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Kansas
The American Folklife Center was created in 1976 by the U.S. Congress through Public Law 94-201 and charged to "preserve and present American folklife." The Center incorporates the Archive
of Folk Culture, which was established at the Library of Congress in 1928, and is now one of the largest collections of ethnographic material from the United States and around the world.
Collections
The collections of the American Folklife Center contain materials from
Kansas that document the diversity of the state's folk traditions. Among
its unique recordings are folklore and reminiscences of Kansas Mennonites
and old-time fiddle music. Other Kansas recordings range from blues to
mariachi music, from gospel to Croatian tamburitza music.
- Kansas Collections in the Archive of Folk
Culture [full text]
Kansas participated in the Library's Bicentennial Local Legacies project,
which includes documentation of local traditions and celebrations for the
American Folklife Center's Archive of Folk Culture.
Consultancies
- 1990 Consultant to Folklife Institute of Central Kansas, and presenter
at Bethany College, Lindsborg.
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