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American Folklife Center

The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. was created by Congress in 1976 "to preserve and present American Folklife".[1] The center includes the Archive of Folk Culture, established at the library in 1928 as a repository for American folk music. The center and its collections have grown to encompass all aspects of folklore and folklife worldwide.

American Folklife Center

Washington, D.C., United States

Research center

To preserve and present American Folklife

1976 (1976)

All aspects of folklore and folklife worldwide

6 million

Library of Congress

www.loc.gov/folklife/

Gordon "Inferno" Collection

an American Folklife Center Special Project

StoryCorps

an American Folklife Center Special Project[4]

Veterans History Project of the Library of Congress American Folklife Center

Hickerson, Joseph C. Radio-Related Field Recordings and Broadcasts Involving Archive Archive of Folk Culture Collections, Personnel, and Radio Projects: Recordings in the Archive of Folk Culture through 1986, in series, LCFAFA [i.e., Library of Congress Folk Archives Finding Aids], no. 6. Compiled by Joseph C. Hickerson, with the assistance of Eric S. Haag ... [et al.]. Washington, D.C.: Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, 1990.

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Official website

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Works by American Folklife Center