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Archive for the AFC 40th Anniversary Category (18 Posts)

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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

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Kentucky Bourbon, Millennial Tastes, and the Language of Folklore

Posted by: Stephen Winick

Posted in: AFC 40th Anniversary, AFC Events, Appalachia, Bluegrass, Bourbon, Folk Music, Folklorists, Homegrown Concert Series, Jean Ritchie, Kentucky, Material Culture, Millennials

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“Oral Tradition” on the Walls of the Jefferson Building

Posted by: Stephen Winick

Posted in: AFC 40th Anniversary, AFC History, Alice Cunningham Fletcher, Native American History, Thomas Jefferson Building

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The American Folklife Center: 40 Years of Change

Posted by: Stephen Winick

Posted in: AFC 40th Anniversary, AFC Awards, AFC Events, AFC History, Alan Jabbour, Alan Lomax, Archival Practice, Folklorists, Internship program, Material Culture, Oral History, U.S. Congress

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Billy McComiskey: Irish American Tradition Bearer

Posted by: Stephen Winick

Posted in: AFC 40th Anniversary, AFC Events, AFC History, Folk Music, Homegrown Concert Series, ireland, Irish Americans

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Billy McComiskey, AFC’s 40-Year Friend, Wins a Major Award

Posted by: Stephen Winick

Posted in: AFC 40th Anniversary, AFC Events, AFC History, Folk Music, Homegrown Concert Series, Irish Americans

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American Folklife Center Reissues Four Historic LPs

Posted by: Stephen Winick

Posted in: AFC 40th Anniversary, AFC Events, AFC History, African Americans, Alan Jabbour, Alan Lomax, Cowboys, Duncan Emrich, ethnomusicologists, Folk Music, Folklorists, Folksong, John Lomax, John Wesley Work III, Marshall W. Stearns, Native American History, Willard Rhodes

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AFC Congratulated in the Congressional Record

Posted by: Stephen Winick

Posted in: AFC 40th Anniversary, Civil Rights History Project, U.S. Congress, Veterans History Project

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Chicago Ethnic Arts Project Goes Online

Posted by: Stephen Winick

Posted in: AFC 40th Anniversary, AFC History, African Americans, Asian American History, Austrian Americans, Chinese Americans, Croatian Americans, Cuban Americans, Czech Americans, Danish Americans, Finnish Americans, Folk Art, Folk Music, Folklorists, Folksong, Foodways, German Americans, Greek Americans, Hispanic American History, Irish Americans, Italian Americans, Japanese Americans, Jewish American History, Jewish Americans, Korean Americans, Lithuanian Americans, Macedonian Americans, Native American History, Norwegian Americans, Polish Americans, Puerto Rican Americans, Serbian Americans, Slovak Americans, Slovenian Americans, Swedish Americans, Ukrainian Americans