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Power of a Primary Source: The Robert Barnes Ware Collection

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Preparing the collection of a storytelling trailblazer

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Collection Spotlight: Alfred V. Rascon

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The Archivesque: Reframing Folklore Collecting in a Popular Culture World

In this painting, Pilgrims and Natives gather to share meal.

Don’t Worry, Turkey on Thanksgiving is Historically Accurate!

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Thanksgiving Road Trip

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StoryCorps interviews and the importance of keywords

A man playing a guitar and singing to a close crowd of a dozen or so men and women

James Mooney Recordings of American Indian Ghost Dance Songs, 1894

A man playing a guitar and singing to a close crowd of a dozen or so men and women

AFC accelerates its efforts to preserve analog media