home >> about
the center >>folklife in your state >> missouri
Missouri
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 rich material
from Missouri that documents the state's diverse folk traditions. Among
its unique recordings are Anglo-American ballads; shape-note singing; jazz
performances from Kansas City and St. Louis; fiddle music; Ozark songs
and folklore; and Missouri-French songs recorded on cylinders in the 1920s
and now preserved on tape.
- Missouri Field Recordings in the
Archive of Folk Culture [full text]
Missouri 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.
Concert Webcast
November 15, 2006: The Gannon Family. Irish music and dance from Missouri. [webcast and event flyer]
Publications
- "Debatable Land: Frontier Versus Wilderness in the Ozark National
Scenic Waterways," Folklife Annual 88-89. [catalog record]
Published Recordings
|