Index of Site Contents

A

• A Commonwealth of Cultures booklet by Mary Hufford
• A Teacher's Guide to Folklife Resources searchable database of educational resources by Carol Moran and Catherine Hiebert Kerst
• About the American Folklife Center
• Abrahams, Roger: "Folklore’s Champion: Ben Botkin" presented by Roger D. Abrahams (2007 Botkin Lecture, webcast)
• Addresses, phone numbers, email addresses: Contact Information
• AFCnews Listserv (announcement list)
• Afghanistan:
• "Afghan Women’s Stories: The Problematics of Cover," presented by Margaret Mills, September 19, 2007. (Botkin lecture, webcast).
• "Politics and Poetics: Fieldwork in Afghanistan and Jamaica," Margaret Mills and Kenneth Bilby August 3, 2006. (Botkin lecture, webcast)
• African-American:
• Aubrey Ghent and Friends — Sacred Steel Lap Guitar (2007 Homegrown concert, webcast)
• The Alan Lomax Collection (a selection of examples from a major collection)
• Birmingham Sunlights (2005 Homegrown concert, webcast)
• Blind Boys of Alabama (Homegrown 2002 concert, webcast excerpts. Part One, Part Two)
• Experiencing War: African Americans at War: Fighting Two Battles (Veterans History Project online exhibit)
• Experiencing War: Buffalo Soldiers (Veterans History Project online exhibit)
• Florida Folklife from the WPA Collections, 1937-1942 (online collection)
• Folk-Songs of America: The Robert Winslow Gordon Collection, 1922-1932 (presentation based on the 1977 LP recording)
• "From Virginia to Vermont: a Trek from Slavery to Freedom" an audio illustrated lecture presented by Dr. Jane Beck. (2005 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
• "The Beat: Go-Go's Fusion of Funk and Hip-Hop" ethnomusicologist Kip Lornell discussed the book of the same title he coauthored with Charles C. Stephenson, Jr. (2005 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
• James "Super Chikan" Johnson and Richard Christman Blues Guitar from Mississippi (2006 Homegrown concert, webcast)
• Laborlore Conversations IV: Documenting Occupational Folklore Then and Now (2007 Symposium, webcasts)
• Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (selections from the collection)
• Mister Jelly Roll, Mister Lomax and the Invention of Jazz — Illustrated Lecture by John Szwed (2006 Homegrown lecture/concert, webcast)
• National Visionary Leadership Project Collection Showcase 2008 (webcast)
• Negrura Peruana — Afro Peruvian music and dance from Connecticut (2005 Homegrown concert, webcast)
• "Now What a Time": Blues, Gospel, and the Fort Valley Music Festivals, 1938-1943 (online collection)
• "Politics and Poetics: Fieldwork in Afghanistan and Jamaica," a special presentation by Margaret Mills and Kenneth Bilby (2006 Botkin lecture, webcast )
• Reverb (2007 Homegrown concert, webcast)
• Southern Mosaic: The John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip (online collection)
• Voices from the Days of Slavery: Former Slaves Tell Their Stories (online collection)
• "Voices from the Days of Slavery: Former Slaves Tell Their Stories" presented by John Barton (discusses the creation of the online collection. 2004 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
• "Waking up the People" Presented by Linda Goss (2006 Botkin presentation, webcast)
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture
• After the Day of Infamy: The "Man on the Street Interviews" Following the Attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941 (online collection)
• AIDS Quilt: "What's in a Name? AIDS, Vernacular Risk Perception and the Culture of Ownership," Diane Goldstein, October 4, 2006 (Botkin Lecture, webcast)
• Alabama:
• Birmingham Sunlights (2005 Homegrown concert, webcast)
• Blind Boys of Alabama (2002 Homegrown concert, webcast excerpts: Part One, Part Two)
• Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
• "Now What a Time": Blues, Gospel, and the Fort Valley Music Festivals, 1938-1943 (online collection)
• Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
• Southern Mosaic: The John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip (online collection)
• Voices from the Days of Slavery: Former Slaves Tell Their Stories (online collection)
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture
• Alaska:
• Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
• Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture
• Albania: Merita Halili and the Raif Huseni Orchestra (2008 Homegrown concert, webcast)
• American Folk Music and Folklore Recordings: A Selected List (annual issues 1988-1992)
• American Folklife Center Collections Policy Statement
• American Indian: See Native American
• American Memory Collections: See Online Collections and Presentations
• Announcements:
  • AFCnews Listserv
  • What's Happening at the American Folklife Center?
• Annual Reports of the American Folklife Center
• Archive of Folk Culture: Collections and Research Services: The Archive of Folk Culture
• Archive of Folk Culture: How to do Research in the Archive of Folk Culture
• Archive of Folk Culture Finding Aids
• Archival Practice:
  • American Folklife Center Collections Policy Statement
  • Ethnographic Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture: A Contributor's Guide brochure by Stephanie A. Hall
  • "Facing the Music: Traditional Culture and Copyright," Dr. Bryan Bachner (2005 Botkin lecture, webcast)
  • Field Schools for Cultural Documentation
  • Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture
  • Folk Heritage Collections in Crisis: Symposium and Products
  • Folk Heritage Collections in Crisis report from CLIR, provided on the CLIR Web site
  • "Historic Sound Recordings Collections Win Save America's Treasures Preservation Grant," article by James Hardin
  • "Intellectual Property Rights and Audiovisual Archives and Collections," article by Anthony Seeger
  • "No Time to Dawdle: Folk Heritage Collections in Crisis," article by James Hardin
  • "Preservation of Audio," article by Elizabeth Cohen
  • "Preserving Sound Recordings," article by Stephanie A. Hall
  • Save Our Sounds Project
  • Society of American Archivists Pre-Conference Symposium: Ethnographic Archives, Communities of Origin, and Intangible Cultural Heritage 2006
  • "Stating the Obvious: Lessons Learned While Accessing Archival Audio Collections," article by Virginia Danielson
• Arizona:
• Arizona Heritage Project: Heritage Projects and Place-Based Education
• Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
• Dineh Tah Navajo Dancers from Arizona and New Mexico (2005 Homegrown concert, webcast)
• Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture
• Arkansas:
• Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
• Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
• Sonny Burgess and the Pacers — Rockabilly music from Arkansas (2006 Homegrown concert, webcast)
• Southern Mosaic: The John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip (online collection)
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture
• Armenia: David & Levon Ayriyan: Armenian music from Rhode Island (2006 Homegrown concert, webcast)
• Art Culture and Governement: The New Deal at 75 (2008 Symposium)
• Asian and Asian-American:
• "The Changing Worlds of the Patuas of West Bengal," Presented by Frank Korom. (2006 Botkin lecture, webcast)
• "Chinese Folk Art Today," an illustrated lecture by Yong Xianrang. (2004 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
• "Eight Sounds of Chinese Music," an illustrated lecture by Nora Yeh. (2004 Botkin Lecture. Flyer essay only.)
• Experiencing War: Asian Pacific Americans: Going for Broke (Veterans History Project, online exhibit)
• Natasinh Dancers & Musicians — Lao music and dance from Iowa. (2006 Homegrown concert, webcast)
• "Song & Silence," Sara M. Davis on ethnic Tai Lües (2005 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture
• Awards (Parson's Fund Award, Blanton Owen Award, Henry Reed Award, etc.)
• Ayriyan: David & Levon Ayriyan: Armenian music from Rhode Island (2006 Homegrown concert, webcast)

B

• Bachner, Bryan: "Facing the Music: Traditional Culture and Copyright," presented by Dr. Bryan Bachner (2005 Botkin lecture, webcast)
• Ballads:
• Carter Family Tribute — Old Time Music from Virginia (2005 Homegrown concert, webcast)
• Folksongs of America: the Robert Winslow Gordon Collection, 1922-1932 (online presentation of recordings and photographs from the 1978 LP)
• Margaret MacArthur — Ballads and songs from Vermont (2005 Homegrown, webcast)
• See Also: Published Sound Recordings from the Archive of Folk Culture
• Bartis, Peter:
• Folklife and Fieldwork booklet by Peter Bartis
• Folklife Sourcebook directory by Peter Bartis and Stephanie Hall
• Barton, John: "Voices from the Days of Slavery: Former Slaves Tell Their Stories," presented by John Barton (discusses the creation of the online collection. 2004 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
• Barton, Matthew: "Not the Same Old (Folk) Song and Dance: Field Recordings in the European Communities of the United States," presented by Matthew Barton (2006 Botkin lecture, webcast)
• Basque: "Basque Culture in the Western United States," an illustrated lecture by Maria Carmen RA. Gambliel. (2004 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
• Beck, Jane: "From Virginia to Vermont: a Trek from Slavery to Freedom," an audio illustrated lecture presented by Dr. Jane Beck. (2005 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
• Benjamin Botkin Lecture Series
• Benjamin Botkin Lecture Series Online Archives (flyer lectures, selected Webcasts, links to related information)
• Bibliographies: Historic Bibliographies and Reference Aids
• Bilby, Kenneth: "Politics and Poetics: Fieldwork in Afghanistan and Jamaica," Margaret Mills and Kenneth Bilby (2006 Botkin lecture, webcast)
• Birmingham Sunlights (2005 Homegrown concert, webcast)
• Blind Boys of Alabama (Homegrown 2002 concert, webcast excerpts. Part One, Part Two)
• Bluegrass: Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver — Bluegrass and Gospel music from Tennessee (2006 Homegrown concert, webcast)
• Blue Ridge Parkway Folklife Project:
• See: Published Recordings from the Archive of Folk Culture (Children of the Heavenly King CD)
• See: Quilts and Quiltmaking in America, 1978-1996 (online collection, includes selected materials from the Blue Ridge Parkway Folklife Project)
• Blues:
• Folksongs of America: the Robert Winslow Gordon Collection, 1922-1932 (online presentation of recordings and photographs from the 1978 LP)
• James "Super Chikan" Johnson and Richard Christman Blues Guitar from Mississippi (2006 Homegrown concert, webcast)
• "Now What a Time": Blues, Gospel, and the Fort Valley Music Festivals, 1938-1943 (online collection)
• "Between Midnight and Day: The Last Unpublished Blues Archive," an illustrated lecture on the book of the same name presented by Dick Waterman (2005 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
• Board of Trustees of the American Folklife Center
• Botkin, Benjamin:
  • Benjamin Botkin Lecture Series: Current Schedule
  • Benjamin Botkin Lecture Series: Online Archive of Past Lectures with Available Webcasts
  • "Benjamin Botkin's Legacy-in-the-Making," article by Jerrold Hirsch
  • "Folklore’s Champion: Ben Botkin," presented by Roger D. Abrahams (2007 Botkin Lecture, webcast)
• Botkin, Daniel: "The Folklore Behind Ecology, or Why Scientists in Ecology Need Help from Folklorists," Dr. Daniel B. Botkin (2006 Botkin lecture, webcast)
• "Bringing in the May" by Jennifer Cutting (Web cast from the Library's Journeys and Crossings Series)
• Buckaroos in Paradise: Ranching Culture in Northern Nevada, 1945-82 (online collection)
• Buffalo Soldiers (WWII): Experiencing War: Buffalo Soldiers (Veterans History Project online exhibit)
• Bulgaria: Rice, Timothy: "Music in Bulgaria: Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture," an illustrated lecture by Prof. Timothy Rice (2005 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
• Burton: Mary Sheppard Burton Collection (online collection)

C

• California:
• California Gold: Northern California Folk Music From the Thirties (online collection)
• Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
• Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
• Voices from the Dust Bowl: The Charles L. Todd and Robert Sonkin Migrant Worker Collection (online collection)
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture
• Cantú, Norma E.: "La Quinceañera: A Coming of Age Ritual in Latino Communities," Norma E. Cantú (2006 Botkin lecture, webcast)
• Captain Pearl R. Nye: Life on the Ohio and Erie Canal (online collection)
• Carter Family Tribute — Old Time Music from Virginia (2005 Homegrown concert, webcast)
• Catalog: Traditional Music and Spoken Word Catalog (1933-1950)
• CDs: See Published Recordings
• China:
• "Chinese Folk Art Today," an illustrated lecture by Yong Xianrang. (2004 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
• "Eight Sounds of Chinese Music," an illustrated lecture by Nora Yeh. (2004 Botkin Lecture. Flyer essay only.)
• "Song & Silence," Sara M. Davis on ethnic Tai Lües (2005 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
• Code Talker (Navajo):
• Keith Little, Navajo Code Talker (Veterans History Project, webcast)
• Merril L. Sandoval, Navajo Code Talker (Veterans History Project, webcast)
• Cohen, Elizabeth: "Preservation of Audio," article by Elizabeth Cohen
• Collection Policy: American Folklife Center Collections Policy Statement
• Collections:
• Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture
• List of Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture
• Online Collections and Special Presentations from the Archive of Folk Culture
• Traditional Music and Spoken Word Catalog (1933-1950)
• Collections and Research Services: The Archive of Folk Culture
• Colorado:
• Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
• Hispano Music and Culture of the Northern Rio Grande: The Juan B. Rael Collection (online collection)
• Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture
• A Commonwealth of Cultures booklet by Mary Hufford
• Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
• Concerts, See: Events and Announcements
• Connecticut:
• Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
• Negrura Peruana — Afro Peruvian music and dance from Connecticut (2005 Homegrown concert, webcast)
• Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture
• Contact Information for the American Folklife Center
• Contact Information for the Veterans History Project
• Contributors Guide: Ethnographic Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture: A Contributor's Guide a booklet by Stephanie A. Hall
• Cook, Robert: Florida Folklife from the WPA Collections, 1937-1942 (online collection)
• Cowboys:
• "Bridles, Bits and Beads: Folk and Fieldwork from the High, Wide and Handsome State of Montana," an illustrated lecture presented by Dr. Alexandra Swaney of the Montana Arts Council. (2005 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
• Buckaroos in Paradise: Ranching Culture in Northern Nevada, 1945-82 (online collection)
• D. W. Groethe "Cowboy songs and poetry from Montana," (2005 Botkin lecture, webcast)
• David Stanley, "Cowboy Poetry: History, Origins, Influences, Forms." (2006 Homegrown concert, webcast)
• Cowell, Sidney Robertson: California Gold: Northern California Folk Music From the Thirties (online collection)
• The Creation of the American Folklife Center: Public Law 94-201
• Cutting, Jennifer: "Bringing in the May," by Jennifer Cutting (Web cast from the Library's Journeys and Crossings Series)
• Cybercasts: see Webcasts

D

• Dance:
• Dineh Tah Navajo Dancers from Arizona and New Mexico (2005 Homegrown concert, webcast)
• The Gannon Family: Irish music and dance from Missouri (2006 Homegrown concert, webcast)
• Dallas Chief Eagle and Jasmine Pickner, Hoop Dancing (Rosebud Sioux and Crow Creek Sioux. 2007 Homegrown concert, webcast)
• Natasinh Dancers & Musicians — Lao music and dance from Iowa. (2006 Homegrown concert, webcast)
• Negrura Peruana — Afro Peruvian music and dance from Connecticut (2005 Homegrown concert, webcast)
• Old Cultures/New Contexts: Presenting the Traditional Music and Dance of Urban Immigrant Communities
• presented by Ethel Raim (2008 Botkin lecture, webcast)
• Omaha Indian Music (online collection)
• The Sama Ensemble: Traditional Iranian music and dance (2007 Homegrown concert, webcast)
• Danielson, Virginia: "Stating the Obvious: Lessons Learned While Accessing Archival Audio Collections," article by Virginia Danielson
• Davis, Sara M.: "Song & Silence," Sara M. Davis on ethnic Tai Lües (2005 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
• Death, Dying, and Grief: "Giving a Voice to Sorrow: Creative Responses to Death," an illustrated lecture presented by Illana Harlow. (2004 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
• Delaney, Frank: "The Beautiful Bridge: Crossing The Span Between Oral Tradition and the Written Creative Word," — presented by Frank Delaney (2005 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
• Delaware:
• Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
• Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture
• Digital collections: See Online Collections and Special Presentations
• Directories:
  • Contact Information for the American Folklife Center
  • Contact Information for the Veterans History Project
  • Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture
  • Folklife Sourcebook directory by Peter Bartis and Stephanie Hall
  • Online Collections and Special Presentations from the Archive of Folk Culture
  • Published Sound Recordings from the Archive of Folk Culture
  • Resources in Ethnographic Studies (links)
  • Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About theAmerican Folklife Center)
  • A Teacher's Guide to Folklife Resources searchable database of educational resources by Carol Moran and Catherine Hiebert Kerst
• District of Columbia (Washington, D.C.):
• Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
• "The Beat: Go-Go's Fusion of Funk and Hip-Hop" ethnomusicologist Kip Lornell discussed the book of the same title he coauthored with Charles C. Stephenson, Jr. (2005 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
• Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
• Reverb (2007 Homegrown concert, webcast)
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture
• Documenting Maritime Folklife book by David A. Taylor
• Donating Collections: Ethnographic Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture: A Contributor's Guide a booklet by Stephanie A. Hall
• Drama (Folk Drama):
• Hispano Music and Culture of the Northern Rio Grande: The Juan B. Rael Collection (online collection)
• Dunaway, David King: "Force and Violins: What the FBI had on Folksingers," presented by David Dunaway (2008 Botkin lecture, webcast)
• Duplication service: See Ordering Copies of Recordings from Archive of Folk Culture Collections

E

• Ecology:
• "The Folklore Behind Ecology, or Why Scientists in Ecology Need Help from Folklorists," Dr. Daniel B. Botkin (2006 Botkin lecture, webcast)
• Tending the Commons: Folklife and Landscape in Southern West Virginia (online collection)
• Educational Resources:
  • A Commonwealth of Cultures booklet by Mary Hufford
  • Educational Opportunities and Programs
  • Educators' Resources (links)
  • Explore Your Community educational poster
  • Field Schools for Cultural Documentation
  • Folklife and Fieldwork booklet by Peter Bartis
  • Getting Started: How do I do Folklife?
  • Heritage Projects and Place-Based Education (includes links to the Montana and Arizona projects)
  • A Teacher's Guide to Folklife Resources searchable database of educational resources by Carol Moran and Catherine Hiebert Kerst
  • Training Program for Indigenous Communitites (Press Release May 14, 2008)
  • World Wide Web Resources for Cultural Heritage Research Projects (links)
  • Veterans History Project: Classroom Resources page from the Veterans History Project
  • What is an Ethnographic Field Collection?
• Eff, Elaine: "From Bridge to Boardwalk, an Audio Journey Across Maryland's Eastern Shore," an illustrated lecture based on the CD and book of the same name presented by Douglas Manger, Tatiana Irvine, and Elaine Eff. (2004 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
• The Endangered Music Project: See Published Recordings
• Erkvanidze, Malkhaz: Malkhaz Erkvanidze on collecting traditional sacred and secular music in the Republic of Georgia with examples provided by the Anchiskhati Choir. (2005 Botkin lecture, webcast)
• Ethnographic Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture: A Contributor's Guide a booklet by Stephanie A. Hall
• Ethnographic Resources: See Resources in Ethnographic Studies
• Events and Announcements: What's Happening at the American Folklife Center?
• Event Archives: Online Archives for Past American Folkllife Center Events (includes webcasts):
• Benjamin Botkin Lecture Series Online Archive
• Homegrown Concert Series Online Archive
• Symposia Online Archive
• Experiencing War: Stories from the Veterans History Project (thematic presentations, webcasts and audio)
• Experiencing War Series presentations listed aphabetically by last name
• Explore Your Community educational poster

F

• Field Schools for Cultural Documentation
• Fiddle Tunes of the Old Frontier: The Henry Reed Collection (online collection)
• Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture
• Finding Aids to Individual Collections
• Finding aids: Finding Aids Organized by Topic
• Fletcher, Alice Cunningham: Omaha Indian Music (online collection)
• Florida:
• Aubrey Ghent and Friends — Sacred Steel Lap Guitar (2007 Homegrown concert, webcast)
• Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
• Florida Folklife from the WPA Collections, 1937-1942 (online collection)
• Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
• Southern Mosaic: The John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip (online collection)
• Voices from the Days of Slavery: Former Slaves Tell Their Stories (online collection)
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture
• Folk Art (artifacts):
• "Afghan Women’s Stories: The Problematics of Cover," presented by Margaret Mills, September 19, 2007. (Botkin lecture, webcast).
• "Bridles, Bits and Beads: Folk and Fieldwork from the High, Wide and Handsome State of Montana," an illustrated lecture presented by Dr. Alexandra Swaney of the Montana Arts Council. (2005 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
• "The Changing Worlds of the Patuas of West Bengal," Presented by Frank Korom, 2006 (Botkin Lecture, webcast)
• "Chinese Folk Art Today," an illustrated lecture by Yong Xianrang. (2004 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
• "Giving a Voice to Sorrow: Creative Responses to Death," an illustrated lecture presented by Illana Harlow. (2004 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
• The New Yellow Ribbon Tradition two articles by Gerald E. Parsons
• Herman, Bernard: "Quilters' Save Our Stories," presented by Bernard Herman (2007 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
• Quilts and Quiltmaking in America, 1978-1996 (online collection)
• "What's in a Name? AIDS, Vernacular Risk Perception and the Culture of Ownership," presented by Diane Goldstein (2006 Botkin Lecture, webcast)
• Folk Heritage Collections in Crisis Symposium and Products
• Folklife and Fieldwork booklet by Peter Bartis
• Folklife Center News
• Folklife Sourcebook directory by Peter Bartis and Stephanie Hall
• Folk-Songs of America: the Robert Winslow Gordon Collection, 1922-1932 (online presentation of recordings and photographs from the 1978 LP)
• Folksong Revival, History of:
• Force and Violins: What the FBI had on Folksingers, presented by David Dunaway (2008 Botkin lecture, webcast)
• How Can I Keep from Singing? A Seeger Family Tribute (2007 Symposium and concert)
• Laborlore Conversations IV: Documenting Occupational Folklore Then and Now (2007 Symposium)

G

• Gambliel, Maria Carmen RA.: "Basque Culture in the Western United States," an illustrated lecture by Maria Carmen RA. Gambliel. (2004 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
• The Gannon Family: Irish music and dance from Missouri (2006 Homegrown concert, webcast)
• Georgia (country): Malkhaz Erkvanidze on collecting traditional sacred and secular music in the Republic of Georgia with examples provided by the Anchiskhati Choir. (2005 Botkin lecture, webcast)
• Georgia (U.S.A.) :
• Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
• "Now What a Time": Blues, Gospel, and the Fort Valley Music Festivals, 1938-1943 (online collection)
• Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
• Southern Mosaic: The John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip (online collection)
• Voices from the Days of Slavery: Former Slaves Tell Their Stories (online collection)
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture
• Getting Started: How do I do Folklife?
• Ghent, Aubrey: Aubrey Ghent and Friends — Sacred Steel Lap Guitar (2007 Homegrown concert, webcast)
• Gift Funds for private donations to the American Folklife Center
• Gilespie, Angus: "The Lore of America's Coal Miners: A Fresh Look at the George Korson Collection," presented by Angus Gilespie. (2004 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
• Goldstein, Diane: "What's in a Name? AIDS, Vernacular Risk Perception and the Culture of Ownership," Diane Goldstein (2006 Botkin Lecture, webcast)
• Gordon, Robert Winslow: Folk-Songs of America: the Robert Winslow Gordon Collection, 1922-1932 (online presentation of recordings and photographs from the 1978 LP)
• Gospel Music:
• Birmingham Sunlights (2005 Homegrown concert, webcast)
• Blind Boys of Alabama (Homegrown 2002 concert, webcast excerpts. Part One, Part Two)
• Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver — Bluegrass and Gospel music from Tennessee (2006 Homegrown concert, webcast)
• "Now What a Time": Blues, Gospel, and the Fort Valley Music Festivals, 1938-1943 (online collection)
• Reverb (2007 Homegrown concert, webcast)
• Goss, Linda: "Waking up the People," Presented by Linda Goss (2006 Botkin presentation, webcast)
• Groethe, D. W.: D. W. Groethe — Cowboy songs and poetry from Montana (2005 Homegrown concert, webcast)
• Guides:
  • Ethnographic Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture: A Contributor's Guide a booklet by Stephanie A. Hall
  • Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture
  • Folklife and Fieldwork booklet by Peter Bartis
  • Documenting Maritime Folklife a book by David A. Taylor
  • A Teacher's Guide to Folklife Resources searchable database of educational resources by Carol Moran and Catherine Hiebert Kerst
  • See also: Directories
• Guthrie, Woody: Woody Guthrie and the Archive of American Folk Song, Correspondence 1940-1950 (online collection)

H

• Hall, Stephanie:
• Ethnographic Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture: A Contributor's Guide brochure by Stephanie A. Hall
• Folklife Sourcebook directory by Peter Bartis and Stephanie Hall
• "Preserving Sound Recordings," article by Stephanie A. Hall
• "Halloween: The Fantasy and Folklore of All Hallows," article by Jack Santino
• Halpert, Herbert: Florida Folklife from the WPA Collections, 1937-1942 (online collection)
• Hardin, James:
• "Alan Lomax, 1915-2002," an appreciation by James Hardin
• "Historic Sound Recordings Collections Win Save America's Treasures Preservation Grant," article by James Hardin
• "No Time to Dawdle: Folk Heritage Collections in Crisis," article by James Hardin
• Harlow, Illana: "Giving a Voice to Sorrow: Creative Responses to Death," an illustrated lecture presented by Illana Harlow. (2004 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
• Hastings, Gary: "There's More that Unites Than Divides Us." Spoken and performed by Gary Hastings and Brian Mullen. Rediscover Northern Ireland, 2007.
• Hawaii and Hawaiian:
• Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
• Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture
• Henry Reed: Fiddle Tunes of the Old Frontier: The Henry Reed Collection (online collection)
• Heritage Projects and Place-Based Education
• Hickerson, Joseph C.:
• See: Finding Aids to Collections Organized by Topic in the Archive of Folk Culture (series editor)
• See: List of Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture
• Hispanic / Latino
• California Gold: Northern California Folk Music from the Thirties (online collection)
• Experiencing War: Hispanics in Service (Veteran's History project online exhibit)
• Hispano Music and Culture of the Northern Rio Grande: The Juan B. Rael Collection (online collection)
• Negrura Peruana — Afro Peruvian music and dance from Connecticut (2005 Homegrown concert, webcast)
• "La Quinceañera: A Coming of Age Ritual in Latino Communities," by Norma E. Cantú (2006 Botkin lecture, webcast)
• Voices from the Dust Bowl: The Charles L. Todd and Robert Sonkin Migrant Worker Collection (online collection)
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture
• Homegrown Concert Series
• Homegrown Concert Series Online Archives (including flyer essays, selected webcasts, and links to related materials)
• Hoog, Ann:
• "Pearl Harbor Oral Histories," by Ann Hoog (2004 Webcast from the Library's Journeys and Crossings Series)
• September 11, 2001 Documentary Project (online collection)
• September 11, 2001 Documentary Project presented by Ann Hoog (webcast)
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections Organized by Topic in the Archive of Folk Culture (series editor)
• Hoop Dancing:
• Dallas Chief Eagle and Jasmine Pickner, Hoop Dancing (Rosebud Sioux and Crow Creek Sioux. 2007 Homegrown concert, webcast)
• Omaha Indian Music (online collection)
• How Can I Keep from Singing? A Seeger Family Tribute (2007 Symposium and concert)
• How to Contact The American Folklife Center and the Veterans History Project
• How to do Research in the Archive of Folk Culture
• Hufford, Mary:
• A Commonwealth of Cultures booklet by Mary Hufford
• Tending the Commons: Folklife and Landscape in Southern West Virginia (online collection)
• Hurston, Zora Neale: Florida Folklife from the WPA Collections, 1937-1942 (online collection)

I

• Idaho:
• Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
• Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture
• Illinois:
• Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
• Liz Carroll with John Doyle — Irish American fiddling from Illinois (2005 Homegrown concert, flyer)
• Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture
• In Country: The Vietnam War, 30 Years After (Veterans History Project symposium webcast)
• India: "The Changing Worlds of the Patuas of West Bengal," Presented by Frank Korom, 2006 (Botkin Lecture, webcast)
• Indian, American: See Native American
• Indiana:
• Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
• Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture
• Indigenous Communities:
• "Facing the Music: Traditional Culture and Copyright," presented by Dr. Bryan Bachner (2005 Botkin lecture, webcast)
• "From Patent Medicines to Patents for Indigenous Knowledge — Material and Spiritual Economies," an illustrated lecture by Margaret Kruesi. (2004 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
• Training Program for Indigenous Communitites (Press release May 14, 2008)
• Society of American Archivists Pre-Conference Symposium: Ethnographic Archives, Communities of Origin, and Intangible Cultural Heritage 2006 Symposium
• Internships
• Iowa:
• Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
• Natasinh Dancers & Musicians: Lao Music and Dance from Iowa (2006 Homegrown concert, webcast)
• Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture
• Iran: The Sama Ensemble: Traditional Iranian music and dance (2007 Homegrown concert, webcast)
• Irish and Irish-American:
• Delaney, Frank: "The Beautiful Bridge: Crossing The Span Between Oral Tradition and the Written Creative Word," — presented by Frank Delaney (2005 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
• Fiddle Tunes of the Old Frontier: The Henry Reed Collection (online collection)
• The Gannon Family: Irish music and dance from Missouri (2006 Homegrown concert, webcast)
• Liz Carroll with John Doyle — Irish American fiddling from Illinois (2005 Homegrown concert, flyer)
• See also: Northern Ireland
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture
• Irvine, Tatiana: "From Bridge to Boardwalk, an Audio Journey Across Maryland's Eastern Shore," an illustrated lecture based on the CD and book of the same name presented by Douglas Manger, Tatiana Irvine, and Elaine Eff. (2004 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
• Ivan Kupalo: "Ivan Kupalo: Ritual in Post-Soviet Ukraine," an illustrated lecture by Dr. Natalie Kononenko. (2004 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)

J

• Jabbour, Alan: Fiddle Tunes of the Old Frontier: The Henry Reed Collection (online collection)
• James, Willis Laurence: "Now What a Time": Blues, Gospel, and the Fort Valley Music Festivals, 1938-1943 (online collection)
• Jazz: Mister Jelly Roll, Mister Lomax and the Invention of Jazz — Illustrated Lecture by John Szwed (2006 Homegrown lecture/concert, webcast)
• Jamaica: "Politics and Poetics: Fieldwork in Afghanistan and Jamaica," Margaret Mills and Kenneth Bilby (2006 Botkin lecture, webcast)
• Jewish Heritage:
• Experiencing War: Jewish Veterans of World War II (Veterans History Project online exhibit)
• Flory Jagoda and Friends — Traditional Sephardic music from the former Yugoslavia and the world (2007 Homegrown concert, webcast)
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture
• John and Ruby Lomax. . . [title]: Southern Mosaic: The John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip (online collection)
• Johnson, James: James "Super Chikan" Johnson and Richard Christman Blues Guitar from Mississippi (2006 Homegrown concert, webcast)
• Jones, Lewis Wade: "Now What a Time": Blues, Gospel, and the Fort Valley Music Festivals, 1938-1943 (online collection)

K

• Kansas:
• Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
• Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture
• Kennedy, Stetson:
• Art, Culture, and Government: The New Deal at 75, symposium participant
• Florida Folklife from the WPA Collections, 1937-1942 (online collection)
• How Can I Keep From Singing? A Seeger Family Tribute — Photo Album (photograph)
• Stetson Kennedy, talked about his life and work in conversation with Dr. Peggy Bulger, Director of the American Folklife Center. May 24, 2005. (Botkin lecture, webcast)
• Kentucky:
• Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
• Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture
• Kerst, Catherine Hiebert: A Teacher's Guide to Folklife Resources searchable database of educational resources by Carol Moran and Catherine Hiebert Kerst
• Kononenko, Natalie: "Ivan Kupalo: Ritual in Post-Soviet Ukraine," an illustrated lecture by Dr. Natalie Kononenko. (2004 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
• Korom, Frank: "The Changing Worlds of the Patuas of West Bengal," Presented by Frank Korom, 2006 (Botkin Lecture, webcast)
• Kruesi, Margaret: "From Patent Medicines to Patents for Indigenous Knowledge — Material and Spiritual Economies," an illustrated lecture by Margaret Kruesi. (2004 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)

L

• La Flesche, Francis: Omaha Indian Music (online collection)
• Laborlore Conversations IV: Documenting Occupational Folklore Then and Now (2007 symposium)
• Lands' End All-American Quilt Contest Collection: See: Quilts and Quiltmaking in America, 1978-1996 (online collection)
• Laos / Lao:
• Natasinh Dancers & Musicians: Lao Music and Dance from Iowa (2006 Homegrown concert, webcast)
• "Song & Silence," Sara M. Davis on ethnic Tai Lües (2005 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
• Latino: See Hispanic
• Lectures:
• Benjamin Botkin Lecture Series Online Archives
• See: Events and Announcements for upcoming lectures
• Veterans History Project event webcasts (lectures and symposia)
• Legend: "Tales of the Jersey Devil," an illustrated lecture presented by Stephen D. Winick. (2005 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
• Links:
  • Folklife Sourcebook directory by Peter Bartis and Stephanie Hall
  • Resources in Ethnographic Studies
  • Resources for Sound Archives
  • World Wide Web Resources for Cultural Heritage Research Projects
  • See also: Symposia and related events resource lists
• List of Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture
• Listserv: AFCnews Listserv (Announcement list)
• Little, Keith: Keith Little, Navajo Code Talker (Veterans History Project, webcast)
• Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (LC Bicentennial site, 2000)
• Lomax, Alan:
• After the Day of Infamy: The "Man on the Street Interviews" Following the Attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941 (online collection)
• "Alan Lomax, 1915-2002," an appreciation by James Hardin
• The Alan Lomax Collection (online presentation of selections from the collection)
• Captain Pearl R. Nye: Life on the Ohio and Erie Canal (online collection)
• Mister Jelly Roll, Mister Lomax and the Invention of Jazz — Illustrated Lecture by John Szwed (2006 Homegrown lecture/concert, webcast)
• Woody Guthrie and the Archive of American Folk Song, Correspondence 1940-1950 (online collection)
• Lomax, John and Ruby:
• Captain Pearl R. Nye: Life on the Ohio and Erie Canal (online collection)
• Southern Mosaic: The John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip (online collection)
• Lornell, Kip: "The Beat: Go-Go's Fusion of Funk and Hip-Hop," ethnomusicologist Kip Lornell discussed the book of the same title he coauthored with Charles C. Stephenson, Jr. (2005 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
• Louisiana:
• Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
• Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
• Southern Mosaic: The John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip (online collection)
• Voices from the Days of Slavery: Former Slaves Tell Their Stories (online collection)
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture

M

• MacArthur, Margaret: Margaret MacArthur — Ballads and songs from Vermont (2005 Homegrown, webcast)
• Maine:
• Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
• Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture
• Mandan Hidatsa: Mary Louise Defender Wilson & Keith Bear — Sioux and Mandan Hidatsa storytelling (2006 Homegrown concert, webcast)
• Manger, Douglas: "From Bridge to Boardwalk, an Audio Journey Across Maryland's Eastern Shore," an illustrated lecture based on the CD and book of the same name presented by Douglas Manger, Tatiana Irvine, and Elaine Eff. (2004 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
• Maritime Folklife: Documenting Maritime Folklife a book by David A. Taylor
• Marshall, Howard W.: Buckaroos in Paradise: Ranching Culture in Northern Nevada, 1945-82 (online collection)
• Mary Sheppard Burton Collection (online collection)
• Maryland:
• "From Bridge to Boardwalk, an Audio Journey Across Maryland's Eastern Shore," an illustrated lecture based on the CD and book of the same name presented by Douglas Manger, Tatiana Irvine, and Elaine Eff. (2004 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
• Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
• Mary Sheppard Burton Collection (online collection)
• Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
• Voices from the Days of Slavery: Former Slaves Tell Their Stories (online collection)
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture
• Massachusetts:
• Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
• Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture
• May Day: "Bringing in the May," by Jennifer Cutting (Web cast from the Library's Journeys and Crossings Series)
• Medicine (folk medicine, patent medicines): "From Patent Medicines to Patents for Indigenous Knowledge — Material and Spiritual Economies," an illustrated lecture by Margaret Kruesi. (2004 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
• Michigan:
• Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
• Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture
• Mid-summer ritual: "Ivan Kupalo: Ritual in Post-Soviet Ukraine," an illustrated lecture by Dr. Natalie Kononenko. (2004 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
• Mills, Margaret:
• "Afghan Women’s Stories: The Problematics of Cover," presented by Margaret Mills (2007 Botkin lecture, webcast).
• "Politics and Poetics: Fieldwork in Afghanistan and Jamaica," Margaret Mills and Kenneth Bilby (2006 Botkin lecture, webcast)
• Minnesota:
• Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
• Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture
• Mississippi:
• Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
• James "Super Chikan" Johnson and Richard Christman Blues Guitar from Mississippi (2006 Homegrown concert, webcast)
• Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
• Southern Mosaic: The John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip (online collection)
• Voices from the Days of Slavery: Former Slaves Tell Their Stories (online collection)
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture
• Missouri:
• Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
• The Gannon Family: Irish music and dance from Missouri (2006 Homegrown concert, webcast)
• Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture
• Montana:
  • "Bridles, Bits and Beads: Folk and Fieldwork from the High, Wide and Handsome State of Montana," an illustrated lecture presented by Dr. Alexandra Swaney of the Montana Arts Council. (2005 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
  • D. W. Groethe — Cowboy songs and poetry from Montana (2005 Homegrown concert, webcast)
  • Montana Heritage Project: Heritage Projects and Place-Based Education
  • Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
  • Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
  • See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture
• Moran, Carol: A Teacher's Guide to Folklife Resources searchable database of educational resources by Carol Moran and Catherine Hiebert Kerst
• Morris, Alton: Florida Folklife from the WPA Collections, 1937-1942 (online collection)
• Morton, Ferdinand: Mister Jelly Roll, Mister Lomax and the Invention of Jazz — Illustrated Lecture by John Szwed (2006 Homegrown lecture/concert, webcast)
• Moulden, John: Northern American Influence on a North Irish Song Collection, presented by John Moulden, Rediscover Northern Ireland, 2007
• Mullen, Brian: "There's More that Unites Than Divides Us." Spoken and performed by Gary Hastings and Brian Mullen. Rediscover Northern Ireland, 2007.

N

• Narrative
• "Afghan Women’s Stories: The Problematics of Cover," presented by Margaret Mills, Ohio State University (2007 Botkin Lecture, webcast)
• Buckaroos in Paradise: Ranching Culture in Northern Nevada, 1945-82 (online collection, search on "narrative")
• Mary Sheppard Burton Collection (online collection)
• StoryCorps FAQ and links
• Tending the Commons: Folklife and Landscape in Southern West Virginia (online collection, search on “story”)
• Veterans History Project: Experiencing War (thematic presentations — webcasts and audio)
• Voices from the Dustbowl (online collection, search on “story” )
• Voices from the Days of Slavery (online collection)
• "Waking up the People," Linda Goss, Professional storyteller (2006 Botkin lecture, webcast)
• Mary Louise Defender Wilson & Keith Bear — Sioux and Mandan Hidatsa Storytelling (2006 Homegrown concert, webcast)
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture
• Native American:
• "Bridles, Bits and Beads: Folk and Fieldwork from the High, Wide and Handsome State of Montana," an illustrated lecture presented by Dr. Alexandra Swaney of the Montana Arts Council. (2005 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
• "'Do All Indians Live in Tipis?' and Other Compelling Questions in Education," Edwin Schupman (2008 Botkin Lecture, webcast)
• See: Mandan Hidatsa
• See: Navajo
• See: Omaha
• See: Paiute
• See: Seminole
• Society of American Archivists Pre-Conference Symposium: Ethnographic Archives, Communities of Origin, and Intangible Cultural Heritage 2006 Symposium
• See: Souix
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture
• National Visionary Leadership Project Collection Showcase (NVLP)
• Navajo
• Dineh Tah Navajo Dancers from Arizona and New Mexico (2005 Homegrown concert, webcast)
• Keith Little, Navajo Code Talker (Veterans History Project, webcast)
• Merril L. Sandoval, Navajo Code Talker (Veterans History Project, webcast)
• Nebraska:
• Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
• Omaha Indian Music (online collection)
• The River Boys Polka Band — Dutch Hop Polka music from Nebraska (2006 Homegrown concert, webcast)
• Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture
• Negrura Peruana — Afro Peruvian music and dance from Connecticut (2005 Homegrown concert, webcast)
• Nevada:
• Buckaroos in Paradise: Ranching Culture in Northern Nevada, 1945-82 (online collection)
• Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
• Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture
• New Deal:
• Art Culture and Governement: The New Deal at 75 (2008 Symposium)
• California Gold: Northern California Folk Music From the Thirties (online collection)
• Florida Folklife from the WPA Collections, 1937-1942 (online collection)
• Voices from the Dust Bowl: The Charles L. Todd and Robert Sonkin Migrant Worker Collection (online collection)
• New Hampshire :
• Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
• Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture
• New Jersey :
• Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
• Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
• "Tales of the Jersey Devil," — an illustrated lecture presented by Stephen D. Winick. (2005 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
• Working in Paterson: Occupational Heritage in an Urban Setting (online collection)
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture
• New Mexico:
• Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
• Dineh Tah Navajo Dancers from Arizona and New Mexico (2005 Homegrown concert, webcast)
• Hispano Music and Culture of the Northern Rio Grande: The Juan B. Rael Collection (online collection)
• Keith Little, Navajo Code Talker (Veterans History Project, webcast)
• Merril L. Sandoval, Navajo Code Talker (Veterans History Project, webcast)
• Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture
• The New Yellow Ribbon Tradition
• New York (State):
• Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
• Merita Halili and the Raif Huseni Orchestra (2008 Homegrown concert, webcast)
• Old Cultures/New Contexts: Presenting the Traditional Music and Dance of Urban Immigrant Communities
presented by Ethel Raim (2008 Botkin lecture, webcast)
• September 11, 2001 Documentary Project (webcast)
• Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
• Witness and Response: September 11, 2001 Acqusitions at the Library of Congress (exhibition)
• Woody Guthrie and the Archive of American Folk Song, Correspondence 1940-1950 (online collection)
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture
• News:
• AFCnews Listserv
• Folklife Center News
• What's Happening at the American Folklife Center?
• North Carolina:
• Benton Flippen and the Smokey Valley Boys — Old Time music from North Carolina (2005 Homegrown concert, webcast)
• Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
• Quilts and Quiltmaking in America, 1978-1996 (online collection)
• Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture
• North Dakota:
• Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
• Mary Louise Defender Wilson & Keith Bear — Sioux and Mandan Hidatsa Storytelling (2006 Homegrown concert, webcast)
• Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Ar chive of Folk Culture
• Northern Ireland:
  
  • Dáithí Sproule and Robert Watt in concert, Rediscover Northern Ireland, 2007
  • "Northern American Influence on a North Irish Song Collection," presented by John Moulden, Rediscover Northern Ireland, 2007
  • Rediscover Northern Ireland 2007 Symposium and Events
  • Rediscover Northern Ireland 2008 events
  • Rosie Stewart in Concert, Rediscover Northern Ireland, 2007
  • "There's More that Unites Than Divides Us," Spoken and performed by Gary Hastings and Brian Mullen. Rediscover Northern Ireland, 2007.
• "Now What a Time": Blues, Gospel, and the Fort Valley Music Festivals, 1938-1943 (online collection)
• Nye, Pearl: Captain Pearl R. Nye: Life on the Ohio and Erie Canal (online collection)

O

• Occupational Folklife
• Buckaroos in Paradise: Ranching Culture in Northern Nevada 1945-1982 (online collection)
• Documenting Maritime Folklife a book by David A. Taylor
• Laborlore Conversations IV: Documenting Occupational Folklore Then and Now (symposium)
• "The Lore of America's Coal Miners: A Fresh Look at the George Korson Collection," presented by Angus Gilespie. (2004 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
• Working in Paterson: Occupational Heritage in an Urban Setting (online collection)
• See also: Published Sound Recordings from the Archive of Folk Culture
• Ohio:
• Captain Pearl R. Nye: Life on the Ohio and Erie Canal (online collection)
• Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
• Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture
• Oklahoma:
• Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
• Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
• Voices from the Dust Bowl: The Charles L. Todd and Robert Sonkin Migrant Worker Collection (online collection)
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture
• Omaha Indian Music (online collection)
• Online Archives for Past American Folkllife Center Events (with webcasts, flyers, and other materials)
• Benjamin Botkin Lecture Series Online Archives
• Homegrown Concert Series Online Archive
• Symposia and Related Events Online Archive
• Online Collections and Presentations
• Oral History:
  • Folklife and Fieldwork a booklet by Peter Bartis
  • Veterans History Project Kit
• Ordering Copies of Unpublished Recordings from Archive of Folk Culture Collections
• Ordering Copies of Photographic Materials from Archive of Folk Culture Collections
• Voices from the Dust Bowl: The Charles L. Todd and Robert Sonkin Migrant Worker Collection (online collection)
• Owen Fund: Blanton Owen Fund

P

• Paiute: See Buckaroos in Paradise: Ranching Culture in Northern Nevada, 1945-82 (online collection)
• Parsons, Gerald E.:
• The Gerald E. and Corinne L. Parsons Fund Award
• The New Yellow Ribbon Tradition two articles by Gerald E. Parsons
• What is an Ethnographic Field Collection?
• See also: List of Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture
• Pacific-Americans:
• Experiencing War: Asian Pacific Americans: Going for Broke (Veterans History Project, online exhibit)
• Pearl Harbor:
• After the Day of Infamy: The "Man On the Street" Interviews (online collection)
• "Pearl Harbor Oral Histories," by Ann Hoog (2004 Webcast from the Library's Journeys and Crossings Series)
• Pennsylvania:
• Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
• "The Lore of America's Coal Miners: A Fresh Look at the George Korson Collection," presented by Angus Gilespie. (2004 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
• Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
• "Waking up the People," Presented by Linda Goss (2006 Botkin presentation, webcast)
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture
• Peruvian-American: Negrura Peruana — Afro Peruvian music and dance from Connecticut (2005 Homegrown concert, webcast)
• Photographs: Ordering Copies of Photographic Materials from Archive of Folk Culture Collections
• Plantenga, Bart: "Yodel-Ay-Ee-Ooo: The Secret History of Yodeling Around the World," a lecture based on his recent book. Featuring yodelers Randy Irwin and Cathy Fink. (2004 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
• Polka: The River Boys Polka Band — Dutch Hop Polka music from Nebraska (2006 Homegrown concert, webcast)
• Preservation:
  • Folk Heritage Collections in Crisis: Symposium and Products
  • Folk Heritage Collections in Crisis (report from CLIR, provided on the CLIR Web site)
  • "Historic Sound Recordings Collections Win Save America's Treasures Preservation Grant," article by James Hardin
  • "No Time to Dawdle: Folk Heritage Collections in Crisis," article by James Hardin
  • "Preservation of Audio," article by Elizabeth Cohen
  • "Preserving Sound Recordings," article by Stephanie Hall
  • Save Our Sounds Project

Q

• Quinceañera: "La Quinceañera: A Coming of Age Ritual in Latino Communities," Norma E. Cantú (2006 Botkin lecture, webcast)
• Quilts:
  • "Quilters' Save Our Stories," presented by Bernard Herman (2007 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
  • Quilts and Quiltmaking in America, 1978-1996 (online collection)
  • "What's in a Name? AIDS, Vernacular Risk Perception and the Culture of Ownership," presented by Diane Goldstein (2006 Botkin Lecture, webcast)
  • See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture

R

• Rael, Juan B.: Hispano Music and Culture of the Northern Rio Grande: The Juan B. Rael Collection (online collection)
• Recordings (sound recordings)
  • American Folk Music and Folklore Recordings: A Selected List (annual issues 1988-1992)
  • Folk Heritage Collections in Crisis: Symposium and Products
  • Folksongs of America: the Robert Winslow Gordon Collection, 1922-1932 (online presentation of recordings and photographs from the 1978 LP)
  • Ordering Copies of Unpublished Recordings from Archive of Folk Culture Collections
  • Published Recordings from the Archive of Folk Culture
  • Save Our Sounds Project
  • See: Collections Available Online from the Archive of Folk Culture
• Rediscover Northern Ireland:
  
  • Rediscover Northern Ireland 2007 symposium and events
  • Rediscover Northern Ireland 2008 events
• Reed, Henry: Fiddle Tunes of the Old Frontier: The Henry Reed Collection (online collection)
• Reference: Collections and Research Services: The Archive of Folk Culture
• Reports: Annual Reports of the American Folklife Center
• Research Awards
• Research: How to do Research in the Archive of Folk Culture
• Resources in Ethnographic Studies including links to Internet sites on anthropology, folklore, and ethnomusicology
• Rhode Island:
• Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
• David & Levon Ayriyan: Armenian music from Rhode Island (2006 Homegrown concert, webcast)
• Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture
• Ribbons: The New Yellow Ribbon Tradition
• Rice, Timothy: "Music in Bulgaria: Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture," an illustrated lecture by Prof. Timothy Rice (2005 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
• The River Boys Polka Band — Dutch Hop Polka music from Nebraska (2006 Homegrown concert, webcast)

S

• Santino, Jack: "Halloween: The Fantasy and Folklore of All Hallows," article by Jack Santino
• Save Our Sounds Project
• Seeger
  
  • "Force and Violins: What the FBI had on Folksingers," presented by David Dunaway (2008 Botkin lecture, webcast)
  • How Can I Keep from Singing? A Seeger Family Tribute (2007 Symposium and Seeger Family Concert, webcasts. Includes panel presentations and/or performances by Peggy, Mike, Anthony, Kate, and Pete Seeger.)
  • "Intellectual Property Rights and Audiovisual Archives and Collections," article by Anthony Seeger
  • "Ruth Crawford Seeger, Modernist Composer in the Folk Revival: Biography as Music History", lecture by Judith Tick, sponsored by the Music Division, Library of Congress March 26, 2008. (Webcast)
• Seminole: Florida Folklife from the WPA Collections, 1937-1942 (online collection)
• Sephardic music:Flory Jagoda and Friends:Traditional Sephardic music from the former Yugoslavia and the World (2007 Homegrown Concert, webcast)
• September 11, 2001 presentations:
  • September 11, 2001 Documentary Project (online collection)
  • September 11, 2001 Documentary Project presented by Ann Hoog (webcast)
  • Witness and Response: September 11, 2001 Acqusitions at the Library of Congress (exhibition)
• Services to the Fifty States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia
• Sights and Sounds: Voices from the Veterans History Project (special presentation, audio)
• Slavery:
• Beck, Jane: "From Virginia to Vermont: a Trek from Slavery to Freedom," an audio illustrated lecture presented by Dr. Jane Beck. (2005 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
• Voices from the Days of Slavery: Former Slaves Tell Their Stories (online collection)
• "Voices from the Days of Slavery: Former Slaves Tell Their Stories" presented by John Barton (discusses the creation of the online collection. 2004 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
• Society of American Archivists Pre-Conference Symposium: Ethnographic Archives, Communities of Origin, and Intangible Cultural Heritage 2006
• Sonkin, Robert: Voices from the Dust Bowl: The Charles L. Todd and Robert Sonkin Migrant Worker Collection (online collection)
• Souix:
• Dallas Chief Eagle and Jasmine Pickner, Hoop Dancing (Rosebud Sioux and Crow Creek Sioux. 2007 Homegrown concert, webcast)
• Mary Louise Defender Wilson & Keith Bear — Sioux and Mandan Hidatsa Storytelling (2006 Homegrown concert, webcast)
• Sound Recordings:
  • American Folk Music and Folklore Recordings: A Selected List (annual issues 1988-1992)
  • Folk Heritage Collections in Crisis: Symposium and Products
  • Ordering Copies of Unpublished Recordings from Archive of Folk Culture Collections
  • Published Sound Recordings from the Archive of Folk Culture
  • Save Our Sounds Project
  • See: Collections Available Online from the Archive of Folk Culture
• South Carolina
• Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
• Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
• Southern Mosaic: The John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip (online collection)
• Voices from the Days of Slavery: Former Slaves Tell Their Stories (online collection)
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture
• South Dakota:
• Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
• Dallas Chief Eagle and Jasmine Pickner, Hoop Dancing 2007 (Rosebud Sioux, Crow Creek Sioux) (Homegrown concert, webcast)
• Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture
• Southern Mosaic: The John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip (online collection)
• Spirituals:
• Folksongs of America: the Robert Winslow Gordon Collection, 1922-1932 (online presentation of recordings and photographs from the 1978 LP)
• "Now What a Time": Blues, Gospel, and the Fort Valley Music Festivals, 1938-1943 (online collection)
• Southern Mosaic: The John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip (online collection)
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture
• See also: Published Recordings from the Archive of Folk Culture
• Sproule, Dáithí: Dáithí Sproule and Robert Watt in concert, Rediscover Northern Ireland, 2007
• Staff:
  • Contact Information for the American Folklife Center
  • Contact Information for the Veterans History Project
• States (U.S.A.):
  • Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
  • Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture
  • Services to the Fifty States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia
• Stewart, Rosie: Rosie Stewart in Concert, Rediscover Northern Ireland, 2007
• StoryCorps FAQ and links
• Storytelling: See Narrative
• Swaney, Alexandra: "Bridles, Bits and Beads: Folk and Fieldwork from the High, Wide and Handsome State of Montana," an illustrated lecture presented by Dr. Alexandra Swaney of the Montana Arts Council. (2005 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
• Symposia:
• Art Culture and Governement: The New Deal at 75 (2008 Symposium)
• Folklife Heritage Collections in Crisis (2000 Symposium)
• How Can I Keep from Singing? A Seeger Family Tribute (2007 Symposium and concert)
• In Country: The Vietnam War, 30 Years After (Veterans History Project symposium webcast)
• Laborlore Conversations IV: Documenting Occupational Folklore Then and Now (2007 Symposium, webcasts)
• Rediscover Northern Ireland Programme 2007 (Symposium and events)
• Society of American Archivists Pre-Conference Symposium: Ethnographic Archives, Communities of Origin, and Intangible Cultural Heritage 2006
• Symposia and Related Events Online Archive
• Symposium (upcoming event): See: What's Happening at the American Folklife Center?
• War's End: Eyewitness to History Symposium May, 2005 (Veterans History Project)
• Szwed, John: Mister Jelly Roll, Mister Lomax and the Invention of Jazz — Illustrated Lecture by John Szwed (2006 Homegrown lecture/concert, webcast)

T

• Tailand: "Song & Silence," Sara M. Davis on ethnic Tai Lües (2005 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
• Taylor, David A.:
• Documenting Maritime Folklife a book by David A. Taylor
• Working in Paterson: Occupational Heritage in an Urban Setting (online collection)
• A Teacher's Guide to Folklife Resources searchable database of educational resources by Carol Moran and Catherine Hiebert Kerst
• Tennessee:
• Aubrey Ghent and Friends — Sacred Steel Lap Guitar (2007 Homegrown concert, webcast)
• Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
• Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver — Bluegrass and Gospel music from Tennessee (2006 Homegrown concert, webcast)
• "Now What a Time": Blues, Gospel, and the Fort Valley Music Festivals, 1938-1943 (online collection)
• Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture
• Tending the Commons: Folklife and Landscape in Southern West Virginia (online collection)
• Texas:
• Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
• Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
• Voices from the Days of Slavery: Former Slaves Tell Their Stories (online collection)
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture
• Todd, Charles L.: Voices from the Dust Bowl: The Charles L. Todd and Robert Sonkin Migrant Worker Collection (online collection)
• Topical Finding Aids: Finding aids: Finding Aids Organized by Topic
• Traditional Music and Spoken Word Catalog (1933-1950)
• Training Program for Indigenous Communitites (Press Release May 14, 2008)

U

• Ukraine: "Ivan Kupalo: Ritual in Post-Soviet Ukraine," an illustrated lecture by Dr. Natalie Kononenko. (2004 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
• Utah:
• Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
• Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture

V

• Vermont:
• Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
• Beck, Jane: "From Virginia to Vermont: a Trek from Slavery to Freedom," an audio illustrated lecture presented by Dr. Jane Beck. (2005 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
• Margaret MacArthur — Ballads and songs from Vermont (2005 Homegrown, webcast)
• Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture
• Veterans:
• In Country: Vietnam Thirty Years After (Veterans History Project, May 2005 Webcast)
• Veterans History Project (home page)
• Veterans History Project event webcasts (lectures and symposia)
• Veterans History Project: Experiencing War (thematic presentations — webcasts and audio)
• War's End: Eyewitness to History Symposium May, 2005 (Veterans History Project)
• Webcasts from the Experiencing War Series listed aphabetically by last name
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture
• Video: see Webcasts
• Virginia:
• Carter Family Tribute — Old Time Music from Virginia (2005 Homegrown concert, webcast)
• Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
• Quilts and Quiltmaking in America, 1978-1996 (online collection)
• Fiddle Tunes of the Old Frontier: The Henry Reed Collection (online collection)
• The Sama Ensemble: Traditional Iranian music and dance (2007 Homegrown concert, webcast)
• Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
• Southern Mosaic: The John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip (online collection)
• Voices from the Days of Slavery: Former Slaves Tell Their Stories (online collection)
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture
• Visiting The American Folklife Center: How to do Research in the Archive of Folk Culture
• Voices from the Days of Slavery: Former Slaves Tell Their Stories (online collection)
• "Voices from the Days of Slavery: Former Slaves Tell Their Stories," presented by John Barton (discusses the creation of the online collection. 2004 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
• Voices from the Dust Bowl: The Charles L. Todd and Robert Sonkin Migrant Worker Collection (online collection)
• Volunteer Internship Program at the American Folklife Center

W

• War:
• After the Day of Infamy: The "Man on the Street Interviews" Following the Attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941 (online collection)
• In Country: Vietnam Thirty Years After (Veterans History Project, May 2005 Webcast)
• "Pearl Harbor Oral Histories " by Ann Hoog, June 8, 2004. (Webcast from the Library's Journeys and Crossings Series)
• September 11, 2001 Documentary Project (online collection)
• September 11, 2001 Documentary Project presented by Ann Hoog (webcast)
• Veterans History Project (home page)
• Veterans History Project event webcasts (lectures and symposia)
• Veterans History Project: Experiencing War (thematic presentations — webcasts and audio)
• War's End: Eyewitness to History Symposium May, 2005 (Veterans History Project)
• Witness and Response: September 11, 2001 Acqusitions at the Library of Congress (exhibition)
• Washington (State):
• Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
• Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture
• Washington, D.C.: See District of Columbia
• Waterman, Dick: "Between Midnight and Day: The Last Unpublished Blues Archive," an illustrated lecture on the book of the same name presented by Dick Waterman (2005 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
• Watt, Robert: Dáithí Sproule and Robert Watt in concert, Rediscover Northern Ireland, 2007
• The Weavers: Force and Violins: What the FBI had on Folksingers, presented by David Dunaway (2008 Botkin lecture, webcast)
• Webcasts:
• Benjamin A. Botkin Lecture Series Online Archive (with webcasts of past events)
• "Bringing in the May," by Jennifer Cutting (Webcast from the Library's Journeys and Crossings Series)
• Experiencing War: Stories from the Veterans History Project:
• Experiencing War home page with thematic presentations
• Webcasts from the Experiencing War Series listed aphabetically by last name
• Folklife Heritage Collections in Crisis (This 2000 symposium site includes webcasts of two of the three keynote addresses)
• Homegrown Concert Series Online Archive (with webcasts of past events)
• How Can I Keep from Singing? A Seeger Family Tribute (2007 Symposium and concert)
• In Country: The Vietnam War, 30 Years After (Veterans History Project symposium webcast)
• Laborlore Conversations IV: Documenting Occupational Folklore Then and Now (2007 Symposium, webcasts)
• National Visionary Leadership Project Collection Showcase (NVLP)
• Online Archives for Past American Folkllife Center Events
• "Pearl Harbor Oral Histories," by Ann Hoog (2004 Webcast from the Library's Journeys and Crossings Series)
• Rediscover Northern Ireland Programme 2007
• Search the LC Webcast site on "Folklife" (results will include folklife-related presentations from other LC divisions)
• Search the LC Webcast site for Veterans History Project events (does not include Experiencing War)
• Symposia and Related Events Online Archive
• West Virginia:
• Gandydancer — traditional string band music from West Virginia (2007 Homegrown, webcast)
• Tending the Commons: Folklife and Landscape in Southern West Virginia (online collection)
• Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture
• What is an Ethnographic Field Collection?
• What is Folklife?
• What's Happening at the American Folklife Center?
• Wisconsin:
• Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
• Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture
• Winick, Stephen: "Tales of the Jersey Devil," an illustrated lecture presented by Stephen D. Winick. (2005 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
• Woody Guthrie and the Archive of American Folk Song, Correspondence 1940-1950 (online collection)
• Work, John Wesley, III : "Now What a Time": Blues, Gospel, and the Fort Valley Music Festivals, 1938-1943 (online collection)
• Working in Paterson: Occupational Heritage in an Urban Setting (online collection)
• WPA Projects: See New Deal
• Wyoming:
• Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
• Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture

X-Y-Z

• Xianrang, Yong: "Chinese Folk Art Today," an illustrated lecture by Yong Xianrang. (2004 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
• Yeh, Nora: "Eight Sounds of Chinese Music," an illustrated lecture by Nora Yeh. (2004 Botkin Lecture. Flyer essay only.)
• Yellow Ribbon: The New Yellow Ribbon Tradition two articles by Gerald E. Parsons
• Yodeling: "Yodel-Ay-Ee-Ooo: The Secret History of Yodeling Around the World," a lecture based on his book. Featuring yodelers Randy Irwin and Cathy Fink. (2004 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)