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CollectionAIDS Memorial Quilt Records This online collection presents digitized images of the AIDS Memorial Quilt panel maker files housed in the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. The panel maker files contain more than…- Contributor: Rhoad, Julie - Names Project Foundation - Jones, Cleve
- Date: 1986
Collection Items: View 5,163 Items
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CollectionAlan Lomax Collection The Alan Lomax Collection includes ethnographic field documentation, materials from Lomax’s various projects, and cross-cultural research created and collected by Alan Lomax and others on traditional song, music, dance, and body movement…- Contributor: Association for Cultural Equity - American Folklife Center - Archive of American Folk Song - Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1933
Collection Items: View 6,612 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: Romel, Ted - McDonough, Patrick - Miron, Joe - Baratono, Art - Pohjala, Aina - Trueblood, Asel - Preda, Emil Milan - Hirvelä, Wäin - Floriani, Veko - Kania, Felix ... Romel, Ted - McDonough, Patrick - Miron, Joe - Baratono, Art - Pohjala, Aina - Trueblood, Asel - Preda, Emil Milan - Hirvelä, Wäin - Floriani, Veko - Kania, Felix - Warslzyk, Tony - Ketvirtis, Charles - McCormick, Ed - Bonner, Patrick - Velin, Maria - Cadeau, Ed - Fredrickson, Kaisa - Frazier, Lonnie - Brideup, Louis - Bellaire, Mose - Nemeth, Kalman - Thrasher, Ed - Cadeau, Mathilda - Lathrop, Carl - Allen, Perry - Leclaire, Leilia - Pol, Thomas - McCauley, Edward - Cloud, Clarence - Sielvankiewiez - Marinetti, Victor - Norman, John - Erickson, Max - King, Edward - Happy Jack Woodward - Grbić, Ludevit - Gallagher, Andrew E. - Bellaire, Exilia - Vizina, Adelore - Basrak, Stjepan - Carrière, Fred - Lewandowski, Ted - Juhani, Aapo - Lewandowski, Edwina - Frazier, Viola - Rajčević, Stepan - Berky, Nandor - Maki, Emil - Maki, Frank - Larson, Steen - Frazier, Clara - Kubien, Rose - McBride, Bill - Hyvönen, John - Frazier, Belle - Halinen, Selma Elona - Green, John W. - Gaza, V. Sipoo - Olah, Julius - Ricksgers, Joseph - Floriani, Vladimir - Romel, Leo - Dragić, Todor - Jackson, Andrew - Gallagher, Dominic - Pope, Allan C. - Meyers, Herman - Lomax, Alan - Vujanović, Stjepan - Romel - Hulan - Maté - Kallio, Kalle - Viita, Frank - McCarthy, Barney - Delmas, Adolphus - Pischner, Helen - Mahoski, Henry - Fredrickson, John - Larson, Nils - Vasvary, Steve - Kruczynski, Clara - Marttila - Floriani, Margaret - Wells, Lester - Strzelecki, Tony - Romel, Sylvester - Wallen, Mr - Lewandowski, Stephan - Trivanović, Stefan - Marinetti, John - Styes, Archie - Pittman, Sampson - Forster, Yalmer Eino - Korvenpaa, Charles - Niewiadomska, Frances - O'Donnell, Mike J. - Rudzinski, Alex - Graham, Bert - Lewandowski, Stephanie - Szilagyi, Dizso - Härkönen, Amanda - Marczis, Joseph - Guzal, Frank - Similä, Gusti - Bonner, Daniel - Carrière, Dolphis - Frazier, Calvin - Gallagher, Emerald - Tomić, Pajo - Bangac, Petar - Cloud, Joe - Cadeau, John - Palmer, Mason - Scheffer, Peter - Rautanen, Vernon - Aho, Pekka - Larson, John - Szabo, Andy - Dobričan, Lazar - Archive of American Folk Song - Kubesh, John G. - Romel, Adolph - Sainović, Ilija - Aho, Lillian - Krawezak, B.
- Date: 1938
Collection Items: View 1,270 Items
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CollectionAmerican Folklife Center Web Archive The American Folklife Center Archive, established in the Library of Congress Music Division in 1928 as the Archive of American Folk Song, is now one of the largest archives of ethnographic materials…Collection Items: View 23 Items
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CollectionAmerican Life Histories: Manuscripts from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1940 This collection of life histories consists of approximately 2,900 documents, compiled and transcribed by more than 300 writers from 24 states, working on the Folklore Project of the Federal Writers’ Project, a…- Contributor: Federal Writers' Project - United States. Work Projects Administration - United States. Works Progress Administration - Writers' Program (U.S.)
- Date: 1936
Collection Items: View 2,838 Items
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CollectionAmerican Notes: Travels in America, 1750-1920 Comprises 253 published narratives by Americans and foreign visitors recounting their travels in the colonies and the United States and their observations and opinions about American peoples, places, and society from about…- Contributor: Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program
- Date: 2003
Collection Items: View 257 Items
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CollectionBefore and After the Great Earthquake and Fire: Early Films of San Francisco, 1897-1916 This collection consists of twenty-six films of San Francisco from before and after the Great Earthquake and Fire, 1897-1916. Seventeen of the films depict San Francisco and its environs before the 1906…- Contributor: Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program - Library of Congress. Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division
- Date: 1999
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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, Bess Lomax - Berman, Marcia - Gilkyson, Terry - Dehr, Rich - Mohr, Larry - Miller, Frank - Odetta - National Endowment for the Arts. Folk Arts Program - Hawes, Butch
- 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: Mullen, Patrick B. - Bryan, Mamie - Fleischhauer, Carl - Patton, Ila - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Jabbour, Alan - United States. National Park Service - Severt, Carrie - Eiler, Terry - Todd, Zenna ... Mullen, Patrick B. - Bryan, Mamie - Fleischhauer, Carl - Patton, Ila - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Jabbour, Alan - United States. National Park Service - Severt, Carrie - Eiler, Terry - Todd, Zenna - Wilson, Joe - Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Jarrell, Tommy - Richardson, Larry - Cruise, Crystal - Shockley, Maggie - Owen, Margaret Counts - Adler, Thomas A. - Ray, Roxie - Eiler, Lyntha Scott - Marshall, Howard W. - Blue Ridge Parkway Folklife Project - Wolfe, Charles K. - American Folklife Center - Owen, Blanton - Stanley, Lura - Choate, Donna
- Date: 1977
Collection Items: View 2,103 Items
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CollectionBrazil Cordel Literature Web Archive Brazilian chapbooks, known as literatura de cordel, are typically sold at street fairs, where the pamphlets are hung by string (cordel in Portuguese). They are a grassroots form of communication whose purpose…- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Hispanic Division
- Date: 2011
Collection Items: View 30 Items
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CollectionBuckaroos in Paradise: Ranching Culture in Northern Nevada, 1945-1982 Includes 41 motion pictures and 28 sound recordings, motion pictures produced from 1945 to 1965 by Leslie Stewart (owner of the Ninety-Six Ranch), 2,400 still photographs drawn from the Center's ethnographic field…- Contributor: Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program - American Folklife Center
- Date: 1998
Collection Items: View 2,441 Items
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CollectionCalifornia as I Saw It: First-Person Narratives of California's Early Years, 1849-1900 The collection covers the dramatic decades between the Gold Rush and the turn of the twentieth century. It captures the pioneer experience; encounters between Anglo-Americans and the diverse peoples who had preceded…Collection Items: View 206 Items
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CollectionCalifornia Gold: Northern California Folk Music from the Thirties Collected by Sidney Robertson Cowell This online presentation, California Gold: Northern California Folk Music from the Thirties, comprises 35 hours of folk music recorded in 12 languages representing numerous ethnic groups and 185 musicians. It includes sound…- Contributor: Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program - Cowell, Sidney Robertson - American Folklife Center
- Date: 1997
Collection Items: View 1,246 Items
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CollectionCapital and the Bay: Narratives of Washington and the Chesapeake Bay Region, 1600-1925 The fourth in a series of local history collections presented by the National Digital Library Program as part of American Memory, joined "California As I Saw It", Pioneering the Upper Midwest, and…- Contributor: Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program - Library of Congress. Rare Book and Special Collections Division
- Date: 2000
Collection Items: View 143 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: Archive of American Folk Song - Lomax, John A. (John Avery) - American Folklife Center - Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program - Nye, Pearl R. - Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1937
Collection Items: View 141 Items
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CollectionCarnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South Noted architectural photographer Frances Benjamin Johnston (1864-1952) created a systematic record of early American buildings and gardens called the Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South (CSAS). This collection, created primarily…- Contributor: Carnegie Corporation of New York - Johnston, Frances Benjamin
- Date: 1864
Collection Items: View 6,965 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: Kalčik, Susan J. - Libonati, Roland V. (Roland Victor) - Fleischhauer, Carl - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Swenson, Greta E. - Mathias, Elizabeth - Moloney, Mick - Mack, James - Brzovich, Mato - Klymasz, Robert Bogdan ... Kalčik, Susan J. - Libonati, Roland V. (Roland Victor) - Fleischhauer, Carl - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Swenson, Greta E. - Mathias, Elizabeth - Moloney, Mick - Mack, James - Brzovich, Mato - Klymasz, Robert Bogdan - González, José Gamaliel - Bradunas, Elena - Dovydenas, Jonas - Chicago Ethnic Arts Project - Bartis, Peter - George, Philip B. - Lund, Jens - Metcalfe, Ralph H. - Hellenberg, Antony - Robinson, Beverly J. - Klymasz, Shirley - Fiske-Rusciano, Roberta - Choi, Chungmoo - American Folklife Center - Kubose, Minnie Somi - March, Richard - Illinois Arts Council - Trbuhovic-Grasa, Gordana - Epstein, Shifra
- Date: 1976
Collection Items: View 1,138 Items
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CollectionChinese Rare Book Digital Collection The Chinese Rare Book Digital Collection draws from the 5,300 titles of Chinese rare books housed at the Asian Division of the Library of Congress. The online presentation includes nearly 2,000 digitized…Collection Items: View 1,982 Items
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CollectionChristian A. Fleetwood Papers The papers of soldier and civic leader Christian Abraham Fleetwood (1840-1914) consist of approximately 400 items comprising 1,143 images, most of which were digitized from one reel of previously produced microfilm except…- Contributor: Fleetwood, Sara Iredell - Fleetwood, Christian A. (Christian Abraham)
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CollectionChronicling America Search America's Historic Newspaper Pages through 1963 Please Note: The Library of Congress has transitioned the longstanding Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers website to this new digital collection format. This change includes…- Contributor: Library of Congress - National Digital Newspaper Program (U.S.) - National Endowment for the Humanities
- Date: 2006
Collection Items: View 3,097,504 Items
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CollectionCities and Towns This category includes maps that depict individual buildings to panoramic views of large urban areas. These maps record the evolution of cities illustrating the development and nature of economic activities, educational and…- Date: 1500
Collection Items: View 3,819 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: American Folklife Center - Natanson, Barbara Orbach - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Marshall, Howard W. - Emrich, Ron - Dettmer, Elke
- Date: 1980
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CollectionCOVID-19 American History Project COVID-19 was a global pandemic that altered many aspects of American life. From January 2020 to August 2024, over 1,100,000 Americans died from the disease. Quarantine measures, enacted to avoid the spread…- Contributor: Bernstein, Sara Tatyana - Kinoshita, Ashley - Simmons, Jessica - Cane, Brodrick - Oubre, Anita - Davis, Sidney - Bauer, Luke - Griffin, Shaquita - Roy, Kiran - Garcia, Fredy M. ... Bernstein, Sara Tatyana - Kinoshita, Ashley - Simmons, Jessica - Cane, Brodrick - Oubre, Anita - Davis, Sidney - Bauer, Luke - Griffin, Shaquita - Roy, Kiran - Garcia, Fredy M. - Chatelain, Elise M. - Hope, Shaye - Peters-Muhammad, Jamilah Yejide - Wicker, Ragan - Onikosi, Kami - E.F. Cuttin - Parquet, Zelda - American Folklife Center - Callahan, Paulette - Ciereszynski, Ezra - Hayes, Janine - Micaroni, Justin - Paxton, Christine - Breaux, Lionel
- Date: 2023
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CollectionCurtis (Edward S.) Collection The Curtis collection consists of more than 2,400 silver-gelatin, first generation photographic prints--some of which are sepia-toned--made from Curtis's original glass negatives. Most of the photographic prints are 5" x 7" although…- Contributor: Curtis, Edward S.
- Date: 1899
Collection Items: View 1,149 Items
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CollectionDirectory of U.S. Newspapers in American Libraries The Directory of U.S. Newspapers in American Libraries is a searchable index of newspapers published in the United States since 1690. This directory can help identify what titles exist for a specific…Collection Items: View 157,820 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: Fleischhauer, Carl - Bromberg, Joann Berlin - Miller, Jefferson - Skillman, Amy E. - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Conklin, Nancy Faires - Proschan, Frank - Basa, Peter - Tarhan, Lance - Leung, John ... Fleischhauer, Carl - Bromberg, Joann Berlin - Miller, Jefferson - Skillman, Amy E. - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Conklin, Nancy Faires - Proschan, Frank - Basa, Peter - Tarhan, Lance - Leung, John - McCallum, Brenda - Feintuch, Burt - Long, Lucy M. - McClain, Margy - Cech, Barbara - Arocho, Rudy - Vidutis, Richard - Marks, Morton - Westover, Victoria - Fast, Jana - Deak, Frank - Haas, Mary-Louise - Bradunas, Elena - Davis, Lee - Fish, Lydia M. - Webber, Philip E. - Penti, Marsha Elizabeth - Baird, Scott J. - Kloberdanz, Timothy J. - Nagy, Susan Mary - Bell, Carole O. - Seipel, Sandy - American Folklife Center - Gates, Bob - Dwyer-Shick, Susan - Sacks, Maurie - Topping, Brett
- Date: 1982
Collection Items: View 788 Items
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CollectionFarm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black-and-White Negatives The photographs of the Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection form an extensive pictorial record of American life between 1935 and 1944. This U.S. government photography project was…- Contributor: United States. Office of War Information - United States. Farm Security Administration
- Date: 1935
Collection Items: View 171,048 Items
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CollectionFarm Security Administration/Office of War Information Color Photographs Photographers working for the U.S. government's Farm Security Administration (FSA) and later the Office of War Information (OWI) between 1939 and 1944 made approximately 1,600 color photographs that depict life in the…- Contributor: Delano, Jack - Rittase, William M. - Bransby, David - Collins, Marjory - Sherwood, Mark - Feininger, Andreas - United States. Office of War Information - United States. Farm Security Administration - Rosskam, Louise - Dixon, Royden ... Delano, Jack - Rittase, William M. - Bransby, David - Collins, Marjory - Sherwood, Mark - Feininger, Andreas - United States. Office of War Information - United States. Farm Security Administration - Rosskam, Louise - Dixon, Royden - Hollem, Howard R. - Vachon, John - Collier, John - Liberman, Howard - Rothstein, Arthur - Rous, John - Downey, Jack - Lee, Russell - Jacobs, Fenno - Wolcott, Marion Post - Palmer, Alfred T. - Siegel, Arthur S.
- Date: 1939
Collection Items: View 1,623 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: Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program - Kennedy, Stetson - American Folklife Center
- Date: 2000
Collection Items: View 494 Items
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CollectionFood and Foodways Web Archive The scope of the Food and Foodways collection of archived websites is broad, reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of food studies. The collection provides an inclusive space for food-related sites proposed by nominators…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Science, Technology, and Business Division - Library of Congress
- Date: 2018
Collection Items: View 98 Items
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CollectionGeospatial Applications Story Maps and web maps produced at the Library of Congress utilize geospatial technology to create curated entry points into our digital collections. We invite you to explore the incredible stories of…Collection Items: View 132 Items
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CollectionGrabill Collection The one hundred and eighty-eight photographs sent by John C.H. Grabill to the Library of Congress for copyright protection between 1887 and 1892 are thought to be the largest surviving collection of…- Contributor: Grabill, John C. H.
- Date: 1887
Collection Items: View 193 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: Archuleta, Ricardo - García, Pedro - Trujillo, Amado - Archive of Folk Song (U.S.) - Romero, Alfredo - Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program - Rael, Juan Bautista - Espinosa, Rosabel L. - Chávez, Adelaido - Mares, Remigio ... Archuleta, Ricardo - García, Pedro - Trujillo, Amado - Archive of Folk Song (U.S.) - Romero, Alfredo - Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program - Rael, Juan Bautista - Espinosa, Rosabel L. - Chávez, Adelaido - Mares, Remigio - Anaya, Nieves - Arellano, Esequiel - Anaya, Ernestina - Lobato, Julián - Arellano, Narciso - Lobato, Salomé - American Folklife Center - Montoya, Luis - Chávez, Adolfo - Medina, Esteban - Martínez Y Lavadi, Samuel - Cantú, José Ignacio - Lamadrid, Enrique R.
- Date: 1940
Collection Items: View 226 Items
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CollectionHorydczak Collection The Theodor Horydczak Collection (about 14,350 photographs online) documents the architecture and social life of the Washington metropolitan area in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s, including exteriors and interiors of commercial, residential,…- Contributor: Horydczak, Theodor
- Date: 1915
Collection Items: View 14,331 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: Manini, Paula Marie - DeNatale, Douglas - Williams, John Alexander - American Folklife Center - Light, Ken - Notarianni, Philip F. - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Tavarelli, Paola - Graham, Andrea - Lund, Jens ... Manini, Paula Marie - DeNatale, Douglas - Williams, John Alexander - American Folklife Center - Light, Ken - Notarianni, Philip F. - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Tavarelli, Paola - Graham, Andrea - Lund, Jens - Owen, Blanton - Roeder, Beatrice A. - Parks, Valerie - Siporin, Steve - Carter, Thomas - Frank, Russell - Taylor, David Alan - Wood, Myron
- 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 - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - United States. National Park Service - Tankersley, Tom - Hufford, Mary
- Date: 1985
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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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CollectionJohn A. Lomax and Alan Lomax Papers John A. Lomax, Sr., and his son Alan Lomax became stewards of a nascent Archive of American Folk-Song in September 1933. Their tenure lasted until Alan separated from the Library of Congress…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Music Division - Archive of American Folk Song - Lomax, John A. (John Avery) - Lomax, Alan
- Date: 1907
Collection Items: View 415 Items
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CollectionLao Buddhist New Year Festival in Southern Louisiana This collection documents the 2022 Louisiana Lao New Year Festival (LLNY) presented April 15-17, 2022, by Wat Thammarattanaram, a Buddhist temple and monastery in Broussard (Iberia Parish), Louisiana. With the support of…- Contributor: Xanamane, Samko - Luangphone, Nithy - Sengsouly, Meng - Phoumylay, Palixay - Louangsouphom, Chanthaly - Xanamane, Amonelath - Haggood, Sami - Xanamane, Aet - Ounechith, Bouasone - Sengsouly, Khanthaly ... Xanamane, Samko - Luangphone, Nithy - Sengsouly, Meng - Phoumylay, Palixay - Louangsouphom, Chanthaly - Xanamane, Amonelath - Haggood, Sami - Xanamane, Aet - Ounechith, Bouasone - Sengsouly, Khanthaly - Malathong, Vetsouvanh Ning - Thalanh, Sith - Phoumylay, Fancy - Xanamane, Kingston - Xanamane, Phouthone - Phoumylay, Khamsone - Thongdy, Kira - Khambounleuang, Oubonlath Alee - American Folklife Center - Xanamane, Phanat - Pakdi, Inseng - Somchit, Amy - Andrew W. Mellon Foundation - Nunez, Heddy L. - Hamdani, Badar
- Date: 2022
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CollectionLawrence & Houseworth Collection In 1867 the Library of Congress acquired a set of more than 900 albumen silver half stereographs published by Lawrence and Houseworth of San Francisco. The acquisition also included the third edition…- Contributor: Lawrence & Houseworth
- Date: 1862
Collection Items: View 910 Items