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AFC acquires the papers of folk arts pioneer Bess Lomax Hawes
Bess Lomax Hawes and Alan Lomax, New York City, 1975. From the Alan Lomax Collection (AFC2004/004) at the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress. Used courtesy of the Association for Cultural...
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Folklife at the International Level: the National Endowment for the Arts...
The finale of the 2013 NEA National Heritage Fellows concert, bringing that year’s fellows and others to the stage for an exuberant finale. In front is Irish Step Dancer Kevin Doyle (who would receive...
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Bess Lomax Hawes Digital Collection Launches
This is a guest post by reference librarian Todd Harvey, who curates the Lomax family papers at the American Folklife Center. The cover of a biographical file on Bess Lomax Hawes included in the...
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Caught My Eye: Keepsakes of Motherhood from Bess Bauman Brown Lomax
Bess Bauman Brown Lomax (1880-1931). Portrait from “Shirley’s Book,” a compilation of family materials by Bess Lomax Hawes and Nicholas Hawes given to Shirley Lomax Duggan Mansell on Christmas 1990....
View ArticleAFC Announces New Research Guide on the NEA’s National Heritage Fellowship
The American Folklife Center (AFC) is proud to announce a new research guide, which highlights AFC collections related to the National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. The...
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