Cover of Centennial Commemoration Program, August 21, 1998. Part of the documentation in Guam's Local Legacies projects.

Guam

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

Collections related to Guam include:

AFS 10,832: Samoan music / Marine Corps recordings
One 7-inch tape of Samoan music duplicated from the U.S. Marine Corps Collection in the Library (MBRS division). Music is only a small portion of this collection; also included are thousands of Marine Corps Personnel (personal messages) to people back home. D-Day on Guam and other combat situations were recorded. Recorded 1942-45. (LWO 2148)

AFC 2001/011: Estorian Guahan Siha Collection of Stories of Guam
One videocassette of a documentary resulting from a National Endowment for the Humanities Oral History Project on Guam. The program was made for broadcast on the Public Television System on Guam and in the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas. Discussions of Chamorro language and cultural retention. (30 minutes)

Guam 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.

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