American Folklife Center
Found in 83 Collections and/or records:
Edgar D. Andrews Collection: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
The Edgar D. Andrews collection contains correspondence, clippings, civilian papers, creative works, regimental histories, and photographs. The bulk of the collection consists of letters the veteran wrote to his mother, Sarah, his sister, Sue, and his father, George, while serving in France during World War I with the American Expeditionary Forces.
Robert Frank Augur collection, 1941-2016 : Veterans History Project (U.S.)
The Robert Frank Augur Collection includes biographical information, civilian papers, clippings, correspondence, a diary, military papers, printed matter, a scrapbook, photographs, and artifacts relating to Augur's service in the United States Army during World War II.
Leo Joseph Bailey Collection: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
Collection includes clippings, correspondence, a memoir, transcription of memoir, military papers, photographs, and a video recording of two speeches given to the Southern Cayuga Central School in 1987, documenting Bailey's service during World War I.
Mark Ryan Black collection, 1966-2011 : Veterans History Project (U.S.)
Collection includes audio correspondence, home movie footage, a book, a scrapbook, and digital copies of photographs documenting Black’s service as an infantryman in the United States Marine Corps during the Vietnam War.
Blue Ridge Parkway Folklife Project collection
Arthur Hamilton Bridge collection: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
James Madison Carpenter Collection
Chicago Ethnic Arts Project collection
Civil Rights History Project collection
Collection of 145 filmed oral history interviews of 175 participants in the United States civil rights movement and their family members.
Ethnic Heritage and Language Schools in America Project collection
William Hamilton Felton, Jr., collection: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
The William Hamilton Felton, Jr., collection documents Felton's United States Army Coast Artillery Corps service during World War I. Born in Macon, Georgia, Felton was stationed in Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia; Fort Monroe, Virginia; and throughout France. He was commissioned as a First Lieutenant and promoted to Captain. Felton died on May 28, 1956. Dating 1917-1918, the collection contains correspondence to Felton's wife, Luisa, and a photograph of Felton with another soldier.
Frederick Clarence Stilson Collection
Frederick C. Stilson served as an engineer during World War I. Collection includes a memoir and photographs.
Joseph Royston Gathings, I: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
The Joseph Royston Gathings, I, collection includes clippings, correspondence, military papers and photographs relating to Joseph Royston Gathings' service in the United States Army in France during World War I
Harold Benjamin Graham collection: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
Carol Haley collection, 1943-2014 : Veterans History Project (U.S.)
Carol Haley served in the United States Navy WAVES (Navy Women's Reserve), and served as a procurement officer and as a recruiter. Collection includes correspondence, military papers,creative works, and photographs relating to her service.
Harold Horwitz collection, 1943-1946 : Veterans History Project (U.S.)
Harold Horwitz served as a cryptographer in the European Theater of Operations during World War II. Collection includes correspondence and military papers relating to his service.
Hongyi He Chinese papercuts collection
The collection documents Hongyi He's method and philosophy behind her papercutting repertory through her biography, publications, and samples of her work. Papercuts created during a lecture/demonstration and interview at the Library of Congress on February 24, 2006, are also contained in this collection, along with several paper-cuts that were later donated to the American Folklife Center.
Herbert Adair Heidepriem collection: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
Herbert Adair Heidepriem served as a radio operator with the 106th Infantry Division, United States Army, during World War II. Collection includes biographical information, clippings, correspondence, memoirs, military papers, printed matter and photographs relating to his service.
Hewitt Terell Wheless Collection
Hewitt Terrell Wheless served as a pilot in the Army Air Forces during World War II and, notably, was featured in a Fireside Chats by President Franklin D. Roosevelt after a successful emergency landing in the Phillipinnes.
William Hurn, Jr., collection: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
The William Hurn, Jr., collection primarily documents Hurn’s United States Army service during World War I. Items include biographical information; civilian papers; clippings; correspondence; creative works: diaries and journals; military papers; printed matter; and photographs.
Inauguration 2009 Sermons and Orations Project Collection
Italian-Americans in the West Project Collection
Personal Narratives of the Forced Removal and Incarceration of Japanese Americans During World War II: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
Selected personal narratives relating to the forced removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II. Collected by the Veterans History Project, 2002-2018. Collection includes personal narratives in the form of audio and video oral histories, biographical information, clippings, civilian papers, creative works, maps, memoirs, military papers, printed matter and photographs.
John McRae Kennelly: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
The John McRae Kennelly Collection contains correspondence relating to the veteran’s service with the United States Army during World War I.
Penne Laingen Yellow Ribbon Collection
Collection comprises Penne Laingen's yellow ribbon marking the year her husband Bruce Laingen was held hostage in Tehran, Iran, during the Iran hostage crisis from 1979 to 1981; plus a 1991 interview with the Laingens and related documentation.