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A man works on an intricate ship model.

Patrick Tayluer on the Art and Origin of Sea Shanties

Posted by: Stephen Winick

A color photo of the store Ukrainian American Publishing and Printing Co. in Chicago in 1977

By the People: Help Transcribe the AFC’s Chicago Ethnic Arts Project Collection!

Posted by: Michelle Stefano

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