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“Yet We Desire to Rejoice…in Our Own Language”: Munsee Religious Texts in the Library of Congress

Posted by: John Fenn

The following is a guest post by Meg Nicholas, Folklife Specialist at the American Folklife Center. In this post, Nicholas details her search for materials related to the Lenape people at the Library of Congress. Nicholas is the newest member of the AFC staff. Read more about her here: https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/2023/06/new-faces-at-afc-staff-and-interns/.

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Sports in the Collections of the American Folklife Center

Posted by: John Fenn

This guest post is from Doug Peach, a Folklife Specialist here at the Library of Congress. In it he describes materials that the Center has drawn on recently for two collection displays focused on sports and community. Introduction The American Folklife Center is, perhaps, best known for its collections of music and storytelling—and for good …

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