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Story Maps

Staff at the AFC have been using the Story Map platform to create curated entry points into our online collections that are rich in context and audio-visual content. Story Maps at the Library of Congress are immersive web applications that tell the incredible stories of the Library’s collections through narrative, multimedia, and interactive maps. Preferred browsers are Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, or Safari.

For questions regarding Library of Congress Story Maps, please contact ghe@loc.gov.

The American Folklife Center Online The American Folklife Center Online, by Michelle Stefano, Allina Migoni, Melanie Zeck, and Stephen Winick, American Folklife Center. American Folklife Center Online helps researchers and educators explore and access the Center's online resources, inspiring ways that they can be integrated into teaching. This downloadable CSV file provides the mapped data in this story map.
Work in Progress Work in Progress, by Michelle Stefano and Nancy Groce, American Folklife Center. This Story Map explores the American Folklife Center's Occupational Folklife Collections, which focus on documenting people's work cultures ("occupational folklife") across the U.S. This downloadable CSV file provides the mapped data in this Story Map.
Routes and Roots Routes and Roots: Mapping African American Expressive Culture, by Guha Shankar, Valda Morris, Melanie Zeck, and Thea Austen, American Folklife Center. The expressive culture and artistry of the nation's African American communities are illustrated in the collections of the national Library's historic collections. This downloadable CSV file provides the mapped data in this Story Map.
Raíces y Rutas: Roots & Routes of Hispanic Cultural Performances Raíces y Rutas: Roots & Routes of Hispanic Cultural Performances, by Guha Shankar, Thea Austen, Kennedi Johnson, Allina Migoni, and Carolina Restrepo, American Folklife Center. Library collections illustrate the depth and breadth of the expressive culture and artistry of the nation's Hispanic communities. This downloadable CSV file provides the mapped data in this Story Map.
Tonada del País: The American Folklife Center's Juan B. Rael Collection Tonada del País: The American Folklife Center's Juan B. Rael Collection, by Michelle Stefano, Camille Acosta, and John Fenn, American Folklife Center. This story map explores the 1940 music recording trip of scholar Juan B. Rael across the Northern Rio Grande region of Northern New Mexico and Southern Colorado. This downloadable CSV file provides the mapped data in this Story Map.
Chicago Blues and Jazz Chicago Blues and Jazz, by Michelle Stefano, American Folklife Center. The Chicago Blues and Jazz Story Map is based on documentation of African American blues and jazz musicians, singers, and venues, as represented in the American Folklife Center's online Chicago Ethnic Arts Project Collection. This downloadable CSV file provides the mapped data in this story map.
Homegrown Pride Homegrown Pride, by Edward Wang and Michelle Stefano, American Folklife Center. An interactive map and multimedia exploration of community cultural centers in 1977 Chicago and today. This downloadable CSV file provides the mapped data in this story map.
American Folklife Center: Field Surveys (1977-1998) American Folklife Center: Field Surveys (1977-1998), by Mackenzie Kwok and John Fenn, American Folklife Center. This Story Map explores collections related to a series of field surveys that the American Folklife Center facilitated from 1977 to 1998. These large-scale ethnographic projects produced extensive documentation of traditional culture across the U.S. This downloadable CSV file provides the mapped data in this story map.
Freedom Freedom, by Guha Shankar, American Folklife Center. Freedom illuminates the modern period of the long black freedom struggle through this presentation of oral narratives and images from the Library of Congress's unique collections of video recordings, newspapers, and photographs. This downloadable CSV file provides the mapped data in this story map.

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