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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)

a man in a camouflage uniform

Three Days

The Green Man: Pagan or Not?

Portrait photo of Carmen Camacho Rojas, seated with recording equipment around her. She is a participant in the 2023 Community Collections Grant project, Celebrating CHamoru Nobenas. Photo by project leader Lola Quan Bautista.

Catching up with Community Collections Grant Recipients: Celebrating CHamoru Nobenas with Lola Quan Bautista

Group of people laying long poles across lit barbecue pit in ground

Caught My Eye: Buckaroos and Barbecues

Sketch of FWP writer and poet Sterling A. Brown

The United States vs. Sterling A. Brown – John Edgar Tidwell

Gilberto and Ivan posing for Project Neutral Grounds in New Orleans’s City Park. Photo courtesy of Fernando López.

Homegrown Foodways Film Premiere: El Camino del Mole a New Orleans

Image of pages from rare book that illustrates use of mulitple typefaces.

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

A group of five male soldiers in uniform (one soldier is shirtless) stands between an ambulance and a bunker covered with sandbags.

VHP’s New Vietnam War Research Tools