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Wisconsin
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 and varied
materials from Wisconsin that document the diversity of the state's folk
traditions. Among its recordings are music and folklore of lumberjacks,
including some in French- Wisconsin dialect; numerous immigrant ethnic
traditions, including Croatian, Irish, Finnish, Swiss, Dutch, Swedish,
German, Polish, Cornish, Bohemian, Belgian, Lithuanian, and Norwegian.
In addition, the Folklife Center's collections include early cylinder recordings
of Winnebago, Ojibwa, and Menominee people. In 1982, the Center's Ethnic
Heritage and Language Schools Project documented a Latvian school in Milwaukee.
- Wisconsin Field Recordings in the
Archive of Folk Culture [full text]
Wisconsin 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 Research Projects
Exhibition
- "Inside Our Homes, Outside Our Windows" (exhibit), Lakefront Memorial
Center, Milwaukee.
Publications
Published Recordings
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