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Archive: 2024 (20 Posts)

Three women huddle around an in-progress game of Chinese checkers, set in the middle of a dinette table placed at the edge of a home kitchen.

The Games We Play

Posted by: Meg Nicholas

Are you looking to learn a new game to help celebrate National Game and Puzzle Week (November 20-26)? You’re in luck! The AFC archives include examples of games that can inspire your next family game night, including Ghost in the Graveyard, Pass the Trash, El Florón, bingo, and many others.

Posted in: Collection Highlight, Games

A dragon, cobra, and bone-faced ghoul in a red jacket - painted in tempura paint - adorn a window in Egg City Harbor, New Jersey.

The American Folklife Center at Family Day

Posted by: Meg Nicholas

The American Folklife Center took part in the Library's Halloween-themed Family Day in October. In addition to showcasing a few items from the archive, AFC staff led visitors in an activity (making paper fortune-tellers) and encouraged participation in an engagement question around cryptids, ghost stories and urban legends.

Posted in: AFC Events, Halloween, La Llorona, Legends

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

Earlier this year, I had the chance to delve through the fieldnotes from the Pinelands Folklife Project for a post celebrating American Wetlands Month. I used a number of quotes from these accounts, but there were many more that I wanted to highlight and didn’t have space for. The prose – some humorous, some profound, …

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