Folklife Sourcebook: A Directory of Folklife Resources in the United States

Archives: Alabama through District of Columbia

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ALABAMA

Archives of American Minority Cultures
Address:
University of Alabama
University, AL 35486 USA
Phone: 205-348-5512
Email:
Commets:
Keywords: alabama film video moving image broadsides audio sound recordings serials collections african american civil rights folk art crafts architecture folk medicine religion women's history archive library publications

ALASKA

Alaska and Polar Regions Department
Address:
Archives & Manuscripts Unit
Elmer E. Rasmuson Library
310 Tanana Drive
P O Box 756808
Fairbanks, Alaska 99775-6800 USA
Phone: 907-474-7261
Email: fyapr@uaf.edu
Commets:
Keywords: alaska archive library audio sound recordings oral history manuscripts photographs films video moving image

ARIZONA

Southwest Folklore Center
Address:
University of Arizona Library
Special Collections
1510 E. University Blvd.
Tucson, AZ 85721–0055 USA
Phone: 520-621-6423
Email:
Comments: Catalog available online
Keywords: arizona archive collections hispanic latino chicano chicana spanish language mexican mexico arizona southwest native american indian sound audio recordings manuscript moving image video film barker collection of southwest spanish linguistics pachuco texts collier collection of the folklòrico dance

ARKANSAS

Regional Studies Center
Address:
Lyon College
2300 Highland Road
Batesville, AR 72501 USA
Phone: 870-698-4330
Email:
Comments:
Keywords: archive collections audio sound recordings manuscripts folklore folklife local history John Quincy Wolf ozarks arkansas folk music collection folksong folk song ethnomusicology publications

Special Collections Division
Address:
University of Arkansas Libraries
Fayetteville, AR 72701-1201 USA
Phone: 501-575-5577
Email:
Comments: includes Folklore Collections of Vance Randolph, Mary Celestia Parler, and Otto Ernest Rayburn among other materials, as well as collections on history, civil rights, internment of Japanese during World War II, arkansas culture, and agriculture that may be of interest to ethnographic researchers. A list of collections is available online.
Keywords: archive collections ozarks arkansas audio sound recordings manuscripts photographs maps Mary D. Hudgins publications women's studies

The Ozark Folk Center State Park
Address:
1032 Park Avenue, Mountain View, AR 72560
Mountain View, AR 72560 USA
Phone: 501-269-3851
Email: ozarkfolkcenter@arkansas.com
Comments: Ozark and Appalachian music and craft materials
Keywords: arkansas ozarks archive collections manuscripts sound audio recordings film maps folksong folk music folk song folk art crafts publications

Dean B. Ellis Library
Address:
University of Arkansas
P.O. Box 2040
State University, AR 72467 USA
Phone: 870-972-3077
Email:
Comments: Special collections manuscripts of folklore and oral history including Vance Randolph and other ethnographers who studied the culture of the Ozarks. Archival collections are listed in the online catalog. See teh Special Collections web page for more contact information.
Keywords: archive collections special collections library ozarks arkansas folklore oral history manuscripts photographs

CALIFORNIA

The Online Archive of California
Address:
Phone:
Email:
Comments: An initiative of the California Digital Library. Large online resource based on archival collections on all subjects from many California institutions. Catalog records made available from contributing institutions on all subjects so that it is possible to search the database across collections from many repositories. An example search on "folklore" retrieved records for papers of folklorists, such as Jan Brunvand, California Folk Music Project (WPA) records, compositions by Charles Seeger, The Dustbowl Migration Records, etc.
Keywords: california archives archival records catalog online collections international western regional

Phoebe Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Address:
103 Kroeber Hall
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
Phone: 510-642-3681
Email:
Comments:
Keywords: california archives archival records native american indian audio recordings sound publications collection collections

Judah L. Magnes Museum
Address:
2911 Russell Street
Berkeley, CA 94705 USA
Phone: 510-549-6950
Email: info@magnes.org
Comments:
Keywords: california archives archival recordings sound audio manuscripts yiddish jewish music folk drama comedy religious music collection collections

University of California Folklore Archives
Address:
110 Kroeber Hall
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
Phone: 510-643-7934
Email: ucbfolklore@berkeley.edu
Comments:
Keywords: california archives archival records manuscripts photographs artifacts international collection collections

Department of Anthropology Ethnographic Archives
Address:
Department of Anthropology
California State University, Chico
Chico, CA 95929-0450 USA
Phone: 530-898-6171
Email:
Comments:
Keywords: california archives archival records japanese korean asian maps manuscripts photographs artifacts video moving image folklore folklife collection collections

Lin S. Humphrey Folk Collection
Address:
Citrus College Library
1000 West Foothill Boulevard
Glendora, CA 91741-1899 USA
Phone: 626-914-8644
Email:
Comments:
Keywords: california archives archival records folklore manuscripts folk art toys artifacts audio recordings sound

Special Collections University of California, Davis Library
Address:
University Library
University of California, Davis
100 NW Quad
Davis, CA 95616 USA
Phone: 530-752-6561
Email:
Comments: See, Manuscript and Photographs, Ethnic Studies (audio recordings are included in mixed media collections in this category). Among these are the Daniel J. Crowly Papers (anthropology and art, african folklore), the Angel Island Oral History Project, the Richard O. Clemer papers related to his research on the Hopi, the Frank Quinn Papers on Native American tribes, etc. Also under Language and Literature see the San Francisco Ballad Slips and Sheets Collection
Keywords: california archives archival records folklore manuscripts native american indian hispanic chicano latino oral history anthropology ethnography hopi african american slavery chinese korean asian sound audio recordings filipino cherokee oklahoma pomo ballads songs folksongs africa folktales hupa karuk yurok

Braun Research Library
Address:
Southwest Museum
234 Museum Drive
Los Angeles, Ca. 90065 USA
Phone: 213-221-2164
Email:
Comments:
Keywords: california archives archival records manuscripts maps ephemera recordings sound audio film video moving image photographs charles f. lummis wax cylinder collection collections Walter McClintock blackfeet native american indian cheyenne arapaho mexican american latino hispanic harrington josephine cook george wharton james publications guatemala folklore folklife folk medicine herbs adobe houses basketmaking gabrielino archeology

Archive of American Folk Medicine
Address:
Center for the Study of Comparative Folklore and Mythology
1037 Graduate School of Management
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA 90024-1459 USA
Phone: 310-825-2524
Email:
Comments:
Keywords: california archives archival records collections medical beliefs folk medicine religion superstition manuscript

Ethnomusicology Archive
Address:
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA 90024 USA
Phone:
Email:
Comments:
Keywords: california archives archival records folklore folksong folk music ethnology ethnomusicology anthropology recordings sound audio ethnography collections california archives maps photographs motion picture films moving image video chinese asian japanese indonesian african india indian native american world music

North Bay Regional and Special Collections
Address:
Sonoma State University
1801 E. Cotati Avenue
Rohnert Park, CA 94928-3609 USA
Phone: 707-664-2397
Email: See web site for subject specialists' emails
Comments: Includes the Hector Lee Folklore Collection (mainly California with an emphasis on folktales), the Indochinese Culture Project (photographs of south asian ethnic peoples in California), the North Bay Ethnic Archive, the Dust Bowl Migration Archive, and a small English chapbook collection, among others. See web site for more information.
Keywords: asian lao vietnamese cambodian california archive collections archival records folktales folklore folklife photographs manuscripts audio sound recordings chapbook broadside ballads english england british oral history north bay japanese internment dust bowl charles todd

COLORADO

Ben Gray Lumpkin Collection of Colorado Folklore [40pp. 139K PDF]
Address:
University of Colorado at Boulder Wordmark
University Libraries, 184 UCB
1720 Pleasant Street
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO 80309-0184 USA
Phone: (303) 492-8093
Email:
Comments: See Music Library
Keywords: archive collections archival records audio recordings sound folksongs colorado folk music western

Western Americana Collection
Address:
University Libraries, 184 UCB
1720 Pleasant Street
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO 80309-0184 USA
Phone: 303-492-7242
Email:
Comments:
Keywords: archive collections archival records western region colorado broadsides ephemera photographs maps manuscripts music song folksong rocky mountains political labor history oral history

CONNECTICUT

Wesleyan University World Music Archives
Address:
Olin Library
252 Church Street
Middletown, CT 06459 USA
Phone: 860-685-2660
Email:
Comments:
Keywords: archives connecticut archival collections records recordings sound audio manuscript video moving image world music native american indian david mcallester navajo commanche bagobo filipino japanese asian spanish shetland islands scottish greek rhodesian africa african zimbabwe hindustani india indonesian korean karnatak iranian afghanistan

DELAWARE

Winterthur Archives
Address:
Winterthur Museum, Archives
Winterthur, DE 19735 USA
Phone: 800-448-3883
Email: tourinfo@winterthur.org
Comments: includes the Edward Deming Andrews Memorial Shaker Collection, Photographic Index of American Art and Design, and the Decorative Arts Photographic Collection, among others.
Keywords: Folklore folklife material culture artifacts archive archival collections records museum delaware shaker photographs manuscripts drawings architecture toys games dolls publications americana

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

American Folklife Center
Address:
Library of Congress
101 Independence Ave, SE
Washington, DC 20540-4610 USA
Phone: 202-707-5510
Email: folklife@loc.gov
Comments: US national repository for international ethnographic collections. Programs in performance and education. Includes the Archive of Folk Culture collections available in the Folklife Reading Room. Selected collections available online.
Keywords: federal archive folk dance folklore folklife folksong dance music fieldwork education programs publications archives archival records photographs sound recordings audio film moving image video manuscripts photographs ephemera washington district of columbia sociolinguistics ethnology ethnography international collections

The Index of American Design
Address:
National Gallery of Art
Sixth and Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20565
Phone: 202-842-6605 USA
Email:
Comments: Begun as a WPA project, 1935. See web site for online presentations from this collection
Keywords: americana collections archives museums archival collections folk art toys manuscripts photographs paintings illustrations shaker pennsylvania german spanish southwest region publications district of columbia washington

Gallaudet University Library (archives and special collections)
Address:
800 Florida Avenue, N.E.
Washington, DC 20002 USA
Phone:
Email:
Comments: The Gallaudet Archives, within the Library, has photographs and manuscripts mainly pertaining to the history of Gallaudet, but there are also significant materials relating to Deaf culture and history. The Gallaudet Library also has an audiovisual department where published and unpublished film and video relating to Deaf culture, storytelling, drama, and performance are available.
Keywords: district of columbia washington archive collections photographs manuscripts deaf folklore history storytelling drama video film moving image

National Anthropological Archives and Human Studies Film Archives
Address:
Smithsonian Institution Museum Support Center
4210 Silver Hill Road, Suitland, MD 20746 USA
Phone: NAA 301-238-1300 HSFA 301-238-1330
Email: NAA naa@si.edu HSFA hsfa@si.edu
Comments: These archives collect and preserve historical and contemporary anthropological materials that document the world's cultures and the history of anthropology.
Keywords: archive archival collections records district of columbia washington maryland photographs manuscripts moving image film video native american indian bureau of american ethnology center for the study of man anthropology franz boas papers edward curtis frances densmore national congress of american indians publications

Ralf Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
Address:
Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
P.O. Box 37012, MRC 520
Washington, DC 20013-7012 USA
Phone: 202-633-7322
Email: rinzlerarchives at si dot edu
Comments:
Keywords: district of columbia washington archive archives collections archival records photographs manuscripts recordings sound audio moving image video film national folklife festival follklore woody guthrie papers publications