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Happy Holidays! AFC’s 2023 Literary Ball Mummers Play Video

An outdoor photo of homes being rehabilitated in the historic district Larry Johnson III (Tre) removes debris from a historic home that he and his father Larry Johnson Jr. are restoring in Tenth Street Historic District.

Catching up with Community Collections Grant Recipients: If Tenth Street Could Talk with Tameshia Rudd-Ridge and Jourdan Brunson

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American Folklife Center Launches COVID-19 Archive Activation Page with StoryCorps

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Rural Free Delivery: Folklorist Emily Hilliard and the Occupational Folklife Collection, “Mail Carriers of Central Appalachia”

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Song Hunting in the Appalachians with Karpeles and Cowell: In the Footsteps of Cecil Sharp, Part 2

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The Green Man, Vernacular Christianity, and the Folk Saint

Song Hunting in the Appalachians with Karpeles and Cowell: In the Footsteps of Cecil Sharp Part 1

A screen shot of the first slide of the event showing a project of the American Folklife Center Community Collection Grants program that shows an interview taking place outside during a project focused on women's textile weaving traditions in Yap State, Micronesia

AFC’s Community-driven Archives Discussion Part 2: Zooming in on Approaches and Impacts

A screen shot of the first slide of the event showing a project of the American Folklife Center Community Collection Grants program that shows an interview taking place outside during a project focused on women's textile weaving traditions in Yap State, Micronesia

Now Available: the AFC’s Community-driven Archives Discussion Event (Part 1)