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Archive for February 2017 (114 Posts)

A two-part collage. On one side, a man is seated on a street in front of a car, playing a guitar with a harmonica attachment. On the other side, a soldier in uniform hold a small child on their shoulder, depicted in a painting 

Beyoncé, Paul Bowles, and More: Current GRAMMY Nominees with AFC Connections on the Library of Congress Blog

Posted by: Stephen Winick

Posted in: AFC Awards, AFC History, Alan Lomax

A two-part collage. On one side, a man is seated on a street in front of a car, playing a guitar with a harmonica attachment. On the other side, a soldier in uniform hold a small child on their shoulder, depicted in a painting 

VHP: An Open Collection

Posted by: Lisa Taylor

Posted in: African Americans, Narratives, Oral History, Storytelling, Veterans History Project, World War II

A two-part collage. On one side, a man is seated on a street in front of a car, playing a guitar with a harmonica attachment. On the other side, a soldier in uniform hold a small child on their shoulder, depicted in a painting 

Memories of Alan Jabbour in the Field: Visiting the Hammons Family

Posted by: Stephen Winick

Posted in: AFC History, Alan Jabbour, Appalachia, Folk Music, Folklorists, Folksong, Legends, Oral History

A two-part collage. On one side, a man is seated on a street in front of a car, playing a guitar with a harmonica attachment. On the other side, a soldier in uniform hold a small child on their shoulder, depicted in a painting 

Caught My Eye: Nagra Field Recorder

Posted by: Stephen Winick

Posted in: AFC History, Alan Jabbour, ethnomusicologists, Fieldwork, Folklorists, Norwegian Americans, Thomas Jefferson Building

A two-part collage. On one side, a man is seated on a street in front of a car, playing a guitar with a harmonica attachment. On the other side, a soldier in uniform hold a small child on their shoulder, depicted in a painting 

Music and a Mystery to Celebrate the Chinese New Year

Posted by: Stephanie Hall

Posted in: Asian American History, Chinese Americans, Folk Music

A two-part collage. On one side, a man is seated on a street in front of a car, playing a guitar with a harmonica attachment. On the other side, a soldier in uniform hold a small child on their shoulder, depicted in a painting 

The Family of Far Away Moses: Tourism, Commerce and Folklife in the 19th Century

Posted by: Stephen Winick

Posted in: AFC History, Jewish American History, Jewish Americans, Tourism, Weddings

A two-part collage. On one side, a man is seated on a street in front of a car, playing a guitar with a harmonica attachment. On the other side, a soldier in uniform hold a small child on their shoulder, depicted in a painting 

Nearly 300,000 Lomax documents now accessible online

Posted by: Nicole Saylor

Posted in: Alan Lomax, Archival Practice

A two-part collage. On one side, a man is seated on a street in front of a car, playing a guitar with a harmonica attachment. On the other side, a soldier in uniform hold a small child on their shoulder, depicted in a painting 

Alan Jabbour 1942 – 2017

Posted by: Stephen Winick

Posted in: AFC 40th Anniversary, AFC Events, AFC History, Alan Jabbour, Benjamin Botkin Folklife Lecture Series, Fieldwork, Folk Music, Folklorists, Obituaries

A two-part collage. On one side, a man is seated on a street in front of a car, playing a guitar with a harmonica attachment. On the other side, a soldier in uniform hold a small child on their shoulder, depicted in a painting 

Dr. King Remembered

Posted by: Guha Shankar

Posted in: 1965, African American History, African Americans, Civil Rights, Freedom Struggle, Glen Pearcy Collection, Holidays, Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King, Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March, SNCC