Archie Green | |
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 Archie Green at home, ca. 1993; photograph by Hazen Robert Walker | |
| Born | Aaron Green June 29, 1917 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
| Died | March 22, 2009 (aged 91) San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Folklorist |
Archie Green (June 29, 1917 – March 22, 2009)[1][2] was an American folklorist specializing in laborlore (defined as the special folklore of workers) and American folk music. Devoted to understanding vernacular culture, he gathered and commented upon the speech, stories, songs, emblems, rituals, art, artifacts, memorials, and landmarks which constitute laborlore. He is credited with winning Congressional support for passage of the American Folklife Preservation Act of 1976 (P.L. 94-201), which established the American Folklife Center in the Library of Congress.[3]
- ^ Grimes, Williams (March 28, 2009). "Archie Green, 91, Union Activist and Folklorist, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved March 29, 2009.
- ^ Woo, Elaine (March 29, 2009). "Archie Green dies at 91; folklorist studied lives of working people". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 29, 2009.
- ^ citation from the American Folklore Society, Botkin Prize, 1995.