Folklife Sourcebook: A Directory of Folklife Resources in the United States

Archives: Texas Through Wyoming

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TEXAS

Archives of the Big Bend
Address:
Box C-149
Sul Ross State University
Alpine, TX 79832
Phone: (915) 837-8127
Email:
Serial Publications:
Comments: Clifford B. Casey collection, 1882-1981; E. E. Townsend collection, 1844-1972; Harry Warren Papers, 1935-1982; Robert Cartledge collection, 1890-1972; Peter Koch collection, 1907-1982; rare book collection; focus on Trans-Pecos area of Texas, including Brewster, Jeff Davis, and Presidio counties; establishment of Big Bend National Park; Mexican bandit raids on border territories; early settlement of the Trans-Pecos region; ranching in Trans-Pecos region.
Keywords: texas folklore archive archival collections rare book hispanic latino chicano spanish language mexico mexican

Harry Ransom Center
Address:
University of Texas at Austin
21st and Guadalupe Streets
Austin, TX 78712
Phone: 512-471-8944
Email:
Serial Publications:
Comments: Special collections in the fine arts, performing arts, folklore, cultural studies, and area studies. Includes the library and collections of folklorist J. Frank Dobie.
Keywords: texas folklore hispanic latino chicano chicana spanish language mexican mexico african american social history performing arts womens studies cultural studies texana

North Texas University Archives
Address:
Box 5188, North Texas Station
Denton, TX 76203
Phone: (817) 565-2766
Email:
Serial Publications:
Comments: George Hendricks collection; Oral History Association collection
Keywords: archives archival collections oral history histories texas folklore

Rio Grande Folklore Archive
Address:
The University of Texas - Pan American
Edinburgh, TX 78539-2999
Phone: (512) 381-3551
Email:
Serial Publications:
Comments:
Keywords: texas archive archival collections folklore mexican mexico chicano latino hispanic belief

Archive of Turkish Oral Narrative
Address:
301 and 307 University Library
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX 79409
Phone: (806) 742-9070
Email:
Serial Publications:
Comments: Some materials supplemented with English translations
Keywords: texas archive archival collections turkey turkish oral history narrative folklore customs belief folk music folksong folk tales folk art artifacts

Institute of Texan Cultures Library
Address:
801 S. Bowie Street
San Antonio, Texas 78205
Phone: (512) 226-7651
Email:
Serial Publications:
Comments: Texas historical and ethnic photographs, Zintgraff Collection
Keywords: Texas archive archival collections folklore photographs photography ethnic groups oral history histories civil rights mexican revolution ranch life ranches mexican american chicano latino hispanic german franciscans swedish foodways african american jews jewish texas folklife festival folk dance mule trains manhattan

UTAH

Special Collections, Southern Utah State College Library
Address:
Southern Utah State College Library
351 West Center Street
Cedar City, UT 84720
Phone: (801) 586-7945
Email:
Serial Publications:
Comments: Paiute collection; Palmer Western History Collection; historical photograph collection; Seymour collection; strengths in Southern Utah history, Southern Paiute Indians.
Keywords: archival collections archive utah paiute native american indian photographs oral history histories

Fife Folklore Archive
Address:
Utah State University Libraries
Logan Utah 84322-3000
Phone: (435) 797-3439
Email:
Serial Publications:
Comments: Fife American and Mormon collections, Don Yoder collection, Wayland D. Hand Memorial collection, L.J. and Mary C. Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Library
Keywords: utah archive archival collections folklore belief ethnomusicology folksong folk music cowboy mormon latter day saints oral history histories narrative

William A. Wilson Folklore Archives
Address:
World History and Culture Collections
Harold B. Lee Library
Brigham Young University
Provo, UT 84602
Phone:
Email: (801) 378-3053
Comments:
Keywords: utah archive archival collections folklore belief ethnomusicology folksong folk music cowboy mormon latter day saints oral history histories narrative regional western united states

Utah State Art Collection
Address:
Utah Arts Council
617 East South Temple
Salt Lake City, UT 84102
Phone: (801) 533-5760
Email:
Serial Publications:
Comments:
Keywords: folk art utah archive archival collections museum folklore Utah mormon latter day saints folk music folk song dance crafts foodways celebrations material culture

Marriott Library
Address:
University Folklore Archive and
Manuscript Division
Special Collections
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT 84112
Phone: (801) 581-8864
Email:
Serial Publications:
Comments: Focus on Utah, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons), and the West. Includes the Doris Duke Native American Oral History Collection (includes several Native American languages), the Jan H. Brunvand Papers, and the Institute of the American West Papers.
Keywords: archive archival collections folklore folksongs folk music manuscripts audio sound recordings photographs ethnic groups oral history histories native american indians language regional western states utah new mexico arizona colorado california idaho wyoming oregon washington nevada montana diaries diary architecture performing arts

VERMONT

Archives of Folklore and Oral History
Address:
Bailey/Howe Library
University of Vermont
Burlington, VT 05405
Phone: (802) 656-2138
Email:
Serial Publications:
Comments: The Folklore and Oral History collection is part of the Wilbur Collection of Vermontiana.
Keywords: archive archival collections folklore folksongs folk music manuscripts audio sound recordings photographs ethnic groups oral history histories farming agricultural foodways maple sugaring landscape artists vermont narrative

Helen Hartness Flanders Ballad Collection
Address:
James I. and Carol Aymar Armstrong Library, Special Collections
Middlebury College
Middlebury, VT 05753
Phone: 802-443-5000
Email:
Serial Publications:
Comments:
Keywords: archive archival collections folklore photographs photography ethnic groups oral history histories moving image film video broadsides manuscripts field recordings ethnography ethnology folk song folksong french canadian russian fiddle violin vermont religion beliefs ballads ango-american

Vermont Folklife Center
Address:
88 Main Street
Middlebury, VT 05753
Phone: 802-388-4964
Email: info @ vermontfolklifecenter.org
Serial Publications:
Comments: Focus on Vermont
Keywords: archive archival collections folklore photographs photography ethnic groups oral history histories moving image film video audio sound recordings field recordings ethnography ethnology anthropology vermont african american slavery general stores

VIRGINIA

Kevin Barry Perdue Archive of Traditional Culture
Address:
Department of Anthropology
419 Cabell Hall
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA 22903
Phone: 804-924-6823
Email:
Serial Publications:
Comments: Includes the Virginia Writers' Project Collection, Gerald E. Parsons Collection, Edward Winter African Collection, Ruth McNeil Folksong Collection, among others.
Keywords: archive archival manuscripts collections folklore artifacts ethnic groups oral history histories moving image film video field recordings audio sound recordings ethnography ethnology africa african american gullah wpa south america andes bolivia peru folksong folk music ethnography ethnology anthroplogy language sociolinguistics virginia

Archive of the Virginia Folklore Society
Address:
Manuscripts Division
Alderman Library
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA 22903
Phone: (804) 924-3025
Email: clp5a@virginia.edu
Serial Publications:
Comments: Some folklore materials previously held by the Manuscripts Department of Alderman Library are now part of the Kevin Barry Perdu Archive of Traditional Culture, such as the Virginia Writers' Project Collection.
Keywords: archive archival manuscripts audio sound recordings collections folklore ballads folksongs tales storytelling legends ballads virginia

Northern Virginia Folklife Archive
Address:
Dr. Margaret R. Yocom
MSN 3E4
Department of English
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA 22030
Phone: 703-993-1172
Email: myocom@gmu.edu
Serial Publications:
Comments: Primarily student papers with some papers contributed by folklorists
Keywords: archive archival manuscripts collections folklore virgina south southern regional north carolina west virginia georgia family folklore suburban urban legends tales storytelling oral history histories occupational lore foodways

Blue Ridge Institute and Museum Heritage Archives
Address:
PO Box 1000
Ferrum College
20 Museum Drive
Ferrum, VA 24088
Phone: 540-365-4416
Email: bri@ferrum.edu
Serial Publications:
Comments: Collections include the Elmer Smith Collection of Shenandoah Valley Dialect and Beliefs, Fred Williams Collection of Old-Time and Bluegrass Music, Earl Palmer Photograph Collection of Appalachian Traditions, and the Galax Old-Time Fiddlers Convention Collection
Keywords: archive archival manuscripts collections folklore virgina photography photographs recordings audio sound video recording moving image rare books, language sociolinguistics dialect beliefs tales narrative storytelling appalachia virginia blues gospel folksong folk music german bluegrass ethnography ethnology

Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center
Address:
The Museums of Colonial Williamsburg
P.O. Box 1776
Williamsburg, VA 23187-1776 USA
Phone: 757-229-1000
Email:
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Comments:
Keywords: archive archival manuscripts collections folklore virgina photography photographs virginia crafts williamsburg museum paintings portraits sculpture artifacts weathervanes needlework embroidery textiles quilts quilting bed covers furniture pottery ceramics toys drawings folk art musical instruments relief carving furniture

WASHINGTON

Seattle Folklore Society Archive
Address:
Seattle Folklore Society
6556 Palatine Ave North
Seattle, WA 98103
Phone: 206-782-0505
Email:
Serial Publications:
Comments: Recordings of the annual Northwest Regional Folklife Festival and other events
Keywords: archive archival manuscripts collections folklore photography photographs recordings audio sound video recording moving image washington state bluegrass folk music folksong fiddle old-time blues gospel country contra dance ethnic ethnicity ethnology festivals northwest region regional

University of Washington Ethnomusicology Archives
Address:
School of Music
Box 353450
Music Building, Room 31
Seattle, WA 98195
Phone: 206-543-0949
Email:
Serial Publications:
Comments: Includes the historic Boas Northwest Coast Collection. Online catalog available.
Keywords: archive archival collections folklore photography photographs recordings audio sound field ethnography video recording moving image washington state folk music folksong ethnic ethnicity ethnology ethnomusicology world music northwest regional coast dance native american indian musical instruments korea burma romania mexico phillipines irish storytelling narrative joe heaney east asia south asia tibet nepal afghanistan central asia africa mongolia china japan africa europe central america canada south america central america peru samoa el salvador guatamala costa rica honduras camaroon guinea nicaragua peru bolivia chile brazil columbia argentina uruguay alaska oregon vancouver british columbia california montana seattle skagit klinkit tlingit hamatsa kiowa lummi hmong vietnam laos cambodia kwakiutl uzbekistan potlatch italian american language haiti sociolinguistics chemainus salish festivals russia bali java indonesia gamelan australia thailand burma india sumatra malaysia ghana uganda zambia zimbabwe mozambique south africa nigeria turkey romania pakistan morocco greece greek iran iraq syria sufi arab seeger egypt macedonia bulgaria yemen ethiopia tajik kirghiz international

Special Collections Division, University of Washington Libraries
Address:
BOX 352900
Seattle, WA 98195-2900
Phone: 206-543-1929
Email:
Serial Publications:
Comments: Focus on the Pacific northwest. Key collecitons on Native Americans of the Pacific Northwest, northwest regional ethnic groups.
Keywords: archive archival collections manuscripts folklore photography photographs recordings audio sound field ethnography video recording moving image maps native american indians pacific northwest region oregon washington yukon japan japanese totem canada british columbia klondike scandanavian logging directories fiction mount saint helens

Gordon Ekvall Tracie Music Library
Address:
Nordic Heritage Museum
3014 N.W. 67th Street
Seattle, WA 98103
Phone: 206-789-5707, ext. 28
Email:
Serial Publications:
Comments: Includes the Skandia Music Foundation records, Skandia Folkdance Society records, Nordiska Folkdancers Collection, and the Godon Tracie Collection, among others.
Keywords: archive archival collections manuscripts folklore photography photographs recordings audio sound folk ethnic music folksong field ethnography video recording moving image nordic scandinavian dance sweden swedish norway norweigian denmark danish finland finnish iceland fiddle international

WEST VlRGINIA

West Virginia and Regional History Collection
Address:
Colson Hall
West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV 26505
Phone: 304-293-3536
Email:
Serial Publications:
Comments:
Keywords: broadsides archive archival collections manuscripts folklore photography photographs recordings audio sound folk music folksong appalachia ethnic maps regional oral histories history moving image video film coal occupational lore lumber timber west virginia

WISCONSIN

Wisconsin Historical Society Library and Archives
Address:
816 State Street
Madison, WI 53706
Phone:
Email:
Serial Publications:
Comments:
Keywords: archive archival collections manuscripts folklore photography photographs native american indian alaska eskimo inuet brothertown mohegan pequot stockbridge ojibwa chippewa cree oneida winnebago federal writer's project nadonis shawa maps audio recording sound moving image film video western region german skandanavian nordic swedish norweigian danish sweden norway germany denmark genealogy occupational lore labor timber lumber wisconsin

WYOMING

University of Wyoming American Heritage Center
Address:
Dept. 3924, 1000 E. University Avenue
Laramie, WY 82071
Phone: 307-766-4114
Email: ahc@uwyo.edu
Serial Publications:
Comments: Primarily an historic archives for Wyoming, the collections span a wide range of topics. Of interest to ethnographic researchers are collections dealing with pioneers, the westward expansion, ranching and rodeos as well as collections that deal with the history, language, and culture of Native Americans include the Zdeněk Salzmann Arapaho Indian research papers, the Richard Throssel photographs and negatives, and the Warm Valley Historical Project records.
Keywords: archive archival collections manuscripts folklore photography photographs motion pictures film video native american indian shoshone ute navajo arapaho language ranching cowboys cattlemen cattlewomen rodeos bull riders oregon trail dude ranching sheep livestock occupational labor missionaries drawings botany african american anthropology ethnology ethnography geology maps literature japanese american internment architecture family history civil war western expansion arizona new mexico colorado wyoming south dakota montana journalists politicians diaries journals heart mountain relocation center calamity jane sacajawea artifacts environmentalism aviation agriculture pioneers