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Posted by: Stephen Winick
The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress is pleased to announce the recipients of its fellowships and awards for 2017. This year, AFC awarded support to six researchers or teams. To find out how to apply for next year’s awards, please visit our research awards page at this link. Details about this year’s recipients …
Posted in: AFC Awards
Posted by: Stephen Winick
Note: This is just a teaser for a fuller post over at the Library of Congress Blog. Read the full story there! This year the GRAMMY awards promise to be exciting for music fans everywhere, but especially fans of the American Folklife Center. At least four of the nominees have connections to the AFC archive: …
Posted in: AFC Awards, AFC History, Alan Lomax
Posted by: Stephen Winick
The following post is part of a series of blog posts about the 40th Anniversary Year of the American Folklife Center. Visit this link to see them all! This year the Library’s American Folklife Center (AFC) turns 40. Detailed histories of AFC are available elsewhere [1], so we thought we’d do something different in this …
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
Posted by: Stephen Winick
The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress is pleased to announce the recipients of its fellowships and awards for 2016. This year, AFC awarded support to 8 researchers or teams. To find out how to apply for next year’s awards, please visit our research awards page at this link. Details about this year’s recipients …
Posted in: AFC Awards, Archie Green, Gerry Parsons
Posted by: Stephen Winick
The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress is pleased to announce the recipients of its fellowships and awards for 2015. This year, AFC awarded support to eight researchers or teams in six states and the District of Columbia. To find out how to apply for next year’s awards, please visit our research awards …
Posted in: AFC Awards, AFC Events, Archie Green, Blanton Owen, Gerry Parsons