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Folklife Sourcebook: A Directory of Folklife Resources in the United
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Loeb Music Library Archive of World Music
Address:
Edna Kuhn Loeb Music Library
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone: (617) 495-2794
Email:
Serial Publications:
Comments: Strong in Middle Eastern, Asian, south Asian and African music. Principal collections are the Laura Bolton Collection, The Sema Vakf Collection of Turkish Classical Music, the sound-recorded content of the Baroness Marie-Thérèse Ullens de Schooten Archive, and The James A. Rubin Collection of South Indian Classical Music. Selected finding aids available online.
Keywords: archive archival collections folklore folksongs folk music manuscripts audio sound recordings photographs ethnic groups massachusetts world music international india east indian turkey greece greek ethiopia china chinese japan iceland tvisöngur bulgaria eastern orthodox chant song !kung islamic muslim arab iran kurds kurdish bakhtiari armenian russian coptic sufi türkmen byzantine serbia macedonia russia syria slavic indonesia mexico central america south america africa
Milman Parry Collection of Oral Literature
Address:
Widener Library C
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone: (617) 495-1550
Email:
Serial Publications:
Comments: The largest single repository of South Slavic heroic song in the world. The Archive focuses on epic poetry and song. Principal collections are the Milman Parry Collection, the Albert B. Lord Collection, and The Albanian Collection.
Keywords: archive archival collections folklore folksongs folk music manuscripts audio sound recordings photographs film moving image slavic epic poetry albania croatia serbia yugoslavia turkish turkey macedonia bulgaria bartok massachusetts
Peabody Museum of Anthropology and Ethnology
Address:
11 Divinity Avenue
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone:
Email: pmresrch@fas.harvard.edu for queries about doing research at the museum
Serial Publications:
Comments: Includes a manuscript archive that houses expedition papers and a photographic archive. Emphasis on North, Central, and South American indigenous peoples, but has holdings from aruont the world.
Keywords: archive archival collections photographs manuscripts drawings artifacts native american indian museum archaeology ethnology anthropology ethnography folklore biology central america south america north america europe africa asia pacific oceania international massachusetts
Bentley Historical Library
Address:
University of Michigan
1150 Beal Avenue
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2113
Phone: 734-764-3482
Email:
Serial Publications:
Comments: Focus on Michigan History. Finding aids online.
Keywords: michigan archive archival collections folklore folksongs folk music manuscripts maps audio sound recordings spoken word oral history histories photographs film moving image video suomi finnish finland philippines railroad temperence prohibition african american anthropology archaeology arab muslim civil war sheet music native american indians russia astronomy
Walter P. Reuther Library
Address:
5401 Cass Ave
Detroit MI 48202
Phone: 313-577-4024
Email: reutherreference@wayne.edu
Serial Publications:
Comments: Collections include The Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs and The Folklore Archive (formerly the Wayne Tate University Folklore Archives). Finding aids available online.
Keywords: michigan archive archival collections manuscripts labor occupational lore laborlore oral history histories sound audio recordings maps urban ethnic folklore storytelling folktales belief customs african american italian polish greek irish jewish arab civil rights unions detroit naacp black panthers pete seeger
Michigan
Traditional Arts Program Collections
Address:
Michigan State University Museum
East Lansing, MI 48824
Phone:
Email:
Serial Publications:
Comments: Ethnographic collections, strong on Michigan and United States folk arts.
Keywords: michigan architecture archive archival collections folklore folksongs folk music manuscripts audio sound recordings moving image film video photographs ethnic groups festivals museum artifacts native american indian gospel ethiopia quilts quilting textile arts
Clarke Historical Library
Address:
250 Preston St.
Central Michigan University
Mount Pleasant, MI 48859
Phone: 989-774-3352
Email:
Serial Publications:
Comments: Focus on Michigan, the Great Lakes area, and the old Northwest Territory
Keywords: michigan northwest territory archive archival collections folklore folksongs folk music manuscripts audio sound recordings photographs african american native american indian underground railroad broadsides shanties great lakes mark twain samuel clemmens children women
The Immigration History Research Center
Address:
University of Minnesota
Elmer L. Andersen Library, Suite 311
222-21st Ave S
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Phone: 612-625-4800
Email: ihrc@umn.edu
Serial Publications:
Comments: Collections include the American Council for Nationalities Service, International
Institute of Minnesota and St. Louis, Tyomies Society, Nada Dramatic Society,
Latvian Chorus Shield of Songs, Finnish Workers Federation, Minnesota Finnish-American
family history. Finding aids and selected collection materials available online.
Keywords: archive archival collections folklore folksongs folk music manuscripts audio sound recordings moving image film video photographs ethnic groups minnesota latvian finnish ukranian polish italian german croatian serbian russian czech suomi hungarian canada baltic yugoslavia european asia middle east turkish slovak greek orthodox greece jewish lutheran catholic ellis island immigration emmigration immigrants refugee
The Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Address:
University of Minnesota
320 Elmer L. Anderson Library
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Phone: 612-625-0192
Email: s-hoff@umn.edu
Serial Publications:
Comments:
Keywords: archive archival collections folklore folksongs folk music manuscripts audio sound recordings photographs jewish european minnesota upper midwest regional oral histories history idaho north dakota south dakota religion religious communities soviet jewry
Minnesota Historical Society Collections
Address:
345 W. Kellogg Blvd.
St. Paul, MN 55102-1906
Phone: 651-259-3000
Email:
Serial Publications:
Comments: Focus on Minnesota history, culture, and ethnic groups.
Keywords: archive archival collections folklore folksongs folk music manuscripts audio sound recordings moving image film video photographs ethnic groups minnesota hmong oral history histories folk art crafts material culture archaeology native american indian ojibwa chippewa cree
University of Mississippi Department of Archives and Special Collections
Address:
J. D. Williams Library
University, MS 38677
Phone: 662-915-7408
Email: archive@olemiss.edu
Serial Publications:
Comments: Includes collections of Mississippi folklore and music, as well as the Media Archive for the Center for the Study of Southern Culture.
Keywords: archive archival collections folklore folksongs folk music manuscripts audio sound recordings moving image film video photographs mississippi blues civil rights african americans integration civil war gender studies
Southern Folk Art Collection
Address:
University of Mississippi Museum
P.O. Box 1848
University, MS 38677
Phone: 662-915-7073
Email: museums@olemiss.edu
Serial Publications:
Comments:
Keywords: archive archival collections folk art artifacts photographs carving sculpture quilts mississippi regional museum
Western Historical Manuscript
Collection
Address:
23 Elmer Ellis Library
University of Missouri
Columbia, MO 65201-5149
Phone: 573-882-6028
Email: WHMC@umsystem.edu
Serial Publications:
Comments: Includes an oral history project archives and a folklore archive including papers of folklorists who taught or did research in Missouri (notably Vance Randoph, Max Hunter, Elaine Lawless, Howard Marshall, and John W. Roberts), the WPA Historical Records Survey for Missouri, and the Missouri Folk-Lore Society Papers.
Keywords: archive archival collections manuscripts audio sound recordings missouri african americans civil war diaries journals place names oral history histories agriculture germans native american indians folklore proverbs elaine lawless howard marshall vance randolph ozarks john w. roberts fiddle max hunter architecture rivers wpa occupational lore
The Max Hunter Folksong Collection
Address:
Springfield-Greene County Library
4653 South Campbell
Springfield, Missouri 65810-1723
Phone: 417-882-0714
Email:
Serial Publications:
Comments: The title URL links to the web presentation of musical transcriptions and online recordings.
Keywords: archive archival collections manuscripts audio sound recordings musical transcriptions missouri folklore folksong folk music ozarks arkansas ballads
University of Nebraska-LincolnArchives and Special Collections
Address:
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries
University of Nebraska
Lincoln, NE 68588-0410
Phone: 402-472-2531
Email: See the form on the web site
Serial Publications:
Comments: Includes the Benjamin A. Botkin Collection, Louise Pound Materials, Harold W. Felton Papers, collections related to Nebraska ethnic groups, and quilt collections. Selected finding aids available online.
Keywords: archive archival collections manuscripts photographs nebraska botkin czech oral history histories quilts quilting japanese nisei agriculture folklore folk arts crafts latvian russian german scandanavian paul bunyan tall tales african americans childrens literature folksongs southern states southwest oaklahoma north south carolina new england new york customs work songs civil war african americans railroads work songs spirituals regional mississippi river
The Library / Archives Division of the Nebraska State Historical Society
Address:
Box 82554
Lincoln, NE 68501-2554
Phone: 402-471-4771
Email:
Serial Publications:
Comments: Focus on Nebraska, settlement of the Great Plains
Keywords: archive archival collections manuscripts audio sound recordings photographs nebraska oral history histories moving image film video african americans buffalo bill agriculture omaha native american indians czech german scandinavian
Nevada Folklife Archives
Address:
Nevada State Council on the Arts
716 North Carson Street, Suite A
Carson City, Nevada 89701
Phone: 775-687-6680
Email:
Serial Publications:
Comments:
Keywords: archive archival collections manuscripts audio sound recordings photographs nevada folk arts crafts
Rauner Special Collections Library
Address:
6065 Webster Hall
Hanover, NH 03755
Phone: 603-646-0538
Email:
Serial Publications:
Comments:
Keywords: archive archival manuscripts photographs fuegian south american indian native eskimo inuet abenaki new hampshire charles wellington furlong tierra del fuego oral history histories arctic exploration shakers
Center for Southwest Research and Special Collections
Address:
MSC 05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131-0001
Phone: 505-277-6451
Email: cswrref@unm.edu
Serial Publications:
Comments: Includes the John Donald Robb Archive of Southwestern Music
Keywords: archive archival manuscripts photographs sound audio recordings southwestern regional folk music folksong hispanic native american indian corridos alabados anglo american mexico mexican new mexico prints
EASTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
Address:
Eastern New Mexico University
1500 S Ave K
Portales, NM 88130
Phone: 575-562-1011
Email:
Serial Publications:
Comments: Includes the Oral histories from Roosevelt County and Eastern New Mexico (many recorded by Jean Burroughs in the 1970s) and the Father Stanley Crocchiola New Mexico
history ms. materials. Some materials available online.
Keywords: archive archival manuscripts photographs sound audio recordings new mexico spanish language hispanic latino anglo american agriculture southwest fiddle contest folk music history oral histories county fair homesteads ranches ranching jack williamson pioneers settlers
Museum of International Folk Art
Address:
Box 2087
Santa Fe, NM 87504
Phone:
Email:
Serial Publications:
Comments: Large collection of international folk arts, crafts, and material culture.
Keywords: museum artifacts archive archival manuscripts photographs audio recordings sound international new mexico africa asia middle east europe spanish colonial south central america latino hispanic textiles costumes scupture folk art arts artifacts crafts japanese woodblock prints ceramics pottery brazilian material culture
Alan Lomax Archive
Address:
Phone:
Email:
Serial Publications:
Comments: The American Folklife Center in the Library of Congress acquired the Alan
Lomax Collection in 2004. The Alan Lomax Collection joins the material Alan
Lomax collected during the 1930s and early 1940s for the Library’s Archive
of American Folk Song, and its acquisition brings the entire seventy years
of Alan Lomax’s work together under one roof at the Library of Congress,
where it has found a permanent home.
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The Catskill Regional Folklife and History Archives
Address:
Arkville, NY 12406
Phone: 914-586-3326
Email:
Serial Publications:
Comments: Focus on the Catskill region. The archives were collected by folklorists from 1979-1989.
Keywords: archive archival manuscripts photographs audio recordings sound broadsides song folksong music scottish dutch jewish ukranian agriculture beekeeping farming traping hunting fishing quilting ginseng occupational lore catskills new york
Niagra Frontier Folklore Archives
Address:
Department of Anthropology
Buffalo State College
1300 Elmwood Avenue
Buffalo, NY 14222
Phone: 716-878-6230
Email:
Serial Publications:
Comments: Largely based on student papers and research, with an emphasis on Buffalo, New York.
Keywords: archive archival collections manuscripts audio sound recordings photographs New York folklore vietnam veterans oral history histories folksong folk music arts architecture crafts musical instruments wood carving artifacts camps camping games play ritual popular culture belief folk medicine ethnic groups ethnicity italian polish german african american manx swedish hispanic latino ukranian newport folk festivals
New York State Historical Association Research Library
Address:
P.O. Box 800
Cooperstown, NY 13326
Phone:
Email:
Serial Publications:
Comments: Archival collections include materials dealing with New York State rural and agricultural life, the Louis C. Jones Archives of folklore, Harold W. Thompson Archive of folklore, and New York State history, among others.
Keywords: archive archival collections manuscripts broadsides maps audio sound recordings photographs new york native american indian agriculture settlement folk arts basketry new york folk arts crafts
Anthropological Archives, American Museum of Natural History
Address:
Central Park West at 79th Street
New York, NY 10024
Phone: (212) 769-5375
Email: kmable@amnh.org
Serial Publications:
Comments: Emphasis on North and South America. Collections include the Franz Boas Papers, Marshall H. Saville, and George Vaillant Papers.
Keywords: archive archival collections manuscripts photographs sound audio recordings artifacts field notes ethnography new york native american indians tsimshian kutenai flathead international micronesia oceania asia ethnology anthropology folklore central american archaeology drawings southwest middle east
The Center for Ethnomusicology at Columbia University
Address:
Department of Music
Columbia University
2960 Broadway
New York, NY 10027
Phone:
Email:
Serial Publications:
Comments: See web site for additional contact information.
Keywords: archive archival collections manuscripts photographs sound audio recordings ethnomusicology artifacts musical instruments folk music folksong song ethnography ethnology native american indians asia oceania africa international willard rhodes turkey turkish spain spanish flamenco laura boulton graduate education new york
City Lore
Address:
72 East First Street
New York, NY 10003
Phone: 212-529-1955
Email: citylore@citylore.org
Serial Publications:
Comments: Emphasis on photography. Focus on North American culture and immigrant groups and on urban culture. Produces educational books from the collections.
Keywords: archive archival collections manuscripts photographs sound audio recordings video film moving image oral history histories festivals new york city folklore urban traditions community ethnic ethnicity september 11 2001 foodways parades textiles puerto rican italian jewish caribbean immigration migration folk music folksong haitian native american indian brazilian hispanic latino africa europe arabs families
Woody Guthrie Archives
Address:
250 West 57th Street, Suite 1218
New York, NY 10107-1218
Phone: 212-541-6230
Email: wgarchive@woodyguthrie.org
Serial Publications:
Comments: Archives of the Woody Guthrie Foundation. Sound recordings include interviews with Woody Guthrie.
Keywords: archive archival collections manuscripts photographs sound audio recordings lyrics folksong woody guthrie drawings new york
YIVO Institute for Jewish Research
Address:
15 West 16th Street
New York, NY 10011-6301
Phone: 212-246-6080
Email:
Serial Publications:
Comments: Educational research organization and an extensive archive of cultural materials focusing on Ashkenazi Jewry.
Keywords: archive archival collections manuscripts maps broadsides audio sound recordings yiddish language jewish radio films moving image video photographs ethnography folklore folksong folk music ashkenazi hebrew russian polish german french holocaust new york 
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