Library of Congress American Folklife Center An Illustrated Guide

Summary: The collections in the American Folklife Center's Archive of Folk Culture contain one-of-a-kind documentation of traditional cultural expressions that date from the end of the 19th century through the dawn of the 21st. Today, there are more than 3 million items of ethnographic documentation in the archive, a treasure trove that represents over 100 years of fieldwork. Chapters: A National Project with Many Workers; Fo...lk Music & Song; Story & Other Narrative Forms; Dance; Material Culture; Community Life & Celebration; For Further Reading; & Music & Spoken Word from the Archive of Folk Culture: A Compact Disc of Audio Recordings Selected by the Staff of the American Folklife Center. Color & b&w photos. [read more]