Index of Site Contents

A

• A Commonwealth of Cultures, booklet by Mary Hufford.
• About the American Folklife Center
• Abrahams, Roger: "Folklore’s Champion: Ben Botkin," presented by Roger D. Abrahams. 2007 Botkin Lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• Addresses, phone numbers, email addresses for AFC: Contact Information.
• AFC Concerts, Lectures, and Symposia with Webcasts, Photographs, and Essays
• AFC Facebook pages
• AFCnews: See: RSS Feeds and Email Subscriptions.
• Afghanistan:
• "Afghan Women’s Stories: The Problematics of Cover," presented by Margaret Mills. 2007 Botkin lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• "Politics and Poetics: Fieldwork in Afghanistan and Jamaica," Margaret Mills and Kenneth Bilby. 2006 Botkin lectures (flyer essay, webcast).
• African: See: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture.
• African American:
• Aubrey Ghent and Friends — Sacred Steel Lap Guitar. 2007 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• The Alan Lomax Collection (a selection of examples from a major collection).
• Barbara Lynn and Friends — Texas Rhythm & Blues. 2009 Homegrown Concert (flyer essay, webcast)
• Birmingham Sunlights. 2005 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Blind Boys of Alabama. 202 Homegrown 2002 concert (webcast excerpts: Part One, Part Two).
• Experiencing War: African Americans at War: Fighting Two Battles. Veterans History Project (online exhibit).
• Experiencing War: Buffalo Soldiers. Veterans History Project (online exhibit).
• Florida Folklife from the WPA Collections, 1937-1942 (online collection).
• Folk-Songs of America: The Robert Winslow Gordon Collection, 1922-1932 (web presentation based on the 1977 LP recording).
• "From Virginia to Vermont: a Trek from Slavery to Freedom," an audio illustrated lecture presented by Dr. Jane Beck. 2005 Botkin lecture (flyer essay).
• "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).
• James "Super Chikan" Johnson and Richard Christman Blues Guitar from Mississippi. 2006 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Laborlore Conversations IV: Documenting Occupational Folklore Then and Now. 2007 symposium (program, photographs, and webcasts).
• Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (selections from the collection).
• Mister Jelly Roll, Mister Lomax and the Invention of Jazz — Illustrated Lecture by John Szwed. 2006 Homegrown lecture/concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• National Visionary Leadership Project Collection Showcase 2008 (webcast).
• Negrura Peruana — Afro Peruvian Music and Dance from Connecticut. 2005 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Northern Kentucky Brotherhood Singers. 2009 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• "Now What a Time": Blues, Gospel, and the Fort Valley Music Festivals, 1938-1943 (online collection).
• Odetta! An Interview for the American Folklife Center, November, 2003 (webcast).
• Opalanga Pugh — African American Storytelling from Colorado. 2008 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• "Politics and Poetics: Fieldwork in Afghanistan and Jamaica," a special presentation by Margaret Mills and Kenneth Bilby. 2006 Botkin lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• Reverb. 2007 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• 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).
• "Voices from the Days of Slavery: Former Slaves Tell Their Stories," John Barton discusses the creation of the online collection. 2004 Botkin lecture (flyer essay).
• "Waking up the People", presented by Linda Goss. 2006 Botkin lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• "We Had Sneakers, They Had Guns: The Kids Who Fought for Civil Rights in Mississippi," presented by Tracy Sugarman (flyer essay, webcast)
• The Zionaires — Gospel Music from Maryland and Delaware. 2008 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture.
• After the Day of Infamy: The "Man on the Street Interviews" Following the Attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941 (online collection).
• AIDS Quilt: "What's in a Name? AIDS, Vernacular Risk Perception and the Culture of Ownership," presented by Diane Goldstein. 2006 Botkin lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• Alabama:
• Birmingham Sunlights. 2005 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Blind Boys of Alabama. 2002 Homegrown concert (webcast excerpts: Part One, Part Two).
• 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).
• Odetta! An Interview for the American Folklife Center, November, 2003 (webcast).
• Folklife in Your State (includes trusts, territories, and DC).
• Southern Mosaic: The John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip (online collection).
• "Take Me Out to the Library of Congress," 2009 (the link goes directly to the webcast; running time 0:51:55). The Librarian of Congress, Dr. James Billington, presents Ernie Banks with the Library's Living Legend Award.
• 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.
• Alaska:
• Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation).
• Folklife in Your State (includes trusts, territories, and DC).
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture.
• Albania and Albanian American: Merita Halili and the Raif Huseni Orchestra. 2008 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Allen, Ray: "How Can I Keep from Singing?": A Seeger Family Tribute, participant in the 2007 symposium (see site for webcasts).
• Alstrom, Ed: Baseball Americana Symposium 2009
• Alvarez, Maribel: Laborlore Conversations IV, participant in the 2007 symposium (see site for webcasts).
• American English Dialect Recordings: The Center for Applied Linguistics Collection (online collection)
• American Family History and Folklife Online Resource.
• American Folk Music and Folklore Recordings: A Selected List (annual issues 1988-1992).
• American Folklife Center:
• About the American Folklife Center
• American Folklife Center Facebook pages
• American Folklife Center: An Illustrated Guide.
• American Folklife Center Collections Policy Statement.
• American Folklife Center Home Page.
• Contact Information.
• Print Publications from the American Folklife Center
• Public Law 94-201, enabling legislation for the American Folklife Center, 1976.
• Public Law 105-275 [PDF 96KB/32 pages, requires free Adobe Reader]; scroll down to p. 627, section 312 for AFC permanent authorization, 1999.
• Public Law 106-380 establishing the Veterans History Project, 2000.
• Published Recordings from the American Folklife Center
• Veterans History Project.
• American Indian:
• "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).
• "'Do All Indians Live in Tipis?' and Other Compelling Questions for Education," presented by Edwin Schupman. 2008 Botkin Lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• See: Aztec.
• See: Mandan Hidatsa.
• See: Navajo.
• See: Omaha.
• See: Paiute.
• See: Passamaquoddy.
• 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.
• American Memory Collections: See Online Collections and Presentations.
• America Samoa
• Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation).
• Folklife in Your State (includes trusts, territories, and DC).
• Amish Culture: "Amish Resources at the Library of Congress," presented by Paul Connor, reference specialist, Local History and Genealogy Reading Room. Lecture sponsored by the Library of Congress Journies and Crossings webcast series, 2009.
• Announcements:
  • AFC RSS feeds.
  • What's Happening at the American Folklife Center?
• Annual Reports of the American Folklife Center.
• Architecture:
• "Barns," a lecture by John Michael Vlatch sponsored by the Norton/Library of Congress Visual Sourcebooks Lecture Series (webcast).
• "Living and Building Between Tradition and Change: Vernacular Architecture in Northern Sweden," presented by Mats Widbom. 2009 Botkin Lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• Archive of Folk Culture:
• American Folklife Center: An Illustrated Guide.
• Archive of Folk Culture Finding Aids.
• Collections and Research Services: The Archive of Folk Culture.
• How to do Research in the Archive of Folk Culture.
• Archival Practice:
  • American Folklife Center Collections Policy Statement.
  • Carpenter, James Madison: "From Oral Tradition to Critical Edition: The James Madison Carpenter Collection of Folk Music and Drama," presented by the James Madison Carpenter Project Team. 2008 Botkin Lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
  • Ethnographic Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture: A Contributor's Guide brochure by Stephanie A. Hall.
  • "Facing the Music: Traditional Culture and Copyright," Dr. Bryan Bachner. 2005 Botkin lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
  • Field Schools for Cultural Documentation.
  • Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture.
  • Folk Heritage Collections in Crisis: Symposium and Products (program, articles, text of keynote speeches, and webcasts)
  • 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.
  • "Intellectual Property Rights and Audiovisual Archives and Collections," article by Anthony Seeger.
  • "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 A. Hall.
  • Save Our Sounds Project.
  • Society of American Archivists Pre-Conference Symposium: Ethnographic Archives, Communities of Origin, and Intangible Cultural Heritage 2006 symposium.
  • "Stating the Obvious: Lessons Learned While Accessing Archival Audio Collections," article by Virginia Danielson.
• Ardrey, Julie: Laborlore Conversations IV, participant in the 2007 symposium (see site for webcasts).
• Arizona:
• Arizona Heritage Project: Heritage Projects and Place-Based Education.
• Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation).
• Dineh Tah Navajo Dancers from Arizona and New Mexico. 2005 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Folklife in Your State (includes trusts, territories, and DC).
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture.
• Arkansas:
• Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation).
• Folklife in Your State (includes trusts, territories, and DC).
• Sonny Burgess and the Pacers — Rockabilly Music from Arkansas. 2006 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• 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.
• Armenia: David & Levon Ayriyan: Armenian Music from Rhode Island. 2006 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Art Culture and Government: The New Deal at 75. 2008 symposium (program, photographs, and webcasts).
• Asian:
• "The Changing Worlds of the Patuas of West Bengal," Presented by Frank Korom. 2006 Botkin lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• "Chinese Folk Art Today," an illustrated lecture by Yong Xianrang. (2004 Botkin lecture, flyer essay).
• "Eight Sounds of Chinese Music," an illustrated lecture by Nora Yeh. 2004 Botkin Lecture (flyer essay).
• Korean Culture Art Program and Concert, 2009 (webcast). Multiple sponsors, see webcast text.
• "Kunqü: China's First Great Multi-Art Theatrical Tradition," presented by Marjory Bong-Ray Liu. 2008 Botkin lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• "Revolutionaries, Nursery Rhymes, and Edison Wax Cylinders: The Remarkable Tale of the Earliest Korean Sound Recordings," presented by Robert Provine. 2009 Botkin lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• "Song & Silence," Sara M. Davis on ethnic Tai Lües. 2005 Botkin lecture (flyer essay).
• "The Sound of Islamic Music: Women's Voices and the Indonesian Religious Soundscape," presented by Anne K. Rasmussen. 2009 Botkin Lecture (flyer essay).
• See also: "Blooming Cherry Blossoms, Falling Cherry Blossoms: Symbolism of the Flower in Japanese Culture," Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney. Lecture sponsored by the Kluge Center, Library of Congress, 2009 (webcast).
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture.
• Asian American:
• Experiencing War: Asian Pacific Americans: Going for Broke. Veterans History Project (online exhibit).
• Natasinh Dancers & Musicians — Lao Music and Dance from Iowa. 2006 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Sreevidhya Chandramouli and Friends — Northern Indian Vina music from Oregon. 2009 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Unsung Heros: A Symposium on the Heroism of Asian Pacific Americans During World War II, Part 1 October 26, 2009 (webcast)
• Unsung Heros: A Symposium on the Heroism of Asian Pacific Americans During World War II, Part 2October 26, 2009 (webcast)
• Auman, Elizabeth: "How Can I Keep from Singing?": A Seeger Family Tribute, participant in the 2007 symposium (see site for webcasts).
• Awards (Parson's Fund Award, Blanton Owen Award, Henry Reed Award, etc.).
• Ayriyan: David & Levon Ayriyan: Armenian Music from Rhode Island. 2006 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Aztec: Ollin Yoliztli Calmecac — Aztec Dance Ensemble from Pennsylvania. 2009 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).

B

• Bachner, Bryan: "Facing the Music: Traditional Culture and Copyright," presented by Dr. Bryan Bachner. 2005 Botkin lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• Ballads:
• Carter Family Tribute — Old Time Music from Virginia. 2005 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Folksongs of America: the Robert Winslow Gordon Collection, 1922-1932 (online presentation of recordings and photographs from the 1978 LP).
• Margaret MacArthur — Ballads and Songs from Vermont. 2005 Homegrown (flyer essay, webcast).
• See Also: Published Sound Recordings from the Archive of Folk Culture.
• The Bajich Brothers — Serbian-American Tambura Music from Kansas. 2008 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Balzer, Marjorie Mandelstam: "Warning of Global Warming? Shamanic Tradition, Politics and Ecological Change in Siberia," presented by Marjorie Mandelstam Balzer, 2009 Botkin Lecture (flyer essay).
• Banjo Music:
• Bar J Wranglers — Cowboy Music from Wyoming. 2008 Homegrown Concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• The Beehive Band — Traditional Mormon String Band Music from Utah. 2008 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Benton Flippen and the Smokey Valley Boys — Old Time Music from North Carolina. 2005 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• California Gold: Northern California Folk Music From the Thirties (online collection).
• Florida Folklife from the WPA Collections, 1937-1942 (online collection).
• Gandydancer — Traditional String Band Music from West Virginia 2007 Homegrown (flyer essay, webcast).
• "Now What a Time": Blues, Gospel, and the Fort Valley Music Festivals, 1938-1943 (online collection).
• Tommy Sands with Moya and Fionán Sands. 2008 Rediscover Northern Ireland concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Voices from the Dust Bowl: The Charles L. Todd and Robert Sonkin Migrant Worker Collection (online collection).
• Banks, Ernie:
• Baseball Americana Symposium 2009
• See also: "Take Me Out to the Library of Congress," 2009 (the link goes directly to the webcast; running time 0:51:55). The Librarian of Congress, Dr. James Billington, presents Ernie Banks with the Library's Living Legend Award.
• Bar J Wranglers — Cowboy Music from Wyoming. 2008 Homegrown Concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Barbara Lynn and Friends — Texas Rhythm & Blues. 2009 Homegrown Concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• "Barns," a lecture by John Michael Vlatch sponsored by the Norton/Library of Congress Visual Sourcebooks Lecture Series (webcast).
• Bartis, Peter:
• Folklife and Fieldwork booklet by Peter Bartis.
• Folklife Sourcebook directory by Peter Bartis and Stephanie Hall.
• Barton, John: "Voices from the Days of Slavery: Former Slaves Tell Their Stories," John Barton discusses the creation of the online collection. 2004 Botkin lecture (flyer essay).
• Barton, Matthew: "Not the Same Old (Folk) Song and Dance: Field Recordings in the European Communities of the United States," presented by Matthew Barton. 2006 Botkin lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• Baseball:
• Baseball Americana Symposium 2009
• See also: Take Me Out to the Library of Congress, 2009 (the link goes directly to the webcast; running time 0:51:55). The Librarian of Congress, Dr. James Billington, presents Ernie Banks with the Library's Living Legend Award.
• Basque: "Basque Culture in the Western United States," an illustrated lecture by Maria Carmen RA. Gambliel. 2004 Botkin lecture (flyer essay).
• Bear, Keith: Mary Louise Defender Wilson & Keith Bear — Sioux and Mandan Hidatsa Storytelling. 2006 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• 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).
• The Beehive Band — Traditional Mormon String Band Music from Utah. 2008 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Belief and Religion:
• "Afghan Women’s Stories: The Problematics of Cover," presented by Margaret Mills. 2007 Botkin lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• "Amish Resources at the Library of Congress," presented by Paul Connor, reference specialist, Local History and Genealogy Reading Room. Lecture sponsored by the Library of Congress Journies and Crossings webcast series, 2009 (webcast).
• "Built with Faith: Place Making and the Religious Imagination in Italian New York," presented by Joseph Sciorra. 2009 Botkin Lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• "Empires, Multiculturalisms, and Borrowed Heartsongs: What Does It Mean to Sing Russian/Mennonite Songs?", presented by Jonathan Dueck. 2008 Botkin Lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• Inauguration 2009 Sermons and Orations Project.
• See: Jewish Culture.
• See: Legends.
• "Politics and Poetics: Fieldwork in Afghanistan and Jamaica," Margaret Mills and Kenneth Bilby. 2006 Botkin lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• "Seeing Mary: Belief, Politics, and Practice at Marian Apparition Sites," presented by Anne Pryor 2008 Botkin lecture (flyer essay).
• A Selected List of Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture Containing Sermons and Orations.
• "The Sound of Islamic Music: Women's Voices and the Indonesian Religious Soundscape," presented by Anne K. Rasmussen. 2009 Botkin Lecture (flyer essay).
• Benjamin Botkin Lecture Series.
• Benjamin Botkin Lecture Series Online Archives with flyer lectures, selected Webcasts, and links to related information.
• Bennett, Margaret: Robert Burns at 250: Poetry, Politics, and Performance. Participant in the 2009 symposium (see site for webcasts).
• Benton Flippen and the Smokey Valley Boys — Old Time Music from North Carolina. 2005 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Bergey, Barry:
• Legends and Legacies: An American Folklife Center Celebration of Public Folklore 2009.
• The Berntsons — Traditional Norwegian-American dance music from Virginia, 2009 Homegrown Concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Bibliographies: Historic Bibliographies and Reference Aids.
• Bilby, Kenneth: "Politics and Poetics: Fieldwork in Afghanistan and Jamaica," Margaret Mills and Kenneth Bilby. 2006 Botkin lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• Birmingham Sunlights. 2005 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Blind Boys of Alabama. Homegrown 2002 concert (webcast excerpts. Part One, Part Two).
• Block, Brendan Carey: Brendan Carey Block — Cape Breton Fiddle Music from New Hampshire. 2009 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• "Blooming Cherry Blossoms, Falling Cherry Blossoms: Symbolism of the Flower in Japanese Culture," Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney. Lecture sponsored by the Kluge Center, Library of Congress, 2009 (webcast).
• Bluegrass: Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver — Bluegrass and Gospel Music from Tennessee. 2006 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Blue Ridge Parkway Folklife Project:
• See: Published Recordings from the Archive of Folk Culture, Children of the Heavenly King CD.
• See: Quilts and Quiltmaking in America, 1978-1996 (online collection).
• Blues:
• Folksongs of America: the Robert Winslow Gordon Collection, 1922-1932 (online presentation of recordings and photographs from the 1978 LP).
• James "Super Chikan" Johnson and Richard Christman Blues Guitar from Mississippi. 2006 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• "Now What a Time": Blues, Gospel, and the Fort Valley Music Festivals, 1938-1943 (online collection).
• "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, webcast).
• Board of Trustees of the American Folklife Center.
• Bold, Valentina:
  • "A Bard of Nature’s Making: Robert Burns and Scottish Traditional Culture," presented by Valentina Bold. 2008 Botkin lecture (flyer essay).
  • Robert Burns at 250: Poetry, Politics, and Performance, participant in the 2009 symposium (see site for webcasts).
• Bong-Ray Liu, Marjory: "Kunqü: China's First Great Multi-Art Theatrical Tradition," 2008 Botkin lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• Botkin, Benjamin:
  • Benjamin Botkin Lecture Series: Current Schedule.
  • Benjamin Botkin Lecture Series: AFC Concerts, Lectures, and Symposia with Webcasts, Photographs, and Essays.
  • "Benjamin Botkin's Legacy-in-the-Making," article by Jerrold Hirsch.
  • "Folklore’s Champion: Ben Botkin," presented by Roger D. Abrahams. 2007 Botkin Lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• Botkin, Daniel: "The Folklore Behind Ecology, or Why Scientists in Ecology Need Help from Folklorists," Dr. Daniel B. Botkin. 2006 Botkin lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• Brannan, Beverly: Art Culture and Government: The New Deal at 75, participant in the 2008 symposium (see site for webcast).
• Breiseth, Christopher: Art Culture and Government: The New Deal at 75, participant in the 2008 symposium (see site for webcast).
• Brendan Carey Block — Cape Breton Fiddle Music from New Hampshire. 2009 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• "Bringing in the May," presented by Jennifer Cutting, from the Library's Journeys and Crossings webcast series.
• Brujo de la Mancha: Ollin Yoliztli Calmecac — Aztec Dance Ensemble from Pennsylvania. 2009 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Buckaroos in Paradise: Ranching Culture in Northern Nevada, 1945-82 (online collection).
• Buffalo Soldiers (WWII): Experiencing War: Buffalo Soldiers, Veterans History Project (online exhibit).
• "Built with Faith: Place Making and the Religious Imagination in Italian New York," presented by Joseph Sciorra. 2009 Botkin Lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• Bulgaria: Rice, Timothy: "Music in Bulgaria: Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture," an illustrated lecture by Prof. Timothy Rice. 2005 Botkin lecture (flyer essay).
• Burns, Robert (1759 - 1796):
• "A Bard of Nature’s Making: Robert Burns and Scottish Traditional Culture," presented by Valentina Bold 2008 Botkin lecture (flyer essay).
• Robert Burns at 250: Poetry, Politics, and Performance 2009 symposium (program, photographs, and webcasts).
• Burton: Mary Sheppard Burton Collection (online collection).

C

• California:
• California Gold: Northern California Folk Music From the Thirties (online collection).
• Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation).
• Folklife in Your State (includes trusts, territories, and DC).
• Odetta! An Interview for the American Folklife Center, November, 2003 (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.
• Camp, Charles: Art Culture and Government: The New Deal at 75, Participant in the 2008 symposium (see site for webcast).
• Canada, Canadian:
• Brendan Carey Block — Cape Breton Fiddle Music from New Hampshire. 2009 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Cannon, Hal: Laborlore Conversations IV, participant in the 2007 symposium (see site for webcast).
• Cantú, Norma E.: "La Quinceañera: A Coming of Age Ritual in Latino Communities," 2006 Botkin lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• Cantwell, Robert: "How Can I Keep from Singing?": A Seeger Family Tribute. Participant in the 2007 symposium (see site for webcast).
• Captain Pearl R. Nye: Life on the Ohio and Erie Canal (online collection).
• Caribbean:
• Florida Folklife from the WPA Collections, 1937-1942 (online collection).
• Major League Tassa — Indo-Caribbean Drumming and Dance from New York. 2008 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• "Politics and Poetics: Fieldwork in Afghanistan and Jamaica," Margaret Mills and Kenneth Bilby. 2006 Botkin lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• Carpenter, James Madison: "From Oral Tradition to Critical Edition: The James Madison Carpenter Collection of Folk Music and Drama," presented by the James Madison Carpenter Project Team. 2008 Botkin Lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• Carrroll, Liz: Liz Carroll with John Doyle — Irish American Fiddling from Illinois. 2005 Homegrown concert (flyer essay).
• Carter Family Tribute — Old Time Music from Virginia. 2005 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Catalog:
• List of Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture.
• Traditional Music and Spoken Word Catalog (1933-1950) (online collection and research tool).
• CDs: See Published Recordings.
• Center for Applied Linguistics Collection: American English Dialect Recordings: The Center for Applied Linguistics Collection (online collection)
• Ceresi, Frank: Baseball Americana Symposium 2009
• Chandramouli, Sreevidhya: Sreevidhya Chandramouli and Friends — Northern Indian Vina music from Oregon. 2009 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Cherry Blossoms: "Blooming Cherry Blossoms, Falling Cherry Blossoms: Symbolism of the Flower in Japanese Culture," Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney. Lecture sponsored by the Kluge Center, Library of Congress, 2009 (webcast).
• China, Chinese:
• "Chinese Folk Art Today," an illustrated lecture by Yong Xianrang. 2004 Botkin lecture (flyer essay).
• "Eight Sounds of Chinese Music," an illustrated lecture by Nora Yeh. 2004 Botkin Lecture (flyer essay).
• "Kunqü: China's First Great Multi-art Theatrical Tradition," presented by Marjory Bong-Ray Liu. 2008 Botkin lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• "Song & Silence," Sara M. Davis on ethnic Tai Lües. 2005 Botkin lecture (flyer essay).
• Church, Susan: Laborlore Conversations IV, participant in the 2007 symposium.
• Civil Rights Activities, Protests, Songs, and Conflicts:
• "Afghan Women’s Stories: The Problematics of Cover," presented by Margaret Mills. 2007 Botkin lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• Force and Violins: What the FBI had on Folksingers, presented by David Dunaway. 2008 Botkin lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• "We Had Sneakers, They Had Guns: The Kids Who Fought for Civil Rights in Mississippi," presented by Tracy Sugarman (flyer essay, webcast).
• "What's in a Name? AIDS, Vernacular Risk Perception and the Culture of Ownership," presented by Diane Goldstein. 2006 Botkin lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• See also: AFC Concerts, Lectures, and Symposia with Webcasts, Photographs, and Essays.
• Clark, Robert: Art Culture and Government: The New Deal at 75, participant in the 2008 symposium.
• Cleary, Beth: Art Culture and Government: The New Deal at 75, participant in the 2008 symposium.
• 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.
• Cohen, John: "The High Lonesome Sound Revisited: Documenting Traditional Culture in America," presented by filmmaker John Cohen. 2009 Botkin lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• Cole, John:
• Art Culture and Government: The New Deal at 75, participant in the 2008 symposium (see site for webcast).
• Robert Burns at 250: Poetry, Politics, and Performance, participant in the 2009 symposium (see site for webcast).
• Collection Policy: American Folklife Center Collections Policy Statement.
• Collections:
• American Folklife Center: An Illustrated Guide.
• 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 (online collection and research tool).
• 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 (flyer essay, webcast).
• Folklife in Your State (includes trusts, territories, and DC).
• 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 for upcoming events.
• See: AFC Concerts, Lectures, and Symposia with Webcasts, Photographs, and Essays (includes available webcasts).
• See: Online Archive of Past Symposia (symposia frequently include performances. Includes available webcasts).
• Connecticut:
• Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation).
• Negrura Peruana — Afro Peruvian Music and Dance from Connecticut. 2005 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Folklife in Your State (includes trusts, territories, and DC).
• 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, Murray: Baseball Americana Symposium 2009
• Cook, Robert: Florida Folklife from the WPA Collections, 1937-1942 (online collection).
• Cowan, Ted: Robert Burns at 250: Poetry, Politics, and Performance, participant in the 2009 symposium (see site for webcast).
• Cowboys:
• Bar J Wranglers — Cowboy Music from Wyoming. 2008 Homegrown Concert (flyer essay, 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).
• Buckaroos in Paradise: Ranching Culture in Northern Nevada, 1945-82 (online collection).
• Cowboy poet Paul Zarzyski and cowboy singer-composer Wylie Gustafson from Montana, 2009 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• D. W. Groethe "Cowboy Songs and Poetry from Montana," 2005 Botkin lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• David Stanley, "Cowboy Poetry: History, Origins, Influences, Forms." 2006 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, 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.
• Crawford, Jim: "Down in the Old Belt: Voices from the Tobacco South," a film screening and lecture by filmmaker Jim Crawford. 2007 Botkin lecture (flyer essay).
• Crawford, Robert: Robert Burns at 250: Poetry, Politics, and Performance, participant in the 2009 symposium (see site for webcast).
• Cutting, Jennifer: "Bringing in the May," by Jennifer Cutting, from the Library's Journeys and Crossings webcast series.
• Cybercasts: see Webcasts.

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• Dance:
• The Berntsons — Traditional Norwegian-American dance music from Virginia, 2009 Homegrown Concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Dallas Chief Eagle and Jasmine Pickner, Hoop Dancing. The performers are tribal members of the Rosebud Sioux and Crow Creek Sioux respectively. 2007 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Dineh Tah Navajo Dancers from Arizona and New Mexico. 2005 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• The Gannon Family: Irish Music and Dance from Missouri. 2006 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Gary Haleamau — Traditional Hawaiian Music from Las Vegas. 2008 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Major League Tassa — Indo-Caribbean Drumming and Dance from New York. 2008 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Natasinh Dancers & Musicians — Lao Music and Dance from Iowa. 2006 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Negrura Peruana — Afro Peruvian Music and Dance from Connecticut. 2005 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Old Cultures/New Contexts: Presenting the Traditional Music and Dance of Urban Immigrant Communities presented by Ethel Raim. 2008 Botkin lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• Ollin Yoliztli Calmecac — Aztec Dance Ensemble from Pennsylvania. 2009 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Omaha Indian Music (online collection).
• The Sama Ensemble: Traditional Iranian Music and Dance. 2007 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Surati — Classical and Folk Indian Dance from New Jersey. 2008 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• See also: Drago Ensemble, a Russian Romani music and dance ensemble. Concert sponsored by the Open World Russian Leadership Program, 2009. (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).
• 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).
• Defender Wilson, Mary Louise: Mary Louise Defender Wilson & Keith Bear — Sioux and Mandan Hidatsa Storytelling. 2006 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• 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).
• Delaware:
• Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation).
• Folklife in Your State (includes trusts, territories, and DC).
• The Zionaires — Gospel Music from Maryland and Delaware. 2008 Homegrown concert (webcast).
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture.
• Dialects: American English Dialect Recordings: The Center for Applied Linguistics Collection (online collection)
• Dickens, Hazel: Laborlore Conversations IV, participant in the 2007 symposium.
• Dickson, Paul: Baseball Americana Symposium 2009
• Dierker, Larry: Baseball Americana Symposium 2009
• 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).
  • Folklife in Your State (includes trusts, territories, and DC).
  • Folklife Resources for Educators, searchable database of educational resources by Carol Moran and Catherine Hiebert Kerst.
• Disability: "Experiencing War: Disabled Veterans: The Unhealed Wounds," Veterans History Project online presentation.
• 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).
• Folklife in Your State (includes trusts, territories, and DC).
• Reverb. 2007 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture.
• Documentary film: See: Ethnographic Film and Filmmaking.
• "Documenting Katrina and Rita in Houston," presented by Carl Lindahl and Pat Jasper. 2009 Botkin Lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• 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.
• Douglas, Jerry: Performer at the NCTA Concert, Legends and Legacies: An American Folklife Center Celebration of Public Folklore, 2009 (see the website for a link to the concert webcast).
• "Down in the Old Belt: Voices from the Tobacco South," a film screening and lecture by filmmaker Jim Crawford. 2007 Botkin lecture (flyer essay).
• Drama (Folk Drama):
• Hispano Music and Culture of the Northern Rio Grande: The Juan B. Rael Collection (online collection).
• Dukes, Josh: Performer at the NCTA Concert (with Mick Moloney), Legends and Legacies: An American Folklife Center Celebration of Public Folklore, 2009 (see the website for a link to the concert webcast).
• Dunaway, David King:
• "Force and Violins: What the FBI had on Folksingers," presented by David Dunaway. 2008 Botkin lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• "How Can I Keep from Singing?": A Seeger Family Tribute, participant in the 2007 symposium (see site for 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, webcast).
• Duplication Service: See Ordering Copies of Recordings from Archive of Folk Culture Collections.
• Durst, James: "How Can I Keep from Singing?": A Seeger Family Tribute, participant in the 2007 symposium (see site for webcast).
• Drago Ensemble, a Russian Romani music and dance ensemble. Concert sponsored by the Open World Russian Leadership Program, 2009. (webcast)

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• Ecology:
• "The Folklore Behind Ecology, or Why Scientists in Ecology Need Help from Folklorists," Dr. Daniel B. Botkin. 2006 Botkin lecture (flyer essay, 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).
  • Print publications, see: American Folkife Center Publications.
  • Folklife Resources for Educators, 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?
• Edwards, Nat: Robert Burns at 250: Poetry, Politics, and Performance, participant in the 2009 symposium (see site for webcast).
• 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).
• Laborlore Conversations IV, participant in the 2007 symposium (see site for webcast).
• "Empires, Multiculturalisms, and Borrowed Heartsongs: What Does It Mean to Sing Russian/Mennonite Songs?", presented by Jonathan Dueck. 2008 Botkin Lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• The Endangered Music Project: See Published Recordings.
• English Language (study of): American English Dialect Recordings: The Center for Applied Linguistics Collection (online collection)
• 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 (flyer essay, 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.
• Ethnographic Films and Filmmaking:
  • "Down in the Old Belt: Voices from the Tobacco South," a film screening and lecture by filmmaker Jim Crawford. 2007 Botkin lecture (flyer essay).
  • "The High Lonesome Sound Revisited: Documenting Traditional Culture in America," presented by filmmaker John Cohen. 2009 Botkin lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• Ethnographic Sound Recording, Early History:
• Omaha Indian Music (Online collection. See especially the album notes from the original LP Omaha Indian Music).
• "Preserving Sound Recordings," article by Stephanie A. Hall.
• "Revolutionaries, Nursery Rhymes, and Edison Wax Cylinders: The Remarkable Tale of the Earliest Korean Sound Recordings," presented by Robert Provine, 2009 Botkin lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• "Ethnography, Identity, and Ethnohistory: Studying Narrative in Contemporary and Colonial Tlaxcala, Mexico," presented by Jacqueline Messing. 2009 Kluge Center Lecture. (webcast)
• Europe:
• "A Bard of Nature’s Making: Robert Burns and Scottish Traditional Culture," presented by Valentina Bold 2008 Botkin lecture (flyer essay).
• "Living and Building Between Tradition and Change: Vernacular Architecture in Northern Sweden," presented by Mats Widbom. 2009 Botkin Lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• Rediscover Northern Ireland 2007 Symposium and Events.
• Rediscover Northern Ireland 2008 events.
• "Music in Bulgaria: Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture," an illustrated lecture by Prof. Timothy Rice 2005 Botkin lecture (flyer essay).
• "Not the Same Old (Folk) Song and Dance: Field Recordings in the European Communities of the United States," presented by Matthew Barton. 2006 Botkin lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• Robert Burns at 250: Poetry, Politics, and Performance, 2009 symposium (program, photographs, and webcast).
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture.
• Events and Announcements: What's Happening at the American Folklife Center?
• Event Archive: AFC Concerts, Lectures, and Symposia with Webcasts, Photographs, and Essays:
• Benjamin Botkin Lecture Series Online Archive.
• Homegrown Concert Series Online Archive.
• Symposia Online Archive.
• "The Evolution of Welsh Music," a lecture illustrated with music examples, presented by Gwilym Morus. 2009 lecture co-sponsored by the Kluge Center and the American Folklife Center.
• 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.

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• Facebook: AFC Facebook pages
• Family Folklife: American Family History and Folklife Online Resource.
• Farms and Farming: Living and Building Between Tradition and Change: Vernacular Architecture in Northern Sweden presented by Mats Widbom. 2009 Botkin Lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• Ferris, William R.:
• "Give My Poor Heart Ease: Voices of the Mississippi Blues," an illustrated lecture by William R. Ferris. 2010 Botkin lecture.
• Legends and Legacies: An American Folklife Center Celebration of Public Folklore 2009.
• Field Schools for Cultural Documentation.
• Fiddle Music:
• Bar J Wranglers — Cowboy Music from Wyoming. 2008 Homegrown Concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• The Beehive Band — Traditional Mormon String Band Music from Utah. 2008 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Benton Flippen and the Smokey Valley Boys — Old Time Music from North Carolina. 2005 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Brendan Carey Block — Cape Breton Fiddle Music from New Hampshire. 2009 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• California Gold: Northern California Folk Music From the Thirties (online collection).
• Fiddle Tunes of the Old Frontier: The Henry Reed Collection (online collection).
• Florida Folklife from the WPA Collections, 1937-1942 (online collection).
• Gandydancer — Traditional String Band Music from West Virginia 2007 Homegrown (flyer essay, webcast).
• The Gannon Family: Irish Music and Dance from Missouri. 2006 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Liz Carroll with John Doyle — Irish American Fiddling from Illinois. 2005 Homegrown concert (flyer essay).
• Tommy Sands with Moya and Fionán Sands. 2008 Rediscover Northern Ireland concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Voices from the Dust Bowl: The Charles L. Todd and Robert Sonkin Migrant Worker Collection (online collection).
• Film: See Ethographic Films and Filmmaking
• Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture.
• Finding Aids to Individual Collections.
• Finding aids: Finding Aids Organized by Topic.
• Fleischhauer, Carl: Laborlore Conversations IV, participant in the 2007 symposium (see site for webcast).
• Fletcher, Alice Cunningham: Omaha Indian Music (online collection).
• Flippen, Benton: Benton Flippen and the Smokey Valley Boys — Old Time Music from North Carolina. 2005 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Florida:
• Aubrey Ghent and Friends — Sacred Steel Lap Guitar, 2007 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation).
• Florida Folklife from the WPA Collections, 1937-1942 (online collection).
• Folklife in Your State (includes trusts, territories, and DC).
• 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. 2007 Botkin lecture (flyer essay, 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).
• "The Changing Worlds of the Patuas of West Bengal," Presented by Frank Korom. 2006 Botkin Lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• "Chinese Folk Art Today," an illustrated lecture by Yong Xianrang. 2004 Botkin lecture (flyer essay).
• "Giving a Voice to Sorrow: Creative Responses to Death," an illustrated lecture presented by Illana Harlow. 2004 Botkin lecture (flyer essay).
• 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).
• 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 (program, articles, text of keynote speeches, and webcasts).
• Folklife and Fieldwork booklet by Peter Bartis.
• Folklife Center News (full text online).
• Folklife Resources for Educators, searchable database of educational resources by Carol Moran and Catherine Hiebert Kerst.
• 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 (flyer essay, webcast).
• How Can I Keep from Singing? A Seeger Family Tribute, 2007 symposium and concert (program, photographs, and webcasts).
• 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 (flyer essay, webcast).
• Francis McPeak Family Concert Rediscover Northern Ireland, 2007 (flyer essay, webcast).
• Frank, Russell: Baseball Americana Symposium 2009

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).
• Gandydancer — Traditional String Band Music from West Virginia. 2007 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• The Gannon Family: Irish Music and Dance from Missouri. 2006 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Gary Haleamau — Traditional Hawaiian Music from Las Vegas. 2008 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, 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 (flyer essay, 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).
• Folklife in Your State (includes trusts, territories, and DC).
• 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 (flyer essay, 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).
• Goldstein, Diane: "What's in a Name? AIDS, Vernacular Risk Perception and the Culture of Ownership," Diane Goldstein. 2006 Botkin Lecture (flyer essay, 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 (flyer essay, 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 (flyer essay, webcast).
• "Now What a Time": Blues, Gospel, and the Fort Valley Music Festivals, 1938-1943 (online collection).
• Reverb. 2007 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• The Zionaires — Gospel Music from Maryland and Delaware. 2008 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Goss, Linda: "Waking up the People," 2006 Botkin presentation (flyer essay, 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).
• Gray, Patricia: Robert Burns at 250: Poetry, Politics, and Performance, participant in the 2009 symposium (see site for webcast).
• Green, Archie:
• Archie Green, 1917-2009.
• Archie Green received the Living Legend Award from the Library of Congress, on August 16, 2007.
• Archie Green was honored at the American Folklife Center symposium, Laborlore Conversations IV: Documenting Occupational Folklore Then and Now, August 15-16, 2007.
• "Folklorist Archie Green Honored with Living Legend Award," in the Library of Congress Information Bulletin, October 2007, Vol. 66, No. 10.
• Legends and Legacies: An American Folklife Center Celebration of Public Folklore 2009.
• "Recognition of Archie Green," published in the Congressional Record. (This is a one page 71 K PDF file; PDF documents require the free Adobe Acrobat Reader).
• Green, Derek:
• Accepted the Living Legend Award on behalf of his father, Archie Green, at the Laborlore Conversations IV: Documenting Occupational Folklore Then and Now, 2007 symposium.
• Participant in Legends and Legacies: An American Folklife Center Celebration of Public Folklore 2009.
• Greer, Taylor Aitken: "How Can I Keep from Singing?": A Seeger Family Tribute, participant in the 2007 symposium (see site for webcast).
• Groethe, D. W.: D. W. Groethe — Cowboy Songs and Poetry from Montana. 2005 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Guam:
• Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation).
• Folklife in Your State (includes trusts, territories, and DC).
• 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.
  • Folklife Resources for Educators, searchable database of educational resources by Carol Moran and Catherine Hiebert Kerst.
  • See also: Directories.
• Gustafson, Wylie: Cowboy poet Paul Zarzyski and cowboy singer-composer Wylie Gustafson from Montana, 2009 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Guthrie, Woody: Woody Guthrie and the Archive of American Folk Song, Correspondence 1940-1950 (online collection).
• Gypsy: See Romani.

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• 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).
• Hanukkah: See: An Overview of Judaica in the Library of Congress by Peggy Pearlston, Head, Hebraic Section of the African and Middle Eastern Divsion, Library of Congress, and "Quick to the Party: Southern Jews and the Americanization of Hanukkah," by Dianne Ashton, 2007 presented by the African and Middle Eastern Division (two talks in one webcast).
• 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).
• Hardy, Todd: "How Can I Keep from Singing?": A Seeger Family Tribute, participant in the 2007 symposium (see site for webcast).
• Harris, Corey: Performer at the NCTA Concert (with Phil Wiggins), Legends and Legacies: An American Folklife Center Celebration of Public Folklore, 2009 (see the website for a link to the concert webcast).
• Hastings, Gary: "There's More that Unites Than Divides Us." Spoken and performed by Gary Hastings and Brian Mullen. Rediscover Northern Ireland, 2007 (flyer essay, webcast).
• Hawaii, Hawaiian:
• See: Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation).
• Gary Haleamau — Traditional Hawaiian Music from Las Vegas. 2008 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• See:Folklife in Your State (includes trusts, territories, and DC).
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture.
• "Hear, O Israel: Yiddish-American Radio 1925-1955," presented by Henry Sapoznik, 2009 Botkin lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• Henry Reed: Fiddle Tunes of the Old Frontier: The Henry Reed Collection (online collection).
• Heritage Projects and Place-Based Education.
• Herman, Bernard: "Quilters' Save Our Stories" presented by Bernard Herman, Professor of American Material Culture Studies and Professor of Art History at the University of Delaware. July 24, 2007.
• Hickerson, Joseph C.:
• "How Can I Keep from Singing?": A Seeger Family Tribute, participant in the 2007 symposium (see site for webcast).
• See: Finding Aids to Collections Organized by Topic in the Archive of Folk Culture (past series editor).
• See: List of Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture.
• "The High Lonesome Sound Revisited: Documenting Traditional Culture in America," presented by filmmaker John Cohen. 2009 Botkin lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• Hillerich, John, III: Baseball Americana Symposium 2009
• Hillman, Chris: Rock Hall of Fame Guitarist Chris Hillman, 2009 (the link goes directly to the webcast; running time 1:22:26. Chris Hillman discusses his career. Sponsored by the Music Divison and the American Folklife Center.
• Hispanic / Latino:
• California Gold: Northern California Folk Music from the Thirties (online collection).
• "Ethnography, Identity, and Ethnohistory: Studying Narrative in Contemporary and Colonial Tlaxcala, Mexico," presented by Jacqueline Messing. 2009 Kluge Center Lecture. (webcast)
• 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 (flyer essay, webcast).
• "La Quinceañera: A Coming of Age Ritual in Latino Communities," by Norma E. Cantú. 2006 Botkin lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• Voices from the Dust Bowl: The Charles L. Todd and Robert Sonkin Migrant Worker Collection (online collection).
• See also: Ollin Yoliztli Calmecac — Aztec Dance Ensemble from Pennsylvania. 2009 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture.
• Homegrown Concert Series.
• Homegrown Concert Series Online Archives (including flyer essays, webcasts, and links to related materials).
• Hoog, Ann:
• "Pearl Harbor Oral Histories," by Ann Hoog. 2004 Webcast from the Library's Journeys and Crossings webcast 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, presenters are tribal members of the Rosebud Sioux and Crow Creek Sioux respectively. 2007 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Omaha Indian Music (online collection).
• Hope Diamond: "The History and Curse of the Hope Diamond," presented by Richard Kurin. Lecture sponsored by the Center for the Book, Library of Congress (webcast).
• "How Can I Keep from Singing?": A Seeger Family Tribute. 2007 symposium and concert (program, photographs, and webcasts).
• 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).
• 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.

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• "'I am a Wee Weaver': Weaving and Singing in Northern Ireland," presented by Maurice Leyden. 2008 Rediscover Northern Ireland and Botkin lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• Idaho:
• Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation).
• Folklife in Your State (includes trusts, territories, and DC).
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture.
• “If It Wasn't for the Irish and the Jews: Irish and Jewish Influences on the Music of Vaudeville and Tin Pan Alley,” presented by Mick Moloney, 2009 Botkin Lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• Illinois:
• Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation).
• "Hear, O Israel: Yiddish-American Radio 1925-1955," presented by Henry Sapoznik, 2009 Botkin lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• Liz Carroll with John Doyle — Irish American Fiddling from Illinois, 2005 Homegrown concert (flyer essay).
• Folklife in Your State (includes trusts, territories, and DC).
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture.
• Immigration:
• "Basque Culture in the Western United States," an illustrated lecture by Maria Carmen RA. Gambliel. 2004 Botkin lecture (flyer essay).
• "Built with Faith: Place Making and the Religious Imagination in Italian New York," presented by Joseph Sciorra. 2009 Botkin Lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• California Gold: Northern California Folk Music from the Thirties (online collection).
• "Empires, Multiculturalisms, and Borrowed Heartsongs: What Does It Mean to Sing Russian/Mennonite Songs?", presented by Jonathan Dueck. 2008 Botkin Lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• "Hear, O Israel: Yiddish-American Radio 1925-1955," presented by Henry Sapoznik, 2009 Botkin lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• “If It Wasn't for the Irish and the Jews: Irish and Jewish Influences on the Music of Vaudeville and Tin Pan Alley,” presented by Mick Moloney, 2009 Botkin Lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• Old Cultures/New Contexts: Presenting the Traditional Music and Dance of Urban Immigrant Communities
presented by Ethel Raim. 2008 Botkin lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• "Not the Same Old (Folk) Song and Dance: Field Recordings in the European Communities of the United States," presented by Matthew Barton. 2006 Botkin lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• See also: The Homegrown Concert Series Online Archive (including webcasts and flyer essayss).
• 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 (flyer essay, webcast).
• Sreevidhya Chandramouli and Friends — Northern Indian Vina music from Oregon. 2009 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Surati — Classical and Folk Indian Dance from New Jersey, 2008 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Indian, American: See Native American.
• Indiana:
• Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation).
• Folklife in Your State (includes trusts, territories, and DC).
• 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 (flyer essay, webcast).
• "From Patent Medicines to Patents for Indigenous Knowledge — Material and Spiritual Economies," an illustrated lecture by Margaret Kruesi. 2004 Botkin lecture (flyer essay).
• 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 (flyer essay, webcast).
• Indonesia: "The Sound of Islamic Music: Women's Voices and the Indonesian Religious Soundscape," presented by Anne K. Rasmussen. 2009 Botkin Lecture (flyer essay).
• Internships.
• Iowa:
• Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation).
• Natasinh Dancers & Musicians: Lao Music and Dance from Iowa. 2006 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Folklife in Your State (includes trusts, territories, and DC).
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture.
• Iran: The Sama Ensemble: Traditional Iranian Music and Dance. 2007 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Irish and Irish-American:
• "The Beautiful Bridge: Crossing The Span Between Oral Tradition and the Written Creative Word," presented by Frank Delaney. 2005 Botkin lecture (flyer essay).
• Fiddle Tunes of the Old Frontier: The Henry Reed Collection (online collection).
• The Gannon Family: Irish Music and Dance from Missouri. 2006 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• “If It Wasn't for the Irish and the Jews: Irish and Jewish Influences on the Music of Vaudeville and Tin Pan Alley,” presented by Mick Moloney, 2009 Botkin Lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• Liz Carroll with John Doyle — Irish American Fiddling from Illinois. 2005 Homegrown concert (flyer essay).
• 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).
• Islam, Islamic:
  • "Afghan Women’s Stories: The Problematics of Cover," presented by Margaret Mills. 2007 Botkin lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
  • "Politics and Poetics: Fieldwork in Afghanistan and Jamaica," Margaret Mills and Kenneth Bilby. 2006 Botkin lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
  • The Sama Ensemble: Traditional Iranian Music and Dance. 2007 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
  • "The Sound of Islamic Music: Women's Voices and the Indonesian Religious Soundscape," presented by Anne K. Rasmussen. 2009 Botkin Lecture (flyer essay).
• Italian Americans:
• "Built with Faith: Place Making and the Religious Imagination in Italian New York," presented by Joseph Sciorra. 2009 Botkin Lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture.
• Ivan Kupalo: "Ivan Kupalo: Ritual in Post-Soviet Ukraine," an illustrated lecture by Dr. Natalie Kononenko. 2004 Botkin lecture (flyer essay).
• Ivey, Bill: "How Can I Keep from Singing?": A Seeger Family Tribute, participant in the 2007 symposium (see site for webcast).

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• Jabbour, Alan: Fiddle Tunes of the Old Frontier: The Henry Reed Collection (online collection).
• Jagoda, Flory: Flory Jagoda and Friends — Traditional Sephardic Music from the Former Yugoslavia and the World. 2007 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• James, Willis Laurence: "Now What a Time": Blues, Gospel, and the Fort Valley Music Festivals, 1938-1943 (online collection).
• Jasper, Pat: "Documenting Katrina and Rita in Houston," presented by Carl Lindahl and Pat Jasper. 2009 Botkin Lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• Jazz: Mister Jelly Roll, Mister Lomax and the Invention of Jazz — Illustrated Lecture by John Szwed 2006 Homegrown lecture/concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Jamaica: "Politics and Poetics: Fieldwork in Afghanistan and Jamaica," Margaret Mills and Kenneth Bilby 2006 Botkin lectures. (flyer essay, webcast).
• Japan:
• "Blooming Cherry Blossoms, Falling Cherry Blossoms: Symbolism of the Flower in Japanese Culture," Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney. Lecture sponsored by the Kluge Center, Library of Congress (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 (flyer essay, webcast).
• "Hear, O Israel: Yiddish-American Radio 1925-1955," presented by Henry Sapoznik, 2009 Botkin lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• “If It Wasn't for the Irish and the Jews: Irish and Jewish Influences on the Music of Vaudeville and Tin Pan Alley,” presented by Mick Moloney, 2009 Botkin Lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• See also: "Jews and Shoes," presented by Edna Nahshon. Lecture sponsored by the African and Middle Eastern Division, Library of Congress, 2008 (webcast).
• See also: An overview of Judaica in the Library of Congress by Peggy Pearlston, Head, Hebraic Section of the African and Middle Eastern Divsion, Library of Congress, and "Quick to the Party: Southern Jews and the Americanization of Hanukkah," by Dianne Ashton, 2007. Presented by the African and Middle Eastern Division (two talks in one webcast).
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture.
• "John and Ruby Lomax" [from 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).
• Johnson, Mamie "Peanut": Baseball Americana Symposium 2009
• Johnson, Paula:
• Laborlore Conversations IV, participant in the 2007 symposium (see site for webcast).
• Legends and Legacies: An American Folklife Center Celebration of Public Folklore 2009.
• Jones, Lewis Wade: "Now What a Time": Blues, Gospel, and the Fort Valley Music Festivals, 1938-1943 (online collection).

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• Kansas:
• The Bajich Brothers — Serbian-American Tambura Music from Kansas. 2008 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation)
• Folklife in Your State (includes trusts, territories, and DC).
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture.
• Katz, Harry L.: Baseball Americana Symposium 2009
• Katzman, Laura: Art Culture and Government: The New Deal at 75, participant in the 2008 symposium (see site for webcast).
• Kay, Billy: Robert Burns at 250: Poetry, Politics, and Performance, participant in the 2009 symposium (see site for webcasts).
• Kazin, Michael: Art Culture and Government: The New Deal at 75, participant in the 2008 symposium (see site for webcast).
• Kefeli, Agnes: See: "The Tale of Joseph and Zulahkha and Tatar National Identity on the Volga Frontier," presented by Agnes Kefeli, a lecture sponsored by the Kluge Center, 2009 (webcast).
• Kennedy, Keith J.: Legends and Legacies: An American Folklife Center Celebration of Public Folklore 2009.
• Kennedy, Stetson:
• Art Culture and Government: The New Deal at 75, participant in the 2008 symposium (see site for webcast).
• 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. 2005 Botkin lecture (flyer essay, press release, and webcast).
• Kentucky:
• Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation).
• Folklife in Your State (includes trusts, territories, and DC).
• "The High Lonesome Sound Revisited: Documenting Traditional Culture in America," presented by filmmaker John Cohen. 2009 Botkin lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• Northern Kentucky Brotherhood Singers. 2009 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture.
• Kerst, Catherine Hiebert:
• Art Culture and Government: The New Deal at 75, participant in the 2008 symposium (see site for webcast).
• Folklife Resources for Educators, 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).
• Korea, Korean:
• Korean Culture Art Program and Concert, 2009 (webcast). Multiple sponsors, see webcast text.
• "Revolutionaries, Nursery Rhymes, and Edison Wax Cylinders: The Remarkable Tale of the Earliest Korean Sound Recordings," presented by Robert Provine. 2009 Botkin lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• For oral histories related to the Korean War (1950-1955) see: Veterans History Project: Experiencing War (thematic presentations — webcasts and audio).
• Korom, Frank: "The Changing Worlds of the Patuas of West Bengal," Presented by Frank Korom, 2006 Botkin lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• Kraig, Bruce: Baseball Americana Symposium 2009
• 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).
• "Kunqü: China's First Great Multi-art Theatrical Tradition," presented by Marjory Bong-Ray Liu. 2008 Botkin lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• Kurin, Richard: "The History and Curse of the Hope Diamond." Lecture sponsored by the Center for the Book, Library of Congress (webcast).

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• La Flesche, Francis: Omaha Indian Music (online collection).
• Laborlore Conversations IV: Documenting Occupational Folklore Then and Now, 2007 symposium (program, photographs, webcast).
• Lambert, Marc: Robert Burns at 250: Poetry, Politics, and Performance, participant in the 2009 symposium (see site for webcast).
• Lands' End All-American Quilt Contest Collection: See: Quilts and Quiltmaking in America, 1978-1996 (online collection).
• Lane, James: Laborlore Conversations IV (participant in the 2007 symposium).
• 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).
• Latino: See Hispanic.
• Lectures:
• Benjamin Botkin Lecture Series Online Archives (includes available webcasts).
• AFC Concerts, Lectures, and Symposia with Webcasts, Photographs, and Essays (access to Botkin lectures, lectures presented in AFC symposia, and lectures related to other events, with available webcasts).
• See: Events and Announcements for upcoming lectures.
• Veterans History Project event webcasts (lectures and symposia).
• Legends:
  • "The History and Curse of the Hope Diamond," presented by Richard Kurin. Lecture sponsored by the Center for the Book, Library of Congress (webcast).
  • "Tales of the Jersey Devil," an illustrated lecture presented by Stephen D. Winick. 2005 Botkin lecture (flyer essay).
• Legends and Legacies: An American Folklife Center Celebration of Public Folklore 2009. (Concert webcast available)
• Lewis, Anne: Laborlore Conversations IV, participant in the 2007 symposium (see site for webcast).
• Leyden, Maurice: "'I am a Wee Weaver': Weaving and Singing in Northern Ireland," presented by Maurice Leyden 2008 Rediscover Northern Ireland and Botkin lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• Lindahl, Carl: "Documenting Katrina and Rita in Houston," presented by Carl Lindahl and Pat Jasper. 2009 Botkin Lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• Linguistics: American English Dialect Recordings: The Center for Applied Linguistics Collection (online collection)
• 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: See: RSS Feeds and Email Subscriptions
• Little, Keith: Keith Little, Navajo Code Talker Veterans History Project (webcast).
• "Living and Building Between Tradition and Change: Vernacular Architecture in Northern Sweden," presented by Mats Widbom. 2009 Botkin Lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• Liz Carroll with John Doyle — Irish American Fiddling from Illinois. 2005 Homegrown concert (flyer essay).
• Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (LC Bicentennial site, 2000).
• Lohman, Jon: Legends and Legacies: An American Folklife Center Celebration of Public Folklore 2009.
• 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 (flyer essay 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).
• Louisiana:
• Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation).
• "Documenting Katrina and Rita in Houston," presented by Carl Lindahl and Pat Jasper. 2009 Botkin Lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• Folklife in Your State (includes trusts, territories, and DC).
• 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.
• Lynn, Barbara: Barbara Lynn and Friends — Texas Rhythm & Blues. 2009 Homegrown Concert (flyer essay, webcast).

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• MacArthur, Margaret: Margaret MacArthur — Ballads and Songs from Vermont. 2005 Homegrown (flyer essay, webcast).
• Maine:
• Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation).
• Folklife in Your State (includes trusts, territories, and DC).
• Wayne Newell and Blanch Sockabasin — Traditional Passamaquoddy music from Maine. 2009 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• 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 (flyer essay, webcast).
• Moloney, Mick: “If It Wasn't for the Irish and the Jews: Irish and Jewish Influences on the Music of Vaudeville and Tin Pan Alley,” presented by Mick Moloney, 2009 Botkin Lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• Mandan (American Indian tribe).
• Mandan Hidatsa: Mary Louise Defender Wilson & Keith Bear — Sioux and Mandan Hidatsa Storytelling. 2006 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, 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).
• 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).
• Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation).
• Mary Sheppard Burton Collection (online collection).
• Folklife in Your State (includes trusts, territories, and DC).
• Voices from the Days of Slavery: Former Slaves Tell Their Stories (online collection).
• The Zionaires — Gospel Music from Maryland and Delaware. 2008 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture.
• Massachusetts:
• Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation).
• Folklife in Your State (includes trusts, territories, and DC).
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture.
• Mauchachty-Ware, Tom: Performer at the NCTA Concert, Legends and Legacies: An American Folklife Center Celebration of Public Folklore, 2009 (see the website for biography and a link to the concert webcast).
• May Day: "Bringing in the May," by Jennifer Cutting, from the Library's Journeys and Crossings webcast series.
• McCarl, Robert: Laborlore Conversations IV, participant in the 2007 symposium (see site for webcast).
• McComiskey, Billy: Performer at the NCTA Concert, Legends and Legacies: An American Folklife Center Celebration of Public Folklore, 2009 (see the website for biography and a link to the concert webcast).
• McCulloh, Judith: Legends and Legacies: An American Folklife Center Celebration of Public Folklore, 2009
• McDannell, Colleen: Art Culture and Government: The New Deal at 75, participant in the 2008 symposium (see site for webcast).
• McPeake: Francis McPeak Family Concert Rediscover Northern Ireland, 2007 (flyer essay, webcast).
• McNeil, Bryan: Laborlore Conversations IV, participant in the 2007 symposium (see site for webcast).
• 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).
• Mennonite: "Empires, Multiculturalisms, and Borrowed Heartsongs: What Does It Mean to Sing Russian/Mennonite Songs?", presented by Jonathan Dueck. 2008 Botkin Lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• Messing, Jacqueline: "Ethnography, Identity, and Ethnohistory: Studying Narrative in Contemporary and Colonial Tlaxcala, Mexico," presented by Jacqueline Messing. 2009 Kluge Center Lecture. (webcast)
• Mexican, Mexican American:
• "Ethnography, Identity, and Ethnohistory: Studying Narrative in Contemporary and Colonial Tlaxcala, Mexico," presented by Jacqueline Messing. 2009 Kluge Center Lecture. (webcast)
• Ollin Yoliztli Calmecac — Aztec Dance Ensemble from Pennsylvania. 2009 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Michigan:
• Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation).
• Folklife in Your State (includes trusts, territories, and DC).
• 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).
• Middle East, Middle Eastern: See Near East, Near Eastern.
• Miller, Barbara: Laborlore Conversations IV, participant in the 2007 symposium (see site for webcast).
• Miller, Ed: Robert Burns at 250: Poetry, Politics, and Performance, participant in the 2009 symposium (see site for webcasts).
• Mills, Margaret:
• "Afghan Women’s Stories: The Problematics of Cover," presented by Margaret Mills. 2007 Botkin lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• "Politics and Poetics: Fieldwork in Afghanistan and Jamaica," Margaret Mills and Kenneth Bilby. 2006 Botkin lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• Minnesota:
• Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation).
• Folklife in Your State (includes trusts, territories, and DC).
• 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 (flyer essay, webcast).
• Folklife in Your State (includes trusts, territories, and DC).
• 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).
• "We Had Sneakers, They Had Guns: The Kids Who Fought for Civil Rights in Mississippi," presented by Tracy Sugarman (flyer essay, webcast).
• 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 (flyer essay, webcast).
• Folklife in Your State (includes trusts, territories, and DC).
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture.
• Moloney, Mick:
• “If It Wasn't for the Irish and the Jews: Irish and Jewish Influences on the Music of Vaudeville and Tin Pan Alley,” presented by Mick Moloney, 2009 Botkin Lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• Panelist, Legends and Legacies: An American Folklife Center Celebration of Public Folklore, 2009.
• Performer at the NCTA Concert, Legends and Legacies: An American Folklife Center Celebration of Public Folklore, 2009 (see the website for biography and a link to the concert webcast).
• Montana:
  • "Bridles, Bits and Beads: Folk and Fieldwork from the High, Wide and Handsome State of Montana," an illustrated lecture by Dr. Alexandra Swaney of the Montana Arts Council. 2005 Botkin lecture (flyer essay).
  • Cowboy poet Paul Zarzyski and cowboy singer-composer Wylie Gustafson from Montana, 2009 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
  • D. W. Groethe — Cowboy Songs and Poetry from Montana. 2005 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
  • Montana Heritage Project: Heritage Projects and Place-Based Education.
  • Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation).
  • Folklife in Your State (includes trusts, territories, and DC).
  • See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture.
• Morgan, Mindy: Art Culture and Government: The New Deal at 75, participant in the 2008 symposium (see site for webcast).
• Moran, Carol: Folklife Resources for Educators, 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 (flyer essay, 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 (flyer essay, webcast).
• Morus, Gwilym : "The Evolution of Welsh Music," a lecture illustrated with music examples, presented by Gwilym Morus. 2009 lecture co-sponsored by the Kluge Center and the American Folklife Center.
• 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 (flyer essay, webcast).
• Mullvihill, Brendan: Performer at the NCTA Concert, Legends and Legacies: An American Folklife Center Celebration of Public Folklore, 2009 (see the website for biography and a link to the concert webcast).
• Munoz, Mike:
• Laborlore Conversations IV, participant in the 2007 symposium (see site for webcast).
• Legends and Legacies: An American Folklife Center Celebration of Public Folklore 2009.
• Muslim: See Islam, Islamic.

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• Narrative:
• "Afghan Women’s Stories: The Problematics of Cover," presented by Margaret Mills, Ohio State University 2007 Botkin Lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• American English Dialect Recordings: The Center for Applied Linguistics Collection (online collection)
• Buckaroos in Paradise: Ranching Culture in Northern Nevada, 1945-82 (online collection, search on "narrative").
• "Ethnography, Identity, and Ethnohistory: Studying Narrative in Contemporary and Colonial Tlaxcala, Mexico," presented by Jacqueline Messing. 2009 Kluge Center Lecture. (webcast)
• Mary Sheppard Burton Collection (online collection).
• Opalanga Pugh — African American Storytelling from Colorado. 2008 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• StoryCorps FAQ and links.
• Tending the Commons: Folklife and Landscape in Southern West Virginia (online collection, search on “story”).
• Tommy Sands with Moya and Fionán Sands. 2008 Rediscover Northern Ireland concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• 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 (flyer essay, webcast).
• Mary Louise Defender Wilson & Keith Bear — Sioux and Mandan Hidatsa Storytelling. 2006 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• See also: "The Tale of Joseph and Zulahkha and Tatar National Identity on the Volga Frontier," presented by Agnes Kefeli, a lecture sponsored by the Kluge Center, 2009 (webcast).
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture.
• Native American: See American Indian.
• National Visionary Leadership Project Collection Showcase (NVLP).
• Navajo:
• Dineh Tah Navajo Dancers from Arizona and New Mexico. 2005 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Keith Little, Navajo Code Talker. Veterans History Project (webcast).
• Merril L. Sandoval, Navajo Code Talker (Veterans History Project, webcast).
• Near East, Near Eastern:
• "Afghan Women’s Stories: The Problematics of Cover," presented by Margaret Mills. 2007 Botkin lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• David & Levon Ayriyan: Armenian Music from Rhode Island. 2006 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Malkhaz Erkvanidze on collecting traditional sacred and secular music in the Republic of Georgia with examples provided by the Anchiskhati Choir. 2005 Botkin lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• "Politics and Poetics: Fieldwork in Afghanistan and Jamaica," Margaret Mills and Kenneth Bilby. 2006 Botkin lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• The Sama Ensemble: Traditional Iranian Music and Dance. 2007 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture.
• 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 (flyer essay, webcast).
• Folklife in Your State (includes trusts, territories, and DC).
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture.
• Negrura Peruana — Afro Peruvian Music and Dance from Connecticut. 2005 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, 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 (flyer essay, webcast).
• Folklife in Your State (includes trusts, territories, and DC).
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture.
• New Ballard's Branch Bogtrotters: Performers at the NCTA Concert, Legends and Legacies: An American Folklife Center Celebration of Public Folklore, 2009 (see the website for a description of the group and a link to the concert webcast).
• New Deal:
• Art Culture and Government: The New Deal at 75. 2008 symposium (flyer essay, webcast).
• 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:
• Brendan Carey Block — Cape Breton Fiddle Music from New Hampshire. 2009 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation).
• Folklife in Your State (includes trusts, territories, and DC).
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture.
• New Jersey:
• Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation).
• Folklife in Your State (includes trusts, territories, and DC).
• 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).
• 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 (flyer essay, 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).
• Folklife in Your State (includes trusts, territories, and DC).
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture.
• The New Yellow Ribbon Tradition.
• New York (State):
• "Built with Faith: Place Making and the Religious Imagination in Italian New York," presented by Joseph Sciorra. 2009 Botkin Lecture (flyer essay, webcast)
• Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation).
• "Hear, O Israel: Yiddish-American Radio 1925-1955," presented by Henry Sapoznik, 2009 Botkin lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• Major League Tassa — Indo-Caribbean Drumming and Dance from New York. 2008 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Merita Halili and the Raif Huseni Orchestra. 2008 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Old Cultures/New Contexts: Presenting the Traditional Music and Dance of Urban Immigrant Communities
presented by Ethel Raim. 2008 Botkin lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• September 11, 2001 Documentary Project presented by Ann Hoog (webcast).
• Folklife in Your State (includes trusts, territories, and DC).
• 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.
• Newell, Wayne: Wayne Newell and Blanch Sockabasin — Traditional Passamaquoddy music from Maine. 2009 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• News:
• AFC RSS Feeds.
• Folklife Center News.
• What's Happening at the American Folklife Center?
• Newton, Cate: Robert Burns at 250: Poetry, Politics, and Performance, participant in the 2009 symposium (see site for webcasts).
• North American Indian: See American Indian.
• North Carolina:
• Benton Flippen and the Smokey Valley Boys — Old Time Music from North Carolina. 2005 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation).
• Quilts and Quiltmaking in America, 1978-1996 (online collection).
• Folklife in Your State (includes trusts, territories, and DC).
• 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 Storytelling. 2006 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Folklife in Your State (includes trusts, territories, and DC).
• 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 (flyer essay, webcast).
  • Francis McPeak Family Concert Rediscover Northern Ireland, 2007 (flyer essay, webcast).
  • "'I am a Wee Weaver': Weaving and Singing in Northern Ireland," presented by Maurice Leyden. 2008 Rediscover Northern Ireland and Botkin lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
  • "'It's Of My Rambles...' A Journey in the Song Tradition of Ulster," presented by Len Graham. 2008 Rediscover Northern Ireland and Botkin lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
  • "Northern American Influence on a North Irish Song Collection," presented by John Moulden. Rediscover Northern Ireland, 2007 (flyer essay, webcast).
  • 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 (flyer essay, webcast).
  • Tommy Sands with Moya and Fionán Sands. 2008 Rediscover Northern Ireland concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Northern Kentucky Brotherhood Singers. 2009 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Norwegian Americans: The Berntsons — Traditional Norwegian-American dance music from Virginia, 2009 Homegrown Concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• "Not the Same Old (Folk) Song and Dance: Field Recordings in the European Communities of the United States," presented by Matthew Barton. 2006 Botkin lecture (flyer essay, 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, 2007symposium (program, photographs, and webcasts).
• "The Lore of America's Coal Miners: A Fresh Look at the George Korson Collection," presented by Angus Gilespie. 2004 Botkin lecture (flyer essay).
• Working in Paterson: Occupational Heritage in an Urban Setting (online collection).
• See also: Published Sound Recordings from the Archive of Folk Culture.
• Odetta! An Interview for the American Folklife Center, November, 2003 (webcast).
• Ohio:
• Captain Pearl R. Nye: Life on the Ohio and Erie Canal (online collection).
• Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation).
• Folklife in Your State (includes trusts, territories, and DC).
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture.
• Ohnuki-Tierney, Emiko, "Blooming Cherry Blossoms, Falling Cherry Blossoms: Symbolism of the Flower in Japanese Culture." Lecture sponsored by the Kluge Center, Library of Congress, 2009 (webcast).
• Oklahoma:
• Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation).
• Folklife in Your State (includes trusts, territories, and DC).
• 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.
• Old Cultures/New Contexts: Presenting the Traditional Music and Dance of Urban Immigrant Communities
presented by Ethel Raim. 2008 Botkin lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• Olin, Julia: Legends and Legacies: An American Folklife Center Celebration of Public Folklore 2009.
• Ollin Yoliztli Calmecac — Aztec Dance Ensemble from Pennsylvania. 2009 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Omaha (American Indian tribe).
  • Omaha Indian Music (online collection).
• Online Archive of Past American Folklife Center Events. See:
  AFC Concerts, Lectures, and Symposia with Webcasts, Photographs, and Essays.
• Benjamin Botkin Lecture Series Online Archive.
• Homegrown Concert Series Online Archive.
• Symposia and Related Events Online Archive.
• Online Collections and Presentations
• Opalanga Pugh — African American Storytelling from Colorado. 2008 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Oral History:
  • American Family History and Folklife Online Resource.
  • Folklife and Fieldwork a booklet by Peter Bartis.
  • Veterans History Project Kit.
• Oregon:
• Folklife in Your State (includes trusts, territories, and DC).
• Sreevidhya Chandramouli and Friends — Northern Indian Vina music from Oregon. 2009 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture.
• 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).
• Pacific-Americans:
• Experiencing War: Asian Pacific Americans: Going for Broke, Veterans History Project (online exhibit).
• Gary Haleamau — Traditional Hawaiian Music from Las Vegas, 2008 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Unsung Heros: A Symposium on the Heroism of Asian Pacific Americans During World War II, Part 1 October 26, 2009 (webcast)
• Unsung Heros: A Symposium on the Heroism of Asian Pacific Americans During World War II, Part 2October 26, 2009 (webcast)
• 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.
• Parstuga: Living and Building Between Tradition and Change: Vernacular Architecture in Northern Sweden. presented by Mats Widbom. 2009 Botkin Lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• Passamaquoddy: Wayne Newell and Blanch Sockabasin — Traditional Passamaquoddy music from Maine. 2009 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Pearl Harbor:
• After the Day of Infamy: The "Man On the Street" Interviews (online collection).
• "Pearl Harbor Oral Histories," presented by Ann Hoog, 2004. from the Library's Journeys and Crossings webcast 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).
• Folklife in Your State (includes trusts, territories, and DC).
• Ollin Yoliztli Calmecac — Aztec Dance Ensemble from Pennsylvania. 2009 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• "Waking up the People," presented by Linda Goss. 2006 Botkin lecture (flyer essay, 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 (flyer essay, webcast).
• Photographs: Ordering Copies of Photographic Materials from Archive of Folk Culture Collections.
• Place, Jeff: "How Can I Keep from Singing?": A Seeger Family Tribute, participant in the 2007 symposium (see site for webcasts).
• 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).
• Podcasts:
• Slave Narratives podcast series.
• Polka: The River Boys Polka Band — Dutch Hop Polka Music from Nebraska, 2006 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Preservation:
  • Folk Heritage Collections in Crisis: Symposium and Products (program, articles, text of keynote speeches, and webcasts).
  • 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.
• Provine, Robert: "Revolutionaries, Nursery Rhymes, and Edison Wax Cylinders: The Remarkable Tale of the Earliest Korean Sound Recordings," presented by Robert Provine. 2009 Botkin lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• Pryor, Anne: "Seeing Mary: Belief, Politics, and Practice at Marian Apparition Sites," presented by Anne Pryor. 2008 Botkin lecture (flyer essay).
• Publications available in print: See: American Folkife Center Publications.
• Puerto Rico:
• Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation).
• Folklife in Your State (includes trusts, territories, and DC).
• Purkey, Elaine: Laborlore Conversations IV, participant in the 2007 symposium (see site for webcast).

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).
  • 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 (flyer essay, webcast).
  • See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture.

R

• Rachleff, Peter: Art Culture and Government: The New Deal at 75, participant in the 2008 symposium (see site for webcast).
• Radio:
• "Hear, O Israel: Yiddish-American Radio 1925-1955," presented by Henry Sapoznik, 2009 Botkin lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture.
• Rael, Juan B.: Hispano Music and Culture of the Northern Rio Grande: The Juan B. Rael Collection (online collection).
• Rahn, Millie: "How Can I Keep from Singing?": A Seeger Family Tribute, participant in the 2007 symposium (see site for webcast).
• Raim, Ethel: "Old Cultures/New Contexts: Presenting the Traditional Music and Dance of Urban Immigrant Communities," Nancy Groce interviews Ethel Raim. 2008 Botkin lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• Rasmussen, Anne K.: "The Sound of Islamic Music: Women's Voices and the Indonesian Religious Soundscape." 2009 Botkin Lecture (flyer essay).
• 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).
• Religion: See Belief and Religion.
• Reference: Collections and Research Services: The Archive of Folk Culture.
• Remsberg, Rich: Art Culture and Government: The New Deal at 75, participant in the 2008 symposium (see site for webcast).
• 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.
• "Revolutionaries, Nursery Rhymes, and Edison Wax Cylinders: The Remarkable Tale of the Earliest Korean Sound Recordings," presented by Robert Provine. 2009 Botkin lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• Reyburn, Susan: Participant in Baseball Americana Symposium 2009 (see site for webcasts).
• Rhode Island:
• Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation).
• David & Levon Ayriyan: Armenian Music from Rhode Island. 2006 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Folklife in Your State (includes trusts, territories, and DC).
• Selections from Rhode Island Collections
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture.
• Rhythm and blues: Barbara Lynn and Friends — Texas Rhythm & Blues. 2009 Homegrown Concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• 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).
• The River Boys Polka Band — Dutch Hop Polka Music from Nebraska. 2006 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Robert Burns at 250: Poetry, Politics, and Performance, 2009 symposium (program, photographs, and webcasts).
• Rock and Roll:
• Barbara Lynn and Friends — Texas Rhythm & Blues. 2009 Homegrown Concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Rock Hall of Fame Guitarist Chris Hillman, 2009 (the link goes directly to the webcast; running time 1:22:26). Chris Hillman discusses his career. Sponsored by the Music Divison and the American Folklife Center.
• Roediger, David: Laborlore Conversations IV, participant in the 2007 symposium (see site for webcast).
• Romani: See: Drago Ensemble, a Russian Romani music and dance ensemble. Concert sponsored by the Open World Russian Leadership Program, 2009. (webcast)
• Rosenberg, Neil: "How Can I Keep from Singing?": A Seeger Family Tribute, participant in the 2007 symposium (see site for webcast).
• RSS Feeds and Email Subscriptions (AFC news and announcement services)
• Russian Federation:
• "Warning of Global Warming? Shamanic Tradition, Politics and Ecological Change in Siberia," presented by Marjorie Mandelstam Balzer, 2009 Botkin Lecture (flyer essay).
• See also: Drago Ensemble, a Russian Romani music and dance ensemble. Concert sponsored by the Open World Russian Leadership Program, 2009. (webcast)
• See also: "The Tale of Joseph and Zulahkha and Tatar National Identity on the Volga Frontier," presented by Agnes Kefeli, a lecture sponsored by the Kluge Center, 2009 (webcast).
• Ryan, Kay: Robert Burns at 250: Poetry, Politics, and Performance, participant in the 2009 symposium (see site for webcast).

S

• Salmond, Alex, MP, MSP: Robert Burns at 250: Poetry, Politics, and Performance, participant in the 2009 symposium (see site for webcast).
• The Sama Ensemble: Traditional Iranian Music and Dance. 2007 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Sands, Tommy:
• Tommy Sands with Moya and Fionán Sands. 2008 Rediscover Northern Ireland concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Santino, Jack: "Halloween: The Fantasy and Folklore of All Hallows," article by Jack Santino.
• Sapoznik, Henry:
• Art Culture and Government: The New Deal at 75, participant in the 2008 symposium (see site for webcast).
• "Hear, O Israel: Yiddish-American Radio 1925-1955," presented by Henry Sapoznik, 2009 Botkin lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• Save Our Sounds Project
• Scandinavia:
• The Berntsons — Traditional Norwegian-American dance music from Virginia, 2009 Homegrown Concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• "Spaelimenninir: Music and Stories from Scandinavia," a Library Live program, 2003.
• Widbom, Mats: "Living and Building Between Tradition and Change: Vernacular Architecture in Northern Sweden," 2009 Botkin Lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• Schupman, Edwin: "'Do All Indians Live in Tipis?' and Other Compelling Questions for Education," presented by Edwin Schupman. 2008 Botkin Lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• Sciorra, Joseph: "Built with Faith: Place Making and the Religious Imagination in Italian New York," presented by Joseph Sciorra. 2009 Botkin Lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• Scotland, Scottish:
  • "A Bard of Nature’s Making: Robert Burns and Scottish Traditional Culture," presented by Valentina Bold 2008 Botkin lecture (flyer essay).
  • Robert Burns at 250: Poetry, Politics, and Performance, 2009 symposium (program, photographs, and webcasts).
• Seeger, Anthony:
  • "Intellectual Property Rights and Audiovisual Archives and Collections," article by Anthony Seeger.
  • "How Can I Keep from Singing?": A Seeger Family Tribute, participant in the 2007 symposium (see site for webcast).
• Seeger Family (about):
  
  • "Force and Violins: What the FBI had on Folksingers," presented by David Dunaway 2008 Botkin lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
  • "How Can I Keep from Singing?": A Seeger Family Tribute 2007 symposium and Seeger Family Concert. Includes panel presentations and/or performances by Peggy, Mike, Anthony, Kate, and Pete Seeger (see site for photographs and webcasts).
  • "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 (webcast).
• Seeger, Kate: "How Can I Keep from Singing?": A Seeger Family Tribute, participant in the 2007 concert (see site and select the concert for the webcast).
• Seeger, Peggy: "How Can I Keep from Singing?": A Seeger Family Tribute, participant in the 2007 symposium and concert (see site for webcasts).
• Seeger, Pete: "How Can I Keep from Singing?": A Seeger Family Tribute, participant in the 2007 symposium and concert (see site for webcasts).
• Seeger, Mike:
• "How Can I Keep from Singing?": A Seeger Family Tribute, participant in the 2007 symposium and concert (see site for webcasts).
• Laborlore Conversations IV, participant in the 2007 symposium.
• 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:
• Inauguration 2009 Sermons and Orations Project.
• A Selected List of Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture Containing Sermons and Orations.
• Shamanism: "Warning of Global Warming? Shamanic Tradition, Politics and Ecological Change in Siberia," presented by Marjorie Mandelstam Balzer, 2009 Botkin Lecture (flyer essay).
• Sheehy, Dan: Legends and Legacies: An American Folklife Center Celebration of Public Folklore 2009.
• Siberia: "Warning of Global Warming? Shamanic Tradition, Politics and Ecological Change in Siberia," presented by Marjorie Mandelstam Balzer, 2009 Botkin Lecture (flyer essay).
• Sidney Robertson Cowell: California Gold: Northern California Folk Music From the Thirties (online collection).
• Sights and Sounds: Voices from the Veterans History Project (special presentation, audio).
• Sklarew, Myra: Robert Burns at 250: Poetry, Politics, and Performance, participant in the 2009 symposium (see site for webcast).
• Slave Narratives podcast series.
• 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).
• Slave Narratives podcast series.
• Voices from the Days of Slavery: Former Slaves Tell Their Stories (online collection)
• "Voices from the Days of Slavery: Former Slaves Tell Their Stories." John Barton discussed the creation of the online collection. 2004 Botkin lecture (flyer essay).
• Smith, Claire: Baseball Americana Symposium 2009
• Sockabasin, Blanch: Wayne Newell and Blanch Sockabasin — Traditional Passamaquoddy music from Maine. 2009 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Society of American Archivists Pre-Conference Symposium: Ethnographic Archives, Communities of Origin, and Intangible Cultural Heritage, 2006.
• Sociolinguistics: American English Dialect Recordings: The Center for Applied Linguistics Collection (online collection)
• 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. Performers are tribal members of the Rosebud Sioux and Crow Creek Sioux respectively. 2007 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Mary Louise Defender Wilson & Keith Bear — Sioux and Mandan Hidatsa Storytelling. 2006 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• "The Sound of Islamic Music: Women's Voices and the Indonesian Religious Soundscape," presented by Anne K. Rasmussen. 2009 Botkin Lecture (flyer essay).
• 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 also: Ethnographic Sound Recordings, Early History.
  • See: Collections Available Online from the Archive of Folk Culture.
• South American:
• Negrura Peruana — Afro Peruvian Music and Dance from Connecticut. 2005 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture.
• South Carolina:
• Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation).
• Folklife in Your State (includes trusts, territories, and DC).
• 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. Performers are tribal members of the Rosebud Sioux and Crow Creek Sioux respectively. 2007 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Folklife in Your State (includes trusts, territories, and DC).).
• 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).
• "Spaelimenninir: Music and Stories from Scandinavia," a 2003 Library Live program (webcast).
• 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.
• Spitzer, Nick:
• Laborlore Conversations IV, participant in the 2007 symposium (see site for webcast).
• Legends and Legacies: An American Folklife Center Celebration of Public Folklore 2009.
• Sports:
• Baseball Americana Symposium 2009
• See also: Take Me Out to the Library of Congress, 2009 (the link goes directly to the webcast; running time 0:51:55). The Librarian of Congress, Dr. James Billington, presents Ernie Banks with the Library's Living Legend Award.
• See also: Baseball Resources at the Library of Congress
• Sproule, Dáithí: Dáithí Sproule and Robert Watt in Concert, Rediscover Northern Ireland, 2007 (flyer essay, webcast).
• Sreevidhya Chandramouli and Friends — Northern Indian Vina music from Oregon. 2009 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Staff:
  • Contact Information for the American Folklife Center.
  • Contact Information for the Veterans History Project.
• Stanley, David: David Stanley, "Cowboy Poetry: History, Origins, Influences, Forms." 2006 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• States (U.S.A.):
  • Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation).
  • Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture.
  • Folklife in Your State (includes trusts, territories, and DC).
• Stewart, Rosie: Rosie Stewart in Concert, Rediscover Northern Ireland, 2007 (flyer essay, webcast).
• StoryCorps FAQ and links.
• Storytelling: See Narrative.
• Sufi, Sufisim: The Sama Ensemble: Traditional Iranian Music and Dance. 2007 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Sugarman, Tracy: "We Had Sneakers, They Had Guns: The Kids Who Fought for Civil Rights in Mississippi," (flyer essay, webcast).
• Surati — Classical and Folk Indian Dance from New Jersey. 2008 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Surviving Katrina and Rita in Houston: "Documenting Katrina and Rita in Houston," presented by Carl Lindahl and Pat Jasper. 2009 Botkin Lecture (flyer essay, 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).
• Sweden: Living and Building Between Tradition and Change: Vernacular Architecture in Northern Sweden presented by Mats Widbom. 2009 Botkin Lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• Sweet Heaven Kings: Performers at the NCTA Concert, Legends and Legacies: An American Folklife Center Celebration of Public Folklore, 2009 (see the website for a description of the group and a link to the concert webcast).
• Symposia:
• Art Culture and Government: The New Deal at 75, 2008 symposium (program, photographs, and webcasts).
• Baseball Americana Symposium 2009
• Folk Heritage Collections in Crisis Symposium and Products 2000 (program, articles, text of keynote speeches, and webcasts).
• "How Can I Keep from Singing?": A Seeger Family Tribute, 2007 symposium and concert (program, photographs, and webcasts).
• In Country: The Vietnam War, 30 Years After. Veterans History Project symposium (webcast).
• Laborlore Conversations IV: Documenting Occupational Folklore Then and Now, 2007 symposium (program, photographs, and webcasts).
• Legends and Legacies: An American Folklife Center Celebration of Public Folklore, 2009. (Concert webcast available)
• Rediscover Northern Ireland Programme 2007, symposium and events (program, photographs, and webcasts).
• Robert Burns at 250: Poetry, Politics, and Performance, 2009 symposium (program, photographs, and webcasts).
• 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 (program, photographs, and webcasts).
• Szwed, John: "Mister Jelly Roll, Mister Lomax and the Invention of Jazz — an Illustrated Lecture." 2006 Homegrown lecture/concert (flyer essay, webcast).

T

• Taft, Michael: "How Can I Keep from Singing?": A Seeger Family Tribute, participant in the 2007 symposium (see site for webcast).
• Tailand: "Song & Silence," Sara M. Davis on ethnic Tai Lües. 2005 Botkin lecture (flyer essay).
• Tambura, Tamburitza: The Bajich Brothers — Serbian American Tambura Music from Kansas. 2008 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Tatar: See: "The Tale of Joseph and Zulahkha and Tatar National Identity on the Volga Frontier," presented by Agnes Kefeli, a lecture sponsored by the Kluge Center, 2009 (webcast).
• Taylor, David A.:
• Baseball Americana Symposium 2009, panel moderator.
• Documenting Maritime Folklife a book by David A. Taylor.
• Working in Paterson: Occupational Heritage in an Urban Setting (online collection)
• A Teacher's Guide (retitled): Folklife Resources for Educators, searchable database of educational resources by Carol Moran and Catherine Hiebert Kerst.
• Tennessee:
• Aubrey Ghent and Friends — Sacred Steel Lap Guitar. 2007 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation).
• Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver — Bluegrass and Gospel Music from Tennessee. 2006 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• "Now What a Time": Blues, Gospel, and the Fort Valley Music Festivals, 1938-1943 (online collection).
• Folklife in Your State (includes trusts, territories, and DC).
• 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:
• Barbara Lynn and Friends — Texas Rhythm & Blues. 2009 Homegrown Concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation).
• "Documenting Katrina and Rita in Houston," presented by Carl Lindahl and Pat Jasper. 2009 Botkin Lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• Folklife in Your State (includes trusts, territories, and DC).
• 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.
• Textiles:
• "'I am a Wee Weaver': Weaving and Singing in Northern Ireland," presented by Maurice Leyden. 2008 Rediscover Northern Ireland/Botkin lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• Working in Paterson: Occupational Heritage in an Urban Setting (online collection).
• See also: Quilts.
• Tick, Judith:
• "How Can I Keep from Singing?": A Seeger Family Tribute, participant in the 2007 symposium (see site for webcast).
• "Ruth Crawford Seeger, Modernist Composer in the Folk Revival: Biography as Music History," lecture sponsored by the Music Division, Library of Congress March 26, 2008 (webcast).
• Tidwell, John Edgar: Art Culture and Government: The New Deal at 75, participant in the 2008 symposium (see site for webcast).
• Tobacco Growing: "Down in the Old Belt: Voices from the Tobacco South," a film screening and lecture by filmmaker Jim Crawford. 2007 Botkin lecture (flyer essay).
• Todd, Charles L.: Voices from the Dust Bowl: The Charles L. Todd and Robert Sonkin Migrant Worker Collection (online collection).
• Tommy Sands with Moya and Fionán Sands. 2008 Rediscover Northern Ireland concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Topical Finding Aids: Finding aids: Finding Aids Organized by Topic.
• Traditional Music and Spoken Word Catalog (1933-1950) (online collection and research tool).
• 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).
• Ulster: "'It's Of My Rambles...' A Journey in the Song Tradition of Ulster," presented by Len Graham. 2008 Rediscover Northern Ireland/Botkin lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• Unsung Heros: A Symposium on the Heroism of Asian Pacific Americans During World War II, Part 1 October 26, 2009 (webcast)
• Unsung Heros: A Symposium on the Heroism of Asian Pacific Americans During World War II, Part 2 October 26, 2009 (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 (flyer essay, webcast).
• Utah:
• The Beehive Band — Traditional Mormon String Band Music from Utah. 2008 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation).
• Folklife in Your State (includes trusts, territories, and DC).
• 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).
• Margaret MacArthur — Ballads and Songs from Vermont. 2005 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Folklife in Your State (includes trusts, territories, and DC).
• 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).
• Unsung Heros: A Symposium on the Heroism of Asian Pacific Americans During World War II, Part 1 October 26, 2009 (webcast)
• Unsung Heros: A Symposium on the Heroism of Asian Pacific Americans During World War II, Part 2October 26, 2009 (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.
• Virgin Islands
• Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation).
• Folklife in Your State (includes trusts, territories, and DC).
• Virginia:
• The Berntsons — Traditional Norwegian-American dance music from Virginia, 2009 Homegrown Concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Carter Family Tribute — Old Time Music from Virginia. 2005 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, 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 (flyer essay, webcast).
• Folklife in Your State (includes trusts, territories, and DC).
• 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.
• Vlatch, John Michael: "Barns," a lecture sponsored by the Norton/Library of Congress Visual Sourcebooks Lecture Series (webcast).
• Voices from the Days of Slavery: Former Slaves Tell Their Stories (online collection).
• "Voices from the Days of Slavery: Former Slaves Tell Their Stories," John Barton discusses the creation of the online collection. 2004 Botkin lecture (flyer essay).
• 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

• Wallace, Andy: Legends and Legacies: An American Folklife Center Celebration of Public Folklore 2009.
• Wales, Welsh:
• "The Evolution of Welsh Music," a lecture illustrated with music examples, presented by Gwilym Morus. 2009 lecture co-sponsored by the Kluge Center and the American Folklife Center.
• 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," presented by Ann Hoog, from the Library's 2004 Journeys and Crossings webcast 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 of 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).
• "Warning of Global Warming? Shamanic Tradition, Politics and Ecological Change in Siberia," presented by Marjorie Mandelstam Balzer, 2009 Botkin Lecture (flyer essay).
• Washington (State):
• Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation).
• Folklife in Your State (includes trusts, territories, and DC).
• 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).
• Watt, Robert: Dáithí Sproule and Robert Watt in Concert, Rediscover Northern Ireland, 2007 (flyer essay, webcast).
• Wayne Newell and Blanch Sockabasin — Traditional Passamaquoddy music from Maine. 2009 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• "We Had Sneakers, They Had Guns: The Kids Who Fought for Civil Rights in Mississippi," presented by Tracy Sugarman (flyer essay, webcast).
• The Weavers: Force and Violins: What the FBI had on Folksingers, presented by David Dunaway. 2008 Botkin lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• Weaving: "'I am a Wee Weaver': Weaving and Singing in Northern Ireland," presented by Maurice Leyden. 2008 Northern Ireland/Botkin lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• Webcasts:
• Benjamin A. Botkin Lecture Series Online Archive (with flyer essays and webcasts of past events).
• "Bringing in the May," by Jennifer Cutting, from the Library's Journeys and Crossings webcast series.
• Experiencing War: Stories from the Veterans History Project:
• Experiencing War home page with thematic presentations.
• Webcasts from the Experiencing War Series listed aphabetically by last name.
• Folklife Heritage Collections in Crisis, 2000 (program, articles, text of keynote speeches, and webcasts).
• Homegrown Concert Series Online Archive (with webcasts of past events).
• In Country: The Vietnam War, 30 Years After, Veterans History Project symposium (webcast).
• National Visionary Leadership Project Collection Showcase (webcast).
• Online Archives for Past American Folkllife Center Events.
• "Pearl Harbor Oral Histories," presented by Ann Hoog, from the Library's 2004 Journeys and Crossings webcast series).
• Rediscover Northern Ireland 2007 symposium and events (symposium, lectures, and concerts with flyer essays, photographs, and webcasts).
• Rediscover Northern Ireland 2008 events (flyer essays, webcasts).
• 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 (programs, photographs, and webcasts).
• Welsh: See: Wales, Welsh.
• West Virginia:
• Gandydancer — Traditional String Band Music from West Virginia 2007 Homegrown (flyer essay, webcast).
• Tending the Commons: Folklife and Landscape in Southern West Virginia (online collection).
• Folklife in Your State (includes trusts, territories, and DC).
• 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?
• Widbom, Mats: "Living and Building Between Tradition and Change: Vernacular Architecture in Northern Sweden," 2009 Botkin Lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• Wiggins, Phil: Performer at the NCTA Concert, Legends and Legacies: An American Folklife Center Celebration of Public Folklore, 2009 (see the website for biography and a link to the concert webcast).
• Williams, Freda: Laborlore Conversations IV, participant in the 2007 symposium (see site for webcast).
• Wilson, Joseph T.:
• Legends and Legacies: An American Folklife Center Celebration of Public Folklore 2009.
• Legends and Legacies: An American Folklife Center Celebration of Public Folklore 2009.
• Winick, Stephen:
• Baseball Americana Symposium 2009, panel moderator.
• Robert Burns at 250: Poetry, Politics, and Performance, participant in the 2009 symposium (see site for webcast).
• "Tales of the Jersey Devil," an illustrated lecture presented by Stephen D. Winick. 2005 Botkin lecture (flyer essay).
• Wisconsin:
• The Berntsons — Traditional Norwegian-American dance music from Virginia, 2009 Homegrown Concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation).
• Folklife in Your State (includes trusts, territories, and DC).
• See also: Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture.
• Women Artists and women's traditions:
• "Afghan Women’s Stories: The Problematics of Cover," presented by Margaret Mills. 2007 Botkin lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• American Women: Guide to Resources at the Library of Congres: American Folklife Center (online book chapter).
• Defender Wilson, Mary Louise: Mary Louise Defender Wilson & Keith Bear — Sioux and Mandan Hidatsa Storytelling. 2006 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Goss, Linda: "Waking up the People," (2006 Botkin presentation, storytelling, webcast).
• Haili, Merita: Merita Halili and the Raif Hyseni Orchestra — Albanian Music from New York. 2008 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Jagoda, Flory: Flory Jagoda and Friends — Traditional Sephardic Music from the Former Yugoslavia and the world (2007 Homegrown concert, webcast).
• "Kunqü: China's First Great Multi-Art Theatrical Tradition," presented by Marjory Bong-Ray Liu. 2008 Botkin lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• "La Quinceañera: A Coming of Age Ritual in Latino Communities," presented by Norma E. Cantú. 2006 Botkin lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• Lynn, Barbara: Barbara Lynn and Friends — Texas Rhythm & Blues. 2009 Homegrown Concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Mary Sheppard Burton Collection (online collection).
• MacArthur, Margaret: Margaret MacArthur — Ballads and songs from Vermont. 2005 Homegrown (flyer essay, webcast).
• Pickner, Jasmine: Dallas Chief Eagle and Jasmine Pickner, Hoop Dancing performers are tribal members of the Rosebud Sioux and Crow Creek Sioux respectively. 2007 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• "Politics and Poetics: Fieldwork in Afghanistan and Jamaica," Margaret Mills and Kenneth Bilby. 2006 Botkin lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• Pugh, Opalanga: African American Storytelling from Colorado. 2008 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Quilts and Quiltmaking in America, 1978-1996 (online collection).
• Stewart, Rosie: Rosie Stewart in Concert 2007.
• Surati — Classical and Folk Indian Dance from New Jersey. 2008 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Women at work:
• Experiencing War: Women at War.
• Experiencing War: Women of Four Wars.
• Tending the Commons -- Folklife and Landscape in Southern West Virginia (online collection).
• Voices from the Days of Slavery: Former Slaves Tell Their Stories (online collection).
• Working in Paterson: Occupational Heritage in an Urban Setting (online collection).
• Women Folklorists, Ethnomusicologists, and scholars in related disciplines:
• American Women: Guide to Resources at the Library of Congres: American Folklife Center (chapter).
• Bold, Valentina (select for list of presentations)
• Bong-Ray Liu, Marjory: "Kunqü: China's First Great Multi-Art Theatrical Tradition." 2008 Botkin lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• Cantú, Norma E.: "La Quinceañera: A Coming of Age Ritual in Latino Communities." 2006 Botkin lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• Cowell, Sidney Robertson: California Gold: Northern California Folk Music From the Thirties (online collection).
• Hufford, Mary: Tending the Commons -- Folklife and Landscape in Southern West Virginia (online collection).
• Mills, Margaret:
• "Afghan Women’s Stories: The Problematics of Cover," presented by Margaret Mills. 2007 Botkin lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• "Politics and Poetics: Fieldwork in Afghanistan and Jamaica," Margaret Mills and Kenneth Bilby. 2006 Botkin lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• Pryor, Anne: "Seeing Mary: Belief, Politics, and Practice at Marian Apparition Sites," 2008 Botkin lecture (flyer essay).
• Raim, Ethel: "Old Cultures/New Contexts: Presenting the Traditional Music and Dance of Urban Immigrant Communities," Nancy Groce interviews Ethel Raim. 2008 Botkin lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• Seeger, Peggy: "How Can I Keep from Singing?": Seeger Sympsium and Concert 2007, participant in the symposium and concert (see site for webcasts).
• Yeh, Nora: "Eight Sounds of Chinese Music." an illustrated lecture by Nora Yeh. 2004 Botkin Lecture, flyer essay).
• See also: Ohnuki-Tierney, Emiko, "Blooming Cherry Blossoms, Falling Cherry Blossoms: Symbolism of the Flower in Japanese Culture." Lecture sponsored by the Kluge Center, Library of Congress, 2009 (webcast).
• 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 (flyer essay, webcast).
• Community Roots: Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots (online presentation).
• Folklife in Your State (includes trusts, territories, and DC).
• 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).

Y

• Yeh, Nora: "Eight Sounds of Chinese Music," an illustrated lecture by Nora Yeh. 2004 Botkin Lecture (flyer essay).
• Yellow Ribbon: The New Yellow Ribbon Tradition, two articles by Gerald E. Parsons.
• Yiddish: "Hear, O Israel: Yiddish-American Radio 1925-1955," presented by Henry Sapoznik, 2009 Botkin lecture (flyer essay, webcast).
• Yodeling:
• Bar J Wranglers — Cowboy Music from Wyoming. 2008 Homegrown Concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• Cowboy poet Paul Zarzyski and cowboy singer-composer Wylie Gustafson from Montana, 2009 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, 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).

Z

• Zarzyski, Paul: Cowboy poet Paul Zarzyski and cowboy singer-composer Wylie Gustafson from Montana, 2009 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).
• The Zionaires — Gospel Music from Maryland and Delaware. 2008 Homegrown concert (flyer essay, webcast).