Archive of American Folk Song

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The Archive of American Folk Song is a pioneering collection at the Library of Congress that preserves and documents traditional music, stories, and oral histories from across the United States.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf collection of the Library of Congress
folklore collection
sound archive
administeredBy Library of Congress Music Division NERFINISHED
collectionScope United States NERFINISHED
ethnic communities in the United States
occupational folklore
regional folk traditions
religious music traditions
country United States of America
surface form: United States
followedBy Archive of Folk Culture NERFINISHED
Archive of Folk Song NERFINISHED
foundedBy Robert W. Gordon NERFINISHED
hasCollectionType Native American music recordings
ballads
blues
field recordings
folk music
folklore
oral history
spirituals
spoken word recordings
traditional music
work songs
hasFormat cylinder recordings
disc recordings
field notes
manuscripts
photographs
tape recordings
inception 1928
language English
multiple languages
laterAdministeredBy American Folklife Center NERFINISHED
locatedIn Library of Congress NERFINISHED
Washington, D.C.
notableCollector Alan Lomax NERFINISHED
Charles Todd NERFINISHED
Herbert Halpert NERFINISHED
John A. Lomax NERFINISHED
Robert Sonkin NERFINISHED
Sidney Robertson Cowell NERFINISHED
Zora Neale Hurston NERFINISHED
operator Library of Congress NERFINISHED
partOf American Folklife Center NERFINISHED
Library of Congress Music Division NERFINISHED
purpose documentation of traditional music and oral traditions
preservation of traditional American folk culture
significance pioneering national folk music archive in the United States
significantPeriod 1930s
1940s

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Alan Lomax workedOn Archive of American Folk Song