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Posted by: Meg Nicholas
For International Clown Week, AFC Folklife Specialist (and former clown) Meg Nicholas guides readers through the types of clowns found in the American Folklife Center's archival collections.
Posted in: clowns, Collection Highlight
Posted by: Meg Nicholas
The National Day of the Cowboy is coming up soon (the fourth Saturday of July), prompting me to go sifting through the archive for collection items to highlight. The national day officially began in 2008, when the National Day of the Cowboy resolution passed in both the Senate and the House, though there had been …
Posted in: Collection Highlight, Cowboy and Western Music, Cowboys, Montana, Nevada
Posted by: Meg Nicholas
Inspired by an annual re-watch of the alien invasion film "Independence Day," Folklife Specialist Meg Nicholas takes readers on a journey through some of the UFO-related stories found in the American Folklife Center's archives.
Posted in: Beliefs, Collection Highlight, Legends
Posted by: Meg Nicholas
Summer gardening season is in full bloom, and the American Folklife Center is searching through the gardens featured in multiple archived collections in search of the friendly pollinators - like bees, butterflies and birds - that brighten our lives, influence our foodways, and impact our cultural heritage.
Posted in: Collection Highlight, Intangible Cultural Heritage, Photographs
Posted by: Meg Nicholas
In honor of National Prairie Day, AFC Folklife Specialist Meg Nicholas highlights the songs and stories in the American Folklife Center's archive that evoke the tall grass and sweeping winds of the North American prairie states and provinces.
Posted in: Charles Lafayette Todd and Robert Sonkin, Collection Highlight, Cowboy and Western Music, Cowboys