"Chinese Folk Art Today," an illustrated lecture by Yong Xianrang. (2004 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
"Eight Sounds of Chinese Music," an illustrated lecture by Nora Yeh. (2004 Botkin Lecture. Flyer essay only.)
"Kunqü: China's First Great Multi-art Theatrical Tradition," presented by Marjory Bong-Ray Liu (2008 Botkin lecture, webcast)
"Song & Silence," Sara M. Davis on ethnic Tai Lües (2005 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)

Code Talker (Navajo):

Keith Little, Navajo Code Talker (Veterans History Project, webcast)
Merril L. Sandoval, Navajo Code Talker (Veterans History Project, webcast)

Cohen, Elizabeth: "Preservation of Audio," article by Elizabeth Cohen
Collection Policy: American Folklife Center Collections Policy Statement
Collections:

Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture
List of Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture
Online Collections and Special Presentations from the Archive of Folk Culture
Traditional Music and Spoken Word Catalog (1933-1950)

Collections and Research Services: The Archive of Folk Culture
Colorado:

Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
Hispano Music and Culture of the Northern Rio Grande: The Juan B. Rael Collection (online collection)
Opalanga Pugh — African American storytelling from Colorado (2008 Homegrown concert, webcast)
Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture

A Commonwealth of Cultures booklet by Mary Hufford
Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
Concerts, See: Events and Announcements
Connecticut:

Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
Negrura Peruana — Afro Peruvian music and dance from Connecticut (2005 Homegrown concert, webcast)
Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture

Contact Information for the American Folklife Center
Contact Information for the Veterans History Project
Contributors Guide: Ethnographic Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture: A Contributor's Guide a booklet by Stephanie A. Hall
Cook, Robert: Florida Folklife from the WPA Collections, 1937-1942 (online collection)
Cowboys:

Bar J Wranglers — Cowboy Music from Wyoming (2008 Homegrown Concert, webcast)
"Bridles, Bits and Beads: Folk and Fieldwork from the High, Wide and Handsome State of Montana," an illustrated lecture presented by Dr. Alexandra Swaney of the Montana Arts Council. (2005 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
Buckaroos in Paradise: Ranching Culture in Northern Nevada, 1945-82 (online collection)
D. W. Groethe "Cowboy songs and poetry from Montana," (2005 Botkin lecture, webcast)
David Stanley, "Cowboy Poetry: History, Origins, Influences, Forms." (2006 Homegrown concert, webcast)

Cowell, Sidney Robertson: California Gold: Northern California Folk Music From the Thirties (online collection)
The Creation of the American Folklife Center: Public Law 94-201
Cutting, Jennifer: "Bringing in the May," by Jennifer Cutting (Web cast from the Library's Journeys and Crossings Series)
Cybercasts: see Webcasts

D

Dance:

Dallas Chief Eagle and Jasmine Pickner, Hoop Dancing (Rosebud Sioux and Crow Creek Sioux. 2007 Homegrown concert, webcast)
Dineh Tah Navajo Dancers from Arizona and New Mexico (2005 Homegrown concert, webcast)
The Gannon Family: Irish music and dance from Missouri (2006 Homegrown concert, webcast)
Gary Haleamau — Traditional Hawaiian Music from Las Vegas (2008 Homegrown concert, webcast)
Major League Tassa — Indo-Caribbean drumming and dance from New York (2008 Homegrown concert, webcast)
Natasinh Dancers & Musicians — Lao music and dance from Iowa. (2006 Homegrown concert, webcast)
Negrura Peruana — Afro Peruvian music and dance from Connecticut (2005 Homegrown concert, webcast)
Old Cultures/New Contexts: Presenting the Traditional Music and Dance of Urban Immigrant Communities
presented by Ethel Raim (2008 Botkin lecture, webcast)
Omaha Indian Music (online collection)
The Sama Ensemble: Traditional Iranian music and dance (2007 Homegrown concert, webcast)
Surati — Classical and Folk Indian Dance from New Jersey (2008 Homegrown concert, webcast)

Danielson, Virginia: "Stating the Obvious: Lessons Learned While Accessing Archival Audio Collections," article by Virginia Danielson
Davis, Sara M.: "Song & Silence," Sara M. Davis on ethnic Tai Lües (2005 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
Death, Dying, and Grief: "Giving a Voice to Sorrow: Creative Responses to Death," an illustrated lecture presented by Illana Harlow. (2004 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
Delaney, Frank: "The Beautiful Bridge: Crossing The Span Between Oral Tradition and the Written Creative Word," — presented by Frank Delaney (2005 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
Delaware:

Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
The Zionaires — Gospel Music from Maryland and Delaware (2008 Homegrown concert, webcast)
See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture

Digital collections: See Online Collections and Special Presentations
Directories:
- Contact Information for the American Folklife Center
- Contact Information for the Veterans History Project
- Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture
- Folklife Sourcebook directory by Peter Bartis and Stephanie Hall
- Online Collections and Special Presentations from the Archive of Folk Culture
- Published Sound Recordings from the Archive of Folk Culture
- Resources in Ethnographic Studies (links)
- Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About theAmerican Folklife Center)
- A Teacher's Guide to Folklife Resources searchable database of educational resources by Carol Moran and Catherine Hiebert Kerst
District of Columbia (Washington, D.C.):

Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
"The Beat: Go-Go's Fusion of Funk and Hip-Hop" ethnomusicologist Kip Lornell discussed the book of the same title he coauthored with Charles C. Stephenson, Jr. (2005 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
Reverb (2007 Homegrown concert, webcast)
See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture

Documenting Maritime Folklife book by David A. Taylor
Donating Collections: Ethnographic Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture: A Contributor's Guide a booklet by Stephanie A. Hall
Drama (Folk Drama):

Hispano Music and Culture of the Northern Rio Grande: The Juan B. Rael Collection (online collection)

Dunaway, David King: "Force and Violins: What the FBI had on Folksingers," presented by David Dunaway (2008 Botkin lecture, webcast)
Dueck, Jonathan: "Empires, Multiculturalisms, and Borrowed Heartsongs: What Does It Mean to Sing Russian/Mennonite Songs?", presented by Jonathan Dueck (2008 Botkin Lecture. Flyer essay only.)
Duplication service: See Ordering Copies of Recordings from Archive of Folk Culture Collections

E

Ecology:

"The Folklore Behind Ecology, or Why Scientists in Ecology Need Help from Folklorists," Dr. Daniel B. Botkin (2006 Botkin lecture, webcast)
Tending the Commons: Folklife and Landscape in Southern West Virginia (online collection)

Educational Resources:
- A Commonwealth of Cultures booklet by Mary Hufford
- Educational Opportunities and Programs
- Educators' Resources (links)
- Explore Your Community educational poster
- Field Schools for Cultural Documentation
- Folklife and Fieldwork booklet by Peter Bartis
- Getting Started: How do I do Folklife?
- Heritage Projects and Place-Based Education (includes links to the Montana and Arizona projects)
- A Teacher's Guide to Folklife Resources searchable database of educational resources by Carol Moran and Catherine Hiebert Kerst
- Training Program for Indigenous Communitites (Press Release May 14, 2008)
- World Wide Web Resources for Cultural Heritage Research Projects (links)
- Veterans History Project: Classroom Resources page from the Veterans History Project
- What is an Ethnographic Field Collection?
Eff, Elaine: "From Bridge to Boardwalk, an Audio Journey Across Maryland's Eastern Shore," an illustrated lecture based on the CD and book of the same name presented by Douglas Manger, Tatiana Irvine, and Elaine Eff. (2004 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
The Endangered Music Project: See Published Recordings
Erkvanidze, Malkhaz: Malkhaz Erkvanidze on collecting traditional sacred and secular music in the Republic of Georgia with examples provided by the Anchiskhati Choir. (2005 Botkin lecture, webcast)
Ethnographic Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture: A Contributor's Guide a booklet by Stephanie A. Hall
Ethnographic Resources: See Resources in Ethnographic Studies
Events and Announcements: What's Happening at the American Folklife Center?
Event Archives: Online Archives for Past American Folkllife Center Events (includes webcasts):

Experiencing War: Stories from the Veterans History Project (thematic presentations, webcasts and audio)
Experiencing War Series presentations listed aphabetically by last name
Explore Your Community educational poster

F

Family Folklife: American Family History and Folklife Online Resource
Field Schools for Cultural Documentation
Fiddle Tunes of the Old Frontier: The Henry Reed Collection (online collection)
Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture
Finding Aids to Individual Collections
Finding aids: Finding Aids Organized by Topic
Fletcher, Alice Cunningham: Omaha Indian Music (online collection)
Florida:

Aubrey Ghent and Friends — Sacred Steel Lap Guitar (2007 Homegrown concert, webcast)
Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
Florida Folklife from the WPA Collections, 1937-1942 (online collection)
Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
Southern Mosaic: The John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip (online collection)
Voices from the Days of Slavery: Former Slaves Tell Their Stories (online collection)
See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture

Folk Art (artifacts):

"Afghan Women’s Stories: The Problematics of Cover," presented by Margaret Mills, September 19, 2007. (Botkin lecture, webcast).
"Bridles, Bits and Beads: Folk and Fieldwork from the High, Wide and Handsome State of Montana," an illustrated lecture presented by Dr. Alexandra Swaney of the Montana Arts Council. (2005 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
"The Changing Worlds of the Patuas of West Bengal," Presented by Frank Korom, 2006 (Botkin Lecture, webcast)
"Chinese Folk Art Today," an illustrated lecture by Yong Xianrang. (2004 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
"Giving a Voice to Sorrow: Creative Responses to Death," an illustrated lecture presented by Illana Harlow. (2004 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
The New Yellow Ribbon Tradition two articles by Gerald E. Parsons
Herman, Bernard: "Quilters' Save Our Stories," presented by Bernard Herman (2007 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
Quilts and Quiltmaking in America, 1978-1996 (online collection)
"What's in a Name? AIDS, Vernacular Risk Perception and the Culture of Ownership," presented by Diane Goldstein (2006 Botkin Lecture, webcast)

Folk Heritage Collections in Crisis Symposium and Products
Folklife and Fieldwork booklet by Peter Bartis
Folklife Center News
Folklife Sourcebook directory by Peter Bartis and Stephanie Hall
Folk-Songs of America: the Robert Winslow Gordon Collection, 1922-1932 (online presentation of recordings and photographs from the 1978 LP)
Folksong Revival, History of:

Force and Violins: What the FBI had on Folksingers, presented by David Dunaway (2008 Botkin lecture, webcast)
How Can I Keep from Singing? A Seeger Family Tribute (2007 Symposium and concert)
Laborlore Conversations IV: Documenting Occupational Folklore Then and Now (2007 Symposium)

"Force and Violins: What the FBI had on Folksingers," presented by David Dunaway (2008 Botkin lecture, webcast)

G

Gambliel, Maria Carmen RA.: "Basque Culture in the Western United States," an illustrated lecture by Maria Carmen RA. Gambliel. (2004 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
The Gannon Family: Irish music and dance from Missouri (2006 Homegrown concert, webcast)
Gary Haleamau — Traditional Hawaiian Music from Las Vegas (2008 Homegrown concert, webcast)
Georgia (country): Malkhaz Erkvanidze on collecting traditional sacred and secular music in the Republic of Georgia with examples provided by the Anchiskhati Choir. (2005 Botkin lecture, webcast)
Georgia (U.S.A.) :

Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
"Now What a Time": Blues, Gospel, and the Fort Valley Music Festivals, 1938-1943 (online collection)
Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
Southern Mosaic: The John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip (online collection)
Voices from the Days of Slavery: Former Slaves Tell Their Stories (online collection)
See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture

Getting Started: How do I do Folklife?
Ghent, Aubrey: Aubrey Ghent and Friends — Sacred Steel Lap Guitar (2007 Homegrown concert, webcast)
Gift Funds for private donations to the American Folklife Center
Gilespie, Angus: "The Lore of America's Coal Miners: A Fresh Look at the George Korson Collection," presented by Angus Gilespie. (2004 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
Goldstein, Diane: "What's in a Name? AIDS, Vernacular Risk Perception and the Culture of Ownership," Diane Goldstein (2006 Botkin Lecture, webcast)
Gordon, Robert Winslow: Folk-Songs of America: the Robert Winslow Gordon Collection, 1922-1932 (online presentation of recordings and photographs from the 1978 LP)
Gospel Music:

Birmingham Sunlights (2005 Homegrown concert, webcast)
Blind Boys of Alabama (Homegrown 2002 concert, webcast excerpts. Part One, Part Two)
Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver — Bluegrass and Gospel music from Tennessee (2006 Homegrown concert, webcast)
"Now What a Time": Blues, Gospel, and the Fort Valley Music Festivals, 1938-1943 (online collection)
Reverb (2007 Homegrown concert, webcast)
The Zionaires — Gospel Music from Maryland and Delaware (2008 Homegrown concert, webcast)

Goss, Linda: "Waking up the People," Presented by Linda Goss (2006 Botkin presentation, webcast)
Graham, Len: "'It's Of My Rambles...' A Journey in the Song Tradition of Ulster," presented by Len Graham (2008 Northern Ireland/Botkin lecture, webcast)
Groethe, D. W.: D. W. Groethe — Cowboy songs and poetry from Montana (2005 Homegrown concert, webcast)
Guides:
- Ethnographic Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture: A Contributor's Guide a booklet by Stephanie A. Hall
- Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture
- Folklife and Fieldwork booklet by Peter Bartis
- Documenting Maritime Folklife a book by David A. Taylor
- A Teacher's Guide to Folklife Resources searchable database of educational resources by Carol Moran and Catherine Hiebert Kerst
- See also: Directories
Guthrie, Woody: Woody Guthrie and the Archive of American Folk Song, Correspondence 1940-1950 (online collection)

H

Hall, Stephanie:

Ethnographic Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture: A Contributor's Guide brochure by Stephanie A. Hall
Folklife Sourcebook directory by Peter Bartis and Stephanie Hall
"Preserving Sound Recordings," article by Stephanie A. Hall

"Halloween: The Fantasy and Folklore of All Hallows," article by Jack Santino
Halpert, Herbert: Florida Folklife from the WPA Collections, 1937-1942 (online collection)
Hardin, James:

"Alan Lomax, 1915-2002," an appreciation by James Hardin
"Historic Sound Recordings Collections Win Save America's Treasures Preservation Grant," article by James Hardin
"No Time to Dawdle: Folk Heritage Collections in Crisis," article by James Hardin

Harlow, Illana: "Giving a Voice to Sorrow: Creative Responses to Death," an illustrated lecture presented by Illana Harlow. (2004 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
Hastings, Gary: "There's More that Unites Than Divides Us." Spoken and performed by Gary Hastings and Brian Mullen. Rediscover Northern Ireland, 2007.
Hawaii and Hawaiian:

Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
Gary Haleamau — Traditional Hawaiian Music from Las Vegas (2008 Homegrown concert, webcast)
Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture

Henry Reed: Fiddle Tunes of the Old Frontier: The Henry Reed Collection (online collection)
Heritage Projects and Place-Based Education
Hickerson, Joseph C.:

See: Finding Aids to Collections Organized by Topic in the Archive of Folk Culture (series editor)
See: List of Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture

Hispanic / Latino

California Gold: Northern California Folk Music from the Thirties (online collection)
Experiencing War: Hispanics in Service (Veteran's History project online exhibit)
Hispano Music and Culture of the Northern Rio Grande: The Juan B. Rael Collection (online collection)
Negrura Peruana — Afro Peruvian music and dance from Connecticut (2005 Homegrown concert, webcast)
"La Quinceañera: A Coming of Age Ritual in Latino Communities," by Norma E. Cantú (2006 Botkin lecture, webcast)
Voices from the Dust Bowl: The Charles L. Todd and Robert Sonkin Migrant Worker Collection (online collection)
See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture

Homegrown Concert Series
Homegrown Concert Series Online Archives (including flyer essays, selected webcasts, and links to related materials)
Hoog, Ann:

"Pearl Harbor Oral Histories," by Ann Hoog (2004 Webcast from the Library's Journeys and Crossings Series)
September 11, 2001 Documentary Project (online collection)
September 11, 2001 Documentary Project presented by Ann Hoog (webcast)
See also: Finding Aids to Collections Organized by Topic in the Archive of Folk Culture (series editor)

Hoop Dancing:

Dallas Chief Eagle and Jasmine Pickner, Hoop Dancing (Rosebud Sioux and Crow Creek Sioux. 2007 Homegrown concert, webcast)
Omaha Indian Music (online collection)

"How Can I Keep from Singing?": A Seeger Family Tribute (2007 Symposium and concert)
How to Contact The American Folklife Center and the Veterans History Project
How to do Research in the Archive of Folk Culture
Hufford, Mary:

A Commonwealth of Cultures booklet by Mary Hufford
Tending the Commons: Folklife and Landscape in Southern West Virginia (online collection)

Hurston, Zora Neale: Florida Folklife from the WPA Collections, 1937-1942 (online collection)

I

Idaho:

Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture

Illinois:

Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
Liz Carroll with John Doyle — Irish American fiddling from Illinois (2005 Homegrown concert, flyer)
Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture

In Country: The Vietnam War, 30 Years After (Veterans History Project symposium webcast)
Inauguration 2009 Sermons and Orations Project
India, East Indian, and East Indian American:

"The Changing Worlds of the Patuas of West Bengal," Presented by Frank Korom, 2006 (Botkin Lecture, webcast)
Surati — Classical and Folk Indian Dance from New Jersey (2008 Homegrown concert, webcast)

Indian, American: See Native American
Indiana:

Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture

Indigenous Communities:

"Facing the Music: Traditional Culture and Copyright," presented by Dr. Bryan Bachner (2005 Botkin lecture, webcast)
"From Patent Medicines to Patents for Indigenous Knowledge — Material and Spiritual Economies," an illustrated lecture by Margaret Kruesi. (2004 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
Training Program for Indigenous Communitites (Press release May 14, 2008)
Society of American Archivists Pre-Conference Symposium: Ethnographic Archives, Communities of Origin, and Intangible Cultural Heritage 2006 Symposium

Indo-Caribbean: Major League Tassa — Indo-Caribbean drumming and dance from New York (2008 Homegrown concert, webcast)
Internships
Iowa:

Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
Natasinh Dancers & Musicians: Lao Music and Dance from Iowa (2006 Homegrown concert, webcast)
Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture

Iran: The Sama Ensemble: Traditional Iranian music and dance (2007 Homegrown concert, webcast)
Irish and Irish-American:

Delaney, Frank: "The Beautiful Bridge: Crossing The Span Between Oral Tradition and the Written Creative Word," — presented by Frank Delaney (2005 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
Fiddle Tunes of the Old Frontier: The Henry Reed Collection (online collection)
The Gannon Family: Irish music and dance from Missouri (2006 Homegrown concert, webcast)
Liz Carroll with John Doyle — Irish American fiddling from Illinois (2005 Homegrown concert, flyer)
See also: Northern Ireland
See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture

Irvine, Tatiana: "From Bridge to Boardwalk, an Audio Journey Across Maryland's Eastern Shore," an illustrated lecture based on the CD and book of the same name presented by Douglas Manger, Tatiana Irvine, and Elaine Eff. (2004 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
Ivan Kupalo: "Ivan Kupalo: Ritual in Post-Soviet Ukraine," an illustrated lecture by Dr. Natalie Kononenko. (2004 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)

J

Jabbour, Alan: Fiddle Tunes of the Old Frontier: The Henry Reed Collection (online collection)
James, Willis Laurence: "Now What a Time": Blues, Gospel, and the Fort Valley Music Festivals, 1938-1943 (online collection)
Jazz: Mister Jelly Roll, Mister Lomax and the Invention of Jazz — Illustrated Lecture by John Szwed (2006 Homegrown lecture/concert, webcast)
Jamaica: "Politics and Poetics: Fieldwork in Afghanistan and Jamaica," Margaret Mills and Kenneth Bilby (2006 Botkin lecture, webcast)
Jewish Heritage:

Experiencing War: Jewish Veterans of World War II (Veterans History Project online exhibit)
Flory Jagoda and Friends — Traditional Sephardic music from the former Yugoslavia and the world (2007 Homegrown concert, webcast)
See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture

John and Ruby Lomax. . . [title]: Southern Mosaic: The John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip (online collection)
Johnson, James: James "Super Chikan" Johnson and Richard Christman Blues Guitar from Mississippi (2006 Homegrown concert, webcast)
Jones, Lewis Wade: "Now What a Time": Blues, Gospel, and the Fort Valley Music Festivals, 1938-1943 (online collection)

K

Kansas:

The Bajich Brothers — Serbian-American Tambura Music from Kansas (2008 Homegrown concert, webcast)
Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture

Kennedy, Stetson:

Art, Culture, and Government: The New Deal at 75, symposium participant
Florida Folklife from the WPA Collections, 1937-1942 (online collection)
How Can I Keep From Singing? A Seeger Family Tribute — Photo Album (photograph)
Stetson Kennedy, talked about his life and work in conversation with Dr. Peggy Bulger, Director of the American Folklife Center. May 24, 2005. (Botkin lecture, webcast)

Kentucky:

Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture

Kerst, Catherine Hiebert: A Teacher's Guide to Folklife Resources searchable database of educational resources by Carol Moran and Catherine Hiebert Kerst
Kononenko, Natalie: "Ivan Kupalo: Ritual in Post-Soviet Ukraine," an illustrated lecture by Dr. Natalie Kononenko. (2004 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
Korom, Frank: "The Changing Worlds of the Patuas of West Bengal," Presented by Frank Korom, 2006 (Botkin Lecture, webcast)
Kruesi, Margaret: "From Patent Medicines to Patents for Indigenous Knowledge — Material and Spiritual Economies," an illustrated lecture by Margaret Kruesi. (2004 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
"Kunqü: China's First Great Multi-art Theatrical Tradition," presented by Marjory Bong-Ray Liu (2008 Botkin lecture, webcast)

L

La Flesche, Francis: Omaha Indian Music (online collection)
Laborlore Conversations IV: Documenting Occupational Folklore Then and Now (2007 symposium)
Lands' End All-American Quilt Contest Collection: See: Quilts and Quiltmaking in America, 1978-1996 (online collection)
Laos / Lao:

Natasinh Dancers & Musicians: Lao Music and Dance from Iowa (2006 Homegrown concert, webcast)
"Song & Silence," Sara M. Davis on ethnic Tai Lües (2005 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)

Latino: See Hispanic
Lectures:

Benjamin Botkin Lecture Series Online Archives
See: Events and Announcements for upcoming lectures
Veterans History Project event webcasts (lectures and symposia)

Legend: "Tales of the Jersey Devil," an illustrated lecture presented by Stephen D. Winick. (2005 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
Leyden, Maurice: "'I am a Wee Weaver': Weaving and Singing in Northern Ireland," presented by Maurice Leyden (2008 Northern Ireland/Botkin Lecture. Flyer essay only)
Links:
- Folklife Sourcebook directory by Peter Bartis and Stephanie Hall
- Resources in Ethnographic Studies
- Resources for Sound Archives
- World Wide Web Resources for Cultural Heritage Research Projects
- See also: Symposia and related events resource lists
List of Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture
Listserv: AFCnews Listserv (Announcement list)
Little, Keith: Keith Little, Navajo Code Talker (Veterans History Project, webcast)
Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (LC Bicentennial site, 2000)
Lomax, Alan:

After the Day of Infamy: The "Man on the Street Interviews" Following the Attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941 (online collection)
"Alan Lomax, 1915-2002," an appreciation by James Hardin
The Alan Lomax Collection (online presentation of selections from the collection)
Captain Pearl R. Nye: Life on the Ohio and Erie Canal (online collection)
Mister Jelly Roll, Mister Lomax and the Invention of Jazz — Illustrated Lecture by John Szwed (2006 Homegrown lecture/concert, webcast)
Woody Guthrie and the Archive of American Folk Song, Correspondence 1940-1950 (online collection)

Lomax, John and Ruby:

Captain Pearl R. Nye: Life on the Ohio and Erie Canal (online collection)
Southern Mosaic: The John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip (online collection)

Lornell, Kip: "The Beat: Go-Go's Fusion of Funk and Hip-Hop," ethnomusicologist Kip Lornell discussed the book of the same title he coauthored with Charles C. Stephenson, Jr. (2005 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
Louisiana:

Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
Southern Mosaic: The John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip (online collection)
Voices from the Days of Slavery: Former Slaves Tell Their Stories (online collection)
See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture

M

MacArthur, Margaret: Margaret MacArthur — Ballads and songs from Vermont (2005 Homegrown, webcast)
Maine:

Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture

Major League Tassa — Indo-Caribbean drumming and dance from New York (2008 Homegrown concert, webcast)
Mandan Hidatsa: Mary Louise Defender Wilson & Keith Bear — Sioux and Mandan Hidatsa storytelling (2006 Homegrown concert, webcast)
Manger, Douglas: "From Bridge to Boardwalk, an Audio Journey Across Maryland's Eastern Shore," an illustrated lecture based on the CD and book of the same name presented by Douglas Manger, Tatiana Irvine, and Elaine Eff. (2004 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
Maritime Folklife: Documenting Maritime Folklife a book by David A. Taylor
Marshall, Howard W.: Buckaroos in Paradise: Ranching Culture in Northern Nevada, 1945-82 (online collection)
Mary Sheppard Burton Collection (online collection)
Maryland:

"From Bridge to Boardwalk, an Audio Journey Across Maryland's Eastern Shore," an illustrated lecture based on the CD and book of the same name presented by Douglas Manger, Tatiana Irvine, and Elaine Eff. (2004 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
Mary Sheppard Burton Collection (online collection)
Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
Voices from the Days of Slavery: Former Slaves Tell Their Stories (online collection)
The Zionaires — Gospel Music from Maryland and Delaware (2008 Homegrown concert, webcast)
See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture

Massachusetts:

Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture

May Day: "Bringing in the May," by Jennifer Cutting (Web cast from the Library's Journeys and Crossings Series)
Medicine (folk medicine, patent medicines): "From Patent Medicines to Patents for Indigenous Knowledge — Material and Spiritual Economies," an illustrated lecture by Margaret Kruesi. (2004 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
Mennonite: "Empires, Multiculturalisms, and Borrowed Heartsongs: What Does It Mean to Sing Russian/Mennonite Songs?", presented by Jonathan Dueck (2008 Botkin Lecture. Flyer essay only.)
Michigan:

Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture

Mid-summer ritual: "Ivan Kupalo: Ritual in Post-Soviet Ukraine," an illustrated lecture by Dr. Natalie Kononenko. (2004 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
Mills, Margaret:

"Afghan Women’s Stories: The Problematics of Cover," presented by Margaret Mills (2007 Botkin lecture, webcast).
"Politics and Poetics: Fieldwork in Afghanistan and Jamaica," Margaret Mills and Kenneth Bilby (2006 Botkin lecture, webcast)

Minnesota:

Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture

Mississippi:

Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
James "Super Chikan" Johnson and Richard Christman Blues Guitar from Mississippi (2006 Homegrown concert, webcast)
Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
Southern Mosaic: The John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip (online collection)
Voices from the Days of Slavery: Former Slaves Tell Their Stories (online collection)
See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture

Missouri:

Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
The Gannon Family: Irish music and dance from Missouri (2006 Homegrown concert, webcast)
Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture

Montana:
- "Bridles, Bits and Beads: Folk and Fieldwork from the High, Wide and Handsome State of Montana," an illustrated lecture presented by Dr. Alexandra Swaney of the Montana Arts Council. (2005 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
- D. W. Groethe — Cowboy songs and poetry from Montana (2005 Homegrown concert, webcast)
- Montana Heritage Project: Heritage Projects and Place-Based Education
- Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
- Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
- See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture
Moran, Carol: A Teacher's Guide to Folklife Resources searchable database of educational resources by Carol Moran and Catherine Hiebert Kerst
Mormon: The Beehive Band — Traditional Mormon String Band Music from Utah (2008 Homegrown concert, webcast)
Morris, Alton: Florida Folklife from the WPA Collections, 1937-1942 (online collection)
Morton, Ferdinand: Mister Jelly Roll, Mister Lomax and the Invention of Jazz — Illustrated Lecture by John Szwed (2006 Homegrown lecture/concert, webcast)
Moulden, John: Northern American Influence on a North Irish Song Collection, presented by John Moulden, Rediscover Northern Ireland, 2007
Mullen, Brian: "There's More that Unites Than Divides Us." Spoken and performed by Gary Hastings and Brian Mullen. Rediscover Northern Ireland, 2007.

N

Narrative

"Afghan Women’s Stories: The Problematics of Cover," presented by Margaret Mills, Ohio State University (2007 Botkin Lecture, webcast)
Buckaroos in Paradise: Ranching Culture in Northern Nevada, 1945-82 (online collection, search on "narrative")
Mary Sheppard Burton Collection (online collection)
Opalanga Pugh — African American storytelling from Colorado (2008 Homegrown concert, webcast)
StoryCorps FAQ and links
Tending the Commons: Folklife and Landscape in Southern West Virginia (online collection, search on “story”)
Veterans History Project: Experiencing War (thematic presentations — webcasts and audio)
Voices from the Dustbowl (online collection, search on “story” )
Voices from the Days of Slavery (online collection)
"Waking up the People," Linda Goss, Professional storyteller (2006 Botkin lecture, webcast)
Mary Louise Defender Wilson & Keith Bear — Sioux and Mandan Hidatsa S torytelling (2006 Homegrown concert, webcast)
See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture

Native American:

"Bridles, Bits and Beads: Folk and Fieldwork from the High, Wide and Handsome State of Montana," an illustrated lecture presented by Dr. Alexandra Swaney of the Montana Arts Council. (2005 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
"'Do All Indians Live in Tipis?' and Other Compelling Questions for Education," presented by Edwin Schupman (2008 Botkin Lecture, webcast)
See: Mandan Hidatsa
See: Navajo
See: Omaha
See: Paiute
See: Seminole
Society of American Archivists Pre-Conference Symposium: Ethnographic Archives, Communities of Origin, and Intangible Cultural Heritage 2006 Symposium
See: Souix
See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture

National Visionary Leadership Project Collection Showcase (NVLP)
Navajo

Dineh Tah Navajo Dancers from Arizona and New Mexico (2005 Homegrown concert, webcast)
Keith Little, Navajo Code Talker (Veterans History Project, webcast)
Merril L. Sandoval, Navajo Code Talker (Veterans History Project, webcast)

Nebraska:

Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
Omaha Indian Music (online collection)
The River Boys Polka Band — Dutch Hop Polka music from Nebraska (2006 Homegrown concert, webcast)
Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture

Negrura Peruana — Afro Peruvian music and dance from Connecticut (2005 Homegrown concert, webcast)
Nevada:

Buckaroos in Paradise: Ranching Culture in Northern Nevada, 1945-82 (online collection)
Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
Gary Haleamau — Traditional Hawaiian Music from Las Vegas (2008 Homegrown concert, webcast)
Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture

New Deal:

Art Culture and Government: The New Deal at 75 (2008 Symposium, webcasts)
California Gold: Northern California Folk Music From the Thirties (online collection)
Florida Folklife from the WPA Collections, 1937-1942 (online collection)
Voices from the Dust Bowl: The Charles L. Todd and Robert Sonkin Migrant Worker Collection (online collection)

New Hampshire :

Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture

New Jersey :

Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
Surati — Classical and Folk Indian Dance from New Jersey (2008 Homegrown concert, webcast)
"Tales of the Jersey Devil," — an illustrated lecture presented by Stephen D. Winick. (2005 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
Working in Paterson: Occupational Heritage in an Urban Setting (online collection)
See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture

New Mexico:

Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
Dineh Tah Navajo Dancers from Arizona and New Mexico (2005 Homegrown concert, webcast)
Hispano Music and Culture of the Northern Rio Grande: The Juan B. Rael Collection (online collection)
Keith Little, Navajo Code Talker (Veterans History Project, webcast)
Merril L. Sandoval, Navajo Code Talker (Veterans History Project, webcast)
Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture

The New Yellow Ribbon Tradition
New York (State):

Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
Major League Tassa — Indo-Caribbean drumming and dance from New York (2008 Homegrown concert, webcast)
Merita Halili and the Raif Huseni Orchestra (2008 Homegrown concert, webcast)
Old Cultures/New Contexts: Presenting the Traditional Music and Dance of Urban Immigrant Communities
September 11, 2001 Documentary Project (webcast)
Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
Witness and Response: September 11, 2001 Acqusitions at the Library of Congress (exhibition)
Woody Guthrie and the Archive of American Folk Song, Correspondence 1940-1950 (online collection)
See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture

News:

North Carolina:

Benton Flippen and the Smokey Valley Boys — Old Time music from North Carolina (2005 Homegrown concert, webcast)
Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
Quilts and Quiltmaking in America, 1978-1996 (online collection)
Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture

North Dakota:

Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
Mary Louise Defender Wilson & Keith Bear — Sioux and Mandan Hidatsa S torytelling (2006 Homegrown concert, webcast)
Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Ar chive of Folk Culture

Northern Ireland:
- Dáithí Sproule and Robert Watt in concert, Rediscover Northern Ireland, 2007
- "'I am a Wee Weaver': Weaving and Singing in Northern Ireland," presented by Maurice Leyden (2008 Northern Ireland/Botkin Lecture. Flyer essay only)
- "'It's Of My Rambles...' A Journey in the Song Tradition of Ulster," presented by Len Graham (2008 Northern Ireland/Botkin lecture, webcast)
- "Northern American Influence on a North Irish Song Collection," presented by John Moulden, Rediscover Northern Ireland, 2007
- Rediscover Northern Ireland 2007 Symposium and Events
- Rediscover Northern Ireland 2008 events
- Rosie Stewart in Concert, Rediscover Northern Ireland, 2007
- "There's More that Unites Than Divides Us," Spoken and performed by Gary Hastings and Brian Mullen. Rediscover Northern Ireland, 2007.
- Tommy Sands with Moya and Fionán Sands (2008 Northern Ireland concert, webcast)
"Now What a Time": Blues, Gospel, and the Fort Valley Music Festivals, 1938-1943 (online collection)
Nye, Pearl: Captain Pearl R. Nye: Life on the Ohio and Erie Canal (online collection)

O

Occupational Folklife

Buckaroos in Paradise: Ranching Culture in Northern Nevada 1945-1982 (online collection)
Documenting Maritime Folklife a book by David A. Taylor
Laborlore Conversations IV: Documenting Occupational Folklore Then and Now (symposium)
"The Lore of America's Coal Miners: A Fresh Look at the George Korson Collection," presented by Angus Gilespie. (2004 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
Working in Paterson: Occupational Heritage in an Urban Setting (online collection)
See also: Published Sound Recordings from the Archive of Folk Culture

Ohio:

Captain Pearl R. Nye: Life on the Ohio and Erie Canal (online collection)
Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture

Oklahoma:

Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
Voices from the Dust Bowl: The Charles L. Todd and Robert Sonkin Migrant Worker Collection (online collection)
See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture

Omaha Indian Music (online collection)
Online Archives for Past American Folkllife Center Events (with webcasts, flyers, and other materials)

Online Collections and Presentations
Opalanga Pugh — African American storytelling from Colorado (2008 Homegrown concert, webcast)
Oral History:
- American Family History and Folklife Online Resource
- Folklife and Fieldwork a booklet by Peter Bartis
- Veterans History Project Kit
Ordering Copies of Unpublished Recordings from Archive of Folk Culture Collections
Ordering Copies of Photographic Materials from Archive of Folk Culture Collections
Voices from the Dust Bowl: The Charles L. Todd and Robert Sonkin Migrant Worker Collection (online collection)
Owen Fund: Blanton Owen Fund

P

Paiute: See Buckaroos in Paradise: Ranching Culture in Northern Nevada, 1945-82 (online collection)
Parsons, Gerald E.:

The Gerald E. and Corinne L. Parsons Fund Award
The New Yellow Ribbon Tradition two articles by Gerald E. Parsons
What is an Ethnographic Field Collection?
See also: List of Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture

Pacific-Americans:

Experiencing War: Asian Pacific Americans: Going for Broke (Veterans History Project, online exhibit)

Pearl Harbor:

After the Day of Infamy: The "Man On the Street" Interviews (online collection)
"Pearl Harbor Oral Histories," by Ann Hoog (2004 Webcast from the Library's Journeys and Crossings Series)

Pennsylvania:

Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
"The Lore of America's Coal Miners: A Fresh Look at the George Korson Collection," presented by Angus Gilespie. (2004 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
"Waking up the People," Presented by Linda Goss (2006 Botkin presentation, webcast)
See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture

Peruvian-American: Negrura Peruana — Afro Peruvian music and dance from Connecticut (2005 Homegrown concert, webcast)
Photographs: Ordering Copies of Photographic Materials from Archive of Folk Culture Collections
Plantenga, Bart: "Yodel-Ay-Ee-Ooo: The Secret History of Yodeling Around the World," a lecture based on his recent book. Featuring yodelers Randy Irwin and Cathy Fink. (2004 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
Polka: The River Boys Polka Band — Dutch Hop Polka music from Nebraska (2006 Homegrown concert, webcast)
Preservation:
- Folk Heritage Collections in Crisis: Symposium and Products
- Folk Heritage Collections in Crisis (report from CLIR, provided on the CLIR Web site)
- "Historic Sound Recordings Collections Win Save America's Treasures Preservation Grant," article by James Hardin
- "No Time to Dawdle: Folk Heritage Collections in Crisis," article by James Hardin
- "Preservation of Audio," article by Elizabeth Cohen
- "Preserving Sound Recordings," article by Stephanie Hall
- Save Our Sounds Project
"Seeing Mary: Belief, Politics, and Practice at Marian Apparition Sites," presented by Anne Pryor (2008 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)

Q

Quinceañera: "La Quinceañera: A Coming of Age Ritual in Latino Communities," Norma E. Cantú (2006 Botkin lecture, webcast)
Quilts:
- "Quilters' Save Our Stories," presented by Bernard Herman (2007 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
- Quilts and Quiltmaking in America, 1978-1996 (online collection)
- "What's in a Name? AIDS, Vernacular Risk Perception and the Culture of Ownership," presented by Diane Goldstein (2006 Botkin Lecture, webcast)
- See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture

R

Rael, Juan B.: Hispano Music and Culture of the Northern Rio Grande: The Juan B. Rael Collection (online collection)
Raim, Ethel: "Old Cultures/New Contexts: Presenting the Traditional Music and Dance of Urban Immigrant Communities," Nancy Groce interviews Ethel Raim (2008 Botkin lecture, webcast)
Recordings (sound recordings)
- American Folk Music and Folklore Recordings: A Selected List (annual issues 1988-1992)
- Folk Heritage Collections in Crisis: Symposium and Products
- Folksongs of America: the Robert Winslow Gordon Collection, 1922-1932 (online presentation of recordings and photographs from the 1978 LP)
- Ordering Copies of Unpublished Recordings from Archive of Folk Culture Collections
- Published Recordings from the Archive of Folk Culture
- Save Our Sounds Project
- See: Collections Available Online from the Archive of Folk Culture
Rediscover Northern Ireland:
- Rediscover Northern Ireland 2007 symposium and events
- Rediscover Northern Ireland 2008 events
Reed, Henry: Fiddle Tunes of the Old Frontier: The Henry Reed Collection (online collection)
Reference: Collections and Research Services: The Archive of Folk Culture
Reports: Annual Reports of the American Folklife Center
Research Awards
Research: How to do Research in the Archive of Folk Culture
Resources in Ethnographic Studies including links to Internet sites on anthropology, folklore, and ethnomusicology
Rhode Island:

Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
David & Levon Ayriyan: Armenian music from Rhode Island (2006 Homegrown concert, webcast)
Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture

Ribbons: The New Yellow Ribbon Tradition
Rice, Timothy: "Music in Bulgaria: Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture," an illustrated lecture by Prof. Timothy Rice (2005 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
The River Boys Polka Band — Dutch Hop Polka music from Nebraska (2006 Homegrown concert, webcast)

S

Sands, Tommy: Tommy Sands with Moya and Fionán Sands (2008 Northern Ireland concert, webcast)
Santino, Jack: "Halloween: The Fantasy and Folklore of All Hallows," article by Jack Santino
Save Our Sounds Project
Schupman, Edwin: "'Do All Indians Live in Tipis?' and Other Compelling Questions for Education," presented by Edwin Schupman (2008 Botkin Lecture, webcast)
Seeger
- "Force and Violins: What the FBI had on Folksingers," presented by David Dunaway (2008 Botkin lecture, webcast)
- "How Can I Keep from Singing?": A Seeger Family Tribute (2007 Symposium and Seeger Family Concert, webcasts. Includes panel presentations and/or performances by Peggy, Mike, Anthony, Kate, and Pete Seeger.)
- "Intellectual Property Rights and Audiovisual Archives and Collections," article by Anthony Seeger
- "Ruth Crawford Seeger, Modernist Composer in the Folk Revival: Biography as Music History", lecture by Judith Tick, sponsored by the Music Division, Library of Congress March 26, 2008. (Webcast)
- Seeger Family Concert (2007. Part of the Symposium, "How Can I Keep from Singing": A Seeger Family Tribute.)
Seminole: Florida Folklife from the WPA Collections, 1937-1942 (online collection)
Sephardic music:Flory Jagoda and Friends:Traditional Sephardic music from the former Yugoslavia and the World (2007 Homegrown Concert, webcast)
September 11, 2001 presentations:
- September 11, 2001 Documentary Project (online collection)
- September 11, 2001 Documentary Project presented by Ann Hoog (webcast)
- Witness and Response: September 11, 2001 Acqusitions at the Library of Congress (exhibition)
Sermons:

Services to the Fifty States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia
Sights and Sounds: Voices from the Veterans History Project (special presentation, audio)
Slavery:

Beck, Jane: "From Virginia to Vermont: a Trek from Slavery to Freedom," an audio illustrated lecture presented by Dr. Jane Beck. (2005 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
Voices from the Days of Slavery: Former Slaves Tell Their Stories (online collection)
"Voices from the Days of Slavery: Former Slaves Tell Their Stories" presented by John Barton (discusses the creation of the online collection. 2004 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)

Society of American Archivists Pre-Conference Symposium: Ethnographic Archives, Communities of Origin, and Intangible Cultural Heritage 2006
Sonkin, Robert: Voices from the Dust Bowl: The Charles L. Todd and Robert Sonkin Migrant Worker Collection (online collection)
Souix:

Dallas Chief Eagle and Jasmine Pickner, Hoop Dancing (Rosebud Sioux and Crow Creek Sioux. 2007 Homegrown concert, webcast)
Mary Louise Defender Wilson & Keith Bear — Sioux and Mandan Hidatsa S torytelling (2006 Homegrown concert, webcast)

Sound Recordings:
- American Folk Music and Folklore Recordings: A Selected List (annual issues 1988-1992)
- Folk Heritage Collections in Crisis: Symposium and Products
- Ordering Copies of Unpublished Recordings from Archive of Folk Culture Collections
- Published Sound Recordings from the Archive of Folk Culture
- Save Our Sounds Project
- See: Collections Available Online from the Archive of Folk Culture
South Carolina

Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
Southern Mosaic: The John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip (online collection)
Voices from the Days of Slavery: Former Slaves Tell Their Stories (online collection)
See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture

South Dakota:

Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
Dallas Chief Eagle and Jasmine Pickner, Hoop Dancing 2007 (Rosebud Sioux, Crow Creek Sioux) (Homegrown concert, webcast)
Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture

Southern Mosaic: The John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip (online collection)
Spirituals:

Folksongs of America: the Robert Winslow Gordon Collection, 1922-1932 (online presentation of recordings and photographs from the 1978 LP)
"Now What a Time": Blues, Gospel, and the Fort Valley Music Festivals, 1938-1943 (online collection)
Southern Mosaic: The John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip (online collection)
See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture
See also: Published Recordings from the Archive of Folk Culture

Sproule, Dáithí: Dáithí Sproule and Robert Watt in concert, Rediscover Northern Ireland, 2007
Staff:
- Contact Information for the American Folklife Center
- Contact Information for the Veterans History Project
States (U.S.A.):
- Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
- Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture
- Services to the Fifty States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia
Stewart, Rosie: Rosie Stewart in Concert, Rediscover Northern Ireland, 2007
StoryCorps FAQ and links
Storytelling: See Narrative
Surati — Classical and Folk Indian Dance from New Jersey (2008 Homegrown concert, webcast)
Swaney, Alexandra: "Bridles, Bits and Beads: Folk and Fieldwork from the High, Wide and Handsome State of Montana," an illustrated lecture presented by Dr. Alexandra Swaney of the Montana Arts Council. (2005 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
Symposia:

Art Culture and Government: The New Deal at 75 (2008 Symposium, webcasts)
Burns, Robert: Robert Burns at 250: Poetry, Politics, and Performance (2009 Symposium)
Folklife Heritage Collections in Crisis (2000 Symposium)
"How Can I Keep from Singing?": A Seeger Family Tribute (2007 Symposium and concert)
In Country: The Vietnam War, 30 Years After (Veterans History Project symposium webcast)
Laborlore Conversations IV: Documenting Occupational Folklore Then and Now (2007 Symposium, webcasts)
Rediscover Northern Ireland Programme 2007 (Symposium and events)
Society of American Archivists Pre-Conference Symposium: Ethnographic Archives, Communities of Origin, and Intangible Cultural Heritage 2006
Symposia and Related Events Online Archive
Symposium (upcoming event): See: What's Happening at the American Folklife Center?
War's End: Eyewitness to History Symposium May, 2005 (Veterans History Project)

Szwed, John: Mister Jelly Roll, Mister Lomax and the Invention of Jazz — Illustrated Lecture by John Szwed (2006 Homegrown lecture/concert, webcast)

T

Tailand: "Song & Silence," Sara M. Davis on ethnic Tai Lües (2005 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
Tambura, Tamburitza: The Bajich Brothers — Serbian American Tambura Music from Kansas (2008 Homegrown concert, webcast)
Taylor, David A.:

Documenting Maritime Folklife a book by David A. Taylor
Working in Paterson: Occupational Heritage in an Urban Setting (online collection)

A Teacher's Guide to Folklife Resources searchable database of educational resources by Carol Moran and Catherine Hiebert Kerst
Tennessee:

Aubrey Ghent and Friends — Sacred Steel Lap Guitar (2007 Homegrown concert, webcast)
Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver — Bluegrass and Gospel music from Tennessee (2006 Homegrown concert, webcast)
"Now What a Time": Blues, Gospel, and the Fort Valley Music Festivals, 1938-1943 (online collection)
Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture

Tending the Commons: Folklife and Landscape in Southern West Virginia (online collection)
Texas:

Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
Voices from the Days of Slavery: Former Slaves Tell Their Stories (online collection)
See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture

Todd, Charles L.: Voices from the Dust Bowl: The Charles L. Todd and Robert Sonkin Migrant Worker Collection (online collection)
Topical Finding Aids: Finding aids: Finding Aids Organized by Topic
Traditional Music and Spoken Word Catalog (1933-1950)
Training Program for Indigenous Communitites (Press Release May 14, 2008)

U

Ukraine: "Ivan Kupalo: Ritual in Post-Soviet Ukraine," an illustrated lecture by Dr. Natalie Kononenko. (2004 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
Ulster: "'It's Of My Rambles...' A Journey in the Song Tradition of Ulster," presented by Len Graham (2008 Northern Ireland/Botkin lecture, webcast)
Urban Immigrants: "Old Cultures/New Contexts: Presenting the Traditional Music and Dance of Urban Immigrant Communities," Nancy Groce interviews Ethel Raim (2008 Botkin lecture, webcast)
Utah:

The Beehive Band — Traditional Mormon String Band Music from Utah (2008 Homegrown concert, webcast)
Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture

V

Vermont:

Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
Beck, Jane: "From Virginia to Vermont: a Trek from Slavery to Freedom," an audio illustrated lecture presented by Dr. Jane Beck. (2005 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
Margaret MacArthur — Ballads and songs from Vermont (2005 Homegrown, webcast)
Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture

Veterans:

In Country: Vietnam Thirty Years After (Veterans History Project, May 2005 Webcast)
Veterans History Project (home page)
Veterans History Project event webcasts (lectures and symposia)
Veterans History Project: Experiencing War (thematic presentations — webcasts and audio)
War's End: Eyewitness to History Symposium May, 2005 (Veterans History Project)
Webcasts from the Experiencing War Series listed aphabetically by last name
See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture

Video: see Webcasts
Virginia:

Carter Family Tribute — Old Time Music from Virginia (2005 Homegrown concert, webcast)
Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
Quilts and Quiltmaking in America, 1978-1996 (online collection)
Fiddle Tunes of the Old Frontier: The Henry Reed Collection (online collection)
The Sama Ensemble: Traditional Iranian music and dance (2007 Homegrown concert, webcast)
Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
Southern Mosaic: The John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip (online collection)
Voices from the Days of Slavery: Former Slaves Tell Their Stories (online collection)
See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture

Visiting The American Folklife Center: How to do Research in the Archive of Folk Culture
Voices from the Days of Slavery: Former Slaves Tell Their Stories (online collection)
"Voices from the Days of Slavery: Former Slaves Tell Their Stories," presented by John Barton (discusses the creation of the online collection. 2004 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
Voices from the Dust Bowl: The Charles L. Todd and Robert Sonkin Migrant Worker Collection (online collection)
Volunteer Internship Program at the American Folklife Center

W

War:

After the Day of Infamy: The "Man on the Street Interviews" Following the Attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941 (online collection)
In Country: Vietnam Thirty Years After (Veterans History Project, May 2005 Webcast)
"Pearl Harbor Oral Histories " by Ann Hoog, June 8, 2004. (Webcast from the Library's Journeys and Crossings Series)
September 11, 2001 Documentary Project (online collection)
September 11, 2001 Documentary Project presented by Ann Hoog (webcast)
Veterans History Project (home page)
Veterans History Project event webcasts (lectures and symposia)
Veterans History Project: Experiencing War (thematic presentations — webcasts and audio)
War's End: Eyewitness to History Symposium May, 2005 (Veterans History Project)
Witness and Response: September 11, 2001 Acqusitions at the Library of Congress (exhibition)

Washington (State):

Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture

Washington, D.C.: See District of Columbia
Waterman, Dick: "Between Midnight and Day: The Last Unpublished Blues Archive," an illustrated lecture on the book of the same name presented by Dick Waterman (2005 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
Watt, Robert: Dáithí Sproule and Robert Watt in concert, Rediscover Northern Ireland, 2007
The Weavers: Force and Violins: What the FBI had on Folksingers, presented by David Dunaway (2008 Botkin lecture, webcast)
Weaving: "'I am a Wee Weaver': Weaving and Singing in Northern Ireland," presented by Maurice Leyden (2008 Northern Ireland/Botkin Lecture. Flyer essay only)
Webcasts:

Art Culture and Government: The New Deal at 75 (2008 Symposium, webcasts)
Benjamin A. Botkin Lecture Series Online Archive (with webcasts of past events)
"Bringing in the May," by Jennifer Cutting (Webcast from the Library's Journeys and Crossings Series)
Experiencing War: Stories from the Veterans History Project:

Folklife Heritage Collections in Crisis (This 2000 symposium site includes webcasts of two of the three keynote addresses)
Homegrown Concert Series Online Archive (with webcasts of past events)
How Can I Keep from Singing? A Seeger Family Tribute (2007 Symposium and concert)
In Country: The Vietnam War, 30 Years After (Veterans History Project symposium webcast)
Laborlore Conversations IV: Documenting Occupational Folklore Then and Now (2007 Symposium, webcasts)
National Visionary Leadership Project Collection Showcase (NVLP)
Online Archives for Past American Folkllife Center Events
"Pearl Harbor Oral Histories," by Ann Hoog (2004 Webcast from the Library's Journeys and Crossings Series)
Rediscover Northern Ireland Programme 2007
Search the LC Webcast site on "Folklife" (results will include folklife-related presentations from other LC divisions)
Search the LC Webcast site for Veterans History Project events (does not include Experiencing War)
Symposia and Related Events Online Archive

West Virginia:

Gandydancer — traditional string band music from West Virginia (2007 Homegrown, webcast)
Tending the Commons: Folklife and Landscape in Southern West Virginia (online collection)
Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture

What is an Ethnographic Field Collection?
What is Folklife?
What's Happening at the American Folklife Center?
Wisconsin:

Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture

Winick, Stephen: "Tales of the Jersey Devil," an illustrated lecture presented by Stephen D. Winick. (2005 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)
Woody Guthrie and the Archive of American Folk Song, Correspondence 1940-1950 (online collection)
Work, John Wesley, III : "Now What a Time": Blues, Gospel, and the Fort Valley Music Festivals, 1938-1943 (online collection)
Working in Paterson: Occupational Heritage in an Urban Setting (online collection)
WPA Projects: See New Deal
Wyoming:

Bar J Wranglers — Cowboy Music from Wyoming (2008 Homegrown Concert, webcast)
Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
Services to the States, Trusts, Territories, and the District of Columbia (About the American Folklife Center)
See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture

X

Xianrang, Yong: "Chinese Folk Art Today," an illustrated lecture by Yong Xianrang. (2004 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)

Y

Yeh, Nora: "Eight Sounds of Chinese Music," an illustrated lecture by Nora Yeh. (2004 Botkin Lecture. Flyer essay only.)
Yellow Ribbon: The New Yellow Ribbon Tradition two articles by Gerald E. Parsons
Yodeling:

Bar J Wranglers — Cowboy Music from Wyoming (2008 Homegrown Concert, webcast)
"Yodel-Ay-Ee-Ooo: The Secret History of Yodeling Around the World," a lecture based on his book. Featuring yodelers Randy Irwin and Cathy Fink. (2004 Botkin lecture. Flyer essay only.)

Z

The Zionaires — Gospel Music from Maryland and Delaware (2008 Homegrown concert, webcast)

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