Finding Aids to Collections Organized by Topic in the Archive of Folk Culture

U.S. States | U.S. Territories | Countries and Cultural Groups | Instruments | Folksong Genres | Collectors | Spoken Word | Historical Eras and Wars | Material Culture | Media

U.S. States and Washington, D.C.

• Alabama Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture [draft available upon request]
• Alaska Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture [full text]
• Arizona Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture [draft available upon request]
• Arkansas Folklore: Field Recordings in the Archive of Folk Song [full text]
• California Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture [draft available upon request]
• Colorado Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture [full text]
• Connecticut Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture [draft available upon request]
• Delaware Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture [full text]
• District of Columbia [See: Washington, D.C.]
• Florida Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture [draft available upon request]
• Georgia Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture [draft available upon request]
• Hawaii Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture [full text]
• Idaho Field Recordings in the Archive of Folk Culture [full text]
• Illinois Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture [draft available upon request]
• Indiana Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture [full text]
• Iowa Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture [full text]
• Kansas Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture [full text]
• Kentucky Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture [full text]
• Recordings made in Louisiana and by Selected Louisiana Performers in the Archive of Folk Culture [full text] [updated draft available upon request]
• Maine Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture [draft available upon request]
• Maryland Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture [full text]
• Massachusetts Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture [draft available upon request]
• Michigan Material in the Archive of Folk Culture [full text]
• Minnesota Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture [full text]
• Mississippi Folk Music and Folklore in the Recorded Collections of the Archive of Folk Culture [full text]
• Missouri Field Recordings in the Archive of Folk Culture [full text]
• Montana Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture [full text]
• Nebraska Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture [draft available upon request]
• Nevada Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture [draft available upon request]
• New Hampshire Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture [draft available upon request]
• New Jersey Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture [full text]
• New Mexico Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture [draft available upon request]
• New York Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture [full text]
• North Carolina Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture [draft available upon request]
• North Dakota Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture [full text]
• Ohio Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture [full text]
• Oklahoma Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture [draft available upon request]
• Oregon Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture [full text]
• Pennsylvania Field Recordings in the Archive of Folk Culture [full text]
• Rhode Island Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture [full text]
• South Carolina Field Recordings in the Archive of Folk Culture [full text]
• South Dakota Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture [draft available upon request]
• Tennessee Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture [draft available upon request]
• Texas Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture [draft available upon request]
• Utah Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture [full text]
• Vermont Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture [draft available upon request]
• Virginia Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture [full text]
• Washington Field Recordings in the Archive of Folk Culture [full text]
• Washington, D.C., Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture [draft available upon request]
• West Virginia Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture [full text]
• Wisconsin Field Recordings in the Archive of Folk Culture [full text]
• Wyoming Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture [full text]

U.S. Territories and Trusts

• American Samoa Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture [draft available upon request]

• Guam Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture [full text]
• Puerto Rico Recordings in the Archive of Folk Culture [full text]
• Virgin Islands (U.S.) Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture [draft available upon request]

Countries / Regions / Ethnic and Cultural Groups

• African Material in the Archive of Folk Culture [full text] [updated draft available upon request]

• American Indian Recordings in the Archive of Folk Culture [draft available upon request]
• Australia Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture [draft available upon request]
• Austrian and Austrian American Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture [full text]
• Baltic and Baltic American Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture [draft available upon request]
• Benelux Collections (Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxembourg) in the Archive of Folk Culture [full text]
• Brazil Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture [full text]
• Canada Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture [draft available upon request]
• Caribbean Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture [draft available upon request]
• Cuban and Cuban American Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture [full text]
• Finnish and Finnish American Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture [full text]
• French Folk Music and Song from the United States and Canada on Field Recordings in the Archive of Folk Song [full text]
• German Language Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture [draft available upon request]
• Greek and Greek American Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture [draft available upon request]
• Hungarian and Hungarian American Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture [draft available upon request]
• Irish American Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture [draft available upon request]
• Ireland Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture [full text]
• Italian American Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture [draft available upon request]
• Jewish, Yiddish, and Hebrew Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture [draft available upon request]
• Latin American and Caribbean Recordings in the Archive of Folk Song [draft available upon request]
• Mexican-American Folksong and Music on Field Recordings in the Archive of Folk Song [full text]
• Mexico Recordings in the Archive of Folk Culture [full text]
• Music of the Pacific Islands in the Archive of Folk Song [available upon request]
• Russian Language Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture [draft available upon request]
• South America Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture [draft available upon request]
• South Asian Recordings in the Archive of Folk Culture [full text]
• Southeast Asia Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture [draft available upon request]
• Southeastern Europe Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture [draft available upon request]
• Swiss and Swiss American Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture [draft available upon request]
• Ukrainian and Ukrainian American Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture [draft available upon request]
• Welsh and Welsh American Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture [full text]

Musical Instruments / Instrumentalists

• A Preliminary Listing of Banjo Performers on Field Recordings in the Archive of Folk Song [full text]
• Appalachian Plucked Dulcimer Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture [draft available upon request]
• A List of Fiddlers on Field Recordings in the Archive of Folk Song [full text]
• AFS Guitar Recordings [print version available upon request]
• A Preliminary Index of Harmonica Recordings at the Archive of Folk Culture [draft available upon request]

Folksong Genres

• African American Gospel Quartet Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture [draft available upon request]
• A Selected Listing of English-Language Folksongs of the United States Sung by Children in the Recorded Collections of the Archive of Folk Song [full text]
• Sea Shanties and Sailors' Songs: A Preliminary Guide to Recordings in the Archive of Folk Song [full text]
• Principal Collections of Field Recordings in the Archive of Folk Culture Which Contain Negro Spirituals [full text]

Collectors of Folklore and Folksong

• Principal Contributors of Field Recordings to the Archive of Folk Song [full text]
• Robert Winslow Gordon Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture [full text]
• Zora Neale Hurston Recordings, Manuscripts, and Ephemera in the Library of Congress [full text]

Spoken Word

• Recordings of Slave Narratives and Related Materials in the Archive of Folk Culture [full text]
• Street Cries, Auction Chants, and Carnival Pitches and Routines in the Recorded Collections of the Archive of Folk Culture [full text]
• Tales of the Supernatural: A Selected List of Recordings Made in the United States and Placed in the Archive of Folk Culture [full text]

Historical Eras and Wars

• Vietnam War Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture [full text]
• World War II Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture [full text]
• Folklore and Related Activities of the W.P.A. in the Collections of the Archive of Folk Culture [available upon request]

Material Culture

• Boatbuilding Documentation in the Archive of Folk Culture [full text]

Folklife in the Media

• Radio-Related Recordings in the Archive of Folk Culture [full text]