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Ohio
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
Ohio that document the diversity of the state's folk traditions. Among
its recordings are numerous hours of maritime songs and stories; Lithuanian
immigrant songs; folk music collected by Alan Lomax in the 1930s; folksongs
and piano and fiddle tunes from the 1950s; and religious music.
- Ohio Collections in the Archive
of Folk Culture [full text]
Ohio 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.
Field School
- In 1999 an ethnographic field school was conducted in Knox County, Ohio,
in cooperation with Kenyon College. The student researchers looked at the
intersection of nature and culture along the Kokosing river. To read an
article about the field school by David Taylor, read "Folklife
Center Field School Explores Life Along the Kokosing," in Folklife
Center News, Winter 2000 [full text].
Publications
- A Brief List of Materials Relating to Ohio Folksong (bibliography from 1970). [full text]
Published Recordings
Songs from or about Ohio are found on the following recordings.
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