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Head and shoulders portrait of a woman

Fiona Ritchie’s Thistle and Shamrock Signs Off

Posted by: Stephen Winick

A man tells a story in a bedroom with a blocked quilt on the bed.

Storytelling Collections on the Folklife Today Podcast

Posted by: Stephen Winick

Color photograph of a 2.5 pound coffee can marked "Folger's Golden Gate Steel Cut Coffee" from 1930.

Coffee: “America’s Necessary Drink”

Posted by: Meg Nicholas

Andrea Kitta speaks in the Whittall Pavilion of the Library of Congress on September 4, 2024.

Andrea Kitta on Conspiracy Theories: Botkin Folklife Lectures Plus

Posted by: Stephen Winick

All the World Loves a Lobster

Posted by: Meg Nicholas

Photo of photographer Tom Pich speaking into microphone.

American Folklife Center Acquires Collection of Tom Pich—Renowned Photographer of Traditional Artists

Posted by: Douglas D. Peach

White woman and African American woman posing together for photograph.

COVID Recollections: Now Available – First Collection of Frontline Worker Interviews from the COVID-19 American History Project

Posted by: Douglas D. Peach

A man in a sailor's cap shows a young girl a handmade ship model

Patrick Tayluer: The Man Behind the Sea Shanties

Posted by: Stephen Winick

The top of a scrub pine, bare except for a handful of bushy pinecones, stands silhouetted against a pale purple sky at dusk.

Caught My Eye: Fieldnotes from the Pinelands Folklife Project

Posted by: Meg Nicholas