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American Folklife Center | |
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Location | Washington, D.C., United States |
Type | Research center |
Scope | To preserve and present American Folklife |
Established | 1976 |
Collection | |
Items collected | All aspects of folklore and folklife worldwide |
Size | 6 million |
Other information | |
Parent organization | Library of Congress |
Website | www |
The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. was created by Congress in 1976 "to preserve and present American Folklife".[1] The center includes the Archive of Folk Culture, established at the library in 1928 as a repository for American folk music. The center and its collections have grown to encompass all aspects of folklore and folklife worldwide.