We’re back with another episode of the Folklife Today podcast! Find it at this page on the Library’s website, or use your usual podcatcher.
In this episode, John Fenn and I talk to Hanna Salmon about storytelling and folktale collections in the archive. Of course, we present excerpts and full performances of some great stories too! Hanna created a new guide for the Center, titled “Folktales and Oral Storytelling: Resources in the American Folklife Center Collections.” (We introduced Hanna, one of our latest cohort of Bartis interns in the Folklife Internship program, in this blog post toward the beginning of her time at AFC.) In this blog post, we’ll direct you to the guide and other resources, but first:
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The Guide Behind the Podcast
“Folktales and Oral Storytelling: Resources in the American Folklife Center Collections” can be found here. It contains links to all manner of storytelling collections and performances, and serves as a cross-collection tool for finding folktales and traditional storytelling in our collections.
Full Audio and Video of the Items Excerpted in the Podcast
We don’t currently have our recording of Ray Hicks telling “The Heifer Hide” or his other Jack Tales online. However, Appalachian State University has another recording of Ray telling “The Heifer Hide” available at this link.
Evelio Andux’s story can be found at this link.
Evelia Andux’s story can be found at this link.
Carmen Agra Deedy’s whole performance is available at this link.
Tim Tingle’s whole performance is available at this link.
More About Our Storytellers
The professional storytellers we featured have their own web pages, where you can find out more about their work. (Ray Hicks’s page is a tribute page maintained by friends after his death.) Visit them at the links below!
Ray Hicks “Fixin’ to Tell About Jack” video
As always, thanks for reading and thanks for listening!
