Folklife Sourcebook: a Directory of Folklife Resources in the United States
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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 380 257 RC 019 998 AUTHOR Bartis, Peter T.; Glatt, Hillary TITLE Folklife Sourcebook: A Directory of Folklife Resources in the United States. Second Edition. Publications of the American Folklife Center, No. 14. INSTITUTION Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. American Folklife Center. REPORT NO ISBN-0-8444-0521-3 PUB DATE 94 NOTE 172p.; For the first edition, see ED 285 813. AVAILABLE FROMSuperintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954, Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7954 ($11, include stock no. S/N 030-001-00152-1 or U.S. Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, Mail Stop: SSOP, Washington, DC 20402-93280. PUB TYPE Reference Materials Directories/Catalogs (132) EDRS PRICE MFOI/PC07 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Archives; *College Programs; Cultural Education; Cultural Maintenance; Elementary Secondary Education; *Folk Culture; Foreign Countries; Higher Education; Library Collections; *Organizations (Groups); *Primary Sources; Private Agencies; Public Agencies; *Publications; Rural Education IDENTIFIERS Ethnomusicology; *Folklorists; Folk Music ABSTRACT This directory lists professional folklore networks and other resources involved in folklife programming in the arts and social sciences, public programs, and educational institutions. The directory covers:(1) federal agencies; (2) folklife programming in public agencies and organizations, by state; (3)a listing by state of archives and special collections of folklore, folklife, and ethnomusicology, including date of establishment, access, research facilities, services, size and format, key collections, publications based on collections, and availability of printed information; (4) higher education degree-granting programs in folklife and folklore, including university programs that formally recognize concentrations or minors in folklore or folklife studies;(5) societies that play a major role in support of folklore studies, cultural conservation, and the perpetuation and presentation of traditional culture;(6) serial publications including newsletters, journals, and magazines associated with professional and public organizations and societies; (7) publishers of books and monographs on folklore, ethnomusicology, and folk music;(8) mail order book dealers of folklore, enthnomusicology, and folk music in North America;(9) mail order dealers of folk music and folklore recordings; and (10) other directories related to folk culture. Appendix introduces folklore resources in Canada and Mexico. Includes an index by state for folk culture programs, archives, and universities.(LP) LICLIF gbOOK A Directory of Folk life Resources in the United States American folklife Center Library of Congress OS. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION "PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS Office of Educational Reseamn and Improvement MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER fERIEI 62 n /no docutnent Pas ben ofruoloced as `171n15 rd, received from the parson o; agent/Mon Orawnhng it CI Minor thanOeS have been made to implore reptOduclion Point of or ormonssitladin thi5 00Cu TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES meet do nor oedemata, represent official INFORMATION CENTER IERICL" Of RI positron or police Aia Jr. iF .a 2 CB E ST -C 0 P YAVAILABLi FOLKLIFE SOURCEBOOK A Directory of Folklife Resources in the United States Second Edition, Revised and Expanded Prepared by Peter T Barks and Hillary Glatt Library of CongressWashington 1994 3 Publications of the American Folk life Center, No. 14 First edition prepared by Peter Bards and Barbara Fertig, 1986 This publication was made possible by the Elizabeth Hamer Kegan Fund, a revolving fund of non-appropriated monies designed to further the Center's activities. Contributions to this fund are tax deductible. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Bards, Peter Folk life sourcebook : a directory of fOlklife resources in the United States / prepared by Peter T. Bards and Hillary Glatt. 2nd ed., rev. and expanded. p. cm. (Publications of the American Folkiife Center no. 14) Includes index. ISBN 0-8444-0521-3 I. Folk lifeUnited StatesDirectories. 2. Foik lore--Canada Directories. 3. Folklore archivesUnited StatesDirectories. 4. Folklore archivesCanadaDirectories. I. Glatt, Hillary, 1967 . IL Title.III. Series. GR37.B37 1993 398'.025'73dc20 94-4839 ClP For sale hy the I.'.S. Government Printing Office Superintendent of Documems, Mail Stop: SSOP. Washington. DC 20402-9328 ISBN 0-16-043069-0 1 Contents Preface 1 I. Federal Agencies 3 II. Folk life Programming in Public Agencies and Organizations 4 III. Archives 16 IV. Higher Education Programs in Folk life and Folklore 91 V. Societies / VI. Serial Publications 121 VII. Publishers of Books and Monographson Folklore, Ethnomusicology, and Folk Music 146 VIII. Mail Order Dealers of Books on Folklore, Enthnomusicology, and Folk Music in North America 151 IX. Mail Order Dealers of Folk Music and Folklore Recordings 153 X. Directories 155 Appendixes A. Introduction to Folk life Resources in Canada 159 B. Introduction to Folk life Resources in Mexico 162 Index by State 165 Preface The information contained in Folk life Sonreebook, copies of the descriptions pub- Soureebook reflects the brood reach of profes- lished in the 1986 edition were sent to all sional folklore and folklife networks and the archives and university programs for updat many allied pursuits and activities involving ing. Additionally, archives and major collec- folklore and folklife studies and program- tions brought to our attention since the first ming in the arts and social sciences, public sourcehook were queried, resulting in several programs, and educational institutions. Be- new additions. Updates for other sections cause folklife studies have been integrated were made through consultation with the in- into a variety of scholarly and public pursuits, formational resource files maintained in the the breadth and vitality of the field has some- Archive of Folk Culture and the notes and times been underestimated or misunder- materials accumulated with the eventual up- stood. A prominent objective of the first date in mind. edition was to demonstrate the extent of re- Readers may notice a number of changes sources and programs available..Its continu- from the first edition: (1) In recognition of ing use by professionals, members of the one of the most important developments in public, and administrators in government, the profession, the section formerly titled museums, educational programs, and grant- "State Folk Cultural Programs" is now titled making agencies suggests that it has contrib- "Public Folk Cultural Programs." During re- uted significantly to the increased public and cent years, there has been an increase in the scholarly participation in and awareness of numbers of and in the level of commitment programs, institutions, and activities linked to on-going folklife programs within institu- to cultural conszation. tions and agencies in many states. (2) Cana- In recent decades the task of compiling dian materials have been dropped from the reference and other informational data has body of each section in favor of a brief ap- been performed by the head of acquisitions pendix introducing readers to a few resources for the Center's Archive of Folk Culture, from which they may seek additional assis- Joseph C. Hickerson. With assistance from in- ta.tce. Although the reference service of the terns and fellow staff members, a large num- American Folk life Center does maintain con- ber of reference aids were prepared and siderable information on Canadian resources, maintained to assist researchers who have vis- it is not comparable in scope and depth to ited and corresponded with the Center seeking that of the United States. (3) A similar intro- information and reference services relating ductory section for Mexico is also included. to collections arid to the broader areas of Folklorists should begin to look to our south- folklife studies and professional activities. ern neighbor and beyond to Central and Several of these reference aids became the South America to better serve, study, and bases for sections of this directory. The appreciate a growing cumber of U.S. citizens sources and resources they list have become and new arrivals from these regions. (4) An so multiple and varied, and public request index by state is provided for public folk cul- for information has become so overwhelm- tural programs, archives, and universities. ing, that by the 1980s a unified directory and The success of this publication rests en- a more formal management of network tirely on the support and responsiveness of information seemed a warranted and useful the network of institutions and individuals contribution to the field. cited on its pages. We extend our gratitude In preparing this new edition of Fo Wife to them for their assistance and friendship. Folk life Sourcebook In as much as this publication rests on the for her compilation of recording companies; foundation of the 1986 edition, we remain Center intern Natalie Sarrazin, for general appreciative of the past efforts of Ronald L. assistance; James Hardin, for assistance and Baker, Barbara Fertig, Aldona M. Kaman- editing from concept to production; and tauskas, and Michael Licht. For this new especially to Joseph C. Hickerson, for his edition, special acknowledgement and ap- continued management of the informational preciation are due to Barbara Tenenbaum, resources contained in the Archive of Folk who generously contributed to the chapter Culture. on Mexican resources; Jennifer