Finding Aids to Collections Organized by Topic in the Archive of Folk Culture

U.S. States | U.S. Territories | Countries and Cultural Groups | Instruments | Folksong Genres | Collectors | Spoken Word | Historical Eras and Wars | Material Culture | Media | Miscelleneous

Collections from U.S. States and Washington, D.C.

• Alabama [full text]
• Alaska [full text]
• Arizona [full text]
• Arkansas [full text]
• California [draft available upon request]
• Colorado [full text]
• Connecticut [draft available upon request]
• Delaware [full text]
• Florida [draft available upon request]
• Georgia [draft available upon request]
• Hawaii [full text]
• Idaho [full text]
• Illinois [draft available upon request]
• Indiana [full text]
• Iowa [full text]
• Kansas [full text]
• Kentucky [full text]
• Louisiana [full text]
• Maine [draft available upon request]
• Maryland [full text]
• Massachusetts [draft available upon request]
• Michigan [full text]
• Minnesota [full text]
• Mississippi [full text]
• Missouri [full text]
• Montana [full text]
• Nebraska [draft available upon request]
• Nevada [draft available upon request]
• New Hampshire [draft available upon request]
• New Jersey [full text]
• New Mexico [draft available upon request]
• New York [full text]
• North Carolina [draft available upon request]
• North Dakota [full text]
• Ohio [full text]
• Oklahoma [draft available upon request]
• Oregon [full text]
• Pennsylvania [full text]
• Rhode Island [full text]
• South Carolina [full text]
• South Dakota [draft available upon request]
• Tennessee [draft available upon request]
• Texas [draft available upon request]
• Utah [full text]
• Vermont [draft available upon request]
• Virginia [full text]
• Washington [full text]
• Washington, D.C. [draft available upon request]
• West Virginia [full text]
• Wisconsin [full text]
• Wyoming [full text]

Collections from U.S. Territories and Trusts

• American Samoa [draft available upon request]

• Guam [full text]
• Puerto Rico [full text]
• Virgin Islands (U.S.) [draft available upon request]

Collections from Countries / Regions / Ethnic and Cultural Groups

• Africa [full text] [updated draft available upon request]

• American Indian [draft available upon request]
• Australia [draft available upon request]
• Austrian and Austrian American [full text]
• Baltic and Baltic American [draft available upon request]
• Benelux (Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxembourg) [full text]
• Brazil [full text]
• Canada [draft available upon request]
• Caribbean [draft available upon request]
• Cuban and Cuban American [full text]
• Finland [full text]
• French (United States and Canada) [full text]
• German Language [draft available upon request]
• Greek and Greek American [draft available upon request]
• Hungarian and Hungarian American[draft available upon request]
• Irish American [draft available upon request]
• Ireland [full text]
• Italian American [draft available upon request]
• Jewish, Yiddish, and Hebrew [draft available upon request]
• Mexican American [full text]
• Mexico [full text]
• Pacific Islands [available upon request]
• Russian Language [draft available upon request]
• South America [draft available upon request]
• South Asian [full text]
• Southeast Asia [draft available upon request]
• Southeastern Europe [draft available upon request]
• Swiss and Swiss American [draft available upon request]
• Ukrainian and Ukrainian American [draft available upon request]
• Welsh and Welsh American [full text]

Collections about Musical Instruments / Instrumentalists

• Banjo Performers on Field Recordings [full text]
• Dulcimer (Appalachian Plucked) Collections [draft available upon request]
• Fiddlers on Field Recordings [full text]
• Guitar Recordings [print version available upon request]
• Harmonica Recordings [draft available upon request]

Collections about Folksong Genres

• African American Gospel Quartet Collections [draft available upon request]
• English-Language Folksongs of the United States Sung by Children [full text]
• Sea Shanties and Sailors' Songs [full text]
• Negro Spirituals [full text]

Collections about Collectors of Folklore and Folksong

• Principal Contributors of Field Recordings to the Archive of Folk Song [full text]
• Robert Winslow Gordon Collections [full text]
• Zora Neale Hurston Recordings, Manuscripts, and Ephemera in the Library of Congress [full text]

Collections about Spoken Word

• Recordings of Slave Narratives and Related Materials [full text]
• Street Cries, Auction Chants, and Carnival Pitches and Routines [full text]
• Tales of the Supernatural: A Selected List of Recordings Made in the U.S. [full text]

Collections about Historical Eras and Wars

• Vietnam War Collections [full text]
• World War II Collections [full text]
• W.P.A. Folklore and Related Activities [available upon request]

Collections about Material Culture

• Boatbuilding Documentation [full text]

Collections about Folklife in the Media

• Radio-Related Recordings [full text]

Miscellaneous Collections

• Supplementary Listing of Recorded Songs in the English Language in the Library of Congress Archive of Folk Songs Through Recording No. AFS 4332 (October 1942) [print version available upon request]