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    Blue 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 - Shockley, Maggie - Marshall, Howard W. - Stanley, Lura - Ray, Roxie - Wolfe, Charles K. - Eiler, Lyntha Scott - Adler, Thomas A. - Wilson, Joe - Bryan, Mamie ... Severt, Carrie - Shockley, Maggie - Marshall, Howard W. - Stanley, Lura - Ray, Roxie - Wolfe, Charles K. - Eiler, Lyntha Scott - Adler, Thomas A. - Wilson, Joe - Bryan, Mamie - Owen, Blanton - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Owen, Margaret Counts - Richardson, Larry - Cruise, Crystal - Blue Ridge Parkway Folklife Project - American Folklife Center - Fleischhauer, Carl - Mullen, Patrick B. - Patton, Ila - United States. National Park Service - Eiler, Terry - Todd, Zenna - Jabbour, Alan - Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Jarrell, Tommy - Choate, Donna
    • Date: 1977

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    Captain 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 - Lomax, John A. (John Avery) - Nye, Pearl R. - Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program - American Folklife Center - Archive of American Folk Song
    • Date: 1937

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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…
    • Contributor: Illinois Arts Council - Hellenberg, Antony - Mack, James - Kalčik, Susan J. - Chicago Ethnic Arts Project - George, Philip B. - González, José Gamaliel - Bradunas, Elena - Fiske-Rusciano, Roberta - Epstein, Shifra ... Illinois Arts Council - Hellenberg, Antony - Mack, James - Kalčik, Susan J. - Chicago Ethnic Arts Project - George, Philip B. - González, José Gamaliel - Bradunas, Elena - Fiske-Rusciano, Roberta - Epstein, Shifra - Moloney, Mick - Trbuhovic-Grasa, Gordana - Klymasz, Robert Bogdan - Dovydenas, Jonas - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - March, Richard - Mathias, Elizabeth - Lund, Jens - American Folklife Center - Fleischhauer, Carl - Brzovich, Mato - Klymasz, Shirley - Bartis, Peter - Choi, Chungmoo - Robinson, Beverly J. - Libonati, Roland V. (Roland Victor) - Kubose, Minnie Somi - Metcalfe, Ralph H. - Swenson, Greta E.
    • Date: 1976

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    Ethnic 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: Bell, Carole O. - Feintuch, Burt - Nagy, Susan Mary - Sacks, Maurie - Deak, Frank - Marks, Morton - Arocho, Rudy - Bradunas, Elena - Conklin, Nancy Faires - Gates, Bob ... Bell, Carole O. - Feintuch, Burt - Nagy, Susan Mary - Sacks, Maurie - Deak, Frank - Marks, Morton - Arocho, Rudy - Bradunas, Elena - Conklin, Nancy Faires - Gates, Bob - McClain, Margy - Kloberdanz, Timothy J. - Davis, Lee - Skillman, Amy E. - Bromberg, Joann Berlin - Topping, Brett - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Basa, Peter - Haas, Mary-Louise - Tarhan, Lance - Baird, Scott J. - Fast, Jana - American Folklife Center - Fleischhauer, Carl - Fish, Lydia M. - Dwyer-Shick, Susan - Cech, Barbara - Westover, Victoria - Seipel, Sandy - Vidutis, Richard - Proschan, Frank - McCallum, Brenda - Penti, Marsha Elizabeth - Webber, Philip E. - Long, Lucy M. - Miller, Jefferson - Leung, John
    • Date: 1982

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    Fiddle 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 - Reed, Gene - Reed, Watha - Glenroy, William B. - American Folklife Center - Ricci, Glenn - Jabbour, Alan
    • Date: 2000

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    Italian 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: Manini, Paula Marie - Roeder, Beatrice A. - Graham, Andrea - DeNatale, Douglas - Parks, Valerie - Siporin, Steve - Tavarelli, Paola - Williams, John Alexander - Lund, Jens - Notarianni, Philip F. ... Manini, Paula Marie - Roeder, Beatrice A. - Graham, Andrea - DeNatale, Douglas - Parks, Valerie - Siporin, Steve - Tavarelli, Paola - Williams, John Alexander - Lund, Jens - Notarianni, Philip F. - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Light, Ken - American Folklife Center - Frank, Russell - Wood, Myron - Carter, Thomas - Owen, Blanton - Taylor, David Alan
    • Date: 1988

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    Lowell 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: Lowell National Historical Park (Lowell, Mass.) - DeNatale, Douglas - Massachusetts Council on the Arts and Humanities - Wachs, Eleanor F. - Lueders-Booth, John - Norkunas, Martha K. - Bell, Michael Edward - Lowell Historic Preservation Commission (U.S.) - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Refugee Arts Group ... Lowell National Historical Park (Lowell, Mass.) - DeNatale, Douglas - Massachusetts Council on the Arts and Humanities - Wachs, Eleanor F. - Lueders-Booth, John - Norkunas, Martha K. - Bell, Michael Edward - Lowell Historic Preservation Commission (U.S.) - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Refugee Arts Group - Rankin, Tom - University of Lowell - American Folklife Center - Fleischhauer, Carl - Bartis, Peter - Taylor, David Alan - United States. National Park Service - Fertig, Barbara C. - Montaño, Mario
    • Date: 1987

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    Maine 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: Whitman, David A. - Marshall, Howard W. - American Folklife Center - Ornstein, Lisa - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - United States. National Park Service. North Atlantic Regional Office - Brassieur, C. Ray - Bayley, Julie - Taylor, David Alan
    • Date: 1991

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    Montana 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: Johnson, Paula J. - McBride, Tom - Toelken, Barre - Montana Arts Council - Toelken, Miiko - Crummett, Michael - Fleischhauer, Carl - Young, Kay - Dockstader, Ray - American Folklife Center - Stanton, Gary Ward - Wasson, George B. - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1979

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    New 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: Pratt, Boyd C. - Museum of International Folk Art (N.M.) - American Folklife Center - Fleischhauer, Carl - New Mexico. Historic Preservation Division - Kalb, Laurie Beth
    • Date: 1984

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    Omaha Indian Music Presented here are selections from the American Folklife Center's collections documenting Omaha music traditions. The sound recordings include 44 wax cylinder recordings made in the 1890s (first published on a 1985 LP…
    • Contributor: Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program - American Folklife Center
    • Date: 2000

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    Rhode 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. - Harley, Nancy - Glawson, Francis - American Folklife Center - Fleischhauer, Carl - Rhode Island Folklife Project - Bell, Michael Edward - Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Goldstein, Kenneth S. - Bartis, Peter - Horenstein, Henry - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1979

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    South-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: Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College - Stanley, David - Lightfoot, William E. (William Edwin) - Marshall, Howard W. - Robinson, Beverly J. - American Folklife Center - Coelho, Dennis - Fleischhauer, Carl - Adler, Thomas A. - McGraw, Hugh - Jabbour, Alan - Blackmarr, Syd - Hamrick, Raymond C. - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1977

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    Working 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: United States. National Park Service. Mid-Atlantic Regional Office - Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program - Smith, Lynda S. - Taylor, David Alan - Carroll, Thomas Deblasio - Pascrell, Bill - American Folklife Center - Cooper, Martha - Lautenberg, Frank R. - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - McCarl, Robert - Lloyd, Timothy Charles - Levitas, Susan
    • Date: 1993

    Collection Items: View 4,388 Items