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

Directories

To supplement this directory, readers may wish to consult a number of other guides to general and specific topics or networks. The comprehensive and readily available Directory of Directories (listed below) provides ample content analysis and includes price and ordering information. Other directories are general resources for the folklife field. Covering a broad range of topics and organizations, they reflect the breadth of subject matter, activities, and considerations that engage folklorists and other workers in the public and academic sectors. Such directories provide data ranging from addresses and operational information for museums, federal agencies, and state organizations to listings of private foundations and funding resources. Directory sections are also frequently included in many serial publications such as Folk Alliance, Dulcimer Player News, Living Blues, and the Newsletter of the North Carolina Folklore Society.

American Folklore Society
Online directory available with membership.

Anthropology Resources (American Anthropological Association)

Artist Directory
Guam Council on the Arts & Humanities
P.O. Box 2950
Hagatna, GU 96932
(Follow the link to the Artist Directory page. The directory is available as a PDF)

Arts Over America: Directory of State Arts Agencies (online resource)
National Assembly of State Arts Agencies

Bluegrass Directory -- 2009 (Print publication for purchase)
International Bluegrass Music Association
2 Music Circle South, Suite 100
Nashville, TN 37203

Guide to Programs in Ethnomusicology in the United States and Canada (online resource)
Society for Ethnomusicology

Kansas Folk Music and Dance Resource Center
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Email: info@kansasfolk.org
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Comments: Extensive links to Kansas folk music and dance sites on their web site. See web site for additional contact information.
Keywords: kansas folk music folksong dance directory statewide

Museums in the USA
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Comments: Part of the Virtual Library museums pages
Keywords: us national museum directory

Virtual Museums Pages
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National Endowment for the Arts: Recent Grants (online)
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National Endowment for the Humanities: List of Grant Awards by Year (online)
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National Endowment for the Humanities Projects (online list of projects)

The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture
Center for the Study of Southern Culture
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P.O. Box 1848
1111 Jackson Avenue West
University, MS 38677
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Teller Pages (online directory of storytellers)
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National Storytelling Network
132 Boone Street
Suite 5
Jonesborough, TN 37659
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Native American Directory: Canada, Alaska, and the United States
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National Native American Co-operative
Box 27626
Tucson, AZ 85726-7626 U.S.A.
Phone: (520) 622-4900 Indian Trade Center
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Native Art Network (online Native-owned commercial site. Includes a directory of artists.)
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Oral History Centers and Locations from H-Oralhist (online resource)
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Rocky Mountain Online Archive (RMOA)
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Comments: Resource for finding aids to collections in many archives in Colorado, New Mexico, and Wyoming.
Keywords: archives directory new mexico colorado wyoming collaborative digitization project

Social Sciences pages of Intute
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Source Directory of [Native American] Arts and Crafts Businesses (online directory)
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Indian Arts and Crafts Board
U.S. Department of Interior
1849 C. Street, N.W.
MS 2528-MIB
Washington, DC. 20240
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The Ur-List: Web Resources for Visual Anthropology (Peter Biella)
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Worldwide Email Directory of Anthropologists (online resource)
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Buffalo, NY
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National and International Square Dance Directory
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N.S.D.
PO BOX 880
Brandon, MS 39043
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