowell, Mass.) - Montaño, Mario - American Folklife Center
- Date: 1987
Collection Items: View 1,140 Items
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CollectionMaine Acadian Cultural Survey Collection The Maine Acadian Cultural Survey was an eight-week study conducted in 1991 as a joint project of the American Folklife Center and the North Atlantic Regional Office of the National Park Service…- Contributor: Marshall, Howard W. - Whitman, David A. - Brassieur, C. Ray - Taylor, David Alan - Ornstein, Lisa - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Bayley, Julie - American Folklife Center - United States. National Park Service. North Atlantic Regional Office
- Date: 1991
Collection Items: View 270 Items
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CollectionMontana Folklife Survey Collection The Montana Folklife Survey was conducted in the summer of 1979 by the American Folklife Center of the Library of Congress, in cooperation with the Montana Arts Council. The survey was a…- Contributor: American Folklife Center - Johnson, Paula J. - Toelken, Barre - Fleischhauer, Carl - Wasson, George B. - Dockstader, Ray - Montana Arts Council - Young, Kay - Toelken, Miiko - McBride, Tom - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Crummett, Michael - Stanton, Gary Ward
- Date: 1979
Collection Items: View 613 Items
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CollectionHome Sweet Home: Life in Nineteenth-Century Ohio Before the age of radio, television, and other electronic diversions, families made their own entertainment in the home by playing games, reading aloud, performing plays, and, of course, by making music. Children…- Date: 1800
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CollectionMusic Treasures Consortium "Um mitternacht" by Franz Schubert. [manuscript score]. Music Division, Library of Congress. About the Music Treasures Consortium The Music Treasures Consortium provides online access to the world's most valued music manuscripts and…Collection Items: View 3,524 Items
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CollectionNational Jukebox The National Jukebox features over 10,000 78rpm disc sides issued by the Victor Talking Machine Co. between 1900 and 1925.Collection Items: View 16,747 Items
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CollectionNew Mexico Folklife Project Collection The New Mexico Folklife Project was conducted by Carl Fleischhauer of the American Folklife Center, in the summers of 1984 and 1985. In 1984, the effort supported the work of the folklorist…- Contributor: Fleischhauer, Carl - New Mexico. Historic Preservation Division - Museum of International Folk Art (N.M.) - Kalb, Laurie Beth - Pratt, Boyd C. - American Folklife Center
- Date: 1984
Collection Items: View 112 Items