Culture, Folklife

Culture, Folklife: 33 collections

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African-American Music, Southern U.S. ~ Recordings ~ 1938-1943

"Now What a Time": Blues, Gospel, and the Fort Valley Music Festivals, 1938-1943

Broadsides and Printed Ephemera ~ ca. 1600-2000

An American Time Capsule: Three Centuries of Broadsides and Other Printed Ephemera

California, First-Person Narratives ~ Books ~ 1849-1900

"California as I Saw It": First-Person Narratives of California's Early Years, 1849-1900

The Chinese in California ~ Multiformat ~ 1850-1925

The Chinese in California, 1850-1925

Curtis, Edward ~ North American Indian Photographs ~ Ca. 1900

Edward S. Curtis's The North American Indian: Photographic Images

Daguerreotype Photographs ~ 1839-1864

America's First Look into the Camera: Daguerreotype Portraits and Views, 1839-1864

Depression Era to World War II ~ FSA/OWI ~ Photographs ~ 1935-1945

America from the Great Depression to World War II: Photographs from the FSA and OWI, ca. 1935-1945

Folk Culture and Natural Environment, West Virginia ~ Multiformat ~ 1992-1999

Tending the Commons: Folklife and Landscape in Southern West Virginia

Folk Culture, Florida ~ Multiformat ~ 1937-1942

Florida Folklife from the WPA Collections, 1937-1942

Folk Fiddle Music, Southern Appalachian ~ Henry Reed ~ Multiformat ~ 1966-1967

Fiddle Tunes of the Old Frontier: The Henry Reed Collection

Folk Music, California ~ Sidney Robertson Cowell ~ Multiformat ~ 1930s

California Gold: Northern California Folk Music from the Thirties. Collected by Sidney Robertson Cowell

Folk Music, Dust Bowl ~ Charles L. Todd and Robert Sonkin ~ Multiformat ~ 1940-1941

Voices from the Dust Bowl: the Charles L. Todd and Robert Sonkin Migrant Worker Collection, 1940-1941

Folk Music, Southern U.S. ~ John Lomax and Ruby Lomax ~ Multiformat ~ 1939

Southern Mosaic: The John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip

Great Plains ~ Photographs ~ 1880-1920

The Northern Great Plains, 1880-1920: Photographs from the Fred Hultstrand and F.A. Pazandak Photograph Collections

Guthrie, Woody ~ Correspondence ~ 1940-1950

Woody Guthrie and the Archive of American Folk Song: Correspondence, 1940-1950

Hispanic Music, Rio Grande ~ Juan Bautista Rael ~ Multiformat ~ 1940s

Hispano Music & Culture from the Northern Rio Grande: The Juan B. Rael Collection

Life Histories, Federal Writers' Project ~ Manuscripts ~ 1936-1940

American Life Histories: Manuscripts from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936 - 1940

Nineteenth-Century Books ~ 1850-1877

The Nineteenth Century in Print: Books

Occupational Folklore, Paterson, N.J. ~ Multimedia ~ 1994

Working in Paterson: Occupational Heritage in an Urban Setting

Omaha Indian Music ~ Multiformat

Omaha Indian Music

Panoramic Photographs ~ 1851-1991

Taking the Long View: Panoramic Photographs, 1851-1991

Pearl Harbor and Public Reactions ~ Audio Interviews ~ 1941-1942

After the Day of Infamy: "Man-on-the-Street" Interviews Following the Attack on Pearl Harbor

Posters, WPA ~ 1936-1943

By the People, For the People: Posters from the WPA, 1936-1943

Puerto Rico Books and Pamphlets ~ 1831-1929

Puerto Rico at the Dawn of the Modern Age: Nineteenth- and Early-Twentieth-Century Perspectives

Quilts and Quiltmaking ~ Multiformat ~ 1978-1996

Quilts and Quiltmaking in America, 1978-1996

Ranching Culture, Nevada ~ Multiformat ~ 1945-1982

Buckaroos in Paradise: Ranching Culture in Northern Nevada, 1945-1982

San Francisco and 1906 Earthquake ~ Films ~ 1897-1916

Before and After the Great Earthquake and Fire: Early Films of San Francisco, 1897-1916

Slave Narratives ~ Audio Interviews ~ 1932-1975

Voices from the Days of Slavery: Former Slaves Tell Their Stories

Slave Narratives, Federal Writers' Project ~ Multiformat ~ 1936-1938

Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938

Small Town Life, Mid-Atlantic ~ Stereoscopic Photographs ~ 1850-1920

Small-Town America: Stereoscopic Views from the Robert Dennis Collection, 1850-1920

Southern U.S. ~ Personal Narratives ~ 1860-1920

First-Person Narratives of the American South, 1860-1920

Traveling in America ~ Books ~ ca. 1750-1920

American Notes: Travels in America, 1750-1920

Work and Leisure ~ Films ~ 1894-1915

America at Work, America at Leisure: Motion Pictures from 1894-1915

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