Identifier
NFAI.R.00000124

Repository Name
Library of Congress / Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center

Type of Repository
Academic Libraries, Archives, Museums

Repository State
District of Columbia

Repository Description

The American Folklife Center was created in 1976 by the U.S. Congress to "preserve and present American folklife" through programs of research, documentation, archival preservation, reference service, live performance, exhibitions, publications, and training. Designated by the U.S. Congress as the national center for folklife documentation and research, the American Folklife Center continues to collect and document living traditional culture, while preserving for the future its unparalleled collections in the state-of-the-art preservation facilities of the Library of Congress.

The American Folklife Center Archive, established in the Library of Congress Music Division in 1928, is now one of the largest archives of ethnographic materials from the United States and around the world, encompassing millions of items of ethnographic and historical documentation recorded from the nineteenth century to the present. These collections, which include extensive audiovisual documentation of traditional arts, cultural expressions, and oral histories, offer researchers access to the songs, stories, and other creative expressions of people from diverse communities.

Repository Description Source
http://www.loc.gov/folklife/aboutafc.html

Repository Contact
Nicole Saylor (Head, American Folklife Center archive)

Address
Library of Congress - Thomas Jefferson Building, room G53
101 Independence Ave. SE
Washington, District of Columbia 20540-4610
USA

Telephone
(202) 707-5510

Email
folklife@loc.gov