An independent library and archive, physically based in the South West of the UK, with a website managed by dedicated volunteers, which aims to preserve and digitize an ever-growing repository of research material in the field of folklore for future generations of researchers.
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If you are interested in learning more about folklore or the American Folklore Society, check out some of the informative resources below: What is Folklore? The Answer at a Glance About the American Folklore Society
AFS managed four two-year grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to create a scholarly edition of the James Madison Carpenter Collection, a groundbreaking collection of folk music, song, drama, dance, narrative, and children’s folklore documented in England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland
Collecting Memories: Oral Histories of American Folklorists is a joint project of the American Folklore Society, including its Archives and Libraries and History and Folklore sections, and Utah State University’s Special Collections and Archives. The project is an effort to preserve and disseminate the voices
The Society completed work on a contract from the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress to conduct a seven-month survey of existing archival collections of oral histories of participants in the Civil Rights Movement in the US during the 1950s
Search a collection of sample syllabi and other materials for teaching folklore in Open Folklore.
A compilation of COVID-19 related projects and research by folklorists, cultural organizations, and traditional artists.
An online exhibition profiling ancestors of color who have contributed to folklore scholarship through research and documentation by, about, and for the uplift of historically and persistently marginalized communities.
While no resource can provide a compressive guide to open access publications and resources in folklore studies, the Open Folklore information pages highlight a range of key open access projects and publications that AFS members and partner organizations have produced or made available