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Posted by: Stephen Winick
Last month I had the sad duty of reporting the death of one of my mentors, the late folklorist Don Yoder. By coincidence, a couple of weeks after Dr. Yoder’s death, another of his former students came across new documents pertaining to his career as a folklorist. When going through old records of the Center …
Posted in: AFC History, Benjamin A. Botkin, Don Yoder, Folklorists, German Americans
Posted by: Stephen Winick
This weekend, the Library of Congress is excited to be producing the 15th annual National Book Festival, the most expansive event in the festival’s history. The festival is Saturday, Sept. 5, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center from 10 a.m. until 10 p.m. (doors open at 9 a.m.). The event is free and open …
Posted in: AFC Events, AFC History
Posted by: Stephen Winick
To launch the annual International Conference of Indigenous Archives, Libraries and Museums, the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress (AFC) and the Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries and Museums (ATALM) present a symposium. Titled Civil Rights, Identity and Sovereignty: Native American Perspectives on History, Law, and the Path Ahead, it will take place …
Posted in: AFC Events, Native American History, Uncategorized
Posted by: Stephen Winick
Note: This blog was updated on July 26, 2024 to add the event videos and make it part of the Homegrown Plus series. At that time the language about these public events was recast into the past tense. Doug Peach, who wrote this is a guest scholar in 2015, is now an AFC staff member …
Posted in: AFC Events, Bluegrass, Concerts with Archive Challenge Content, Folk Music, Folklorists, Folksong, Homegrown Concert Series, Homegrown Plus, Old Time Music, Uncategorized