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Archive of Folk Culture CollectionsThe American Folklife Center includes the Archive of Folk Culture, which was founded at the Library in 1928 as a repository for American folk music. The Archive of Folk Culture became part of the American Folklife Center in 1978. Today, its multi-format, ethnographic collections are diverse and international, including over one million photographs, manuscripts, audio recordings, and moving images. It is America's first national archive of traditional life, and one of the oldest and largest of such repositories in the world. Reference ServicesThe American Folklife Center's Reading Room is located on the ground floor of the Jefferson Building at the Library of Congress, room LJ G-49. The hours are 8:30-5:00 Monday through Friday (except federal holidays). The Center's reference staff may be contacted through email, postal mail, or by phone. Select here for Address and Phone Numbers. Collections and Special Presentations Available OnlineThe American Folklife Center is making selected collections from the Archive of Folk Culture available via the Internet. In addition, the Center has created online exhibitions on various topics from materials selected from the Archive and other collections in the Library of Congress. Collection materials presented online include photographs, manuscripts, and audio- and video-recordings. Select here for a full listing of Collections and Special Presentations Available Online. Finding Aids for the CollectionsA limited selection of finding aids for the Center's collections are available. Selected guides to collections have been encoded into HTML and SGML format, others are available in ascii format, while some are available only in printed form. A listing of finding aids in all formats, with links to those available online is available: Finding Aids for the Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture. New finding aids will be added as they become available. Related Links
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