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The American Folklore Society (AFS) is the United States (US)-based professional association for folklorists, with members from the US, Canada, and around the world, which aims to encourage research, aid in disseminating that research, promote the responsible application of that research, publish various forms of publications, advocate for the continued study and teaching of folklore, etc. [1 ...
His dissertation was on the history of American folklore studies to 1908 and he published many biographical articles based on this work. He also became a founding member of the History and Folklore section of the American Folklore Society and advisory editor to its journal The Folklore Historian.
Newell founded the American Folklore Society in 1888 where he edited the Journal of American Folklore. [3] His best known work is Games and Songs of American Children (1883, Mineola, N. Y.). The songs included tunes with the lyrics, and this book is the first collection of the folk music of American children.
Grider was born in Pampa, Texas, in 1940. She attended Pampa High School, graduating in 1959. [2]Through a Cabot Scholarship she attended the University of Texas at Austin, graduating with a BA in Latin in 1963 and then a MA in history (with a minor in classical civilization.) in 1967.
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He was president of the American Folklore Society from 1951 to 1952, president of the American Name Society in 1956, and president of the College English Association in 1969. Among his honors were being named Fellow of the American Folklore Society, Fellow of the American Anthropological Association, and Executive Council member of the Modern ...
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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.