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Posted by: Neely Tucker
Patrick Egan is a researcher and musician from Ireland, currently at the Library of Congress on a Fulbright Tech Impact scholarship, researching Irish traditional music.
Posted in: American Folklife Center, Kluge Center, My Job
Posted by: Neely Tucker
The Library of Congress is using the Story Maps platform to tell multi-media stories.
Posted in: American Folklife Center, Veterans History Project, World War II
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Library experts explain how they built the extensive "D-Day Story Map."
Posted in: American Folklife Center, Today in History, World War II
Posted by: Neely Tucker
A short essay about "North Mississippi Homeplace," Michael Ford's new book of photography and folklore about one of the poorest regions in America.
Posted in: American Folklife Center, Audiovisual
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Mokoomba performs during a Homegrown Concert Series event, April 15, 2019. Photo by Shawn Miller.
Posted in: American Folklife Center, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Neely Tucker
A preview of how the National Recording Preservation Board makes their annual 25 selections for the National Recording Registry.
Posted in: American Folklife Center, National Recording Registry
Posted by: Neely Tucker
The family of Thomas Michael Martin, a 1st Lieutenant in the U.S. Army who was killed in Iraq, recently donated a collection of his papers that documented his life and service to the Veterans History Project.
Posted in: American Folklife Center, Veterans History Project
Posted by: Wendi Maloney
This post by Stephanie Hall of the American Folklife Center was first published on the center’s blog, “Folklife Today.” An important new oral history collection documenting the lives and careers of home health-care workers in Oregon is now available on the Library of Congress’ website. The American Folklife Center recently announced the release of “Taking …
Posted in: American Folklife Center, Collections, New Online
Posted by: Wendi Maloney
This is a guest post by Stephen Winick of the American Folklife Center. It was first published on the center’s blog, Folklife Today. A companion post about circus life in Hugo, Oklahoma, is available here. The American Folklife Center (AFC) is delighted to announce the online presentation of an important new oral history collection documenting …
Posted in: American Folklife Center, Audiovisual, Collections, New Online