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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 - Aspinall, Wayne N. - Mele, Joseph C. - Christian, Donna - American Folklife Center - Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis) - Center for Applied Linguistics - La Guardia, Fiorello H. (Fiorello Henry) - Abbott, Fortis - Earhart, Amelia - Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program - Emerson, Lee - Marshall, Fred
- Date: 1935
Collection Items: View 506 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 - Gilkyson, Terry - National Endowment for the Arts. Folk Arts Program - Dehr, Rich - Odetta - Berman, Marcia
- 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: Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Todd, Zenna - American Folklife Center - Jabbour, Alan - Wolfe, Charles K. - Eiler, Lyntha Scott - Adler, Thomas A. - United States. National Park Service - Bryan, Mamie - Severt, Carrie ... Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Todd, Zenna - American Folklife Center - Jabbour, Alan - Wolfe, Charles K. - Eiler, Lyntha Scott - Adler, Thomas A. - United States. National Park Service - Bryan, Mamie - Severt, Carrie - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Choate, Donna - Cruise, Crystal - Richardson, Larry - Blue Ridge Parkway Folklife Project - Owen, Blanton - Fleischhauer, Carl - Stanley, Lura - Jarrell, Tommy - Marshall, Howard W. - Owen, Margaret Counts - Wilson, Joe - Patton, Ila - Mullen, Patrick B. - Eiler, Terry - Ray, Roxie - Shockley, Maggie
- Date: 1977
Collection Items: View 2,103 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: Kubose, Minnie Somi - Brzovich, Mato - Robinson, Beverly J. - Kalčik, Susan J. - American Folklife Center - Epstein, Shifra - Klymasz, Shirley - Choi, Chungmoo - Klymasz, Robert Bogdan - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) ... Kubose, Minnie Somi - Brzovich, Mato - Robinson, Beverly J. - Kalčik, Susan J. - American Folklife Center - Epstein, Shifra - Klymasz, Shirley - Choi, Chungmoo - Klymasz, Robert Bogdan - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Metcalfe, Ralph H. - Illinois Arts Council - Libonati, Roland V. (Roland Victor) - Bradunas, Elena - Fleischhauer, Carl - Lund, Jens - Bartis, Peter - March, Richard - Hellenberg, Antony - Dovydenas, Jonas - González, José Gamaliel - Mathias, Elizabeth - Mack, James - Chicago Ethnic Arts Project - Moloney, Mick - Fiske-Rusciano, Roberta - Trbuhovic-Grasa, Gordana - George, Philip B. - Swenson, Greta E.
- 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: Natanson, Barbara Orbach - American Folklife Center - Dettmer, Elke - Marshall, Howard W. - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Emrich, Ron
- Date: 1980
Collection Items: View 130 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: Frank, Russell - DeNatale, Douglas - Notarianni, Philip F. - Wood, Myron - Owen, Blanton - Tavarelli, Paola - American Folklife Center - Williams, John Alexander - Manini, Paula Marie - Taylor, David Alan ... Frank, Russell - DeNatale, Douglas - Notarianni, Philip F. - Wood, Myron - Owen, Blanton - Tavarelli, Paola - American Folklife Center - Williams, John Alexander - Manini, Paula Marie - Taylor, David Alan - Parks, Valerie - Siporin, Steve - Carter, Thomas - Lund, Jens - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Graham, Andrea - Roeder, Beatrice A. - 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: United States. National Park Service - Tankersley, Tom - American Folklife Center - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Hufford, Mary
- Date: 1985
Collection Items: View 39 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: American Folklife Center - Rankin, Tom - United States. National Park Service - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Fertig, Barbara C. - Bell, Michael Edward - Fleischhauer, Carl - Massachusetts Council on the Arts and Humanities - Wachs, Eleanor F. - Bartis, Peter ... American Folklife Center - Rankin, Tom - United States. National Park Service - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Fertig, Barbara C. - Bell, Michael Edward - Fleischhauer, Carl - Massachusetts Council on the Arts and Humanities - Wachs, Eleanor F. - Bartis, Peter - Lueders-Booth, John - DeNatale, Douglas - Norkunas, Martha K. - Montaño, Mario - Refugee Arts Group - Taylor, David Alan - Lowell National Historical Park (Lowell, Mass.) - Lowell Historic Preservation Commission (U.S.) - University of Lowell
- 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: United States. National Park Service. North Atlantic Regional Office - American Folklife Center - Whitman, David A. - Taylor, David Alan - Marshall, Howard W. - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Brassieur, C. Ray - Ornstein, Lisa - Bayley, Julie
- 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: Wasson, George B. - Johnson, Paula J. - McBride, Tom - American Folklife Center - Crummett, Michael - Fleischhauer, Carl - Toelken, Barre - Young, Kay - Dockstader, Ray - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Stanton, Gary Ward - Toelken, Miiko - Montana Arts Council
- Date: 1979
Collection Items: View 613 Items
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CollectionOccupational Folklife Project The Occupational Folklife Project (OFP) began in 2010 as a multi-year project by the American Folklife Center (AFC) to document the culture of contemporary American workers during an era of economic and…- Contributor: Mims, Doug - Lightsey, Thomas N. - Henry, Mark - American Folklife Center - Fitzgerald, Clyde - Patton, William Benjamin - Tellepsen, Tom - Hennessey, William S. - Peterson, Betsy - Montgomery, Charles R. ... Mims, Doug - Lightsey, Thomas N. - Henry, Mark - American Folklife Center - Fitzgerald, Clyde - Patton, William Benjamin - Tellepsen, Tom - Hennessey, William S. - Peterson, Betsy - Montgomery, Charles R. - Morrell, David C. - Glass, Matthew H. - Quesada, José Angel - Martinez, Gilbert B. - Burkett, Joe L. - Diehl, William J. - Dickens, Michael W. - Postel, Adolph C. - Holland, Benny - Thompson, Robert L. - Patout, Rivers - Vest, Lou C. - Harris, Timothy C. - Kersey, Bobby C. - Cooney, James Patrick - Gage, Charles H. - Rousser, C. A. - Seeba, Patrick - Hilliard, Henry - Olsen, Eric Carl - Harris, Eugene - Braun, Leo J. - Laws, Andrew L. - Occupational Folklife Project - Houston Arts Alliance - Bennett, Steven R. - Paysse, Charlie Lou - Jasper, Pat - Glass, Leonard - Hensley, James J. - Keenan, Gordie - Potoczniak, Anthony - Corgey, Dean - Tray, James Thomas - Shaffer, Harold L. - Usher, Michael Gene - Lindahl, Carl - Aalund, Niels Anders - Larrimer, George - Hausinger, William - Thibodeaux, Terry James - Ramirez, Gilda - Robb, Alan A. - Hilliard, Townsend W. - King, Charles H. - Halbert, David Maurice - Lebert, Lindberg A. - Blume, Dana - Bludworth, Richard W. - Mayville, Donnie D. - Dodd, Harold L.
- Date: 2010
Collection Items: View 1,264 Items
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CollectionPinelands Folklife Project The Pinelands Folklife Project collection represents the culmination of a three-year effort to identify and record the cultural traditions in and around the Pinelands National Reserve in the Pine Barrens region of…- Contributor: Moonsammy, Rita Zorn - American Folklife Center - Ridgway, Merce - Samuelson, Sue - Czarnecki, Joseph P. - Cartwright, Christine A. - McDonald, Dennis - Sinton, John W. - Pinehawkers (Musical Group) - Carroll, Thomas Deblasio ... Moonsammy, Rita Zorn - American Folklife Center - Ridgway, Merce - Samuelson, Sue - Czarnecki, Joseph P. - Cartwright, Christine A. - McDonald, Dennis - Sinton, John W. - Pinehawkers (Musical Group) - Carroll, Thomas Deblasio - Little, Silas - Morgan, Elizabeth M. - Vivian, V. Eugene - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - New Jersey. Pinelands Commission - Pinelands Cultural Society - Hufford, Mary - Thatcher, Elaine - Cervetto, Jack - Orr, Jay - Fleischhauer, Carl - Cohen, David Steven - Lund, Jens - O'Connor, Bonnie Blair - Glassie, Henry - Parsons, Gerald E. - Pinelands Folklife Project (N.J.) - Tweed, Stewart M. - Shourds, Harry V. - Ridgway, Arlene Martin - O'Connor, Malachi - Rubinstein, Nora J. (Nora Jane) - Hunn, Eugene S.
- Date: 1983
Collection Items: View 1,325 Items
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CollectionRhode Island Folklife Project Collection The Rhode Island Folklife Project collection resulted from a field survey project of the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, conducted in cooperation with the Rhode Island Heritage Commission, the Rhode Island…- Contributor: Burns, Thomas A. - Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Rhode Island Folklife Project - American Folklife Center - Fleischhauer, Carl - Horenstein, Henry - Harley, Nancy - Glawson, Francis - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Bartis, Peter - Goldstein, Kenneth S. - Bell, Michael Edward
- Date: 1979
Collection Items: View 979 Items
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CollectionSeptember 11, 2001, Documentary Project Flight Attendant. Photo by David A. Taylor, September 2001. September 11, 2001, Documentary Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress The September 11, 2001 Documentary Project captures the reactions, eyewitness accounts,…- Contributor: Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - American Folklife Center - Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program
- Date: 2001
Collection Items: View 267 Items
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CollectionSonidos de Houston: Documenting the City's Chicano Music Scene Sonidos de Houston: Documenting the City’s Chicano Music Scene is a research and publication initiative supported by a 2022 American Folklife Center Community Collections Grant, an institutional grant program of the Mellon…- Contributor: Ramirez, Luis - Salas, Sarge - Grupo Fuerte (Musical Group) - Rodriguez, Isaac - American Folklife Center - Aguilar, Nestor - Gonzalez, Rigo - Cortez, Ray - Day, Joyce C. - Olivarez, Lupe ... Ramirez, Luis - Salas, Sarge - Grupo Fuerte (Musical Group) - Rodriguez, Isaac - American Folklife Center - Aguilar, Nestor - Gonzalez, Rigo - Cortez, Ray - Day, Joyce C. - Olivarez, Lupe - Fiebre (Musical Group) - Maldonado, Lorie - Sanchez, Armando - Barragán, Larry - Quesada, José Angel - Galván, Felipe - Rodriguez, Roberto - Martinez, Jose M. - Rios, Timothy Max - Gonzalez, Bobby - Ramirez, Mike - Andrew W. Mellon Foundation - Villarreal, Guillermo Memo - Monarcas (Musical Group) - Gonzalez, Julian - Garcia, Ralph - Morris, Johnny - Chavarria, Albert - Castellanos, Vladimir - Barraza, John - Pinon, Mark - Villegas, Juan Carlos - Cevallos, Lawrence - Gutierrez, Moses - Espinoza, Victoriano - Trevino, Juan - Gaitan, Nick - Avizo (Musical Group) - Borrego, Joe
- Date: 2022
Collection Items: View 35 Items
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CollectionSouth-Central Georgia Folklife Project Collection The South-Central Georgia Folklife Project collection resulted from an ethnographic field project conducted in the summer of 1977 by the American Folklife Center of the Library of Congress and the Arts Experiment…- Contributor: Lightfoot, William E. (William Edwin) - Blackmarr, Syd - Robinson, Beverly J. - American Folklife Center - Fleischhauer, Carl - Stanley, David - Jabbour, Alan - Marshall, Howard W. - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Adler, Thomas A. - Hamrick, Raymond C. - Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College - Coelho, Dennis - McGraw, Hugh
- Date: 1977
Collection Items: View 1,121 Items
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CollectionVoices from the Dust Bowl: the Charles L. Todd and Robert Sonkin Migrant Worker Collection, 1940-1941 Voices from the Dust Bowl: The Charles L. Todd and Robert Sonkin Migrant Worker Collection is an online presentation of selections from a multi-format ethnographic field collection documenting the everyday life of…- Contributor: American Folklife Center - Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program
- Date: 1998
Collection Items: View 533 Items
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CollectionVoices Remembering Slavery: Freed People Tell Their Stories The recordings of former slaves in Voices Remembering Slavery: Freed People Tell Their Stories took place between 1932 and 1975 in nine states. Twenty-two interviewees discuss how they felt about slavery, slaveholders,…- Contributor: Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program - American Folklife Center
- Date: 2004
Collection Items: View 66 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: Tauwl, Modesta L. - Tefalelmar, Florentina - American Folklife Center - Ileragipou, Emalani - Uwel, Tyra - Yaloweg, Vreah - Leraw, Rowina - Leframor, Lorita - Ubey, Maria - Legap, Maria ... Tauwl, Modesta L. - Tefalelmar, Florentina - American Folklife Center - Ileragipou, Emalani - Uwel, Tyra - Yaloweg, Vreah - Leraw, Rowina - Leframor, Lorita - Ubey, Maria - Legap, Maria - Mangelfata, Floren - Ilamliyong, Sammy - Andrew W. Mellon Foundation - Lawolthau, Joanna - Leragmai, Frenzita - Reat, Agnes - Paul, Alodia - Ililau, Serphina M. - Eyoeth, Maregrita - Lahasudep, Ygnasia - Ilmar, Doloris - Ilemangit, Gina - Tarongodal, Gregoria - Fichilmar, Conchita - Yalorthog, Rosita - Nianugmwar, Katielyne - Raigetal, Regina R. - Habele Outer Island Education Fund - Leyangrow, Conchita
- Date: 2022
Collection Items: View 71 Items
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CollectionWorking in Paterson: Occupational Heritage in an Urban Setting This collection presents 470 interview excerpts and 3882 photographs from the Working in Paterson Folklife Project of the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. The four-month study of occupational culture…- Contributor: McCarl, Robert - American Folklife Center - United States. National Park Service. Mid-Atlantic Regional Office - Cooper, Martha - Carroll, Thomas Deblasio - Taylor, David Alan - Smith, Lynda S. - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Lautenberg, Frank R. - Lloyd, Timothy Charles - Levitas, Susan - Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program - Pascrell, Bill
- Date: 1993
Collection Items: View 4,388 Items